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Design Review Board approves multiple Laguna Beach home projects, sets conditions on several
Summary
Laguna Beach’s Design Review Board approved a slate of residential projects Dec. 11, 2025, including historic-home renovations, ADUs, and coastal permits, while attaching conditions to protect views, privacy and public-right-of-way safety. Several items were continued for additional revisions.
The Laguna Beach Design Review Board on Dec. 11 approved a series of residential and coastal development permits and variances while imposing site-specific conditions to address view, privacy and public-right-of-way concerns.
The board approved the 2026 DRB calendar and continued three items — 1025 Cortez (5.1), 950 Baja Street (5.2), and 1199 Temple Hills Drive (5.5) — to the Jan. 22, 2026 meeting. A consent motion for the calendar and the set of continuances passed unanimously.
Major approvals included a historic-duplex remodel at 154 Thalia Street (design review 25‑1662, coastal development permit 25‑1663 and a revocable encroachment permit 25‑1664), approved with a condition limiting a corner tree to approximately a 9‑foot height subject to arborist review; a variance and design review for 114 South LaSenda to…
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