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Leisure World representatives ask council to review permit fees for mass electrical-panel replacements

Seal Beach City Council · March 9, 2026
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Leisure World Mutual 3 leaders told the council that replacing hazardous electrical panels across the community is producing disproportionate permit fees (about $119 per panel) that can impose tens of thousands of dollars on mututal associations; staff noted Prop 26 constraints and will review fees versus cost of service.

Randall Healey, president of Leisure World Mutual 3, said multiple mutuals in the Leisure World retirement community are replacing unsafe electrical panels identified by insurers. He told the council the city's permit-issuance fee for each panel change is about $119 and that Mutual 3 has already been charged more…

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