Robert Silverstein

Los Angeles Skyline with houses

Development Approval Process Hits a New Low in Los Angeles

As a particularly sad example of the morass of confusion and litigation that defines the development and planning process in California cities, renters have been ordered to vacate a newly constructed residential building in Hollywood.

March 23, 2015 - Los Angeles Times

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