Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is being challenged over her decision to spotlight a developer project as the “first home rebuilt” after the devastating Palisades fire, even though records show the project was planned and initiated before the blaze but formally permitted only after the original home was destroyed.

On November 21, Mayor Bass announced that a residence at 915 N. Kagawa Street in Pacific Palisades had received the first Certificate of Occupancy since the Palisades fire, calling it a milestone in the city’s recovery. But backlash quickly followed when it emerged that the home, a developer-owned showcase property, had been in the works for demolition and redevelopment before the fire, with a demolition permit issued just hours before the blaze reignited. Although the

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