Erik Yesayan | LA Land Use (@ErikYesayan) / X

Erik Yesayan | LA Land Use

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Erik Yesayan | LA Land Use

@ErikYesayan

Principal at Pattern Planning & Development Inc. We deliver land use consulting and permit expediting services in SoCal, specializing in LA and Coastal.

Joined December 2008

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Erik Yesayan | LA Land Use
@ErikYesayan
May 13, 2025
My first job in college was working for Rick Caruso. I wanted to get into development and was looking for anyway to gain experience in it. It just so happened that Caruso was working on getting approvals for the Americana project in my hometown Glendale.
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Erik Yesayan | LA Land Use
@ErikYesayan
Jan 9, 2025
Replying to @ChasenGreg
🙏 Having no vegetation up against the building helps.
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Erik Yesayan | LA Land Use
@ErikYesayan
Oct 2, 2024
To meet the parking exemption requirement for a SB 9 unit in LA City, the owner registered his own car on Turo, and showed that to the City as being within 1/2 mile from a "rideshare". It worked, parking was exempted!
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Erik Yesayan | LA Land Use
@ErikYesayan
Sep 16, 2024
Replying to @antonia_mdprjct
How exactly do you egress into that?
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Erik Yesayan | LA Land Use
@ErikYesayan
Oct 9, 2024
Always fun to find plots of land in LA city that never got subdivided off with the rest of the neighborhood. A stubborn owner for the win.
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Erik Yesayan | LA Land Use
@ErikYesayan
Nov 21, 2024
Need a cheat sheet on the latest CA housing bills that will go effect in 2025? We got you covered! Check below on what you need to know. 🧵
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Erik Yesayan | LA Land Use
@ErikYesayan
Jan 16, 2025
Replying to @MattSeedorff
Next month is the wettest month of the year, and mudslides are the biggest risk after major fires. We need to prepare big time to prevent situations like this.
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Erik Yesayan | LA Land Use
@ErikYesayan
Nov 15, 2024
What will be one of the biggest deterrents to building more than 5 homes under SB 684 in LA? Linkage fees! Linkage fee cost for a 5 unit project (1,750 sqft/unit) in a medium market area is only $2,188. If you add just 1 more unit, the fee jumps to $131k !!! Much more in higher
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Erik Yesayan | LA Land Use
@ErikYesayan
Jan 13, 2025
Palm trees are a very LA thing, but they need to be banned in and around fire zones. Highly flammable trees that have a torch like effect, which release a ton of embers all around.
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Erik Yesayan | LA Land Use
@ErikYesayan
Oct 29, 2024
The harder it is to build, the more valuable existing housing gets. That’s it.
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Erik Yesayan | LA Land Use
@ErikYesayan
Jan 11, 2025
Most of our fires appear to be started by arsonists who take advantage of high wind conditions. The sad truth is that this has always been the case, and we need to start doing more to combat it. In the early 90s my childhood neighborhood in Glendale was burned down because of
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Erik Yesayan | LA Land Use
@ErikYesayan
Oct 5, 2024
Owner hired us to process a 5-lot subdivision tract map, which normally takes a year or more with environmental review and public hearings. After review, we found the property qualifies for SB 684, allowing 3 more units and approval in 60 days ministerially! And now because of
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Erik Yesayan | LA Land Use
@ErikYesayan
Jan 15, 2025
Fire rebuilds are generally pretty straight forward to do. But they can get complicated fast if it involves one or more of the following: -Owner wants to build more than 110% of destroyed SQFT that is exempted from a coastal permit and/or has non-conforming zoning vesting.
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Erik Yesayan | LA Land Use
@ErikYesayan
Jan 26, 2025
Unlike Malibu, much of Palisades is exempt from coastal review or outside the coastal zone. If a property is in the "categorical exclusion" zones of Palisades, then you can build beyond the 110% of the existing house and still be exempt from coastal review. ZIMAS can tell you
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