City Must Pay for Temporary Takings: L.A.’s Delay in Issuing Permit Earns Landowner $1.2 Million

Delays by the City of Los Angeles in issuing a permit to demolish a burned-out hotel amounted to a temporary taking, the Second District Court of Appeal has ruled. The unanimous three-judge appellate panel upheld a trial court’s ruling that awarded the landowner $1.2 million, plus interest, for the inverse condemnation.

The court upheld the trial court’s monetary award after concluding that the city’s delay in issuing the demolition permit was not part of the normal development review process, and...

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