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How do you get a housing permit in California? He can hook you up, for a fee
Permit expediters remain in demand as developers and homeowners pay for help navigating approval rules that can add 8.5 months in Los Angeles, officials said.
- Land-Use consultant Tanner Blackman helps developers navigate California's complex housing bureaucracy, securing permits for projects that might otherwise stall indefinitely.
- "Those jobs exist only because we've made the process really difficult," said Princeton economist Evan Soltas, as Los Angeles's entitlement process averages 8.5 months and creates demand for specialized guides.
- Regulatory readiness adds about 50% to raw land value in Los Angeles County; a typical $1.5 million development site includes $500,000 in value from bypassing the local review process.
- San Diego consultant Michael Hansen noted the political skillset is less important today; current work focuses on applying state streamlining laws to individual projects rather than persuading elected officials.
- Despite legislative efforts to speed approvals, Blackman does not expect his job to vanish soon. "In a perfect world, my job would not need to exist," he said, acknowledging California's persistent bureaucratic complexity.
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How do you get a housing permit in California? He can hook you up, for a fee
Tanner Blackman’s job is to push housing projects through Los Angeles’ famously Byzantine permitting process. With a torrent of state laws aimed at streamlining and speeding up approvals to combat the housing shortage, will the humble permit expediter profession survive?
·Sacramento, United States
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