Eaton and Palisades Rebuild Fee Waivers
FreePlanning · Free to qualifying landowners, from Los Angeles County Public Works
Permit fee waivers and refunds, approved June 17, 2025, for qualifying owner occupants rebuilding single family homes; the waived fees can exceed 20,000 dollars. Like for like expedited review, the Archistar eCheck AI pilot and a bundled projects pilot run alongside.
The line that decides most cases is where the property sits: this covers unincorporated Los Angeles County only. You have to show that you both owned the property and lived on it before the fires. A garage or an accessory dwelling unit counts even if it was the only thing destroyed, and a standalone accessory unit you will live in while the house is rebuilt qualifies too. Commercial property, multi family housing and rentals you did not live in do not. If you have already paid the fees you can claim them back with the county's fire rebuild fee deferral or refund form. Not everything is covered: the deferral is for zoning, building and soils review, building permits and inspections, fire department review and inspection and public health fees, and not for utilities, school district fees, addressing, survey records or your designer and builder. Where this comes from
Who qualifies Requires a destroyed residence. Owner occupants who both owned and lived in the property before January 7, 2025.
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Where it applies
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