Succession Mansion Among Eight Palisades Nuisances

On Oct. 8 the Los Angeles Board of Building and Safety declared eight Pacific Palisades properties a public nuisance for failing to clear hazardous ash and debris left by the January Palisades Fire, including a burned hilltop mansion used as a filming location on HBO’s Succession. Property owners had until Oct. 2 to enroll in a federal cleanup program run by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers or hire private contractors, but several missed the deadline or withdrew to try to salvage materials, delaying cleanup. Representatives for the Succession mansion say they pulled out of the Corps program to protect salvageable building materials, faced private cleanup estimates reportedly up to $600,000, sought to reenroll after registration closed and are awaiting insurance proceeds. City officials and Councilwoman Traci Park have warned of environmental and public-health risks from remaining toxins and are exploring options to clear the debris. If owners do not abate the nuisances, the city can solicit bids, hire contractors to remove the debris and bill the owners, though officials say no timeline for soliciting bids has been set.