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In Calabasas: What Local Homeowners Should Know

Calabasas incorporated as its own city in 1991 and runs its own Community Development Department, including its own Building and Safety Division — it isn't one of the Los Angeles County cities that contracts out permitting, so plan review and inspections go through the city directly rather than the county or LADBS. The 2018 Woolsey Fire burned through large parts of the area, and rebuild permitting for destroyed properties ran through the city's dedicated permit process alongside county debris-removal sign-off. Much of Calabasas is also built around gated, master-planned communities like The Oaks and Mountain View, which layer HOA architectural approval on top of city permits for exterior work. A contractor scheduling a job here should confirm whether a property sits inside one of those HOA-governed developments before assuming a city permit alone covers it.