Getting a permit from Los Angeles City or County Planning or Building and Safety is not easy.

  • The planning and permitting process is not meant to be a barrier to development. However, it’s impossible for you to know and understand the Zoning and Planning Code, specific plans, special use districts, and general plans.

  • Not having the right information or knowing who to talk to can delay getting a decision for what you want to do or even result in a denial of your request.

  • You don’t want your request delayed or denied, nor does SATT!

  • SATT will investigate and get resolution to problems you’re having processing a permit.

  • SATT will exhaust all your administrative remedies with the City or County at a fraction of the cost of hiring legal counsel.

When you have a “Seat at the Table” you can be heard, influence decisions, and effect change.

  • You have credibility when you have a “Seat at the Table” (SATT) with decision-makers giving you the ability to advocate and negotiate.

  • SATT prepares your request to accurately comply with application requirements in a manner that planning staff can fully understand your project.  SATT gets you to the table with decision-makers without unnecessary delay or difficulty.

  • The founder of SATT has 35 years of experience in land use permits with 16 of those years working as a Zoning Administrator with the City of Los Angeles and has prepared nearly 3,000 planning determinations.

  • The founder of SATT has undergraduate degrees in Environmental Planning and Urban Economics (UCSC) and Masters in Architecture and Urban Planning (UCLA)   (Click to see Resume)

SATT KNOWS WHICH LAND USE ENTITLEMENT
GETS THE BEST RESULTS

From A through Z, SATT determines the optimal method for you to obtain a land use permit from the Planning Department then prepares the application and justification for your project. SATT represents you in discussing your project with the Neighborhood Council, City departments, and decision-makers. (Click for detail on levels of service)

SATT’S MOBILE OFFICE COMES TO YOU!

SATT has a mobile office with interior designed by Automotive Design & Fabrication who is known for the Luxury Mobile Barber Shop “Style on the Go” (View video).

  • SATT comes to your neighborhood, place of business, or residence.   SATT will meet you at the subject property, inspect the property with you, then discuss your proposal and options in the comfort of SATT’s mobile office.   It is fully air-conditioned and  has a work desk equipped with computer, printer, and copy machine. It also has four person seating at a conference table.

  • The mobile office is wired with internet, telephone, and system that extends the range of wireless phone signal.

  • Watch video presentations during daylight hours on a 32″ TV connected to a surround sound system or you can listen through the privacy of wireless headphones.

  • In addition, SATT Mobile Office contains a mini-refrigerator and a microwave or it can accommodate passengers for  traveling to the best coffee shops and restaurants found on Yelp!

 SATT HELPS YOU WITH COMMUNITY
OUTREACH AND SUPPORT

  • It is important that other parties, such as neighbors and Neighborhood Councils, have adequate information to learn about your project the way YOU want to tell it.  This is most effectively done before the public hearing.

  • SATT created InfoPost to assist applicants in meeting City’s legal posting requirement and enhance public outreach and communication. SATT uses the City’s blank posting sign and includes a URL and QR Code that links to SATT’s website so detailed information can be obtained 24/7.   (Click to see InfoPosts)

  • SATT monitors the number of views of your posting and responds to comments submitted by viewers. This can correct misunderstandings, resolve issues, and reduce uncertainty for you on what may occur at the public hearing.

Example of InfoPost Visitor Tracking Report

InfoPost can also be password protected, used by ONLY you to monitor the progress of your case 24/7, and to maintain effective record keeping of revisions to documents and final versions.

SATT HAS ADVANCE DATABASES
AND SOURCES OF INFORMATION

SATT has collected decades of internal memos and interpretations of the Municipal Code and City policies.  Also, SATT has every Zoning Administrator Determination prepared over a decade and one-half period and knows how to effectively research options you may have to develop.

SATT provides FREE Weekly Reports consisting of land use and planning policy specific to the City of Los Angeles.   (Click to see Weekly Postings)

R. (Nic) Nicolas Brown, AICP
SATT, LLC
661 753.9861
email SATTgovt@gmail.com

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