Overview

• A Los Angeles Superior Court set an August 7, 2026 deadline to tear down five three-story hilltop homes in Laurel Canyon.
• Owner Shahram Ghalili pleaded no contest to five municipal-code counts and entered a one-year diversion program with a $5,000 fine.
• Failure to meet the demolition deadline would convert the plea to a conviction with 12 months of summary probation, 100 hours of community service, and $25,000 in fines and penalties.
• City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto framed the outcome as resolving a problem dating to a 2002 shutdown and a 2003 demolition order.
• Shahram and Ester Ghalili bought the properties in late 2020, neighbors reported renewed construction, and the city filed 25 misdemeanor counts in 2023.