No more McMansions in L.A.

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You tell me what you think of this one, just breaking on LATimes.com: ‘The Los Angeles City Council today approved new rules to address major byproducts of the gentrification that has swept the city: Limiting the size of ‘mansionization’ additions and making it harder for developers to convert low-income housing on skid row into luxury lofts.

‘The new rules radically limit the size of remodeled homes in the city’s flatlands to 3,000 square feet in most cases, curtailing what homeowners say is a plague of behemoth, ugly stucco boxes that are killing neighborhood character.’

One more: ‘The city has been criticized for years for not doing more to preserve the look and character of existing neighborhoods against ‘tear-downs,’ in which property owners demolish original homes and replace them with dwellings often two or three times larger.

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Photo Credit: Large house in Cheviot Hills, from LATimes