L.A. calls 8 fire- damaged properties a nuisance

The board voted to cite a burned-down mansion in the 1600 block of North San Onofre Drive, which was the filming location in Season 4 of the HBO drama “Succession” as the luxury estate of the Roy siblings.

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THE PACIFIC Palisades Bowl Mobile Home Estates is among those that the Federal Emergency Management Agency refused to clear. At least one of its residents fears that rain could wash toxic ash into the ocean.

(ERIC THAYER For The Times)

The six-bedroom, 18-bathroom home, which last sold for $83 million in 2021, is owned by a trust, according to public records.

After the Palisades fire, the owner withdrew from the federal debris removal program led by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, fearing that the government contractors were inflexible and would haphazardly remove salvageable sections of the estate, according to Jon Mansfield, a representative of the owner who appeared at the board meeting on its behalf.

“There’s millions of dollars of [building materials] that we were afraid would be destroyed in the process and further degrade the value of the property,” Mansfield said.

But the property's owner, which had a California FAIR Plan policy that provides basic fire insurance for high-risk properties, learned that a private debris cleanup would cost between $500,000 and $600,000. It tried to reenroll in the corps program but registration had already closed, Mansfield said.

Mansfield said the owner would be prepared to hire a contractor to gather up the rubble in four to six weeks, after it received insurance proceeds.

At the board hearing, Steven Bardack, who owns the home next door, said the San Onofre estate was one of the most expensive purchases in recent memory within the affluent Pacific Palisades neighborhood. He argued that the owner's wealth does not give it the right to extra leniency.