Los Angeles Times: So You Have an Unpermitted ADU? Here's How to Bring It Up to Code

Senate Bill 1069, which lawmakers passed in 2016 to make it easier to build ADUs, forced cities to issue permits “for any existing structure that had been or could be converted to an ADU, so that informal units had a path to safety,” Denise Pinkston, president of the Casita Coalition and a key proponent of the bill, said in an email. Now, Pinkston said, the main impediments are the cost of upgrades, the shortage of financing options, and a general mistrust of government, including fear of rent control among ADU owners, she said.