Carlomaria Grassi ||| A Mansion, a Shell Company and Resentment in Bel Air - The New York Times

... That height, about
twice the legal limit, is among a litany of violations that have stalled
construction at 901 Strada Vecchia for more than a year. Without the city’s
permission, workers tore down the original house and levelled the hillside.
Though the site is in an “earthquake-induced landslide area,” subsequent
inspections found “unsecured open excavations” and other perils. Inspectors
also uncovered a host of features, unapproved though befitting a house with an
aspirational price tag of $100 million, among them underground bedrooms and an
IMAX theatre ...   A Mansion, a Shell Company and Resentment in Bel Air - The New York Times