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The Arroyo Register

Houses, hills and paperwork along the Arroyo.

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The Hills

hillside lots, stair streets and the canyon edge

4 slips · latest filed 09/15/2026

Call number	slips	Filed
	Reading a hillside lot before you buy A reader's slip on reading a steep Northeast LA lot before making an offer: slope, access, retaining walls, and what ZIMAS and the parcel map already say.	09/15/20266 min
	The stair streets of Mount Washington A reader's question about why a mapped Mount Washington street is only steps: the public record on stair streets, their upkeep, and the houses on them.	09/08/20266 min
	Living on a canyon edge street A reader asks what changes when a house backs onto open slope in Northeast LA: the fence line, the fire season, and the papers that describe the drop.	08/25/20265 min
	What a retaining wall tells you A reader in escrow asks whether a leaning retaining wall matters: the slip reads age, drainage, weep holes and where the public record stops.	08/12/20267 min