Could apartments with only one stairway be a solution to L.A.'s housing crisis?
- Posted on August 29, 2025
- By Los Angeles Times
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Could apartments with only one stairway be a solution to L.A.'s housing crisis?

The L.A. City Council is on the brink of changing its building code so that buildings of up to six stories tall could have a single-stairway exit. Fire officials and others say a key safety measure would be lost.