A roofing contractor in Pacific Palisades now works mostly on rebuilds. The January 2025 fire burned 23,448 acres across the Palisades, Malibu and unincorporated land, destroying 6,845 structures, and by early January 2026 Commercial Observer counted 1,448 City rebuilding permits for 689 addresses.
Best Top Roofing drives in from Camarillo along the coast. We begin with a free inspection, send photos and written findings, and then build a proposal around the rebuild order your project falls under.
Mesas, Canyons and Santa Ana Gusts Above the Bay
The Palisades spreads across mesas split by Santa Monica, Rustic, Temescal and Santa Ynez canyons, and more than half of the plan area is public open space, mostly in the Santa Monica Mountains. LAFD lists Pacific Palisades, Palisades Highland and Castellammare among communities with portions in the Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone.
Wind sets the stakes. For January 7, 2025, the National Weather Service forecast gusts of 60 to 80 mph and up to 90 mph in the mountains, enough to drive embers under loose tiles and into vents. Rain is modest at roughly 15 inches a year, and June Gloom brings foggy mornings that clear by early afternoon.
Castellammare, the Riviera, Rustic Canyon and the Ranch Districts
Castellammare was planned in 1926 as a Mediterranean community where builders had to use Italian Renaissance style, and Miramar Estates required Mediterranean design as well. Homes in those styles typically carry clay tile, and the stone retaining walls and steep stairways around them slow material staging.
Huntington Palisades and the Riviera hold Period Revival and Ranch homes from the 1920s to the 1950s, and Rustic Canyon's Uplifters district mixes rustic cabins with Craftsman bungalows. In Riviera Ranch and along Old Ranch Road in Sullivan Canyon, the low, rambling equestrian ranch houses of the 1940s were roofed in clay tile or wood shake.
Rebuild Orders After the January 2025 Fire
We have not found an official count of Palisades homes lost. The Los Angeles Times reported in July 2025 that more than 3,450 homes in the City of Los Angeles had been cleared of debris, nearly 80 percent of the city's homes the fire destroyed.
Mayor's Emergency Executive Order 1, issued January 13, 2025 and revised that March, lets an Eligible Project rebuild in substantially the same location and use at no more than 110 percent of the prior floor area, height and bulk. Those projects skip discretionary review, get 30-day permit review and are exempt from a Coastal Development Permit.
Executive Order 8, signed July 23, 2025, extended streamlining to zoning-compliant Coastal Zone homes that are not like-for-like. The catch is the setback: at least 10 ft from a canyon bluff or 25 ft from a coastal bluff.
Roofing Contractor in Pacific Palisades: Rebuild and Repair Services
Most roof work here now follows the rebuild orders. Five services cover it.
Fire Rebuild Replacements Under EO1 and EO8
The order you build under sets the roof's limits. Under EO1 the roof stays within 110 percent of the old height and bulk; under EO8 a new design has to meet zoning and the bluff setbacks. Our roof replacement scope follows your approved plans, and we photograph decking, underlayment and flashing before each layer is covered.
Class A Assemblies for the Very High Zone
LAMC 91.7207 requires a Class A roof on every building in the Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone, which takes in large parts of the Palisades. The rating belongs to the tested assembly, so covering, underlayment and edges must match the listing. Our fire-resistant roofing work treats vents, eaves and ridge closures as part of one ember barrier.
Mediterranean Tile in Castellammare and Miramar
Owners rebuilding Italian Renaissance and Mediterranean homes in these 1926 tracts usually want the clay tile look back. Clay tile does not burn, but open tile ends at eaves and ridges must be closed against embers. We plan tile roofing on steep lots with the stairways and retaining walls in mind, staging tile where crews can carry it safely.
Wood Shake Conversions on Riviera Ranch Homes
The ranch houses of Riviera Ranch and Old Ranch Road were built with clay tile or wood shake, but LAMC 91.1505 now bars wood shake and shingle roofs anywhere in the City. For a surviving ranch house still under shake, our wood shake roof replacement swaps it for a Class A material with a similar low, textured profile, keeping the long, low rooflines.
Free Inspections for Homes That Survived
Heat, ash and ember strikes can crack tile, scorch flashing or clog vents on houses that came through the fire standing. The ground matters too: in 2025 a Castellammare Drive home that survived the flames split apart when the slope beneath it slid. A free roof inspection with photos shows what changed up top before the next rains arrive.
LADBS Permits, Coastal Rules and the Wildfire Code
As a City of Los Angeles neighborhood, the Palisades gets roof permits from LADBS. Burn-area projects run through the Disaster Recovery Permitting Center that EO1 set up with City Planning, LAFD, DWP and Public Works.
Outside the rebuild orders, coastal-zone work needs a Coastal Development Permit; as of 1997 the City had no Local Coastal Program for this coast. Landmark rebuilds must meet the Secretary of the Interior's Standards.
On the fire side, the Wildland-Urban Interface Code (Title 24, Part 7) replaced CBC Chapter 7A statewide on January 1, 2026. A separate Los Angeles WUI ordinance is still pending.
