How long does it take to open a pizzeria in Los Angeles?
Longer than it should, which may not come as a big surprise to anyone who has done business with City Hall and everyone's favorite utility, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. And longer, at least in some cases, than it does in Culver City, San Clemente or Huntington Beach.
Paul LaRocco knows this because he's opened pizza parlors in those cities, where the entire planning and permitting process took several months on average.
Then he got it in his head to open another LaRocco's Pizza in Westchester, on Sepulveda near LaTijera.