Los Angeles, California Tuesday, July 7, 2026 Vol. 1 · Day 32

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Building permits · live from LADBS open data

Building additions

Permits to enlarge an existing building — room additions, second stories, accessory dwelling units (ADUs), and other expansions.

How much LA is building

805
permits on record
$115.4M
total declared value
79
in the latest 7 days of issuances
8.0%
of all permits we hold

Window: permits issued May 7–Jul 4, 2026. The city's feed publishes ~2 weeks behind real time, so "latest" is measured against the newest issue date we hold, not today. "Value" is the applicant's declared job valuation — a self-reported estimate, not an audited cost.

Biggest building additions projects on record

ProjectWhereIssuedDeclared value
Apartment Boyle Heights / Lincoln Heights Jun 5 $10.0M
Cold Storage Plant Wilmington May 15 $9.5M
Charter School - high school Watts Jul 1 $2.0M
Dwelling - Single Family Brentwood Jun 5 $1.1M
Dwelling - Single Family Encino May 13 $1.0M
Duplex West LA / Sawtelle Jul 1 $1.0M
Duplex West LA / Sawtelle Jun 3 $950.0K
Dwelling - Single Family Pacific Palisades Jun 10 $930.0K
Dwelling - Single Family Woodland Hills Jun 8 $914.0K
Dwelling - Single Family Sherman Oaks May 27 $900.0K

Neighborhoods filing the most (by declared value)

NeighborhoodZIPPermitsDeclared value
Boyle Heights / Lincoln Heights 90033 3 $10.1M
Wilmington 90744 3 $9.6M
Woodland Hills 91367 32 $5.5M
West LA / Sawtelle 90025 7 $3.9M
Mar Vista 90066 20 $3.8M
Pacific Palisades 90272 33 $3.5M
Van Nuys 91411 15 $2.9M
Brentwood 90049 12 $2.6M
Palms 90034 11 $2.3M
North Hollywood 91606 26 $2.3M

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Other permit types

Alterations & repairs  ·  New construction  ·  Grading & earthwork  ·  Swimming pools & spas  ·  New non-building structures  ·  Demolition  ·  Signs  ·  Non-building alterations

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