Los Angeles, California Sunday, September 6, 2026 Vol. 1 · Day 93

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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

1,559
permits on record
$2.5B
total declared value
107
in the latest 7 days of issuances
7.7%
of all permits we hold

Window: permits issued May 7–Aug 29, 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
Airport Building Westchester Aug 21 $2.0B
Community Center operated by governmental agency Downtown LA (South Park) Jul 24 $375.0M
Apartment Boyle Heights / Lincoln Heights Jun 5 $10.0M
Cold Storage Plant Wilmington May 15 $9.5M
Accessory Living Quarters Beverly Hills Jul 6 $2.5M
Crematorium North Hollywood Jul 15 $2.2M
Charter School - high school Watts Jul 1 $2.0M
Dwelling - Single Family Hollywood Hills Jul 23 $1.7M
Dwelling - Single Family Brentwood Aug 21 $1.5M
Patio Cover Van Nuys Jul 6 $1.1M

Neighborhoods filing the most (by declared value)

NeighborhoodZIPPermitsDeclared value
Westchester 90045 26 $2.0B
Downtown LA (South Park) 90015 1 $375.0M
Boyle Heights / Lincoln Heights 90033 6 $10.4M
Wilmington 90744 7 $9.9M
Woodland Hills 91367 56 $7.3M
Mar Vista 90066 39 $6.7M
North Hollywood 91605 40 $5.4M
Beverly Hills 90210 15 $5.1M
Pacific Palisades 90272 61 $5.1M
Brentwood 90049 17 $4.9M

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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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