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

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Building permits · live from LADBS open data

Alterations & repairs

Permits to remodel, alter, or repair an existing building: the everyday churn of a built-out city renovating itself, from kitchen remodels to commercial tenant improvements.

How much LA is building

13,551
permits on record
$755.9M
total declared value
973
in the latest 7 days of issuances
66.9%
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 alterations & repairs projects on record

ProjectWhereIssuedDeclared value
Airport Building Westchester Jun 10 $141.0M
Joint Living and Working Quarters Downtown LA (Bunker Hill) Aug 28 $60.0M
Apartment Beverly Grove May 19 $25.0M
Airport Building Westchester May 22 $20.5M
Foundation Only Hollywood Aug 20 $15.8M
Joint Living and Working Quarters Mid-Wilshire May 27 $15.0M
Apartment Westlake / MacArthur Park May 27 $15.0M
Airport Building Westchester May 22 $14.0M
Retail Fairfax / Mid-Wilshire Jun 22 $13.3M
Apartment Downtown LA (City West) May 20 $9.4M

Neighborhoods filing the most (by declared value)

NeighborhoodZIPPermitsDeclared value
Westchester 90045 307 $195.4M
Downtown LA (Bunker Hill) 90071 25 $72.1M
Beverly Grove 90048 118 $28.8M
Pacific Palisades 90272 463 $20.3M
Hollywood 90028 55 $18.7M
Fairfax / Mid-Wilshire 90036 152 $18.1M
Mid-Wilshire 90010 18 $16.9M
Westlake / MacArthur Park 90057 35 $15.6M
Wilmington 90744 80 $13.6M
Woodland Hills 91367 209 $13.5M

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Other permit types

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

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Findings from this data

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