Signs

How much LA is building

Window: permits issued May 7–Oct 16, 2026. The city publishes permits in one weekly batch, on Tuesdays, covering permits issued through the previous Saturday, 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.

Newly issued signs permits — this week's city batch

The city's latest weekly permit batch landed Tuesday, October 20 (permits issued Oct 11–Oct 17). It carries 16 signs permits, $83.7K declared, of 1,321 new permits citywide. All of them, biggest first:

Where this week's signs permits went: Westwood 2 · South Los Angeles 2 · South Los Angeles 1 · Downtown LA (South Park) 1 · Los Feliz 1 · Watts 1 · Century City 1 · Wilmington 1

Source: LADBS building permits (data.lacity.org), the most recent weekly batch. Addresses as the city publishes them; "value" is the applicant's declared job valuation ("—" = none declared). No owner or contractor names — here or in the weekly email.

Biggest signs projects on record

Neighborhoods filing the most (by declared value)

Other permit types

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

All permits, citywide →  ·  311 by request type →

Findings from this data

• What Los Angeles actually calls 311 about
• How fast — and how often — LA actually closes a 311 request
• The most common building LA breaks ground on is a backyard home
• The two speeds of an LA building permit: instant, or months of plan check
• How LA talks to 311: questions by phone, work orders by app
• LA's busiest 311 day on record wasn't Angelenos — it was paperwork
• LA's 311 falls off a cliff every weekend
• 1% of LA's building permits carry half its construction value
• Southern California has an earthquake every half hour — you feel almost none of them
• The two Los Angeleses: where the city builds and where it complains barely overlap

All findings →