Los Angeles, California Thursday, August 6, 2026 Vol. 1 · Day 62

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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

1,180
permits on record
$536.8M
total declared value
95
in the latest 7 days of issuances
7.9%
of all permits we hold

Window: permits issued May 7–Jul 31, 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
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
Patio Cover Van Nuys Jul 6 $1.1M
Dwelling - Single Family Brentwood Jun 5 $1.1M
Dwelling - Single Family Encino May 13 $1.0M

Neighborhoods filing the most (by declared value)

NeighborhoodZIPPermitsDeclared value
Downtown LA (South Park) 90015 1 $375.0M
Boyle Heights / Lincoln Heights 90033 5 $10.3M
Wilmington 90744 5 $9.7M
Woodland Hills 91367 47 $6.8M
Mar Vista 90066 30 $5.0M
Pacific Palisades 90272 50 $4.3M
Beverly Hills 90210 12 $4.2M
North Hollywood 91605 28 $4.0M
West LA / Sawtelle 90025 8 $4.0M
Encino 91436 18 $4.0M

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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

All permits, citywide →  ·  311 by request type →

Findings from this data

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