24 Permits in 91402: Los Angeles ZIP Report

ZIP 91402 — a slice of the Panorama City corridor in the northwestern San Fernando Valley — recorded 24 residential building permits in the 30-day window ending June 9, 2026. The number sits in a quiet tier of the metro's filing activity, but the permit composition is what makes this ZIP stand out: 20 of those 24 permits fell into the Alteration & Repair category, a concentration that tells a distinct story about who is working in this neighborhood and why.

This report covers residential building permits (single-family and small multi-family) drawn from the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety via data.lacity.org (Socrata). Commercial and sub-trade permits are excluded at ingest. This is not a count of all construction permits issued in each city. Every figure is a slice of the metro's sealed snapshot — described further in the Methodology section below — and all figures are computed directly from sealed daily permit snapshots; nothing is estimated, modeled, or extrapolated.

Key Findings

• 24 residential permits were filed in ZIP 91402 during May 11 – June 9, 2026, per the sealed Los Angeles permit snapshot.

• 20 of 24 permits were Alteration & Repair (Bldg-Alter/Repair / 1 or 2 Family Dwelling) — an unusually high concentration in a single category, per the sealed snapshot.

• The median permit valuation in 91402 was $5,200, well below the metro-wide median of $7,000, per the sealed snapshot.

• Total permitted valuation for the ZIP reached $0.9M in the same 30-day window, per the sealed snapshot.

• Los Angeles metro as a whole recorded 4,042 permits valued at $201.2M across May 11 – June 9, 2026, per the sealed snapshot.

The Shape of Permitted Work in 91402

A building permit is a formal authorization issued by a local government allowing construction, renovation, or repair work to begin on a property. In Los Angeles, the Department of Building and Safety classifies permits into categories that reflect the nature of the approved work — and the category split in 91402 is the first thing worth examining closely.

Twenty out of 24 permits carrying the label "Alteration & Repair" suggests a neighborhood in maintenance mode rather than expansion mode. Alteration and repair permits in Los Angeles typically cover work that modifies the existing structure of a home without adding square footage: roof replacements, HVAC system upgrades, electrical panel changes, plumbing reroutes, window and door replacements, seismic retrofits, and a range of interior structural modifications.

A permit of this type is pulled by licensed contractors — or in some cases by homeowners acting as their own general contractors — whenever the scope of work crosses the threshold that requires a LADBS inspection. The dominance of this category in 91402 tells you the work is corrective and incremental rather than transformative.

What the pattern implies is meaningful. A ZIP with a heavy alteration-and-repair share relative to its total volume is one where property owners are investing in the existing housing stock rather than expanding it. For a materials supplier, this signals demand for repair-grade materials rather than framing lumber or foundation concrete. For a remodeling contractor, the filing volume shows that permit-pulling activity is real and consistent even at this modest scale. For a listing agent, a neighborhood with steady alteration-and-repair permits often precedes a wave of properties hitting the market at improved condition.

The median permit valuation in 91402 was $5,200 — roughly equivalent to a mid-range HVAC swap, an electrical panel upgrade, or a bathroom plumbing overhaul. That figure sits below the metro-wide median of $7,000, reinforcing that the work happening in this ZIP skews toward targeted, trade-level repairs rather than large whole-home renovations.

"20 of 24 permits in 91402 were Alteration & Repair — the highest single-category concentration among the ZIP's peers in this reporting window."

ZIP 91402 Permit Activity, May 11 – June 9, 2026

What Is Getting Built in 91402

The top category — Bldg-Alter/Repair / 1 or 2 Family Dwelling, or "Alteration & Repair" in plain English — is the broadest residential permit classification the LADBS uses for dwelling modifications that do not add new square footage. Under this umbrella fall structural wall alterations, kitchen and bathroom gut-and-rebuild projects, roof structure repairs, foundation bolting programs, window installations beyond a certain size threshold, and mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) upgrades that require a rough-in inspection.

In the San Fernando Valley context, a portion of alteration-and-repair volume is linked to the ongoing effort by homeowners to bring older housing stock into compliance with seismic safety requirements — particularly soft-story retrofits and cripple-wall bolting. These are not glamorous projects, but they move real permit volume and real inspection schedules through the LADBS queue.

The remaining 4 permits in the ZIP's 30-day window fall outside this leading category. With only 24 total permits in the sample, this is a small slice of the metro. The absence of significant new-construction or addition permit volume suggests the ZIP is not experiencing a speculative build-up of new dwelling units during this window — at least not in the residential category covered by this snapshot.

To provide metro-level context for the category mix, the three primary categories across all of Los Angeles in the same window are shown below.

The Alteration & Repair category dominates at the metro level just as it does in 91402 — the ZIP's concentration of 20 out of 24 permits in this category is high even relative to the metro norm, where alteration-and-repair represents the large majority of all residential filings.

"The $5,200 median valuation in 91402 — below the $7,000 metro median — points to tradespeople running targeted, single-scope repair jobs rather than full renovations."

How 91402 Compares in Los Angeles

The table below shows the highest-volume ZIPs in the metro's sealed peer set alongside ZIPs filing at volumes nearest 91402, and the metro-level headline for reference. The busiest filers anchor the top; 91402 sits among a cluster of similar-volume ZIPs at the lower end of the distribution.

ZIP 91402 files in line with several peer ZIPs in the 17–26 permit range. Its total valuation of $0.9M is consistent with comparable-volume ZIPs, though the mix — dominated by repair work rather than additions or new construction — gives it a distinct profile even among peers at similar filing volumes. The 90033 ZIP report covers a neighboring ZIP at a similar filing level for comparison.

For deeper context on the broader Los Angeles permit landscape, the June 2026 Los Angeles building permit metro report covers all 4,042 metro permits in detail. The sibling 90007 ZIP report covers another neighboring ZIP code at a comparable volume level.

Methodology

Data originates from the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety via data.lacity.org (Socrata). The pipeline ingests daily permit records, normalizes category labels, and seals each day's snapshot with a content hash before aggregation. The figures in this report represent a ZIP-level cut of that same sealed metro snapshot.

All figures are computed directly from sealed daily permit snapshots; nothing is estimated, modeled, or extrapolated.

The collection and sealing process works as follows:

1. Collect. Daily permit records are pulled from the LADBS feed on data.lacity.org and written to an append-only store keyed by the snapshot date.

2. Normalize. Category labels are standardized to LADBS source strings; ZIP codes and valuation fields are validated and retained verbatim where present.

3. Seal. Each daily snapshot is content-hashed (sha256 bb1d222aa1d0c3af for this edition). The hash makes the underlying record set tamper-evident and citable by ID.

4. Aggregate. The 30-day window (May 11 – June 9, 2026) is aggregated from sealed daily files; ZIP-level rows are produced by filtering on the postal code field in the source data.

Scope: Residential building permits (single-family and small multi-family); commercial and sub-trade permits are excluded at ingest. This is not a count of all construction permits issued in each city. The metro-level valuation coverage for this edition is 93.5% (3,779 of 4,042 permits carry a reported valuation).

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Does the 24-permit count include every type of permit filed in 91402?
A: No. This snapshot covers residential building permits only — single-family and small multi-family dwellings. Commercial properties and sub-trade permits (mechanical, electrical, plumbing filed separately) are excluded at ingest. The 24 figure reflects that defined residential scope.

Q: Why is the median valuation in 91402 below the metro median?
A: The $5,200 median in 91402 sits below the $7,000 metro-wide median because the ZIP's permit mix is dominated by Alteration & Repair work — targeted, single-scope trade jobs. The metro median is pulled upward by ZIPs with significant addition and new-construction volume, which carry higher per-permit valuations. Nothing in the data suggests a valuation quality problem; the figure reflects the actual work being authorized.

Q: Who pulls Alteration & Repair permits in Los Angeles?
A: In most cases, a licensed general contractor or a specialty trade contractor (plumber, electrician, roofer) pulls the permit on behalf of the homeowner. Homeowners can also pull permits as owner-builder, though this carries additional LADBS requirements. The permit identifies the responsible party, but the sealed dataset does not disaggregate by permit holder type.

Q: How is this data different from a live query of LADBS records?
A: A live query returns whatever records are currently published in the LADBS database, including corrections, withdrawals, and late entries that postdate the original filing. The sealed snapshot used here captures the exact state of the database on each collection day during the window. Subsequent database corrections are not reflected. The sha256 hash (bb1d222aa1d0c3af) uniquely identifies the sealed version, making it reproducible.

Q: How should a contractor use this data to prioritize outreach?
A: A remodeling contractor working the San Fernando Valley corridor can use the ZIP-level filing volume to identify where permit-pulling activity is concentrated at a given moment. A ZIP with 20 alteration-and-repair permits in a 30-day window signals that homeowners in that neighborhood are already in the mode of hiring licensed tradespeople for home repair — which is the same audience a full-service remodeler wants to reach before or during a project decision.

Put Permit Data to Work

For a remodeling contractor serving the San Fernando Valley, the 91402 permit profile is a practical scheduling signal. Twenty alteration-and-repair permits in a single ZIP code over 30 days means licensed tradespeople are actively on job sites in the area — which correlates with demand for follow-on repair work, material supply replenishment, and referral conversations between homeowners who notice work happening next door.

For a listing agent working properties in this corridor, a ZIP with steady alteration-and-repair volume suggests a seller population that is investing in pre-listing improvements. Agents can use permit filing dates to identify properties where permitted work was recently completed — a potential indicator that the owner may be approaching a sale decision.

For a material supplier, the low median valuation ($5,200) and repair-dominant permit mix signals demand for trade-grade consumables — fasteners, pipe fittings, roofing materials, electrical components — rather than high-volume framing or foundation materials.

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Source: US Tech Automations Research — computed from sealed daily permit snapshots, May 11 – June 9, 2026.