Scan the Block · for owner or landlord
Everything the city files about your building, and beside it.
You hear about a notice when it matters least — after the deadline, in escrow, or from a tenant's lawyer. The report reads your parcel's full record on demand, and the weekly building watch tells you what was filed on or near it while you were doing something else.
The questions it answers
- What is outstanding against my building?
- Which code-enforcement cases does the city hold open against me?
- What will a buyer's agent see first?
- What does the county assess my building at, and on what base year?
- Which of my permits are still open?
- What will the county reset the assessment to when I sell?
The sections that earn their keep
Watched buildingsA Monday email when a permit, complaint, violation or nearby eviction notice is filed. A quiet week sends nothing.
Complaints and violationsWhat stands against the parcel, what was abated, and what is still live.
The building on the county rollLos Angeles County's assessed value across five roll years, its use, floor area, bedrooms and baths, and the year built. Under Proposition 13 the run is a staircase that breaks on a sale, and the report shows the break.
The building on the county rollLos Angeles County's assessed value across five roll years, its use, floor area, bedrooms and baths, and the year built. Under Proposition 13 the run is a staircase that breaks on a sale, and the report shows the break.
Police reports on the blockLAPD incident reports within the radius by year and category, against what an average Los Angeles area of the same size records — published to the hundredth block, so counted as a box the width of the radius, and said so.
Written for you
What a Los Angeles assessment actually isAnchored to the last sale, capped at about two per cent a year, and reset the day the deed records. Why a seller's bill says nothing about a buyer's.How to read a Los Angeles reportWhat the city publishes, how the two parcel numbers meet, and what a comparison claims.What Los Angeles files every dayFifteen lists from five LADBS feeds, keyed on the day a permit was issued rather than the day it was asked for. What each is, and why the issue date.Who to actually call in Los AngelesTwo governments hold this record — the city and the county — and each department's own page. No number here is one we made up.
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