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Los Angeles guides
Written against what Los Angeles actually publishes, not adapted from another city by swapping the name. Every figure in them is a count we ran, stamped with the window it covers.
How to read a Los Angeles reportWhat the city publishes, how the two parcel numbers meet, and what a comparison claims.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.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.What to check before you bid in Los AngelesThe permit record on the parcel, the cases the city holds open against it, and what LADBS has just issued around it.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.The words Los Angeles usesAIN, PIN, base year, NIBRS, finaled — what each means on the record, and which government wrote it.What Los Angeles's records do not sayThree registers the city does not publish as open data, and what the report does instead of pretending.