Questions this answers

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QuestionSupporting fit
Building physical configuration

Permit-property rows provide address/parcel keys, floor area, stories, unit count, structure-use subtype, and approved occupancy with permit/status dates and source vintage. They are partial permit-vintage facts and do not disambiguate multiple structures without a structure key.

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Building seismic vulnerability and retrofit status

Rows identify soft-story seismic-retrofit work and associated permit/application, issue date, raw status, and status date in the official programme context. They do not establish programme inventory, completed retrofit, compliance, design adequacy, or current safety.

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Building use and occupancy status

The permit schema publishes approved-use occupancy and structure-use subtype with address/parcel, issue/status dates, and source vintage. It supplies dated recorded occupancy type, not present operations, tenancy, a current certificate, or current compliance.

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Parcel use and occupancy classification

Parcel-keyed permit rows publish the property's raw zoning designation and the associated structure's approved occupancy with permit/status dates and source vintage. Zoning supports parcel classification; occupancy remains permit-associated and must not be generalized to every structure or current operations.

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Permitted building work

The public view supplies permit/application number, type/category, work description, issue date, raw status, and status date for covered addresses and parcels. It is specialized stale permitted-work evidence, not complete current permit history.

Fields it delivers

19 fields
CoverageSubnational

The dataset covers Los Angeles soft-story permit records, a city-only footprint represented by containing subdivision US-CA; it is not statewide California coverage.

California, United States
Access & termsFree

The publisher provides the cited public API, download, lookup, or report directly, with no subscription, order form, or per-use payment required. An ordinary eligible business buyer can therefore use the standing route free of monetary cost, subject to any linked terms.

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