Culver City, CA Permit Pulse — Week of 2026-08-04

70 new building permits were filed in Culver City, CA over the trailing 7 days, with $0 in declared construction value. Filing volume is the clearest public signal of how busy — or backed up — a city's building department is right now. Live data from official municipal permit-issuance feeds.

By Marcus Reeves · Updated 2026-08-04 · Last permit logged 2026-08-03

Permits filed · this week

70

▼ 26.3% vs prior 7 days

Declared construction value

$0

Prior 7-day comparison

95

permits filed previous week

Culver City permit review backlog

Of 541 Culver City permits with a published review status, 99 (18.3%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:

Permit statusPermitsShare
Issued14326.4%
Open12823.7%
Applied9918.3%
Applied - OTC529.6%
In Plan Check366.7%
Application Incomplete254.6%
Sent for Signature173.1%
Pending Payment122.2%

Is the Culver City building department backed up?

Permit-filing volume is the best public proxy for permitting load: the more permits a building department takes in, the heavier its review queue. Culver City, CA logged 70 permits in the last 7 days versus 95 the week before — a 26.3% decrease, so intake is easing. This tracker refreshes weekly from official municipal feeds, so it reflects the current pace rather than a stale snapshot.

Top contractors this week

#ContractorPermits (7d)Declared value
1 OPTIMUM SEISMIC INC 4
2 BRODY PENNELL HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING 4
3 NEW CALI CONSTRUCTION INC 3
4 DECLARATIONS 3
5 EAZ CORP 3

What's being built this week

Permit typeCountShare
Building 24 34.3%
Electrical 14 20.0%
Mechanical 14 20.0%
Plumbing 13 18.6%
Soft Story 3 4.3%

Recent permit filings

DateTypeAddressContractorValue
2026-08-03 Plumbing 10844 FRANKLIN AVE SAUCEDO PLUMBING AND ROOTER
2026-08-03 Electrical 5322 KALEIN DR BRODY PENNELL HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING
2026-08-03 Building 10760 GALVIN ST F S DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION INC
2026-08-03 Mechanical 5322 KALEIN DR BRODY PENNELL HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING
2026-08-01 Electrical 10737 GARFIELD AVE N R G CLEAN POWER INC
Methodology. Data sourced from Culver City's official municipal permit-issuance feed and refreshed daily. Permits are counted by issue date. Declared construction value reflects what the applicant declared on the permit application and is filtered to remove obvious data-entry errors (values under $1,000 or above $50M are excluded from totals). "This week" means the trailing 7 days through 2026-08-04.

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