San Diego, CA Permit Pulse — Week of 2026-07-31

472 new building permits were filed in San Diego, CA over the trailing 7 days, with $93,546 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 2026-07-31 · Last permit logged 2026-07-31

Permits filed · this week

472

▼ 31.1% vs prior 7 days

Declared construction value

$93,546

$7,795 avg per permit

Prior 7-day comparison

685

permits filed previous week

San Diego permit review backlog

Of 10,889 San Diego permits with a published review status, 1 (0.0%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:

Permit statusPermitsShare
Issued9,51087.3%
Closed6576.0%
Inspection Followup5655.2%
Inspecting1291.2%
Cancelled80.1%
Approved Upon Final Payment70.1%
Pending Invoice Payment70.1%
Finaled20.0%

Is the San Diego 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. San Diego, CA logged 472 permits in the last 7 days versus 685 the week before — a 31.1% 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 SDG&E 111
2 Sunrun 20
3 WALTER ANDERSON PLUMBING LLC 15
4 Value truck of AZ LLC 10
5 AT&T CALIFORNIA 9

What's being built this week

Permit typeCountShare
Traffic Control Permit 156 33.1%
No-Plan - Residential - Combination Mech 151 32.0%
Photovoltaic - SB 379 53 11.2%
No-Plan - Nonresidential/Multifamily - E 24 5.1%
Transportation Permit 23 4.9%

Recent permit filings

DateTypeAddressContractorValue
2026-07-29 Combination Building Permit 8831 Pinecrest Av Joshua Vallejos Alvarado, Managing Member at DBZ Capital Ven $4,800
2026-07-29 Combination Building Permit 8821 Pinecrest Av Joshua Vallejos $4,500
2026-07-29 Photovoltaic - SB 379 12512 Parish Rd RANERI AND LONG ROOFING AND SOLAR
2026-07-29 No-Plan - Nonresidential/Multifamily - P 5947 Caminito Yucatan A R S AMERICAN RESIDENTIAL SERVICES OF CALIFORNIA INC
2026-07-29 Photovoltaic - SB 379 6334 Celia Vista Dr SOLAR TECH ENERGY SYSTEMS INC
Methodology. Data sourced from San Diego'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 2026-07-31.

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