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.
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
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 status | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Issued | 9,510 | 87.3% |
| Closed | 657 | 6.0% |
| Inspection Followup | 565 | 5.2% |
| Inspecting | 129 | 1.2% |
| Cancelled | 8 | 0.1% |
| Approved Upon Final Payment | 7 | 0.1% |
| Pending Invoice Payment | 7 | 0.1% |
| Finaled | 2 | 0.0% |
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.
| # | Contractor | Permits (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 | — |
| Permit type | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 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% |
| Date | Type | Address | Contractor | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
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