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How long does an ADU permit take in Los Angeles?

New-building permits where LADBS records at least one accessory dwelling unit (the adu_changed field). Garage conversions and other ADU alterations are not separable in this feed and are excluded. Window: issued Oct 18, 2025 to Oct 17, 2026.

Typical wait (median)160 days

Middle half of permits97–282days

Slowest one in ten wait at least544days

Permits measured2,203issued in the window

For comparison, all new one- and two-family home permits in Los Angeles had a median of 151 days over the same window (1,995 permits).

ADU wait by ZIP code

ZIP	Median days	Middle half	Slowest tenth	Permits
90066	104	75–139	209	40
91042	117	58–421	831	35
91343	117	63–189	265	39
91304	118	70–292	440	36
90272	122	81–176	233	231
91325	132	102–190	326	29
90064	134	72–248	336	27
91344	134	86–237	473	58
91406	136	76–311	463	50
91605	138	77–212	597	36
91606	140	106–230	265	34
91405	142	123–237	317	32
91306	145	80–249	415	40
91331	145	89–257	598	53
91335	146	94–276	348	66
91342	151	91–242	480	49
91401	151	104–221	442	34
90044	158	70–286	490	30
91356	166	122–253	366	32
91352	168	82–258	518	46
90049	180	121–290	622	36
91367	191	101–278	477	44
90016	207	127–388	769	33
90011	209	133–293	533	59
90037	212	185–357	609	26
91601	224	159–472	708	34
90032	241	109–424	588	31
90019	249	173–419	543	25
90042	281	175–517	790	42
90039	432	110–738	869	27

ZIP codes with at least 25 permits in the window, fastest first.

Counted from application (LADBS submitted date) to issue date, in calendar days, so the figure includes time spent on plan-check corrections. Method.

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