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Homeowner toolkit
Know your property.
Know your city.
The official tools a planner uses: zoning, permits, projects near you, and how to reach the people who decide.
Understand your property
ZIMAS ↗The City’s parcel map: zoning, lot size, overlays, plus your council district and neighborhood council for any address.LA County Assessor ↗Assessed value, parcel number and property characteristics. Useful for Prop 19 and tax questions.Research permits & projects
LADBS building records ↗Permit history and building records for a property.City Planning case reports ↗Development applications and planning cases, including projects near you.Have a say
Find your neighborhood council ↗Your local neighborhood council, its meetings and how to weigh in.Your council office ↗Look up your address in ZIMAS. It shows your council district, then use that office’s official contact page.Fix a local problem
MyLA311 ↗Report potholes, graffiti, streetlights, illegal dumping and more.These are official public resources. They tell you what’s on record; they can’t confirm what you’re allowed to build or how a project will be decided. For a specific parcel, I’m happy to walk through it with you.
Want a second set of eyes?
Ask a planner about your parcel.
Zoning, lot potential, ADUs and what’s proposed nearby. I’ll look it up and explain it plainly.
The Valley Letter
Get the Valley Letter. Know what’s changing on your streets.
One short, readable email: what’s being built, what’s been proposed, what sold and what it means — written by someone trained in city planning. Pick the neighborhoods you care about.
