LIVE 3 live markets in California — 1,129 permits in the latest pull.
California has 58 counties and county-equivalents. PermitBoards reads the permit records that cities and counties publish, filters them by county and trade, and emails subscribers the permits that mean work for their trade — daily, for $79 a month per county + trade after a free 14-day sample. See how pricing works, try the free permit lookup, or read how we get the data.
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Los Angeles County · San Diego County · Orange County · Riverside County · San Bernardino County · Santa Clara County · Alameda County · Sacramento County · Contra Costa County · Fresno County · Kern County · Ventura County · San Francisco County · San Joaquin County · San Mateo County · Stanislaus County · Sonoma County · Tulare County · Solano County · Placer County · Santa Barbara County · Monterey County · Merced County · San Luis Obispo County · Santa Cruz County · Marin County · Yolo County · Butte County · El Dorado County · Shasta County · Imperial County
From the U.S. Census Bureau's 2025 population estimates (county file). Counties in our top-400 waitlist program have their own page with the county seat, population, and status.
| County | 2025 population estimate | Page |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles County | 9,694,934 | Waitlist page |
| San Diego County | 3,282,248 | Waitlist page |
| Orange County | 3,149,507 | Waitlist page |
| Riverside County | 2,544,916 | Waitlist page |
| San Bernardino County | 2,224,091 | Waitlist page |
| Santa Clara County | 1,914,391 | Waitlist page |
| Alameda County | 1,636,630 | Waitlist page |
| Sacramento County | 1,618,460 | Waitlist page |
| Contra Costa County | 1,170,070 | Waitlist page |
| Fresno County | 1,035,456 | Waitlist page |
| Market | Registry status (verified 2026-11-11) |
|---|---|
| San Diego, CA | 2026-11-11: no verified machine-readable issued-permits feed. data.sandiego.gov is neither Socrata nor CKAN (catalog/API probes 404), and ArcGIS/Hub searches surfaced no official City of San Diego building-permits lay... |
| Sacramento, CA | 2026-11-11: data.cityofsacramento.org is not a Socrata/CKAN API domain (probes 404); ArcGIS search for Sacramento found only short-term-rental and historic-resource permit layers from Publisher_SacCity - no building p... |
| Oakland, CA | 2026-11-11: Socrata catalog for data.oaklandca.gov lists NO building permits dataset (only parking/housing-pipeline items); Oakland permits run through its Accela portal. Candidate. |
3 live markets today (1,129 permits in the latest pull).
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