Pacific Palisades · Permit data updated July 28, 2026
The Palisades is being
rebuilt, house by house.
Eighteen months after the fire, 985 homes are under construction and 30 families have their keys back. This is an independent account of where the rebuild actually stands — compiled from public permit records, with every figure sourced and dated.
Homes finished
30
Certificates of occupancy issued out of 6,837 structures destroyed —0.4% of what was lost.
As of July 28, 2026 · Pali Rebuild Map / Palisadian-Post
Where the rebuild stands
1,723 applications. 30 finished homes.
The distance between those two numbers is the rebuild. Each stage below narrows — from paperwork filed, to permits in hand, to ground broken, to a family legally able to move back in.
Funnel figures as of July 28, 2026, derived by us from the parcel-level permit records compiled by the Pali Rebuild Map / Palisadian-Post — an independent tracker built by Palisades resident Kevin Pazirandeh from public Los Angeles County records. We count distinct rebuild parcels that have reached each stage; any discrepancy with their published totals is ours, not theirs. Bars are scaled against 6,837 structures destroyed by the Palisades Fire (Shovels permit analysis); not every destroyed structure was a single-family home, so these percentages describe scale rather than an exact completion rate.
What was lost
The January 2025 Palisades Fire destroyed 6,837 structures and killed twelve people. Permit volume in ZIP 90272 has run roughly 3.7 times its pre-fire annual rate ever since.
Where to start
Three ways into this.
I am rebuilding
Understand the path in front of you
Debris clearance through certificate of occupancy — every stage, what it actually takes, and where projects stall.
Start with the processI am budgeting
Find out what your rebuild costs
Four questions gets you a cost range, whether your settlement covers it, and a move-in projection built from real Palisades permit records.
Run the reality checkI want my street
Find where your neighborhood stands
Permits, lot sales, terrain and the constraints specific to each part of the Palisades.
Browse neighborhoodsBy neighborhood
The rebuild is not moving at one speed.
The Alphabet Streets have issued nearly a third of recent permits. The Highlands has sold more lots than anywhere else. Terrain, covenants and coastal review explain most of the difference.
Flat grid
Alphabet Streets
The fastest-moving neighborhood in the Palisades rebuild, and the one where framing is densest.
29 permits · Feb 2026 sample
Flat to bluff-edge
Via Bluffs
Second only to the Alphabet Streets in permits issued, with bluff-proximity adding drainage and setback review.
17 permits · Feb 2026 sample
Bluff-edge
El Medio Bluffs
Strong permit volume paired with one of the highest vacant-lot sale counts in the Palisades.
15 permits · Feb 2026 sample
Large flat lots
Huntington Palisades
The largest flat lots in the Palisades, the highest-value rebuilds, and design review that shapes what gets approved.
Hillside
Marquez Knolls
Recorded view covenants still bind ground-up reconstruction here — the single biggest trap for owners planning a taller rebuild.
Canyon hillside
Palisades Highlands
The most vacant-lot sales of any Palisades neighborhood, and among the fewest permits. The gap is the story.
6 permits · Feb 2026 sample
Estate hillside
The Riviera
Estate-scale hillside parcels where geotechnical coordination, not permit volume, sets the pace.
Coastal bluff
Castellammare & Sunset Mesa
Coastal bluff with landslide history, where a Coastal Development Permit can add four to six months.
5 permits · Feb 2026 sample
Compare all eight side by side, including permits, lot sales and permit path.
Journal
Recent analysis
July 27, 2026
Palisades Permits Actually Take 96 Days, Not Six Weeks
We measured 1,152 real Palisades permit applications. Only one in ten met the city’s 30-day review target, and the process has not been speeding up — despite what the recent numbers appear to show.
Read →July 27, 2026
Palisades Fire Rebuild Status: July 2026
Eighteen months after the fire, more than a thousand permits are issued, close to a thousand homes are under construction, and the first families have moved back. Where the rebuild stands.
Read →July 22, 2026
How Long a Palisades Rebuild Actually Takes
Six to fourteen weeks for a permit. Ten to eighteen months to build. Fourteen to twenty-four months end to end — and the things that push a project past that.
Read →More on who they are and what they have built here: Farnsworth Builders in the Palisades.