Hollywood Hills, CA · October 2022 – February 2023 · LADWP / LADBS

Hollywood Hills: the final inspected under a second permit that matched the work.

When the scope moves, a revision is not enough — the work needs a permit that describes it. Here that permit was issued in the new year, and the roof stayed under permit cover throughout.

Written by the Cali Energy project team · California contractor license 1032379 · Updated September 2026

A permit describes a scope of work. A revision corrects the drawings inside that scope; a new permit is what the work needs when the scope itself has moved. On this Hollywood Hills project the final showed that the work as built had moved beyond the original permit, so a second permit describing it was issued in January 2023, and the final made against it on 1 February passed. Cali Energy kept the roof under continuous permit cover across the change, and the house has run on the array since.

At a glance

Final inspection

1 February 2023, under the second permit

What the change signals

The scope moved, not just the drawing

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LADWP / LADBS

The story

The array went on in the middle of October 2022, and the final was requested for the end of the month.

What the final turned up was a question of scope: the work as built had moved beyond what the original permit described.

So in January a second permit was issued — not a revision to the first one, but a new authorization for the work as built — and the final was requested under it for the first of February.

Permit numbers are readable if you know what you are looking at. The leading digits are the year the permit was issued. Two numbers on one address, a year apart, describe a job that was re-scoped, not simply fixed.

Here is the distinction that governs which one you need.

A revision keeps the permit and corrects the drawings under it. The work being authorized is the same work; the set describing it was wrong, incomplete or has moved on site. Most solar corrections end here.

A new permit is for when the scope changes. Something was added that the first permit never covered, or the arrangement changed enough that the authorization no longer fits it. You cannot revise your way into work that was never permitted.

Which gives an owner a useful signal: a correction that returns to the same point is the moment to ask whether the answer sits inside the scope at all.

The final under the second permit passed on 1 February 2023 — the array on this roof and the paperwork behind it now describe the same job, and the house has run on it since.

Cali Energy permitted and inspected this project in Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles.

How it ran

The final that closed the job was made under a permit that describes the work as built.

What we did

• Requested the final promptly once the array was finished.
• Took out a second permit once it was clear the work had moved beyond the first.
• Kept the roof under continuous permit cover across the change, through to the final on 1 February 2023.

System specifications

Is your project like this one?

• Your final has come back twice on the same item.
• There are two permit numbers on your address and nobody has explained why.
• You are being told you need a new permit rather than a revision.
• Your project has stayed open across a calendar year.

Cali Energy in Hollywood Hills

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between a permit revision and a new permit?

A revision keeps the permit and corrects the drawings under it — same authorized work, better description. A new permit is needed when the scope itself changes, because work that was never permitted cannot be revised into an existing authorization.

What does it mean if a final is corrected twice?

Often that the first fix answered the symptom rather than the item. Two corrections in a row on the same point usually means the answer sits outside the permitted scope, and the question to ask at that moment is whether a revision is enough or a second permit is required.

Can one address have two solar permits?

Yes, and it is common enough to be unremarkable. Permit numbers carry the year of issue in their leading digits, so two numbers a year apart on one address describe a job that was re-scoped rather than simply repaired.

How long does a corrected final take to clear?

It depends entirely on whether the fix is inside the scope. Inside it, days. Outside it, the project needs new paperwork and rejoins a queue — on this Hollywood Hills roof the second permit was issued in January 2023 and the final under it passed on 1 February.

Does Cali Energy handle solar inspections in Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles?

Yes. Hillside projects here are permitted through LADBS and interconnected through LADWP, and the fire access and service-run rules are stricter than on flat lots — which is exactly where a correction most often turns out to be about scope rather than workmanship.

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This timeline reflects this property and this permitting path. Updated September 2026.