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

Hollywood Hills: the third final went in under a different permit.

Two corrections on the same number, and then a number issued in the new year. That change says more than either correction.

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 was attempted three times across three months — two corrections against the original permit in October and November, then a third request at the end of January under a permit issued in the new year. The second permit is what the third inspection was made against, and Cali Energy kept the roof under continuous permit cover across the change.

At a glance

Finals attempted

Three, across three months

Corrections

Two, both on the original permit

Third attempt

Under a permit issued the following year

What the change signals

The scope moved, not just the drawing

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LADWP / LADBS

The story

The sequence here is short and it says a lot.

Late October: a final requested for the twenty-eighth. It was held that day and it came back corrected.

Three weeks later: a second final requested, for the twenty-eighth of November, on the same permit. Filing under the same number is itself a statement — it means the expectation was that whatever the inspector wanted sat inside the work already permitted. That one came back corrected too.

Then a gap over the holidays, and at the end of January a third request, for the first of February. Different permit number. Not a revision to the first one — a second permit, issued in the new year.

That last detail is the one worth explaining, because 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, means the job did not simply get fixed — it got re-described.

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 genuinely useful signal, and it arrives early: two corrections in a row on the same item. The first correction is ordinary. The second one, on the same point, is the moment to ask whether the answer sits inside the scope at all, because each attempt costs a request, a slot and the wait in front of it.

Three months on this roof, and the array was finished for all of them.

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

How it ran

Three attempts in three months, and the number on the third was not the number on the first.

What we did

• Requested the final promptly each time rather than sitting on a correction.
• Re-presented the work on the original permit while that was still the right route.
• 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.

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 span from first attempt to third was three months, with the array complete throughout.

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.