™South L.A.
What is being built, what has filed to open and what is on this weekend in South L.A., read every morning from L.A.'s public records, and every Globe story about it.
Public records read Oct. 7, 2026. How this page works
Being built
L.A. Department of Building and Safety permits, filed and issued · newest Oct. 2, 2026
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188 affordable apartments
4327 S. Vermont Ave. · Vermont Square
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Demolition of a church
7926 S. Avalon Blvd. · Community and Neighbors for Ninth District Unity (Canndu)
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Demolition of a commercial building
1755 E. 107th St. · Watts
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Demolition of a store
2006 W. Florence Ave. · Empowerment Congress Southwest Area
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A commercial addition
1957 S. Los Angeles St. · South Central
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Demolition of a warehouse
6015 S. Manhattan Place · Empowerment Congress Central Area
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A new commercial building (laundromat self service, $2.2 million)
2732 S. Central Ave. · South Central
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A commercial addition
102 E. 84th Place · Empowerment Congress Southeast Area
Also in South L.A., from Sept. 7 to Oct. 2: the city issued 37 permits for new houses, duplexes and backyard units, including 39 accessory dwelling units (ADUs). Those are counted here, never listed by address.
Filed to open
State liquor-license applications, City business registrations and changes of use · newest Oct. 7, 2026
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Pillar By Colour Bloc Creativ
3701 Santa Rosalia Drive · Baldwin Hills & Leimert Park
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Legends Lounge
3403 Crenshaw Blvd.
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Desi Cantina
1631 Cordova Street Building
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Pacific Dining - LA Southwest College
1600 W. Imperial Highway
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Restaurant, in a former retail & take-out restaurant
3301 W. 54th St. · Baldwin Hills & Leimert Park
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Restaurant/cafe -shell only, in a former retail
4300 W. Jefferson Blvd. · West Adams
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Restaurant, in a former automotive repair garage
3323 W. 43rd St. · Baldwin Hills & Leimert Park
Filed is not open: applications get protested, withdrawn or denied, and start dates slip. Each line says only what its record says.
This weekend
Fri., Oct. 9 to Sun., Oct. 11 · special-event permits, L.A. Public Library programs
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Walk-in Tutoring With Andrew
Washington Irving Branch Library
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Kids Block Building Club
Hyde Park Miriam Matthews Branch Library
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Walk-in Tutoring With Elion
Alma Reaves Woods - Watts Branch Library
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Walk-in Tutoring With Edwin
Exposition Park - Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Regional Branch Library
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Walk-in Tutoring With Arianna
Washington Irving Branch Library
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Fall into Reading
Washington Irving Branch Library
And 7 more library programs here this weekend, on the library's own calendar.
How this page works
Every morning the Globe reads the public records Los Angeles publishes and sorts them by the place each record names. Nothing on the lists above is written by a model or guessed from a headline; each line says what the record says, on the record's own date, and links to it.
- Being built: the City's plans filed and permits issued, from the L.A. Department of Building and Safety. "Plans filed" means plans went in; it does not mean a building is coming. Plans change and some never get built.
- Filed to open: California ABC's daily report of new liquor-license applications (Los Angeles County), the City's register of active businesses (restaurants, cafes and bars registered by a company, never a person) and changes of use into a restaurant. When two records name one address they sit together; that is all it means. An application can be protested, withdrawn or denied.
- This weekend: the City's temporary special-event permits (only events whose permitted name says they are public: a carnival, a festival, a market — never a wedding, a party, a film shoot or anything at a house), and the L.A. Public Library's own program listings, placed by each branch's address. Freeway closures join when Caltrans' data portal lets our reader in.
- Houses, duplexes and backyard units are counted, never listed by address. We name businesses, developers and agencies, never private people.
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