Directory

LA County regions

Regional overviews of Los Angeles County. Each region groups LA City neighborhoods, independent cities, and unincorporated areas by geography and surfaces the dominant ADU permit dynamics for that part of the county.

Permit pathways vary by jurisdiction inside each region. The regional pages explain the through-lines (lot sizes, hillside coverage, transit access, prevailing zoning) and link out to the specific neighborhoods and cities they cover.

9 entries

• DTLA · Downtown Los Angeles

  Downtown LA

  Downtown LA covers the historic urban core — Civic Center, Historic Core, Financial District, Bunker Hill, South Park, Little Tokyo, Chinatown, Arts District.

  25 ADU permits in 2024

• East LA

  East Los Angeles

  East LA covers the predominantly Latino neighborhoods east of the LA River — Boyle Heights, El Sereno, City Terrace, and adjacent areas.

  380 ADU permits in 2024

• Harbor Area · Los Angeles

  Harbor Area

  The Harbor Area is the southernmost slice of the City of LA — San Pedro, Wilmington, Harbor City, and the related Port of LA corridor.

  280 ADU permits in 2024

• Greater Hollywood

  Hollywood

  Hollywood spans the dense flats around the entertainment district, north into the Hollywood Hills, and east through East Hollywood.

  220 ADU permits in 2024

• Mid-Wilshire / Hancock Park area

  Mid-Wilshire

  Mid-Wilshire spans the central LA neighborhoods between Hollywood and South LA, roughly bracketed by the Wilshire corridor.

  320 ADU permits in 2024

• NELA · Northeast Los Angeles

  Northeast LA

  Northeast LA spans the hills and basins between Downtown and the Glendale/Pasadena city borders — Highland Park, Eagle Rock, Echo Park, Silver Lake, Mount Washington, Atwater Village.

  620 ADU permits in 2024

• The Valley · SFV

  San Fernando Valley

  The San Fernando Valley covers ~260 square miles north of the Santa Monica Mountains — about half of the City of LA's residential land area, plus the independent cities of Burbank, Glendale, Calabasas, and Hidden Hills.

  2,400 ADU permits in 2024

• South LA · South Central LA

  South Los Angeles

  South LA spans the historic Black middle-class neighborhoods south of the I-10 freeway — Crenshaw, Leimert Park, Baldwin Hills, View Park, Park Mesa Heights, and surrounding areas.

  600 ADU permits in 2024

• The Westside · West LA

  Westside Los Angeles

  The Westside spans LA's coastal and near-coastal neighborhoods from the Santa Monica Mountains south to LAX.

  850 ADU permits in 2024