Assertion Partly supported AI assessment confidence: 90% certainty 4/5 debate potential 3/5

Pratt: Los Angeles city permitting offices are empty due to remote work

Spencer Pratt · Spencer Pratt on Fixing LA: Wildfires, Homelessness, Corruption & the Fight to Take It Back · May 10, 2026 · at 59:09

Spencer Pratt, candidate for Mayor of Los Angeles, criticizes delays in the city permitting process and alleges city employees are working remotely instead of staffing municipal offices.

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“Nobody's even in these offices. You have to set an appointment. You can't just go into these places. They all work remote”

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The claim, plainly

Los Angeles city permitting offices are unstaffed in person because employees work remotely and require appointments.

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Assessment

Spencer Pratt's claim bundles two main assertions: that LA city permitting offices require appointments / do not allow walk-ins, and that the offices are unstaffed in person because employees work remotely. The first leg is accurate: as of July 2026, the City of Los Angeles BuildLA system requires appointments for in-person public counter services across departments (including LADBS and City Planning), with general walk-ins not permitted outside emergency rebuilding exceptions. However, the second leg—that offices are completely unstaffed in person—is an exaggeration: while city staff operate under hybrid remote work policies and digital intake systems, physical counters remain staffed during operational hours to serve pre-scheduled in-person appointments.

BuildLA portal (appointments.lacity.gov) confirms in-person public counter services across LADBS, City Planning, BOE, and LAFD are provided by appointment only as of July 2026.
Development Services Centers operate physical counter hours on weekdays to serve pre-scheduled appointments, though city workers operate under departmental hybrid telework frameworks established as of 2025-2026.

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