Which public records predict general building work?

Tax credit awards, CEQA notices of determination, Demolition permits, Entitlement approvals, Plan review, School bond measures. Deal Radar monitors each of these, scores it for CSLB B, and times the alert to when the work is actually bought rather than when the record was filed.

Does Deal Radar contact homeowners on my behalf?

No. Deal Radar never contacts a consumer on any channel. It alerts you and drafts the artifact you send yourself, and where the audience is a property owner the draft is a letter or postcard addressed to the property. Deal Radar does not hold owner names today.

CSLB B · 40 mile service radius

General Building work is on public record before it is on the market.

Approved at planning, unbuilt for a year: the entitlement-to-GC window.

California State License Board.

The short answer

What fires an alert for general building.

Deal Radar tracks 6 triggers for CSLB B. Each one names a public record, the point in that record's lifecycle where it becomes meaningful, how long after that point the work is actually bought, and who you would be contacting. The lead time is the part that matters: the same record is a different opportunity, on a different day, for a different trade.

Public recordWhen it firesWho you contact

Tax credit awardsAffordable-housing awards that carry regulatory deadlines to start construction.the moment it is issuedFunded and entitled, no GC selected. The design-partner play.The company on the filingThe licensee, applicant, or operator named on a public record.

CEQA notices of determinationThe environmental clearance that lets a project proceed.the moment it is publishedThe company on the filingThe licensee, applicant, or operator named on a public record.

Demolition permitsA structure coming down, which is the clearest possible signal of what goes up next.about 2 weeks after it is issuedThe contractor on the permitThe licensed contractor named on the record, resolved through the CSLB registry. Business to business, and their contact details are already public.

Entitlement approvalsPlanning approval granted, often a year or more before construction starts.about 4 weeks after it is publishedThe company on the filingThe licensee, applicant, or operator named on a public record.

Plan reviewA project in plan check with the building department.the moment it is filedThe company on the filingThe licensee, applicant, or operator named on a public record.

School bond measuresVoter-approved school construction funding with a project list attached.about 6 months after it is publishedThe public agencyThe department or district running the project.

The limits

What a permit does not tell you.

A record is a signal, not a sale. A filed permit means someone intends to do work. It does not tell you the package is unbought, that the budget survived, or that the schedule held. Deal Radar times alerts to when a trade is normally bought, which is a much better guess than the filing date, but it is still a guess about a live project.
Coverage is what we have ingested, not everything that exists. Every count on this site describes records Deal Radar has actually stored. Some agencies publish late, some publish badly, and some do not publish at all.
Nothing is sent automatically. Deal Radar drafts. A person on your team reviews and sends. That is a design decision, not a setting.
We do not contact consumers. Where the audience is a property owner, what Deal Radar resolves is a mailing address, so the artifact is an addressed letter, postcard or door hanger. No consumer calls, no consumer texts, on any plan.

Weighing this against buying leads? We wrote the honest comparison, including where bought leads win:permit records vs purchased leads.

Markets

General Building coverage by market.

General Building in Placer County, CA37 permits tracked General Building in Sacramento County, CA442 permits tracked General Building in Yolo County, CA503 permits tracked

Expanding into Alameda County, Alpine County, Amador County, Butte County, Calaveras County, San Francisco County, Colusa County, Contra Costa County, Del Norte County, El Dorado County, Fresno County, Glenn County, Humboldt County, Imperial County, Inyo County, Kern County, Kings County, Lake County, Lassen County, Los Angeles County, Madera County, Marin County, Mariposa County, Mendocino County, Merced County, Modoc County, Mono County, Monterey County, Napa County, Nevada County, Orange County, Plumas County, Riverside County, San Benito County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County, San Joaquin County, San Luis Obispo County, San Mateo County, Santa Barbara County, Santa Clara County, Santa Cruz County, Shasta County, Sierra County, Siskiyou County, Solano County, Sonoma County, Stanislaus County, Sutter County, Tehama County, Trinity County, Tulare County, Tuolumne County, Ventura County, Yuba County. Those pages exist and are honest about carrying no numbers yet.

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