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Your pool room permit is older than your kids.

Your Pool Room Permit Is Older Than Your Kids

Okay so check it – I'm digging through the city's development permits, right? Like, the stuff that tells us what's actually getting built and fixed in our neighborhoods. And no mames, I'm seeing permits getting approved right now that are literally from 2015. Yeah, 2015! Remember when everyone was still saying "on fleek?" That's how old these are.

Here's the lowdown:

* **Permit Type:** Bldg-Alter/Repair

* **Description:** SUPPLEMENTAL-TO 13014-10000-04123. ADDITION OF POOL EQUIPMENT ROOM.

* **Original Filing Date:** March 4, 2015.

It's wild, fam. This pool equipment room on a residential property is just now getting its paperwork moving, almost a decade later. We're talking about a permit from when the Dodgers hadn't even won the World Series yet – not that they ever really needed a full decade to do anything, ya sabes.

This is the kind of stuff that shows you how slow things can move in our city. It's not just about some pool, it's about the whole process. What does this mean for people trying to open a small business on Whittier Boulevard, or finally get that permit to fix their leaky roof in Boyle Heights? We need to keep watching how long it takes for these permits to clear, because time is money for actual Angelenos.

That's the real LA, fam — east of the 110.

Marisol Vega-Cisneros, MiTL Sports Desk, Morning Wire Correspondent.

Oye, for real though, the crew on the morning show dives into this stuff every single day. Tune in live at mornings.live.

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