Housing, buildings and business records you can pull by address, every week
These sources update at least weekly, carry an address or parcel on every row, and answer to an API. That makes them the fastest way to know what's happening at a building.
World edition · Monday 2 November 2026
The world's public record
The record index
| Department | Sources | Verified | API | How you get it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portals | 328 | 38% | 82% | |
| Laws and government | 241 | 78% | 14% | |
| Safety and emergencies | 177 | 88% | 47% | |
| Housing, buildings and business | 150 | 97% | 59% | |
| Funding, grants and spending | 125 | 98% | 45% | |
| Water | 124 | 94% | 28% | |
| Power and energy | 82 | 72% | 6% | |
| Transport | 63 | 100% | 67% | |
| City services and 311 | 49 | 92% | 65% | |
| Environment and parks | 30 | 100% | 57% | |
| Health | 23 | 91% | 61% | |
| People and places | 17 | 88% | 35% | |
| Consumer protection | 8 | 75% | 50% | |
| Education | 8 | 88% | 38% | |
| Jobs | 6 | 100% | 17% |
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City of Chicago · 28Los Angeles Department of Water and Power · 24Los Angeles Housing Department · 22US Environmental Protection Agency · 22City and County of San Francisco · 21City of Los Angeles · 19City of Austin · 19Los Angeles Police Department · 17Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety · 16Los Angeles City Controller · 15California State Water Resources Control Board · 14City of Seattle · 14
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# Water sources covering Los Angeles
curl https://api.sos.city/v1/sources \
-G -d department=water \
-d place=us-ca-los-angeles