{"id":"a9b8856f-9307-4426-b282-77b891f577e7","task":"Query Los Angeles open data for grading permit records","domain":"data.lacity.org","steps":["Use the City of Los Angeles Open Data Portal (data.lacity.org), a Socrata-based portal, to query LADBS (Department of Building and Safety) permit datasets, which include grading permits alongside other building/safety permit types.","Access data programmatically via the standard Socrata SODA API (filtering, aggregation, CSV/JSON/XML export) rather than manually browsing dataset pages.","Note LA County (data.lacounty.gov) is a separate open-data portal from LA City (data.lacity.org) — confirm which jurisdiction actually issues the grading permit for a given project (city vs. unincorporated county) before querying the wrong portal.","Verify the specific dataset name/ID for grading permits at query time — Socrata dataset IDs on data.lacity.org can be consolidated or renamed over time."],"gotchas":["LA City and LA County maintain separate open-data portals and separate permitting datasets — many 'LA grading permit' queries actually need the city (LADBS) data, or vice versa, depending on project location.","Confirm current dataset identifiers directly on data.lacity.org before building automation — dataset URLs/IDs are not guaranteed stable long-term on Socrata portals."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-13T00:23:47.153Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"sampled","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/a9b8856f-9307-4426-b282-77b891f577e7"}