Oakland is experiencing a network outage that is affecting key services such as Oak311, permitting and business tax. Several non-emergency systems including phone lines within the City of Oakland are currently impacted or offline. Thank you for your patience while we work to restore services.

Permit & Services Questions Portal

Have questions about our Online Permit Center, permits, or other services? We've posted common questions & answers below, and provided a form for you to ask follow-up questions of our staff. We've also included a set of permitting Quicklinks below. Thanks for doing business with the City of Oakland!