Title 24 reports for Long Beach permits.
Long Beach still takes plan-check submittals in person, on a flash drive, with fees due the same day — and its own instructions name energy reports in the list of what to bring.
Bring the CF1R on the drive
Long Beach’s Building & Safety Bureau staffs the Development Permit Center downtown, and plan-check work there hasn’t gone online: applications and materials are accepted “as digital PDF files on a USB device, or flash drive,” in person, with plan check fees due the same day. The plan-review page repeats that instruction twice in capitals and names “energy reports” in the list of what to bring; “Title 24 Energy” is its own document type, calling out the CF-1R and MF1-R. IB-045 (Eff. 01-01-2020, Rev. 09-27-2024) checks the CF1R line for new construction, additions and remodels alike — so a garage conversion or an addition arrives at the counter needing the same package a new build does.
The city publishes no turnaround of its own — only the AB 2234 statutory clocks — and says projects are reviewed in the order received; a plan review application stays valid 12 months under LBMC 18.05.060. Long Beach also straddles two climate zones: CZ 6 across most of the city, CZ 8 in North Long Beach, Bixby Knolls and El Dorado Park. There is currently no local ADU ordinance — the city says it administers state law directly — and no CEC-approved energy ordinance, though the city’s own March 2025 code-adoption presentation lists an electrification reach code as under consideration.
One thing that doesn’t change by city: my price and turnaround are flat statewide — $99 first report, $150 flat after, 24–48 hours on your first job. What differs city to city is what happens on the plan-check side before and after the CF1R lands in your permit set, which is what this page covers.
Prices
Flat fees, in writing before I start. No hourly, no bid package, no change-order games — the number on the quote is the number on the invoice.
Your first report with me
One per client, homes under 3,000 square feet. Full energy model, CF1R and CHEERS registration. It’s a test run — send one job and see how it goes.
Every model after the first
The standard rate once you’re a client — the second building, ADU plus main house, the next project that walks in. Back in 3 business days.
Over 3,000 square feet
Quoted from the plans before any work starts, same day.
24×36 plan-sheet set
Your CF1R laid out full size, matched to your drawing set. Comes back as a PDF you drop straight in.
Revisions
Two revisions included, plus questions any time. Past two I quote first, before I touch it.
Commercial / tenant improvement
Send the plans and you’ll have a flat quote back the same day. No deposit, no minimum.
One honest note
I’m not a licensed engineer or architect, and I don’t stamp drawings. On the CF1R I’m the documentation author — you stay the responsible designer. Nothing about your role on the job changes.
That’s on purpose. I’m not after your scope or your clients. I do one piece of the permit set — the piece that usually holds it up — and I do it fast.
Long Beach plan-check questions
If yours isn’t here, see the full FAQ or call and ask.
Can Long Beach plans be submitted online?
Does Long Beach have its own ADU ordinance?
Does my ADU or addition actually need one?
Almost certainly. New conditioned floor area — ADUs, JADUs, garage conversions, additions — triggers Title 24. So do alterations that touch the envelope, the ductwork, or the HVAC equipment, including a straight change-out. A remodel that only moves non-structural interior partitions usually doesn’t.
Send it either way. If it doesn’t need a report I’ll say so and there’s no charge for the look.
How fast do I get it back?
24 to 48 hours on your first job, three business days for everything after that — a date you can put on the schedule, not an estimate. If your permit deadline is tighter than that, say so in the notes; I’ll tell you honestly whether I can hit it before you commit.
Send your Long Beach plans.
The CF1R comes back as a labeled PDF, ready to sit on the flash drive before your counter appointment.