Infinity Electrical Inc. (CSLB #1100231) is a licensed electrical contractor serving Highland Park, the City of Los Angeles neighbourhood in the Arroyo Seco where electrical permits come from LADBS and power comes from LADWP. The Highland Park–Garvanza Historic Preservation Overlay Zone, the largest in the city, covers about 4,000 structures here and in neighbouring areas, so on many jobs the question is not only what the wiring needs but whether anything changes on the outside of a historic house or storefront.
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Everything we do in Highland Park, with what each job usually involves here. The photos are from our own jobs.
Service upgrades for bungalows and revival cottages still on small original services, with the meter location coordinated with LADWP and, inside the HPOZ, checked with City Planning first when it would show from the street. Read heat pumps, induction and panel size if new appliances are the reason.
Level 2 charger circuits for detached rear garages and driveways behind historic houses, planned so the run is practical and the equipment stays out of sight where that matters. See EV charger permits in Los Angeles and a charger on a 100-amp panel.
Tracking down tripping breakers, dead outlets and flickering lights in houses wired in stages over a century, where an old splice in the attic or crawl space is often the cause. If a breaker trips again and again, this guide covers the usual reasons.
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Replacing knob-and-tube and ungrounded circuits in Craftsman and Victorian-era houses room by room, so plaster, wood paneling and built-ins are opened as little as possible and nothing changes on the exterior without checking the HPOZ rules.
Interior fixtures and ceiling fans suited to period houses, rear-yard and path lighting, and storefront and dining-room lighting for businesses on Figueroa and York, with street-facing exterior fixtures in the HPOZ checked before purchase.
Grounded outlets where two-prong receptacles remain, GFCI protection for kitchens, baths, porches and yards, and dedicated circuits for laundry and kitchen appliances in bungalows and duplex units.
Tenant improvements, equipment circuits and lighting for restaurants, cafés and shops on North Figueroa Street and York Boulevard, and meter-bank and house-panel work for apartment owners.
Also: subpanels, dedicated circuits, 240-volt outlets for dryers and ranges, exterior and security lighting, hard-wired smoke alarms, and small repairs of every kind.
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Call (844) 430-7681Request an estimateHighland Park lies northeast of downtown Los Angeles along the Arroyo Seco, with Eagle Rock to the northwest, Mount Washington to the west, Montecito Heights to the south, and the separate cities of Pasadena and South Pasadena on its northern and eastern edges. George Morgan and Albert Judson laid out the original Highland Park tract in 1886 on former Rancho San Rafael land and parcels bought from the Verdugo family, and the City of Los Angeles annexed it in 1895. The Town of Garvanza to the northeast, also subdivided in 1886, followed in 1899. By 1907 the Los Angeles Railway's Garvanza line ran along York Boulevard and North Figueroa Street, and in 1940 the Arroyo Seco Parkway, California's first freeway, opened along the neighbourhood's eastern side.
City Planning counts Highland Park in the Northeast Los Angeles Community Plan Area, together with Eagle Rock, Glassell Park, Mount Washington, Cypress Park, Montecito Heights, Lincoln Heights and other communities; that plan was last updated in 1999. Its 2020–2024 housing estimates for the whole plan area, not Highland Park alone, count about 85,300 housing units: roughly 40% built in 1939 or earlier and nearly 79% before 1980, a little over half in single-unit buildings, and about 55% of occupied homes rented. In practice, a Highland Park block can hold a Craftsman bungalow, a Victorian-era house, a 1920s Spanish-style cottage and a small apartment building side by side.
Infinity Electrical takes on troubleshooting and repairs, panel and service upgrades, rewiring, lighting and ceiling fans, outlets and new circuits, and EV charger circuits for houses, duplexes, apartment buildings, shops and restaurants throughout Highland Park and Garvanza. Small repairs are welcome, and there are free estimates on eligible work.
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City Planning says the district's architecture spans nearly every style popular from the 1880s through the 1940s, and that the Arts and Crafts movement, which flourished in the Highland Park area, shows in its wealth of Craftsman-style houses; the HPOZ preservation plan adds that the majority of homes built in the area are Craftsman.
Highland Park (ZIP codes 90042 and part of 90041) is inside the City of Los Angeles, so the LADBS and LADWP steps described below apply across the neighbourhood, and they continue into Eagle Rock, Mount Washington, Montecito Heights and Garvanza. The edge to watch is on the north and east. Pasadena runs its own permit centre and its own utility, Pasadena Water and Power, and South Pasadena has its own Building Division, with Southern California Edison delivering the power. An address near the Arroyo or the Pasadena line is worth checking before anyone assumes which agency applies.
The Highland Park–Garvanza HPOZ. City Planning describes the Highland Park–Garvanza Historic Preservation Overlay Zone as the largest of the city's HPOZs, covering approximately 4,000 structures and more than fifty Historic-Cultural Monuments. It was adopted in 1994, Garvanza was added in 2010, and it was the first HPOZ to include commercial buildings. Inside an HPOZ, City Planning reviews proposed exterior alterations, additions and new construction. The district's preservation plan exempts interior alterations that do not change an exterior feature, mechanical equipment in the rear yard, and lighting on facades that are not visible from the street, and it leaves questions of visibility to City Planning staff. That list says nothing about meters or service equipment, so a relocated meter, a new service mast, a panel or charger on a street-facing wall, or new porch and facade lighting visible from the street is the kind of change we would check with HPOZ staff before its location is set with LADWP. These are examples, not a complete list; the preservation plan and City Planning decide what needs review.
Fire zones next door. The LAFD's description of the city's Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone names portions of neighbouring Mount Washington, Montecito Heights, Eagle Rock and Glassell Park among the communities it includes; Highland Park itself is not on that list. Zone status is decided parcel by parcel on the LAFD Fire Zone Map, so for a house on a hillside street near those neighbourhoods we check the map rather than guess. For most panel, circuit and lighting work inside a house, it changes little; it matters more when the electrical work is part of an addition or a rebuild.
Permits come from the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety (LADBS). A new circuit, an EV charger, a sub-panel or a panel replacement is permitted work, and LADBS will not send an inspector until the permit is issued. We pull it under our license and meet the inspector at the end.
Power comes from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), not Southern California Edison. For repairs, lighting, new outlets and a charger that fits on the existing panel, LADWP is not involved. For a panel or service upgrade it is: the job starts with LADWP's free meter spot, where an Electric Service Representative visits within five to fifteen business days, confirms where the new equipment may go and leaves a sketch at the job (single-family services up to 320 amps can be requested online). When only the meter needs setting, LADWP says that generally happens within ten working days. If the existing LADWP service can carry the new load there are generally no LADWP charges; work in the street, on a transformer or on the lines can add cost and time, and we find that out before you commit.
The permits and utilities guide explains the whole picture for the three counties we serve.
Garvanza, Mount Washington to the west, Montecito Heights to the south and Eagle Rock to the northwest are all City of Los Angeles neighbourhoods, so LADBS permits and LADWP power carry across unchanged; beyond Mount Washington, Glassell Park is on LADBS and LADWP too. Mount Washington's hillside streets include Eldred Street, one of the steepest in Los Angeles, which changes access more than paperwork. Across the northern line, Pasadena issues its own permits and is served by Pasadena Water and Power, and east across the Arroyo, South Pasadena has its own Building Division. Past Eagle Rock, the City of Glendale has its own permit counter and Glendale Water and Power.
See the full list of areas we cover across Los Angeles, Orange and Ventura counties.
No phone quotes and no guessing. A written estimate after we've seen the job, then permitted, inspected work.
Call or send the form. A photo of the panel or the problem helps us come prepared.
We come to your home or business and look at the panel, wiring or site.
Scope, price and timeline in writing before you decide anything.
We pull the permit, coordinate your utility when needed, and finish with the inspection.
Highland Park is on LADWP, because it is part of the City of Los Angeles, and LADBS issues its electrical permits. Pasadena Water and Power serves the City of Pasadena across the northern line, and South Pasadena, east across the Arroyo Seco, is a separate city where Southern California Edison delivers the power. If a property sits near either boundary, the bill or the parcel record settles which applies.
Work inside the house generally does not need HPOZ review, but a change that can be seen from the street may. The HPOZ preservation plan exempts interior alterations that don't change an exterior feature and mechanical equipment in the rear yard, but its exemption list does not mention meters or service equipment, and City Planning staff decide questions of visibility. If a new meter, mast or panel would go on a street-facing wall, we check with HPOZ staff before LADWP sets the location.
Usually the wiring itself can, because the preservation plan exempts interior alterations that do not change an exterior feature. What needs care is the outside: new exterior conduit, a relocated meter or new porch lights visible from the street are exterior changes. We route new circuits through attics, crawl spaces and closets wherever possible so the house looks the same from the sidewalk.
Highland Park is not among the communities the LAFD names as including portions of the Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone, but its neighbours Mount Washington, Montecito Heights, Eagle Rock and Glassell Park are. Zone status belongs to each parcel, so the LAFD Fire Zone Map is the way to check a house on a hillside street near those areas. It matters mainly for additions and rebuilds, not for ordinary panel or circuit work.
It can, because the Highland Park–Garvanza HPOZ was the first in the city to include commercial buildings, so exterior changes such as storefront lighting or new equipment on the facade may need City Planning review. Interior work such as kitchen circuits and lighting is mainly a question of the building's capacity. Many Figueroa storefronts are in older buildings, so it pays to have the existing service checked before you commit; our guide to leasing a space lists questions to ask first.
Yes, in most cases, though the distance from the house panel and the panel's spare capacity decide how the circuit is run. Rear garages are common on older Highland Park lots, and a charger mounted there is usually out of view from the street, which also helps inside the HPOZ. We look at the route and the panel on the first visit before quoting.
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