Infinity Electrical Inc. (CSLB #1100231) is a licensed electrical contractor serving Mar Vista, the Westside neighbourhood of the City of Los Angeles between Venice, Santa Monica, Palms and Culver City, where electrical permits come from LADBS and power from LADWP. Mar Vista's housing is mostly single-family houses north of Venice Boulevard and apartment buildings, many of them mid-century dingbats, to the south, and on the eastern and southern edges a job starts with a check of which side of the Culver City line the property is on.
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Everything we do in Mar Vista, with what each job usually involves here. The photos are from our own jobs.
Service upgrades for 1940s and 1950s houses that have outgrown their original panel and for dingbat meter banks, with LADWP's meter spot coordinated on the Los Angeles side and the HPOZ question asked first in the Ain tract. For the load side, read whether a heat pump or induction range needs a bigger panel.
Level 2 circuits for driveways and detached garages north of Venice Boulevard, and for tuck-under carports in apartment buildings to the south, with the panel's spare capacity checked first. See chargers on a 100-amp panel and EV charger permits in Los Angeles.
Tracing tripping breakers, dead outlets and flickering lights in post-war houses where decades of added circuits share an original panel. If a breaker keeps tripping, this guide covers the usual causes.
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Partial or whole-house rewiring of post-war houses, routed through attics and crawl spaces where possible so plaster, original built-ins and modernist interiors are disturbed as little as possible.
Lighting that suits a mid-century or modernist house, exterior and yard lighting, and display and work lighting for shops and offices on Venice Boulevard.
Grounded outlets where two-prong receptacles remain, GFCI protection in kitchens, baths and yards, and dedicated circuits for laundry, heat pumps and induction ranges in houses and apartment units.
Tenant improvements, lighting and equipment circuits for storefronts and offices along Venice 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 estimateMar Vista covers roughly 2.9 square miles on the Westside, from the San Diego Freeway on the northeast to Walgrove Avenue on the southwest, with the Santa Monica city line to the northwest and Culver City wrapping around its east, southeast and south. The area went by the name Ocean Park Heights from 1904 to 1924 and grew along the Venice Short Line rail route. In 1927 it became the 70th community annexed to Los Angeles, so for close to a century every Mar Vista address has been a City of Los Angeles address, even if the neighbourhood was only given official city signs in 2006.
Most of today's houses came later. Building peaked from the 1950s through the 1970s, and the blocks north of Venice Boulevard filled with suburban single-family homes, including well-known mid-century modern houses along Beethoven, Meier and Moore streets. South of Venice Boulevard the zoning allows apartments, and that half of the neighbourhood is full of dingbats: two- and three-story apartment boxes, many of them with parking tucked underneath, most of which fall under the city's Rent Stabilization Ordinance.
Infinity Electrical offers troubleshooting and repairs, panel and service upgrades, rewiring, lighting, new circuits and EV charger circuits for houses, condos, apartment buildings and storefronts across Mar Vista, from the Gregory Ain tract to the apartment streets near the Culver City line. Small jobs are welcome, and there are free estimates on eligible work.
Areas we cover in Mar Vista
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Mar Vista's housing splits roughly along Venice Boulevard: mostly single-family houses from the post-war decades to the north, and mostly apartments to the south. City Planning's figures for the wider Palms–Mar Vista–Del Rey plan area show how much of it dates from 1940 to 1980.
Mar Vista uses ZIP code 90066, and every street inside the neighbourhood is in the City of Los Angeles, so the citywide LADBS and LADWP steps described below apply. The questions start at the edges, because two of Mar Vista's four neighbours are separate cities, and the mailing address alone does not tell you which city a parcel sits in.
The Culver City line. Culver City borders Mar Vista on the east, southeast and south, and it runs its own Building Safety Division, which issues electrical permits (including permits for EV charging equipment), reviews plans and sends its own inspectors. Power there is less simple than on the Los Angeles side: the City of Culver City says Southern California Edison provides electricity to a majority of Culver City and LADWP to a portion of it, and it sends residents to LADWP's website to check a specific address. For a property near the line, the permit office follows the city boundary while the utility follows whoever owns the service, so we confirm both before quoting a panel or service upgrade.
The Santa Monica line. To the northwest, the City of Santa Monica issues its own permits and SCE serves the city. A service upgrade on the Mar Vista side of that line goes through LADBS and LADWP's meter spot, while one a few houses away in Santa Monica goes through the Santa Monica permit counter and SCE. The Santa Monica page explains how work there differs.
The Gregory Ain Mar Vista Tract HPOZ. City Planning lists the Gregory Ain Mar Vista Tract as a Historic Preservation Overlay Zone of 52 parcels in the Palms–Mar Vista–Del Rey plan area. The one-story single-family houses were built in 1948 to Gregory Ain's designs, with landscaping by Garrett Eckbo; the planning page credits Ain with giving each house individuality through varied setbacks and entrance locations from standard elements, notes that open space between houses was favoured over fences, and calls the tract, marketed as “Modernique,” the city's first post-World War II HPOZ. It was adopted in 2003. City Planning says properties in local historic districts must undergo additional review for exterior renovations, additions and new construction, including some changes that need no building permit, and that work done without review can bring LADBS code enforcement and fines. Less significant exterior work on a contributing house can be approved by Planning staff as Conforming Work, significant exterior work needs a Certificate of Appropriateness, and each district's Preservation Plan lists the work that is exempt. Because the Preservation Plan sets what is exempt and what needs review, on a tract house we ask the HPOZ planner early whether a relocated meter, new exterior conduit, a wall-mounted charger or new exterior fixtures need review, before a location is set with LADWP.
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.
Two of Mar Vista's neighbours are inside the City of Los Angeles and two are not. Venice, west of Walgrove Avenue, and Palms, across the San Diego Freeway to the northeast, are City of Los Angeles neighbourhoods, so LADBS permits and LADWP power carry straight across. Santa Monica, to the northwest, is its own city with its own permit office and SCE power. Culver City, to the east and south, is also its own city, with its own Building Safety Division; most of it is served by SCE, but LADWP serves a portion, so the address is checked before any service work is planned.
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.
Mar Vista gets its power from LADWP, because it has been part of the City of Los Angeles since 1927, and its electrical permits come from LADBS. Its neighbours Santa Monica and most of Culver City are on SCE instead. If your home is close to either city line, the name on your electric bill settles it before a panel or service upgrade is planned.
The parcel decides, not the mailing address: if it is in Culver City, the Culver City Building Safety Division issues the electrical permit, and if it is in Mar Vista, LADBS does. Utility service does not always follow the same line, since Culver City says SCE serves most of the city and LADWP a portion. We confirm both the permit office and the utility for your address before quoting.
Possibly, if the work changes the outside of the house; City Planning says HPOZ properties need additional review for exterior renovations, and even some exterior changes that need no building permit. Minor exterior work can be approved by Planning staff as Conforming Work, larger work needs a Certificate of Appropriateness, and the district's Preservation Plan lists exempt work. A relocated meter, exterior conduit, a wall-mounted EV charger or new exterior lights are the kinds of items we raise with the HPOZ planner before anything is installed. Any LADBS electrical permit the work needs is separate from HPOZ review.
Often yes, but the deciding factor is how much spare capacity the building's service has, not the carport itself. Dingbats usually have a meter bank and a house panel sized for the building's original loads, so we look at both, work out what one or more chargers would add, and tell you whether they fit on the existing service or need an upgrade coordinated with LADWP. Work in an occupied, rent-stabilized building is scheduled to keep tenant outages short.
Not automatically; it depends on what the panel is, its condition and a load calculation for the house with the new equipment added. Some original panels have room for another circuit, some can take one with careful planning, and some are a model or in a condition that we would recommend replacing regardless. We check the panel and the existing circuits first and explain the options before any upgrade is proposed.
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