I've been expediting permits since 2008. Eighteen years of walking plans into city halls, sitting across from plan checkers, learning which jurisdictions want what — the hard way, one permit at a time, back when the first smartphones were still new.
For years I was the Northern California lead for the two big national permit firms. When they needed someone who knew every Bay Area counter, every fire marshal's quirks, every shortcut that was legal and every one that wasn't — they called me. I ran it solo and I ran it well.
Then I went out on my own. And I started noticing something: the same headaches kept hitting everybody. Contractors losing half a day driving paperwork downtown. Coordinators drowning in email threads. Small shops that couldn't afford a full-time permit person just… stuck.
That's the Coordinator. It's my brain in one box: pick your permit, upload your documents, pay, and watch it move. Same-day filing, live tracking, no black holes. Everything I learned in eighteen years, packed into software — so the next guy doesn't have to learn it the hard way.
I'm not a tech company that wandered into permits. I'm a permit guy who built tech. There's a difference, and you'll feel it the first time your permit gets filed before lunch.
— Sal Zahraoui
Owner, PermitsPros Comm Inc · Concord, CA
(925) 876-7721