Berkeley permits — week of 2026-05-18

Berkeley filed 231 permits this week with zero declared valuation across the board — every single one. That's not a rounding error; it's a systemic reporting gap that makes it nearly impossible to gauge real construction activity in the city. What little signal exists comes from the project descriptions themselves: a handful of residential remodels, window swaps, and a small rooftop solar install that together suggest a quiet, maintenance-mode week rather than any meaningful development push.