I bought a house in Linda Vista (City of San Diego) in March of 2020 which had a converted garage. I plan on selling this place and hopefully getting west of the 5 and part of that plan is getting the converted studio permitted as an ADU. I got plans done and permit ready to be issued, just need to pull the trigger. I have been holding off though because I have a tenant (long time friend) who lives in the unit.

I am a little hesitant to pull the permit and call for inspections with the place currently being occupied. Does anyone have any experience with this and any advice for me. I would like to get it out of the way but don’t want to screw myself over if it’s avoidable.

Thanks for the input!