Tips for dealing with city permits

[Jose Leanos]

Hi everyone,

I am currently in the process of converting my garage into a 1 bedroom ADU in the city of Long Beach, CA. I understand that everything is backed up right now due to covid, but I was wondering if anybody had any success in getting their city to speed up the approval of plans for any type of construction on their home. Also if anybody happens to work with the city of Long Beach's planning department I would love to connect to find out what I can do to speed things along.

Thanks in advance