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Just received my CCW last week and wanted to share my experience comparing two very different application processes.
The Gardena Police Department Experience (or lack thereof)
I started my CCW journey with the GPD in August 2024. Here's the condensed timeline:
As of the day I received my SBCSD license 148 days later compared to 604 days with GPD, I was still waiting for an interview.
As some of you may know regarding local jurisdictions, only Gardena residents can apply for a CCW through GPD. It's not like Los Angeles or Long Beach. Gardena is a city of roughly 60,000 people. The pool of eligible applicants is finite and relatively small. Yet a queue of applicants took over 19 months to reach me, apparently through a single investigator managing the entire process solo. There's no Permitium portal, no status tracker, just one detective you periodically email hoping for a response.
My last actual substantive update was April 2025 when I was informed that, "there are 25 applicants ahead of you." I followed up again later in the year and received no reply for five months. GPD then mailed a physical letter to my old address stating they had "been trying to contact me." Our entire communication history was conducted via email. When I finally responded to that letter via emai I was called by phone, seemingly the preferred method despite email being our established channel for 19 months.
During that phone call, I finally got answers to questions I had been asking for nearly two years:
To be clear, this is not a critique on the investigator. The problem is structural. One investigator managing 200 applicants through a three-layer approval chain with no digital infrastructure, no dedicated unit, and no apparent plan to scale is terrible resource allocation. For a resident-only applicant pool in a city of 60,000, this level of operational capacity is difficult to justify.
GPD Cost Breakdown (estimated):
On the training vendors, yet something else I'm just not understanding. GPD's approved training provider list spans Los Angeles County, San Bernardino County, Orange County, and beyond. If you're a Gardena resident, why are there vendors listed in Chico, Lake Sherwood, Dana Point, and Corona? I understand that some applicants may work or travel to other areas, but the geographic spread felt more like a formality than a curated resource. The cheapest quote I received from the four closest vendors was $250; the most expensive was $480. The average across all four was $368 which is genuinely painful compared to what SBCSD charges for the same mandatory 16-hour course.
The San Bernardino County Sheriffs Department Experience
I since relocated to the Inland Empire and decided to start fresh with SBCSD. Here's that timeline:
The contrast in operational infrastructure tells the story. SBCSD has a dedicated CCW unit with staffed offices at two locations, a dedicated phone line, a dedicated email address, and a digital portal through Permitium where you can track your application status in real time. Every step was clearly communicated with defined next actions. I never once had to chase them for an update.
SBCSD Cost Breakdown (actual):
SBCSD came in at 56% less than GPD's estimated total at roughly $481 cheaper for a process completed in less than a quarter of the time.
On the day I received my SBCSD license, I formally emailed GPD to withdraw my application. I did it out of principle more than necessity. I had long since moved on but I was genuinely curious where I'd stand on the day my license arrived. My guess is that I'd still be waiting reaching the 2 year mark.
For anyone still navigating the LA County CCW landscape: the costs are real, the timelines are unpredictable, and the experience varies wildly depending on your issuing authority. If you have the option to apply through a county sheriff's department with a dedicated CCW unit and real infrastructure behind it, the difference is not subtle. It's a completely different experience.
To everyone still in the queue somewhere, hang in there. It's worth it. 🤙