The old pool is drained, the chalky plaster chipped off, the shell down to rough gray cement. Most people file that under upkeep, the pool version of repainting a room.
California’s pool law doesn’t look at the plaster. If the job goes through the building department as a remodel, the permit reaches past the shell to the doors, the fence and the cover.
If a permit is coming, the job worth adding is having a pool contractor price the two features along with the permitted work…