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2021 HCD Annual Progress Report data

Approval Speed
0 days
Excess delay
0 days
Project-years delayed
0
Affordable delayed
0

Median stage durations

How long the typical project takes at each stage. The yellow Approval Speed bar is the weighted composite (stages 1 + 2 + 25% of stage 3) used for ranking. The dashed line is the peer-group benchmark (25th percentile of approval speed).

Application-to-permit conversion

What share of applications receive a building permit within each time window? The projected rate estimates eventual outcomes for recent applications.

Within 1 month Within 3 months Within 6 months Within 24 months

Projected eventual permit rate: 100% (based on historical cohorts with 24+ months of data)

Overall app → permit rate 100%
Permit → completion rate 100%

RHNA progress

California's Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) mandates that each jurisdiction plan for and permit a target number of housing units over an 8-year cycle (2023–2031), broken down by income level. The bars below show how many units have been permitted so far toward each target.

Overall RHNA progress 3 / 7 (43%)
Very Low Income 0 / 2 (0%)
Low Income 1 / 1 (100%)
Moderate Income 1 / 1 (100%)
Above Moderate 1 / 3 (33%)

Jurisdictions that fall behind their RHNA targets may face state accountability measures, including SB 35 ministerial streamlining requirements for housing projects.

Projects (5)

Project Type Status Units App → Entitle Entitle → Permit Permit → Complete Speed
B19-33 single family Completed 1 0 0 0 0
B20-22 single family Completed 1 275 0 0 275
B21-03 mobile home Completed 1 0 0 None
B20-53 single family Completed 1 427 0 0 427
B19-33 single family Completed 1 0 0 0 0