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AMERICAN CANYON

2024 HCD Annual Progress Report data · Small (pop. 21,669)

Approval Speed
296 days
Excess delay
218 days
Project-years delayed
13
Affordable delayed
159

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: 60% (based on historical cohorts with 24+ months of data)

Overall app → permit rate 77%
Permit → completion rate 53%

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 349 / 622 (56%)
Very Low Income 6 / 169 (4%)
Low Income 4 / 109 (4%)
Moderate Income 2 / 95 (2%)
Above Moderate 337 / 249 (135%)

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

Peer jurisdictions

Compared against small-population jurisdictions.

Jurisdiction Approval Speed Excess delay Units
CAMPBELL 556 478 539
PALM SPRINGS 340 263 748
MOORPARK 167 89 2,172
PACIFICA 908 831 147
SONOMA 981 903 135
DESERT HOT SPRINGS 668 590 206
LOS GATOS 352 274 436
DIXON 380 302 390
LOS ALAMITOS 994 916 107
CYPRESS 860 783 120

Projects (94)

Project Type Status Units App → Entitle Entitle → Permit Permit → Complete Speed
PL21-0027 large multi Entitled 66 76 None None
PL16-0023 large multi Completed 159 None 517 1100
BP19-0373 single family Completed 1 8 824 1 832
BP21-0348 adu Permitted 1 0 96 None
PL20-0032 single family Entitled 98 None None None
PL20-0023 large multi Entitled 85 400 None None
BP21-0325 adu Permitted 1 0 107 None
BP21-0553 adu Entitled 1 0 None None
BP20-0487 adu Permitted 1 0 152 None
PL21-0014 single family Entitled 219 None None None
BP20-0289 adu Completed 1 0 154 97 178
BP19-0523 adu Completed 1 0 299 282 370
PL21-0004 large multi Permitted 186 None 271 None
BP21-0067 adu Permitted 1 0 106 None
BP23-0732 adu Permitted 1 0 281 None
BP23-0392 adu Permitted 1 None 150 None
PL20-0032 single family Completed 98 None 1065 43
PL22-0035 single family Entitled 216 238 None None
BP21-0553 adu Completed 1 335 0 313 413
PL21-0014 single family Completed 219 None 766 62
PL22-0035 adu Entitled 54 238 None None
BP22-0533 adu Completed 1 None 197 150
BP23-0444 adu Permitted 1 0 109 None
PL22-012 other Entitled 30 None None None
BP23-0589 adu Permitted 1 0 84 None
PL21-0020 large multi Entitled 20 633 None None
BP23-0693 adu Permitted 1 0 23 None
BP17-0495 adu Permitted 1 0 351 None
PL14-0009 large multi Entitled 1253 0 None None
BP17-0209 large multi Permitted 159 None 466 None
BP17-0486 adu Permitted 1 0 178 None
PL16-0029 single family Entitled 4 484 None None
BP18-0139 adu Permitted 1 0 84 None
BP21-0067 adu Permitted 1 0 106 None
BP21-0348 adu Permitted 1 0 96 None
BP22-0732 adu Entitled 1 0 None None
BP22-0125 adu Entitled 1 0 None None
BP21-0553 adu Permitted 1 0 335 None
BP19-0169 adu Entitled 1 0 None None
BP18-0454 adu Permitted 0 None None None
BP20-0024 adu Completed 1 0 387 503 513
PL20-0022 large multi Entitled 206 400 None None
BP22-0269 adu Entitled 1 0 None None
BP22-0465 adu Entitled 1 0 None None
BP19-0534 adu Completed 1 0 179 782 374
PL22-0012 large multi Entitled 30 None None None
BP19-0523 adu Entitled 1 0 None None
BP17-0486 adu Completed 0 None None None
BP21-0325 adu Completed 1 0 107 377 201
PL21-0027 large multi Permitted 66 76 97 None
PL21-0014 single family Permitted 219 None 449 None
BP22-0533 adu Entitled 1 0 None None
BP17-0495 adu Completed 0 None None None
BP19-0354 adu Entitled 1 0 None None
BP20-0024 adu Entitled 1 0 None None
BP20-0289 adu Entitled 1 0 None None
BP20-0487 adu Entitled 1 0 None None
BP19-0523 adu Permitted 1 0 299 None
BP18-0139 adu Completed 1 0 84 725 265
BP20-0346 adu Permitted 1 0 28 None
BP18-0454 adu Completed 1 None 308 284
PL20-0032 single family Completed 98 None 1143 145
PL20-0022 large multi Permitted 210 400 1158 None
BP23-0444 adu Completed 1 0 109 129 141
BP23-0693 adu Completed 1 0 23 226 80
PL21-0027 large multi Completed 66 76 97 959 413
BP23-0688 adu Permitted 1 0 456 None
BP24-0011 adu Entitled 1 0 None None
BP24-0614 adu Entitled 1 0 None None
BP24-0166 adu Permitted 1 0 136 None
BP22-0112 adu Completed 1 0 92 595 241
BP24-0669 adu Entitled 1 22 None None
BP22-0431 adu Permitted 1 None 591 None
BP22-0732 adu Completed 1 0 281 313 359
PL21-0014 single family Completed 219 None 1178 5
PL24-0012 single family Entitled 136 None None None
PL21-0004 large multi Completed 186 None 271 951
PL20-0023 large multi Permitted 81 None 1000 None
BP24-0216 adu Permitted 1 0 65 None
BP24-0216 adu Permitted 1 0 762 None
PL24-0022 single family Entitled 25 44 None None
BP20-0024 adu Permitted 1 0 387 None
PL20-0022 large multi Entitled 206 400 None None
BP23-0688 adu Entitled 1 0 None None
BP20-0487 adu Completed 1 0 152 301 227
PL21-0004 large multi Permitted 186 None 271 None
PL20-0032 single family Permitted 98 None 728 None
PL20-0023 large multi Entitled 85 400 None None
BP22-0012 adu Permitted 1 0 92 None
BP19-0534 adu Entitled 1 0 None None
BP16-0409 large multi Completed 0 None None None
BP19-0534 adu Permitted 1 0 179 None
BP24-0275 adu Permitted 1 0 127 None
BP20-0346 adu Completed 1 0 28 1295 352