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CARPINTERIA

2025 HCD Annual Progress Report data · Small (pop. 13,187)

Approval Speed
94 days
Excess delay
17 days
Project-years delayed
2
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: 52% (based on historical cohorts with 24+ months of data)

Overall app → permit rate 55%
Permit → completion rate 67%

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 72 / 901 (8%)
Very Low Income 4 / 286 (1%)
Low Income 7 / 132 (5%)
Moderate Income 0 / 135 (0%)
Above Moderate 61 / 348 (18%)

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
AMERICAN CANYON 296 218 1,035
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

Projects (123)

Project ⇅ Type ⇅ Status ⇅ Units ⇅ App → Entitle ⇅ Entitle → Permit ⇅ Permit → Complete ⇅ Speed ⇅
15-1767-CDP single family Permitted 0 None None None —
19-1983-DP/TPM/CDP other Completed 0 None None None —
19-1996-DP/CDP/TPM other Completed 0 None None None —
16-1849-CUPR/TTM/CDP single family Permitted 0 None None None —
18-1909-CDP/SDU/RA adu Permitted 0 None None None —
21-2092-SDU/CDP adu Permitted 1 74 22 None —
17-1879-DP/CDP single family Permitted 0 None None None —
18-1928-DP/CDP single family Permitted 0 None None None —
17-1894-DP/CDP other Entitled 2 None None None —
19-1958-DP/CDP other Entitled 4 None None None —
15-1767-CDP single family Entitled 1 None None None —
17-1894-DP/CDP other Permitted 0 None None None —
15-1798-DP/PM/CDP other Completed 0 None None None —
17-1879-DP/CDP single family Completed 0 None None None —
19-1983-DP/TPM/CDP other Entitled 2 436 None None —
15-1804-CDP single family Permitted 0 None None None —
16-1840-DP/CDP other Permitted 0 None None None —
19-1996-DP/CDP/TPM other Permitted 2 73 224 None —
21-2083-DP/TPM/CDP/ARB other Entitled 3 336 None None —
23-2242-CDP/ADU adu Entitled 1 0 None None —
19-1983-DP/TPM/CDP other Permitted 0 None None None —
16-1840-DP/CDP other Completed 0 None None 232 —
23-2212-CDP/ADU adu Completed 1 0 60 100 85
23-2213-CDP/ADU adu Permitted 1 0 154 None —
23-2256-CDP/ADU adu Entitled 1 0 None None —
BP#14002 adu Permitted 1 97 0 None —
22-2184-DP/CDP/ARB single family Entitled 1 168 None None —
18-1928-DP/CDP single family Completed 0 None None None —
22-2162-DP/CDP/ARB single family Entitled 1 251 None None —
23-2249-CDP/ADU adu Entitled 1 0 None None —
15-1781-DP/CDP other Entitled 2 112 None None —
18-1909-CDP/SDU/RA adu Entitled 1 833 None None —
23-2255-CDP/ADU adu Permitted 1 0 69 None —
23-2260-CDP/ADU adu Entitled 1 0 None None —
23-2219-CDP/ADU adu Permitted 1 0 85 None —
23-2225-CDP/ADU adu Entitled 1 0 None None —
23-2250-CDP/ADU adu Entitled 1 0 None None —
BP#14102 adu Permitted 1 45 0 None —
23-2226-CDP/ADU adu Permitted 1 0 75 None —
23-2227-CDP/ADU adu Permitted 1 0 151 None —
23-2229-CDP/ADU adu Entitled 1 0 None None —
23-2213-CDP/ADU adu Completed 0 None None None —
23-2226-CDP/ADU adu Completed 0 None None None —
23-2227-CDP/ADU adu Completed 0 None None None —
22-2184-DP/CDP/ARB single family Permitted 0 None None None —
23-2268-CDP/ADU adu Completed 1 0 153 197 202
24-2278-CDP/ADU adu Entitled 1 0 None None —
24-2282-CDP/ADU adu Entitled 1 0 None None —
22-2162-DP/CDP/ARB single family Permitted 0 None None None —
23-2214-CDP/ADU adu Completed 0 None None None —
23-2262-CDP/ADU adu Entitled 1 0 None None —
23-2264-TPM/CDP single family Entitled 1 113 None None —
24-2275-CDP/ADU adu Permitted 1 0 165 None —
24-2286-CDP/ADU adu Entitled 1 0 None None —
23-2219-CDP/ADU adu Completed 0 None None None —
23-2220-CDP/ADU adu Completed 0 None None 259 —
23-2256-CDP/ADU adu Completed 0 None None 84 —
23-2209-CDP/ARB single family Entitled 1 453 None None —
24-2311-CDP/ADU adu Entitled 1 0 None None —
24-2321-CDP/ADU adu Entitled 1 0 None None —
23-2229-CDP/ADU adu Permitted 0 None None None —
BP#14002 adu Completed 0 None None None —
BP#14102 adu Completed 0 None None None —
24-2277-CDP/ADU adu Permitted 1 0 133 None —
24-2284-CDP/ADU adu Permitted 1 0 111 None —
23-2242-CDP/ADU adu Completed 0 None None 167 —
23-2260-CDP/ADU adu Completed 0 None None 145 —
23-2259-CDP/ADU adu Entitled 1 0 None None —
23-2245-CDP/ADU adu Completed 0 None None None —
23-2255-CDP/ADU adu Completed 0 None None None —
23-2263-CUP/CDP single family Entitled 1 39 None None —
24-2293-CDP/ADU adu Entitled 1 0 None None —
24-2294-CDP/ADU adu Entitled 1 0 None None —
BP#14518 adu Permitted 1 87 0 None —
23-2250-CDP/ADU adu Completed 0 None None 176 —
24-2296-CDP/ADU adu Entitled 1 0 None None —
BP#14265 adu Permitted 1 130 0 None —
25-2364-CDP/ADU adu Entitled 1 0 None None —
23-2229-CDP/ADU adu Completed 0 None None None —
24-2296-CDP/ADU adu Completed 0 None None 260 —
25-2340-CDP/ADU adu Completed 1 0 56 154 94
25-2342-CDP/ADU adu Permitted 1 484 83 None —
24-2326-CDP/ADU adu Entitled 1 None None None —
25-2361-CDP/ADU adu Permitted 1 0 103 None —
24-2273-CDP/ADU adu Permitted 0 None None None —
24-2277-CDP/ADU adu Completed 0 None None None —
23-2233-DP/CDP/ARB single family Entitled 1 133 None None —
23-2334-DP/CDP/ARB single family Entitled 1 115 None None —
21-2083-DP/TPM/CDP/ARB other Permitted 0 None None None —
BP#14167 adu Completed 0 None None None —
23-2264-TPM/CDP single family Completed 0 None None 185 —
23-2249-CDP/ADU adu Completed 0 None None 63 —
24-2320-CDP/ADU adu Permitted 1 19 70 None —
24-2324-CDP/ADU adu Permitted 1 0 123 None —
25-2341-CDP/ADU adu Entitled 1 0 None None —
25-2345-CDP/ADU adu Entitled 1 0 None None —
25-2349-CDP/ADU adu Entitled 1 0 None None —
25-2368-CDP/ADU adu Entitled 1 0 None None —
25-2369-CDP/ADU adu Entitled 1 0 None None —
24-2294-CDP/ADU adu Completed 0 None None 73 —
24-2311-CDP/ADU adu Completed 0 None None 244 —
24-2284-CDP/ADU adu Completed 0 None None None —
BP#14518 adu Completed 0 None None None —
16-1849-CUPR/TTM/CDP single family Completed 0 None None None —
19-1958-DP/CDP other Permitted 0 None None None —
16-1840-DP/CDP other Completed 0 None None None —
18-1926-CUP/LLA/CDP large multi Entitled 50 None None None —
23-2214-CDP/ADU adu Permitted 1 0 38 None —
23-2220-CDP/ADU adu Entitled 1 0 None None —
23-2245-CDP/ADU adu Permitted 1 0 65 None —
BP#14167 adu Permitted 1 185 0 None —
BP#14196 adu Completed 1 141 0 120 171
23-2221-DP/CDP large multi Permitted 24 119 261 None —
23-2270-CDP/ADU adu Completed 1 0 0 36 9
24-2273-CDP/ADU adu Entitled 1 0 None None —
BP#14212 adu Completed 1 68 0 253 131
23-2263-CUP/CDP single family Permitted 0 None None None —
23-2262-CDP/ADU adu Permitted 0 None None None —
24-2282-CDP/ADU adu Permitted 0 None None None —
24-2286-CDP/ADU adu Permitted 0 None None None —
24-2293-CDP/ADU adu Completed 0 None None 73 —
25-2357-CDP/ADU adu Permitted 1 0 139 None —
25-2366-CDP/ADU adu Entitled 1 0 None None —