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2025 HCD Annual Progress Report data · Small (pop. 49,016)

Approval Speed
165 days
Excess delay
87 days
Project-years delayed
7
Affordable delayed
1

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: 54% (based on historical cohorts with 24+ months of data)

Overall app → permit rate 48%
Permit → completion rate 79%

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 40 / 1,908 (2%)
Very Low Income 10 / 679 (1%)
Low Income 0 / 345 (0%)
Moderate Income 9 / 332 (3%)
Above Moderate 21 / 552 (4%)

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 (86)

Project Type Status Units App → Entitle Entitle → Permit Permit → Complete Speed
7023-009-022 adu Completed 0 None None None
7049-005-012 adu Completed 1 14 25 106 66
7044-030-023 adu Permitted 1 12 73 None
7030-005-033 adu Completed 0 None None None
7055-016-027 adu Permitted 0 None None None
AP#46754 adu Completed 0 None None 91
AP#49260 adu Entitled 1 0 None None
PP 2023-15 single family Entitled 2 49 None None
AP#43843 adu Permitted 0 None None None
AP#50129 adu Permitted 1 14 57 None
AP#4751 adu Permitted 1 None 153 None
AP#48464 adu Permitted 1 0 98 None
PP 2023-15 adu Entitled 1 49 None None
AP#45259 adu Completed 0 None None None
AP#49365 adu Permitted 1 155 149 None
AP#44712 adu Completed 0 None None None
AP#46152 adu Permitted 0 None None None
AP#46600 adu Permitted 0 None None None
AP#47560 adu Permitted 0 None None None
AP#46742 adu Permitted 0 None None None
AP#46435 adu Permitted 1 None 136 None
AP#46769 adu Permitted 1 None 63 None
7030-005-033 adu Permitted 1 0 93 None
7023-009-022 adu Permitted 1 0 84 None
7044-019-032 adu Completed 1 0 70 115 99
7022-015-017 adu Permitted 1 0 105 None
7056-001-010 adu Entitled 1 0 None None
7044-002-016 adu Permitted 0 None None None
7027-010-024 adu Permitted 1 3 63 None
7044-039-002 adu Entitled 1 0 None None
7022-013-030 adu Permitted 1 41 156 None
7025-010-013 adu Entitled 1 30 None None
7044-019-021 adu Permitted 1 50 125 None
7028-022-024 adu Entitled 1 24 None None
7006-001-023 adu Entitled 1 50 None None
7055-016-027 adu Completed 0 None None None
7044-030-023 adu Completed 0 None None None
AP#52048 other Entitled 2 393 None None
AP#50876 adu Permitted 1 44 64 None
AP#49782 adu Permitted 1 54 205 None
AP#45845 adu Completed 0 None None None
AP#46209 adu Completed 0 None None None
AP#51714 adu Entitled 1 14 None None
AP#43122 adu Completed 0 None None None
AP#49365 adu Completed 0 None None None
AP#49260 adu Completed 0 None None 252
AP#51519 adu Permitted 1 None 106 None
AP#44967 adu Completed 0 None None None
AP#50861 adu Entitled 1 53 None None
AP#51339 adu Entitled 1 43 None None
AP#48926 single family Permitted 1 0 0 None
AP#46152 adu Completed 0 None None None
AP#50865 adu Permitted 1 0 119 None
46435 adu Completed 0 None None None
48751 adu Completed 0 None None None
49782 adu Completed 0 None None None
50876 adu Completed 0 None None None
51519 adu Completed 0 None None None
52047 single family Permitted 0 None None None
54123 adu Entitled 1 None None None
53363 adu Permitted 1 47 40 None
49369 adu Permitted 0 None None None
51827 adu Completed 0 None None None
52987 adu Permitted 1 97 89 None
54138 adu Entitled 1 74 None None
53783 adu Entitled 1 113 None None
46600 adu Completed 0 None None None
51339 adu Permitted 0 None None None
53492 adu Permitted 1 49 197 None
51338 adu Permitted 0 None None None
51604 adu Completed 1 0 127 152 165
51714 adu Permitted 1 None None None
52863 adu Entitled 1 None None None
54200 adu Entitled 1 None None None
52046 single family Permitted 0 None None None
52048 adu Permitted 0 None None None
52303 adu Completed 0 None None 143
53130 adu Permitted 1 None 74 None
42869 adu Completed 0 None None None
44386 large multi Entitled 10 None None None
AP#43760 adu Permitted 0 None None None
AP#46209 adu Permitted 1 0 141 None
7006-021-034 adu Permitted 0 None None None
7033-004-039 and 7033-004-046 single family Entitled 5 None None None
48464 adu Completed 0 None None None
49385 adu Permitted 0 None None None