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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 —