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2024 HCD Annual Progress Report data · Small (pop. 2,230)

Approval Speed
490 days
Excess delay
412 days
Project-years delayed
1
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: 50% (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 14 / 97 (14%)
Very Low Income 0 / 17 (0%)
Low Income 0 / 11 (0%)
Moderate Income 5 / 21 (24%)
Above Moderate 9 / 48 (19%)

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 (71)

Project ⇅ Type ⇅ Status ⇅ Units ⇅ App → Entitle ⇅ Entitle → Permit ⇅ Permit → Complete ⇅ Speed ⇅
006-150-020-000 single family Permitted 0 None None None —
101-210-004-000 single family Permitted 0 None None None —
006-150-018-000 single family Permitted 0 None None None —
101-210-029-000 single family Permitted 0 None None None —
006-030-057-000 single family Permitted 0 None None None —
006-150-017-000 single family Permitted 0 None None None —
006-150-019-000 single family Permitted 0 None None None —
006-150-016-000 single family Permitted 0 None None None —
101-210-001-000 single family Permitted 0 None None None —
101-210-002-000 single family Permitted 0 None None None —
101-210-003-000 single family Permitted 0 None None None —
101-210-030-000 single family Permitted 0 None None None —
101-010-034-000 other Permitted 0 None None None —
21037 single family Completed 0 None None 140 —
21024 single family Permitted 0 None None None —
19095 single family Completed 0 None None None —
21025 single family Permitted 0 None None None —
21026 single family Permitted 0 None None None —
21028 single family Permitted 0 None None None —
19086 single family Completed 0 None None None —
20065 single family Completed 0 None None None —
21029 single family Permitted 0 None None None —
19032 single family Completed 0 None None None —
19092 single family Completed 0 None None None —
21019 single family Permitted 0 None None None —
20004 single family Completed 0 None None None —
21023 single family Completed 0 None None 154 —
20052 single family Completed 0 None None None —
21022 single family Completed 0 None None 125 —
21039 single family Completed 0 None None 133 —
19073 single family Completed 0 None None None —
19087 single family Completed 0 None None None —
19031 single family Completed 0 None None None —
19088 single family Completed 0 None None None —
20051 single family Completed 0 None None None —
20063 single family Completed 0 None None 541 —
21025 single family Completed 0 None None 497 —
21027 single family Completed 0 None None 362 —
DR2022-001 large multi Entitled 8 153 None None —
20062 single family Completed 0 None None 553 —
21028 single family Completed 0 None None 383 —
21029 single family Completed 0 None None 390 —
101-210-033 single family Permitted 1 None 8 None —
006-061-035 single family Permitted 1 None 173 None —
101-210-031 single family Permitted 1 None 8 None —
006-061-030 single family Permitted 1 None 173 None —
101-210-009 single family Permitted 1 None 0 None —
101-210-020 single family Permitted 1 None 8 None —
101-210-032 single family Permitted 1 None 8 None —
006-061-034 single family Permitted 1 None 173 None —
006-061-037 single family Permitted 1 None 173 None —
006-061-031 single family Permitted 1 None 173 None —
006-061-032 single family Permitted 1 None 173 None —
101-210-034 single family Permitted 1 None 8 None —
101-210-011 single family Permitted 1 None 0 None —
21097 adu Completed 0 None None 72 —
101-210-018 single family Permitted 1 None 8 None —
24029 adu Completed 1 125 365 0 490
101-210-028-000 single family Permitted 0 None None None —
21020 single family Permitted 0 None None None —
21021 single family Permitted 0 None None None —
21027 single family Permitted 0 None None None —
19089 single family Completed 0 None None None —
20064 single family Completed 0 None None 541 —
21019 single family Completed 0 None None 590 —
101-210-010 single family Permitted 1 None 0 None —
101-210-019 single family Permitted 1 None 8 None —
006-061-028 single family Permitted 1 None 173 None —
006-061-029 single family Permitted 1 None 173 None —
006-061-033 single family Permitted 1 None 173 None —
006-061-036 single family Permitted 1 None 173 None —