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2024 HCD Annual Progress Report data

Approval Speed
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Excess delay
0 days
Project-years delayed
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Affordable delayed
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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: 69% (based on historical cohorts with 24+ months of data)

Overall app → permit rate 50%
Permit → completion rate 83%

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 12 / 234 (5%)
Very Low Income 1 / 60 (2%)
Low Income 2 / 34 (6%)
Moderate Income 1 / 39 (3%)
Above Moderate 8 / 101 (8%)

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

Projects (125)

Project ⇅ Type ⇅ Status ⇅ Units ⇅ App → Entitle ⇅ Entitle → Permit ⇅ Permit → Complete ⇅ Speed ⇅
21133 adu Permitted 0 None None None —
22209 adu Completed 0 None None 315 —
22209 adu Completed 0 None None 142 —
19265 single family Completed 0 None None 231 —
19280 single family Completed 0 None None 237 —
19297 single family Permitted 0 None None None —
19290 single family Completed 0 None None 258 —
19306 single family Permitted 0 None None None —
21167 single family Permitted 0 None None None —
21168 single family Permitted 0 None None None —
21170 single family Permitted 0 None None None —
21262 adu Permitted 0 None None None —
20149 adu Completed 0 None None None —
19262 single family Completed 0 None None None —
19041 single family Completed 0 None None None —
19276 single family Completed 0 None None None —
19260 single family Completed 0 None None None —
19268 single family Completed 0 None None None —
PA#21-09 large multi Entitled 27 None None None —
19296 single family Completed 0 None None 258 —
19288 single family Completed 0 None None 240 —
19289 adu Completed 0 None None 232 —
19294 single family Permitted 0 None None None —
19275 single family Completed 0 None None None —
19279 single family Completed 0 None None 215 —
19287 single family Permitted 0 None None None —
19299 single family Permitted 0 None None None —
19273 single family Completed 0 None None None —
19281 single family Completed 0 None None None —
19267 single family Completed 0 None None 188 —
19298 single family Permitted 0 None None None —
19302 single family Permitted 0 None None None —
19277 single family Completed 0 None None None —
19274 single family Permitted 0 None None None —
19292 single family Completed 0 None None 258 —
19301 single family Permitted 0 None None None —
19307 single family Permitted 0 None None None —
19293 single family Permitted 0 None None None —
19300 single family Permitted 0 None None None —
19283 single family Completed 0 None None None —
19266 single family Completed 0 None None 250 —
19284 single family Completed 0 None None 250 —
19271 single family Completed 0 None None None —
19286 single family Completed 0 None None None —
19264 single family Completed 0 None None 209 —
19285 single family Completed 0 None None 210 —
19295 single family Completed 0 None None 221 —
19303 single family Permitted 0 None None None —
21171 single family Permitted 0 None None None —
17038 adu Completed 0 None None None —
19298 single family Completed 0 None None None —
19303 single family Completed 0 None None None —
19299 single family Completed 0 None None None —
19300 single family Completed 0 None None None —
21170 single family Completed 0 None None None —
21171 single family Completed 0 None None None —
22283 adu Permitted 0 None None None —
19307 single family Completed 0 None None None —
19293 single family Completed 0 None None None —
19294 single family Completed 0 None None None —
21167 single family Completed 0 None None None —
19304 single family Completed 0 None None None —
19305 single family Completed 0 None None None —
21169 single family Completed 0 None None None —
PA#21-16 large multi Entitled 98 None None None —
22209 adu Permitted 0 None None None —
22012 adu Completed 0 None None 336 —
19297 single family Completed 0 None None None —
19306 single family Completed 0 None None None —
21168 single family Completed 0 None None None —
22111 adu Completed 0 None None 223 —
22004 adu Permitted 0 None None None —
22212 adu Permitted 0 None None None —
22242 adu Permitted 0 None None None —
18307 adu Completed 1 None 0 148 —
19084 adu Completed 1 0 0 0 0
19042 adu Completed 1 0 0 0 0
19203 single family Completed 1 0 0 0 0
19094 adu Completed 1 0 0 0 0
19041 single family Completed 1 0 0 0 0
19118 adu Completed 1 0 0 0 0
18136 adu Completed 1 None 0 91 —
18154 other Entitled 2 0 None None —
19270 single family Completed 1 195 0 0 195
19260 single family Completed 1 0 0 0 0
19272 single family Completed 1 None 0 0 —
19269 single family Completed 1 0 0 0 0
19204 single family Completed 1 0 0 0 0
20149 adu Completed 1 143 0 0 143
19281 single family Completed 1 0 0 0 0
19276 single family Completed 1 0 0 0 0
19286 single family Completed 1 0 0 0 0
19278 single family Completed 1 0 0 0 0
20052 adu Completed 1 0 0 0 0
19263 single family Completed 1 182 0 0 182
20093 adu Completed 1 0 0 0 0
19271 single family Completed 1 0 0 0 0
19277 single family Completed 1 None 0 0 —
19283 single family Completed 1 0 0 0 0
19262 single family Completed 1 182 0 0 182
20067 adu Completed 1 0 0 0 0
19275 single family Completed 1 0 0 0 0
22004 adu Completed 0 None None None —
24064 adu Completed 0 None None 115 —
24249 other Permitted 0 None None None —
24250 other Permitted 0 None None None —
23134 adu Completed 0 None None 1 —
PA# 16/17 single family Entitled 35 None None None —
PA# 23/19 large multi Entitled 126 None None None —
21133 adu Completed 0 None None None —
PA# 21/29 large multi Entitled 177 None None None —
24024 adu Permitted 0 None None None —
23004 adu Completed 0 None None 282 —
PA# 22/05 large multi Entitled 6 None None None —
19291 single family Completed 0 None None 243 —
19304 single family Permitted 0 None None None —
19305 single family Permitted 0 None None None —
21169 single family Permitted 0 None None None —
19269 single family Completed 0 None None None —
19301 single family Completed 0 None None None —
19302 single family Completed 0 None None None —
19268 single family Completed 1 0 0 0 0
19273 single family Completed 1 0 0 0 0
23198 adu Completed 0 None None None —
23197 adu Permitted 0 None None None —