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LA HABRA HEIGHTS

2024 HCD Annual Progress Report data · Small (pop. 5,599)

Approval Speed
417 days
Excess delay
339 days
Project-years delayed
7
Affordable delayed
6

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 62%
Permit → completion rate 40%

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 5 / 172 (3%)
Very Low Income 4 / 78 (5%)
Low Income 0 / 35 (0%)
Moderate Income 0 / 31 (0%)
Above Moderate 1 / 28 (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 (58)

Project Type Status Units App → Entitle Entitle → Permit Permit → Complete Speed
8240-014-027 adu Entitled 1 49 None None
8239-023-010 adu Entitled 1 29 None None
8266-017-004 single family Entitled 1 1083 None None
8240-016-022 single family Completed 1 None 502 661
\ \\"" single family Completed 1 None 1280 699
\ \\"" single family Completed 1 None 326 555
\ \\"" single family Permitted 1 None 1225 None
\ \\"" single family Entitled 1 None None None
\ \\"" single family Completed 1 None 502 661
\ \\"" single family Completed 1 None 314 969
\ \\"" single family Completed 1 None 1280 699
\ \\"" single family Completed 1 None 345 1273
\ \\"" single family Completed 1 None None 1741
\ \\"" single family Permitted 1 478 729 None
8266-020-003 single family Completed 1 None 326 555
\ \\"" single family Permitted 1 518 261 None
\ \\"" single family Entitled 1 0 None None
\ \\"" single family Entitled 1 None None None
\ \\"" single family Completed 1 None 345 1273
\ \\"" single family Permitted 1 None 806 None
\ \\"" single family Permitted 1 None 1225 None
\ \\"" single family Entitled 1 0 None None
\ \\"" single family Completed 1 None None 1741
\ \\"" single family Completed 1 None 502 661
\ \\"" single family Completed 1 None 1280 699
\ \\"" single family Completed 1 None 314 969
\ \\"" single family Completed 1 None 326 555
\ \\"" single family Permitted 1 None 806 None
\ \\"" single family Permitted 1 None 1898 None
PRJ 2018-023 single family Completed 1 None 806 798
PRJ 2019-023 single family Permitted 1 1083 548 None
PRJ 2023-002 adu Entitled 1 94 None None
PRJ 2023-006 adu Permitted 1 28 232 None
PRJ 2023-033 adu Entitled 1 116 None None
PRJ 2022-030 adu Permitted 1 29 329 None
PRJ 2021-013 single family Entitled 1 722 None None
PRJ 2022-037 adu Permitted 1 74 150 None
\ \\"" single family Permitted 1 None 1280 None
\ \\"" single family Permitted 1 518 261 None
\ \\"" single family Permitted 1 478 729 None
\ \\"" single family Completed 0 None None 140
\ \\"" single family Permitted 1 518 261 None
\ \\"" single family Completed 1 None 502 661
\ \\"" single family Completed 1 None 314 969
\ \\"" single family Completed 1 None 326 555
\ \\"" single family Permitted 1 None 1280 None
\ \\"" single family Permitted 1 None 1225 None
PRJ 2023-027 adu Entitled 1 0 None None
PRJ 2023-033 adu Permitted 1 116 164 None
PRJ 2022-037 adu Permitted 1 74 150 None
PRJ 2023-006 adu Completed 1 28 232 384 356
PRJ 2022-030 adu Completed 1 29 329 478 478
PRJ 2023-002 adu Entitled 1 94 None None
8240-015-009 adu Entitled 1 74 None None
\ \\"" single family Entitled 1 None None None
PRJ 2023-027 adu Entitled 1 0 None None
PRJ 2021-013 single family Entitled 1 722 None None
PRJ 2019-023 single family Permitted 1 1083 548 None