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RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA

2024 HCD Annual Progress Report data · Small (pop. 47,702)

Approval Speed
150 days
Excess delay
72 days
Project-years delayed
0
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: 100% (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 1 / 680 (0%)
Very Low Income 0 / 209 (0%)
Low Income 0 / 120 (0%)
Moderate Income 1 / 125 (1%)
Above Moderate 0 / 226 (0%)

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
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Projects (8)

Project ⇅ Type ⇅ Status ⇅ Units ⇅ App → Entitle ⇅ Entitle → Permit ⇅ Permit → Complete ⇅ Speed ⇅
833-082-30 other Permitted 0 None None None —
833-471-04 adu Completed 1 59 89 0 148
833-342-59 adu Permitted 1 None 1 None —
833-471-04 adu Completed 1 59 89 0 148
833-342-59 adu Permitted 1 None 1 None —
833-342-59 adu Permitted 1 None 0 None —
833-471-04 adu Completed 1 59 89 0 148
833-222-20 adu Completed 1 152 0 0 152