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2024 HCD Annual Progress Report data · Small (pop. 6,035)

Approval Speed
80 days
Excess delay
3 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: 21% (based on historical cohorts with 24+ months of data)

Overall app → permit rate 100%
Permit → completion rate 38%

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 16 / 191 (8%)
Very Low Income 0 / 55 (0%)
Low Income 0 / 39 (0%)
Moderate Income 0 / 22 (0%)
Above Moderate 16 / 75 (21%)

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 (57)

Project Type Status Units App → Entitle Entitle → Permit Permit → Complete Speed
139-142-03 single family Permitted 3 None 0 None
137-770-13 single family Permitted 1 None 0 None
139-121-004 adu Entitled 1 None None None
139-262-013 adu Entitled 1 None None None
210246 single family Entitled 1 None None None
22-130 single family Entitled 1 None None None
190022 single family Completed 0 None None None
190023 single family Completed 0 None None None
190024 adu Completed 0 None None None
180236 adu Completed 0 None None None
200220 adu Completed 0 None None None
210070 single family Entitled 3 None None None
200201 adu Completed 0 None None None
190026 adu Completed 0 None None None
200219 single family Completed 0 None None None
139-520-019 single family Entitled 1 None None None
210221 single family Entitled 1 None None None
190024 single family Completed 0 None None None
190025 adu Completed 0 None None None
190027 single family Completed 0 None None None
200220 adu Completed 0 None None None
210074 large multi Permitted 0 None None None
190023 adu Completed 0 None None None
190027 adu Completed 0 None None None
200219 adu Completed 0 None None None
200219 adu Completed 0 None None None
200220 single family Completed 0 None None None
21-018 adu Completed 0 None None None
22-132 single family Entitled 1 None None None
180235 adu Completed 0 None None None
200144 adu Completed 0 None None None
190022 adu Completed 0 None None None
190026 single family Completed 0 None None None
180236 single family Completed 0 None None None
210005 adu Completed 0 None None None
210109 adu Completed 0 None None None
210223 single family Entitled 1 None None None
22-131 single family Entitled 1 None None None
139-132-005 adu Entitled 1 166 None None
139-263-013 adu Entitled 1 96 None None
23-042 adu Permitted 1 0 0 None
23-165 adu Permitted 1 1981 0 None
22-183 adu Completed 1 0 0 260 65
22-130,22-131,22-132 single family Completed 3 None 371 507
210221 single family Permitted 1 None 0 None
22-266 large multi Permitted 6 262 269 None
23-042 adu Completed 1 0 0 322 80
210074 large multi Completed 11 None 631 798
210224 single family Permitted 1 None 0 None
210223 single family Permitted 1 None 0 None
23-215 adu Permitted 1 None 0 None
139-142-04 single family Permitted 1 0 0 None
190025 single family Completed 0 None None None
180235 single family Completed 0 None None None
210224 single family Entitled 1 None None None
139-121-004 adu Entitled 1 14 None None
22-130,131,132 single family Permitted 3 None 371 None