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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 —