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SONORA

2024 HCD Annual Progress Report data · Small (pop. 4,963)

Approval Speed
70 days
Excess delay
-7 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: 89% (based on historical cohorts with 24+ months of data)

Overall app → permit rate 75%
Permit → completion rate 33%

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 21 / 115 (18%)
Very Low Income 0 / 25 (0%)
Low Income 5 / 20 (25%)
Moderate Income 4 / 20 (20%)
Above Moderate 12 / 50 (24%)

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 (30)

Project Type Status Units App → Entitle Entitle → Permit Permit → Complete Speed
001-060-057 single family Permitted 0 None None None
035-420-041 single family Permitted 0 None None None
002-182-005 adu Permitted 0 None None None
002-196-009 adu Permitted 0 None None None
001-060-059 single family Permitted 0 None None None
002-260-032 single family Permitted 1 None 0 None
001-060-027 mobile home Permitted 1 None 0 None
035-210-018 adu Permitted 1 None 0 None
002-260-018 single family Permitted 1 None 0 None
002-260-016 single family Permitted 1 None 0 None
002-260-020 single family Permitted 1 None 0 None
002-260-015 single family Permitted 1 None 0 None
002-260-014 single family Permitted 1 None 0 None
056-108-020 single family Permitted 1 None 0 None
001-117-025 single family Permitted 0 None None None
056-108-17 single family Completed 1 None None 186
035-210-018 mobile home Permitted 1 None 0 None
B19-0010 single family Permitted 0 None None None
B19-0016 single family Permitted 1 None 191 None
B19-0124 single family Permitted 0 None None None
001-258-007 single family Completed 1 None 0 39
001-117-025 single family Permitted 0 None None None
001-117-025 single family Completed 1 None 0 496
056-108-014 single family Completed 1 None 0 419
001-060-055 single family Completed 1 None 0 223
956 OREGON ST large multi Entitled 12 0 None None
B24-0056 adu Permitted 1 0 78 None
B24-0093 adu Completed 1 0 36 138 70
B24-0030 adu Permitted 1 0 210 None
002-260-019 single family Permitted 1 None 0 None