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Arcata General Plan

What Arcata, Humboldt County, California is permitting and building, tracked from official state open data. The General Plan is Arcata's long-range blueprint for land use, housing, and growth.

634 Units permitted since 2018

53 Permitted in 2025

235 Units entitled since 2018

8 Years tracked

Arcata · housing units permitted by year

175

20182019202020212022202320242025

Source: California HCD Housing Element APR

Housing & development by year

Housing applications progress in Arcata, by reporting year. Source: HCD APR.
Year	Units permitted	Units entitled	Projects
2025	53	53	32
2024	22	22	44
2023	159	159	51
2022	175	1	51
2021	54	0	21
2020	70	0	32
2019	25	0	44
2018	76	0	34

The plan document

Read Arcata's official General Plan: Arcata General Plan → · 2024-07-17 · 2024-07-17

Elements

Land Use Element (Arcata General Plan 2045) → Land Use 2024-07-17
Housing Element 6th Cycle 2019-2027 (Arcata General Plan, Chapter 3) → Housing 2019-12-18
Circulation and Mobility Element (Arcata General Plan 2045) → Circulation & Mobility 2024-07-17
Resource Conservation & Management Element (Arcata General Plan 2045) → Conservation 2024-07-17
Open Space Element (Arcata General Plan 2045) → Open Space 2024-07-17
Noise Element (Arcata General Plan 2045) → Noise 2024-07-17
Public Safety Element (Arcata General Plan 2045) → Safety 2024-07-17
Health Element (Arcata General Plan 2045) → Environmental Justice 2024-07-17

Element summaries are generated from the official document text and held unless every fact is grounded in the source. Links open the jurisdiction's own published documents.

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