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Berkeley General Plan

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

4,531 Units permitted since 2018

463 Permitted in 2025

9,175 Units entitled since 2018

7 Years tracked

Berkeley · housing units permitted by year

887

2018201920212022202320242025

Source: California HCD Housing Element APR

Housing & development by year

Housing applications progress in Berkeley, by reporting year. Source: HCD APR.
Year	Units permitted	Units entitled	Projects
2025	463	1,498	237
2024	734	2,037	228
2023	432	2,865	257
2022	887	271	244
2021	506	680	260
2019	363	1,006	256
2018	380	818	216

The plan document

Read Berkeley's official General Plan: Berkeley General Plan → · 2002-04-23 · 2023-02-17

Elements

General Plan: Land Use Element (Adopted April 23, 2002) → Land Use 2002-04-23
City of Berkeley 2023-2031 Housing Element (Adopted Jan 18, 2023; Amended Feb 17, 2023; Resolution 70,669-N.S.) → Housing 2023-01-18
General Plan: Transportation Element (Adopted December 18, 2001) → Circulation & Mobility 2001-12-18
General Plan: Environmental Management Element (Adopted April 23, 2002) — fulfills State conservation and noise elements → Conservation 2002-04-23
General Plan: Open Space and Recreation Element (Adopted April 23, 2002) → Open Space 2002-04-23
General Plan: Environmental Management Element (Adopted April 23, 2002) — fulfills State conservation and noise elements → Noise 2002-04-23
General Plan: Disaster Preparedness and Safety Element (Adopted April 23, 2002) → Safety 2002-04-23

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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