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Capitola General Plan

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

239 Units permitted since 2018

64 Permitted in 2025

437 Units entitled since 2018

8 Years tracked

Capitola · housing units permitted by year

20182019202020212022202320242025

Source: California HCD Housing Element APR

Housing & development by year

Housing applications progress in Capitola, by reporting year. Source: HCD APR.
Year	Units permitted	Units entitled	Projects
2025	64	124	34
2024	62	134	43
2023	27	66	31
2022	16	18	17
2021	11	17	16
2020	13	15	14
2019	27	37	30
2018	19	26	21

The plan document

Read Capitola's official General Plan: Capitola General Plan → · 2014-06-26 · 2024-08-22

Elements

Capitola General Plan — Land Use Element → Land Use 2019-03-13
Capitola General Plan — 2023-2031 Housing Element (6th Cycle) → Housing 2023-11-09
Capitola General Plan — Mobility Element → Circulation & Mobility 2014-06-26
Capitola General Plan — Mobility Element → Circulation & Mobility 2014-06-26
Capitola General Plan — Open Space and Conservation Element (Conservation) → Conservation 2014-06-26
Capitola General Plan — Open Space and Conservation Element (Open Space) → Open Space 2014-06-26
Capitola General Plan — Safety and Noise Element (Noise) → Noise 2014-06-26
Capitola General Plan — Safety and Noise Element (Safety) → Safety 2014-06-26
Capitola General Plan — Economic Development Element → Other 2014-06-26

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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