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Carson General Plan

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

597 Units permitted since 2018

45 Permitted in 2025

2,595 Units entitled since 2018

9 Years tracked

Carson · housing units permitted by year

248

201820192020202020212022202320242025

Source: California HCD Housing Element APR

Housing & development by year

Housing applications progress in Carson, by reporting year. Source: HCD APR.
Year	Units permitted	Units entitled	Projects
2025	45	0	82
2024	86	399	76
2023	115	0	88
2022	6	1,137	24
2021	83	0	54
2020	6	9	17
2020	6	9	17
2019	248	544	84
2018	8	497	5

The plan document

Read Carson's official General Plan: Carson General Plan → · 2023-04-04 · 2025

Elements

Carson 2040 General Plan — Chapter 2: Land Use and Revitalization Element (adopted April 4, 2023) → Land Use 2023-04-04
City of Carson 2021-2029 Housing Element (6th Cycle) — Revised, adopted September 2022 with HCD-approved changes → Housing 2022-09-06
Carson 2040 General Plan — Chapter 8: Open Space and Environmental Conservation Element (adopted April 4, 2023) → Conservation 2023-04-04
Carson 2040 General Plan — Chapter 8: Open Space and Environmental Conservation Element (adopted April 4, 2023) → Open Space 2023-04-04
Carson 2040 General Plan — Chapter 9: Noise Element (adopted April 4, 2023) → Noise 2023-04-04
Carson 2040 General Plan — Chapter 7: Community Services, Education, and Safety Element (adopted April 4, 2023) → Safety 2023-04-04
Carson 2040 General Plan — Chapter 6: Community Health and Environmental Justice Element (adopted April 4, 2023) → Environmental Justice 2023-04-04

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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