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East Palo Alto General Plan

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

547 Units permitted since 2018

176 Permitted in 2025

1,419 Units entitled since 2018

8 Years tracked

East Palo Alto · housing units permitted by year

176

20182019202020212022202320242025

Source: California HCD Housing Element APR

Housing & development by year

Housing applications progress in East Palo Alto, by reporting year. Source: HCD APR.
Year	Units permitted	Units entitled	Projects
2025	176	193	50
2024	49	49	41
2023	149	149	42
2022	29	635	68
2021	32	88	45
2020	103	68	25
2019	9	227	11
2018	0	10	10

The plan document

Read East Palo Alto's official General Plan: East Palo Alto General Plan → · 2016-10-04 · 2024-03-19

Elements

Vista 2035 General Plan — Chapter 4: Land Use and Urban Design → Land Use 2016-10-04
City of East Palo Alto 2023-2031 (RHNA 6) Revised Housing Element → Housing 2024-03-19
Vista 2035 General Plan — Chapter 6: Transportation (Circulation Element) → Circulation & Mobility 2016-10-04
Vista 2035 General Plan — Chapter 6: Transportation (Circulation Element) → Circulation & Mobility 2016-10-04
Vista 2035 General Plan — Chapter 8: Parks, Open Space and Conservation → Conservation 2016-10-04
Vista 2035 General Plan — Chapter 8: Parks, Open Space and Conservation → Open Space 2016-10-04
Vista 2035 General Plan — Chapter 10: Safety and Noise → Noise 2016-10-04
Vista 2035 General Plan — Chapter 10: Safety and Noise → Safety 2016-10-04
Vista 2035 General Plan — Chapter 7: Health and Equity → Environmental Justice 2016-10-04

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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