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El Cerrito General Plan

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

676 Units permitted since 2018

86 Permitted in 2025

1,665 Units entitled since 2018

8 Years tracked

El Cerrito · housing units permitted by year

171

20182019202020212022202320242025

Source: California HCD Housing Element APR

Housing & development by year

Housing applications progress in El Cerrito, by reporting year. Source: HCD APR.
Year	Units permitted	Units entitled	Projects
2025	86	6	39
2024	111	309	52
2023	50	74	67
2022	48	68	55
2021	56	57	47
2020	171	388	41
2019	136	539	42
2018	18	224	29

The plan document

Read El Cerrito's official General Plan: El Cerrito General Plan → · 1999-08-30 · 2025-12-02

Elements

El Cerrito General Plan, Chapter 4: Community Development and Design (Land Use) → Land Use 1999-08-30
El Cerrito 2023-2031 Housing Element (6th Cycle, HCD-certified) → Housing 2023-08-22
El Cerrito General Plan, Chapter 5: Transportation and Circulation → Circulation & Mobility 1999-08-30
El Cerrito General Plan, Chapter 7: Resources and Hazards (Conservation / Natural Resources) → Conservation 1999-08-30
El Cerrito General Plan, Chapter 6: Public Facilities and Services (Parks, Recreation, and Open Space) → Open Space 1999-08-30
El Cerrito General Plan, Chapter 7: Resources and Hazards (Noise) → Noise 1999-08-30
City of El Cerrito Safety Element (December 2025, adopted by City Council Dec 2, 2025) → Safety 2025-12-02

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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