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La Mesa General Plan

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

1,639 Units permitted since 2018

254 Permitted in 2025

1,021 Units entitled since 2018

8 Years tracked

La Mesa · housing units permitted by year

280

20182019202020212022202320242025

Source: California HCD Housing Element APR

Housing & development by year

Housing applications progress in La Mesa, by reporting year. Source: HCD APR.
Year	Units permitted	Units entitled	Projects
2025	254	78	223
2024	186	18	210
2023	217	154	188
2022	258	64	113
2021	141	220	118
2020	280	129	84
2019	181	248	55
2018	122	110	40

The plan document

Read La Mesa's official General Plan: La Mesa General Plan → · 2013-07-09 · 2023-06

Elements

Land Use & Urban Design Element — La Mesa 2012 General Plan → Land Use 2013-07-09
Housing Element 2021-2029 (6th Cycle) — La Mesa General Plan → Housing 2021-07-27
Circulation Element — La Mesa 2012 General Plan → Circulation & Mobility 2013-07-09
Circulation Element — La Mesa 2012 General Plan → Circulation & Mobility 2013-07-09
Conservation & Sustainability Element — La Mesa 2012 General Plan → Conservation 2013-07-09
Recreation & Open Space Element — La Mesa 2012 General Plan → Open Space 2013-07-09
Noise Element — La Mesa 2012 General Plan → Noise 2013-07-09
Safety Element — La Mesa 2012 General Plan → Safety 2013-07-09

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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