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Mendocino County General Plan

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

1,500 Units permitted since 2018

165 Permitted in 2025

166 Units entitled since 2018

8 Years tracked

Mendocino County · housing units permitted by year

341

20182019202020212022202320242025

Source: California HCD Housing Element APR

Housing & development by year

Housing applications progress in Mendocino County, by reporting year. Source: HCD APR.
Year	Units permitted	Units entitled	Projects
2025	165	30	163
2024	152	38	180
2023	169	1	167
2022	259	1	155
2021	341	0	380
2020	155	0	220
2019	180	96	118
2018	79	0	107

The plan document

Read Mendocino County's official General Plan: Mendocino County General Plan → · 2009-08 · 2021

Elements

Mendocino County General Plan Chapter 3 - Development Element (adopted 2021) → Land Use 2021
Mendocino County 6th Cycle Housing Element (2019-2027, adopted 2020) → Housing 2020-09-01
Mendocino County General Plan Chapter 4 - Resource Management Element (adopted 2021) → Conservation 2021
Mendocino County General Plan Chapter 4 - Resource Management Element (adopted 2021) → Open Space 2021
Mendocino County General Plan Chapter 3 - Development Element (adopted 2021) → Noise 2021
Mendocino County General Plan Chapter 3 - Development Element (adopted 2021) → Safety 2021
Mendocino County General Plan Chapter 7 - Coastal Element (adopted 2021) → Other 2021

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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