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Petaluma General Plan
What Petaluma, Sonoma County, California is permitting and building, tracked from official state open data. The General Plan is Petaluma's long-range blueprint for land use, housing, and growth.
Source: California HCD Housing Element APR
Housing & development by year
| Year | Units permitted | Units entitled | Projects |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 230 | 333 | 125 |
| 2024 | 27 | 68 | 158 |
| 2023 | 251 | 1 | 167 |
| 2022 | 251 | 60 | 201 |
| 2021 | 347 | 302 | 166 |
| 2020 | 265 | 119 | 61 |
| 2019 | 163 | 226 | 168 |
| 2018 | 112 | 97 | 117 |
The plan document
Read Petaluma's official General Plan: Petaluma General Plan →
Elements · 2 Verifier-checked summaries
- Petaluma General Plan 2025 (Chapter 1: Land Use, Growth Management, and the Built Environment) → Land Use 2008-05-19
The Land Use, Growth Management, and the Built Environment Element, together with the General Plan Land Use Map, constitutes the physical framework that guides land use decision making in Petaluma. The Element provides the General Plan land use classification system, information on population and projected buildout, and outlines citywide land use policies. It also includes policies on pacing growth and possible Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) expansion.
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For the sixth cycle Housing Element update, the City of Petaluma was assigned a Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) of 1,910 housing units. The element's policies promote residential development within the Urban Growth Boundary, especially near transit and services and in high resource areas as defined under Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing legislation. Its goals include Affordable Housing and Fair Housing, the latter including promoting housing mobility by expanding housing choices and increasing housing opportunities in high resource areas.
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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.