The General Plan

City · Kern County · California

Ridgecrest General Plan

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

365 Units permitted since 2018
56 Permitted in 2025
1,870 Units entitled since 2018
6 Years tracked
Ridgecrest · housing units permitted by year

Source: California HCD Housing Element APR

Housing & development by year

Housing applications progress in Ridgecrest, by reporting year. Source: HCD APR.
YearUnits permittedUnits entitledProjects
2025 56 164 67
2024 46 501 57
2023 49 982 60
2021 173 148 99
2020 41 75 124
2019 0 0 62

The plan document

The full Ridgecrest General Plan document and a Verifier-checked summary of its elements (land use, housing, circulation, conservation, safety) are being added to the library.

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