The General Plan

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San Diego County General Plan

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

8,389 Units permitted since 2018
932 Permitted in 2025
1,076 Units entitled since 2018
8 Years tracked
San Diego County · housing units permitted by year

Source: California HCD Housing Element APR

Housing & development by year

Housing applications progress in San Diego County, by reporting year. Source: HCD APR.
YearUnits permittedUnits entitledProjects
2025 932 462 1,634
2024 1,088 0 1,820
2023 1,220 0 2,480
2022 1,511 0 2,365
2021 1,425 0 2,236
2020 623 380 961
2019 862 234 988
2018 728 0 1,060

The plan document

Read San Diego County's official General Plan: San Diego County General Plan → · 2011-08-03 · 2021-07-14

Elements

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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