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San Luis Obispo General Plan

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

3,666 Units permitted since 2018

198 Permitted in 2025

1,906 Units entitled since 2018

9 Years tracked

San Luis Obispo · housing units permitted by year

633

201820192020202020212022202320242025

Source: California HCD Housing Element APR

Housing & development by year

Housing applications progress in San Luis Obispo, by reporting year. Source: HCD APR.
Year	Units permitted	Units entitled	Projects
2025	198	69	324
2024	633	47	400
2023	367	20	382
2022	562	533	604
2021	610	516	529
2020	465	32	552
2020	465	32	552
2019	537	300	385
2018	294	357	266

The plan document

Read San Luis Obispo's official General Plan: San Luis Obispo General Plan → · 2014-12-09 · 2023

Elements

General Plan Land Use Element (Chapter 1) → Land Use 2014-12-09
6th Cycle Housing Element 2020-2028 → Housing 2020-11-17
General Plan Circulation Element (Chapter 2) → Circulation & Mobility 2014-12-09
Conservation and Open Space Element → Conservation 2006
Conservation and Open Space Element → Open Space 2006
Climate Adaptation and Safety Element (CASE) → Safety 2023

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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