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San Marcos General Plan

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

3,538 Units permitted since 2018

773 Permitted in 2025

4,960 Units entitled since 2018

8 Years tracked

San Marcos · housing units permitted by year

776

20182019202020212022202320242025

Source: California HCD Housing Element APR

Housing & development by year

Housing applications progress in San Marcos, by reporting year. Source: HCD APR.
Year	Units permitted	Units entitled	Projects
2025	773	725	213
2024	455	414	178
2023	776	1,442	380
2022	616	813	443
2021	203	385	158
2020	245	259	88
2019	215	208	268
2018	255	714	345

The plan document

Read San Marcos's official General Plan: San Marcos General Plan → · 2012 · 2021-07-13

Elements

Land Use and Community Design Element → Land Use 2012
2021-2029 Sixth Cycle Housing Element → Housing 2021-07-13
Mobility Element → Circulation & Mobility 2012
Mobility Element → Circulation & Mobility 2012
Conservation Open Space Element → Conservation 2012
Conservation Open Space Element → Open Space 2012
Noise Element → Noise 2012
Safety Element → Safety 2012
Environmental Justice Element → Environmental Justice 2012

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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