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Santa Ana General Plan
What Santa Ana, Orange County, California is permitting and building, tracked from official state open data. The General Plan is Santa Ana'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 | 316 | 161 | 499 |
| 2024 | 267 | 3,937 | 410 |
| 2023 | 2,542 | 69 | 429 |
| 2022 | 901 | 159 | 371 |
| 2021 | 992 | 102 | 335 |
| 2020 | 1,473 | 2,433 | 166 |
| 2019 | 702 | 572 | 166 |
| 2018 | 1,372 | 1,325 | 87 |
The plan document
Read Santa Ana's official General Plan: Santa Ana General Plan →
Elements · 7 Verifier-checked summaries
- Housing Element (excerpt), certified September 2022, 2021-2029 — Santa Ana General Plan → Housing 2022-09
Santa Ana's Housing Element, certified September 2022 for the 2021-2029 planning period, sets five goals. HE-1 Housing and Neighborhoods seeks livable, affordable neighborhoods with healthy, safe housing; Policy HE-1.1 supports rehabilitating single-family, multiple-family, and mobile homes, and HE-1.9 provides tenant protections against unjust evictions and rent-increase information. HE-2 Housing Supply and Diversity fosters diverse housing; the element states pipeline projects fully satisfy the City's 2021-2029 Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) obligation, and references the Affordable Housing Opportunity and Creation Ordinance. HE-3 Housing Assistance increases opportunities for extremely low-, very low-, low-, and moderate-income households, including rental assistance and workforce housing. HE-4 Special Needs serves seniors, people with disabilities, families with children, and people experiencing homelessness. HE-5 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing promotes social justice and equity in housing.
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Santa Ana's Mobility Element (the General Plan's circulation element) sets five goals. M-1 Comprehensive Circulation provides a multimodal system for safe, efficient movement; Policy M-1.1 targets zero traffic-collision fatalities through education, enforcement, and infrastructure design; M-1.4 maintains at least vehicle level of service "D" for arterial intersections except in high-intensity or traffic-safety areas; M-1.6 advances Complete Streets; M-1.9 aligns the street network with the OCTA Master Plan of Arterial Highways. M-2 Regional Mobility connects the city to the region, promoting the Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center (SARTC) linking Amtrak, Metrolink, and the OC Streetcar. M-3 Active Transportation builds a nonmotorized network with Safe Routes to Schools and Parks. M-4 coordinates transportation with land use and design, and M-5 covers Sustainable Transportation Design.
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Santa Ana's Mobility Element (the General Plan's circulation element) sets five goals. M-1 Comprehensive Circulation provides a multimodal system for safe, efficient movement; Policy M-1.1 targets zero traffic-collision fatalities through education, enforcement, and infrastructure design; M-1.4 maintains at least vehicle level of service "D" for arterial intersections except in high-intensity or traffic-safety areas; M-1.6 advances Complete Streets; M-1.9 aligns the street network with the OCTA Master Plan of Arterial Highways. M-2 Regional Mobility connects the city to the region, promoting the Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center (SARTC) linking Amtrak, Metrolink, and the OC Streetcar. M-3 Active Transportation builds a nonmotorized network with Safe Routes to Schools and Parks. M-4 coordinates transportation with land use and design, and M-5 covers Sustainable Transportation Design.
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Santa Ana's Conservation Element sets four goals. CN-1 Air Quality and Climate protects air resources and minimizes climate-change impacts; Policy CN-1.1 coordinates with agencies to meet or exceed State and Federal ambient air quality standards, CN-1.2 ties decisions to the Climate Action Plan's emission-reduction goals, CN-1.5 avoids siting polluting facilities near sensitive receptors in environmental justice areas, and CN-1.15 collaborates with the South Coast Air Quality Management District. CN-2 Natural Resources preserves natural and scenic resources, with CN-2.1 protecting native wildlife habitat and CN-2.2 preserving biodiversity. CN-3 Energy Resources reduces reliance on nonrenewable energy and supports renewables. CN-4 Water Resources conserves and replenishes water; CN-4.1 promotes efficient water use and CN-4.4 promotes irrigation and rainwater-capture systems.
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Santa Ana's Open Space Element sets three goals. OS-1 Parks, Open Space, and Recreation provides an integrated system of accessible parks, recreation facilities, trails, and open space; Policy OS-1.3 sets a park standard of a minimum three acres of land per 1,000 residents, and OS-1.4 ensures all residents have access to a park, recreation facility, or trail within a 10-minute walking and biking distance, prioritizing park-deficient and environmental justice areas. OS-1.8 prioritizes land acquisition in those same areas, OS-1.9 requires new development to provide parks via dedication or fees, and OS-1.11 pursues funding to meet the three-acres-per-1,000-residents standard. OS-2 Healthy, Safe and Inclusive Opportunities provides welcoming, inclusive parks. OS-3 Park Maintenance, Stewardship, and Sustainability manages parks to sustain City assets and support safe use.
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Santa Ana's Noise Element sets three goals. N-1 Land Use Compatibility ensures land uses are compatible with noise conditions; Policy N-1.1 uses Citywide Noise Standards to guide decisions, N-1.4 protects noise-sensitive uses, and the City's compatibility standards (Table N-1) treat exterior levels above 65 decibels (dBA CNEL) as generally incompatible for residential and other noise-sensitive uses. N-2 Noise Generators reduces noise and vibration; N-2.1 addresses transportation noise from traffic, railroads, transit, and airports, N-2.2 minimizes stationary commercial and industrial noise, and N-2.3 addresses nuisance noise. N-3 Airport and Land Use Environs protects sensitive uses from John Wayne Airport noise; N-3.1 does not support residential development within the JWA 65 dB(A) CNEL contour, and N-3.3 requires mitigation to an interior standard of 45 dB(A) CNEL.
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Santa Ana's Safety Element sets four goals. S-1 Flood Safety protects life and minimizes flood damage; Policy S-1.2 evaluates expanding flood-control capacity for climate change, S-1.3 updates the Drainage Master Plan, and S-1.8 implements flood-plain construction requirements. S-2 Hazardous Materials protects residents from contaminated sites; S-2.1 collaborates with federal, state, and regional agencies on hazardous-material regulation, and S-2.6 prioritizes discontinuing hazardous uses near sensitive uses within environmental justice area boundaries. S-3 Geologic and Seismic Hazards minimizes seismic risk; Policy S-3.2 requires new development to meet current City and state seismic and geotechnical standards. S-4 Aircraft Hazards requires that projects with structures higher than 200 feet above existing grade be referred to the Airport Land Use Commission (ALUC).
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- Community Element (Vol. 1) — integrated Environmental Justice/health-equity policy — Santa Ana General Plan (April 2022) → Environmental Justice 2022-04-19
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