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Santa Monica General Plan

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

3,094 Units permitted since 2018

450 Permitted in 2025

7,052 Units entitled since 2018

8 Years tracked

Santa Monica · housing units permitted by year

530

20182019202020212022202320242025

Source: California HCD Housing Element APR

Housing & development by year

Housing applications progress in Santa Monica, by reporting year. Source: HCD APR.
Year	Units permitted	Units entitled	Projects
2025	450	2,026	190
2024	209	1,312	311
2023	530	1,201	140
2022	438	200	151
2021	275	472	129
2020	265	791	166
2019	528	446	122
2018	399	604	155

The plan document

Read Santa Monica's official General Plan: Santa Monica General Plan → · 2010-07 · 2025-02-11

Elements

Land Use and Circulation Element (LUCE) → Land Use 2010-07
6th Cycle Housing Element (2021-2029) → Housing 2022-10-11
Noise Element (July 1992) → Noise 1992-07
Safety Element (Adopted February 2025) → Safety 2025-02-11

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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