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Watsonville General Plan
What Watsonville, Santa Cruz County, California is permitting and building, tracked from official state open data. The General Plan is Watsonville'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 | 68 | 68 | 68 |
| 2024 | 229 | 229 | 34 |
| 2023 | 64 | 64 | 51 |
| 2022 | 226 | 301 | 61 |
| 2021 | 96 | 292 | 48 |
| 2020 | 49 | 55 | 37 |
| 2019 | 29 | 24 | 22 |
| 2018 | 4 | 158 | 7 |
The plan document
Read Watsonville's official General Plan: Watsonville General Plan →
Elements · 1 Verifier-checked summary
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Watsonville's Housing Element is one of the twelve elements of the City's General Plan and the only one requiring certification by California HCD. Its purpose is to identify and plan for the City's existing and projected housing needs, identifying candidate housing sites and establishing policies and programs to accommodate the RHNA determined by AMBAG over the eight-year cycle. The document is the City's policy program for the 2023-2031 (6th) housing cycle, and Goal 1 focuses on improving, conserving, and preserving the safe condition and continued availability of Watsonville's existing affordable housing stock for all economic segments of the community.
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