Oxnard presents 2024 general plan and housing element annual progress report

Joe Pearson, planning environmental services manager for Oxnard City, presented the city's General Plan and Housing Element Annual Progress Report for the 2024 calendar year, summarizing development activity, pending general plan amendments and the city's progress toward its regional housing goals.

The report, prepared to satisfy state requirements to file an annual General Plan progress report with the Office of Planning and Research and the Department of Housing and Community Development, detailed pending and active projects, recent policy updates, and housing production numbers for Oxnard and the 2024 calendar year.

Pearson told the Oxnard City Council that the city received an allocation of 8,549 housing units under the regional housing needs assessment and that 7,408 building permits were issued during 2024. He said about 65% of units issued permits met lower- and moderate-income categories while roughly 35% were affordable to above-moderate households. The report lists 10 very-low-income units, 52 low-income units, 38 moderate-income units and 274 above-moderate units constructed or permitted in the year summarized. Pearson also cited a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development figure placing the annual median family income for a family of four in Ventura County at $125,600 for 2024, and noted that affordable housing generally is defined as housing costing no more than…