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Walnut Creek accepts 2024 housing-element annual progress report; staff directed to submit to state
Summary
Council accepted the city's 2024 Annual Progress Report on the housing element, recording that Walnut Creek has met roughly 1.6% of its RHNA allocation since 2023 and has about 1,400 units in the pipeline; council voted unanimously to forward the report to state agencies.
The Walnut Creek City Council voted unanimously March 4 to accept the city's 2024 housing element Annual Progress Report (APR) and directed staff to file it with the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) and the Governor's Office of Planning and Research (Land Use and Climate Innovation Agency).
The report, presented by Crystal DeCastro, acting principal planner in the community development department, reiterated that Walnut Creek's Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) for the current planning cycle is 5,805 units and that, since certification of the housing element in 2023, the city has recorded roughly 1.6% of that goal in building permits issued.
DeCastro told the council that the city currently has approximately 1,400 housing units in the development pipeline, representing about 24% of the RHNA total. She described the…
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