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Orinda reports modest housing production; staff to file 2025 progress report with state
Summary
City staff told the council the 2025 Annual Progress Report shows 27 building permits in the moderate-and-above-moderate bands and 37 residential project applications; the city has produced roughly 82 units across three years versus a RHNA target of 1,359 for the cycle.
Planning staff presented the city's 2025 Annual Progress Report (APR) on the adopted and certified housing element, noting continuing permit activity but a significant gap relative to the state's Regional Housing Need Allocation (RHNA) target.
Christine Thompson summarized the record: Orinda adopted a certified housing element in January 2023 and submitted materials to the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD). For the sixth-cycle RHNA the state assigned Orinda a target of 1,359 units across income bands; through three years the city has documented roughly 82 units (about 6% of…
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