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Planning Commission recommends City Council submit annual housing element progress report

Ridgecrest Planning Commission · April 28, 2026
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Summary

After a staff presentation on housing production and state certification, the Ridgecrest Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend City Council review and submit the General Plan housing element annual progress report and related RHNA accounting to state agencies.

The Ridgecrest Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend that the City Council review and submit the city’s annual progress report on the General Plan housing element and Regional Housing Needs Allocation to the state Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), following a staff presentation on this year’s housing activity and steps toward certification.

Heather, a planning staff member presenting the report, summarized recent General Plan work and housing production. She told the commission: "So the total completed units this year was 61." Staff walked commissioners through entitlements and permits, noting that permitted and completed building permits can be filed in one year and finished in another, so the three tallies (entitled, permitted, completed) do not always align. Reported project…

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