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2025 General Plan Annual Progress Report <br />March 3, 2026 <br />Page 3 <br />to amend the Land Use Map. The City Council adopted the General Plan Amendment to <br />enable expansion of Gerardo Mouet Park, which contributes to the City’s goals related to <br />increasing open space, particularly in underserved areas. <br />Housing Element <br />As required by HCD, the Housing Element portion of the progress report includes detailed <br />accounting of all housing projects submitted, reviewed, entitled, and constructed in the <br />City of Santa Ana in 2025, in addition to the status of the implementation actions and <br />programs to achieve the City’s housing vision in the state mandated form. <br />The Housing Element portion of the report also measures the City’s progress to meet <br />state-mandated housing goals as set forth in our Regional Housing Needs Allocation <br />th <br />(RHNA) for the 6 cycle planning period (2021-2029). Through a process referred to as <br />“RHNA,” each jurisdiction is given a target for how many permits to issue in four housing <br />income categories ranging from very–low income (affordable to those who earn 50% or <br />less of the Area Median Income \[AMI\]), to above moderate income (more than 120% of <br />AMI). Based on the income limits published by State HCD in May of 2025, the Area <br />Median Income for Orange County is $129,000. <br />The Housing Element portion of the report includes a summary of Santa Ana’s progress <br />th <br />in meeting its share of the RHNA allocation for the 6 cycle. There were a total of 316 <br />building permits issued for new housing units in 2025, of which 81 housing units are <br />affordable to very low-income and 101 to low-income households, respectively. With the <br />th <br />issuance of these permits, the City has issued 4,757 building permits during the 6 cycle <br />planning period, exceeding its total allocation of 3,137 by 1,620 (152%). <br />Progress Towards 2021-2029 RHNA Goal <br />(New Housing Units by Category and Year) <br />Total Total Units % of RHNA <br />IncomeRHNA202120222023202420252026202720282029 <br />UnitsRemainingCompleted <br />Very <br />606 4119164488170% <br />425181 <br />Low <br />Low362 4310211381101122% <br />440(78) <br />Mod.545 114184657350% <br />274271 <br />Above <br />1,624 6395672,2817061223% <br />3,618(1,994) <br />Mod. <br />Total:3,137 7349012,542264316152% <br />4,757(1,620) <br />Based on building permits issued. Parenthesis used to show number of units issued permits in excess of <br />RHNA goal. <br /> <br />