Commission reviews Carlsbad 2025 housing progress report, cites 343 building permits
May 14, 2026 | Carlsbad, San Diego County, California
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The Carlsbad Housing Commission on May 14 reviewed the city’s General Plan and Housing Element annual progress report for calendar year 2025. Alex Patterson, assistant planner with the Community Development Department, said, “In 2025, the city issued 343 building permits.”
The report, which city council previously found to satisfy state requirements, outlines how the city implemented its general plan through zoning and general plan amendments, programs and services, and development activity data tied to the housing element. Patterson told commissioners the report was submitted to the Department of Housing and Community Development and the Governor’s office of land use and climate innovation ahead of the April 1 deadline, as required by state law.
Patterson summarized several implementation milestones for 2025: a council-approved general plan amendment and rezones that provide zoning capacity for 3,147 units at lower and moderate income levels across 16 sites; Coastal Commission review and final certification of local coastal program modifications; adoption of the Climate Action Plan update; and actions to increase public information, including new informational bulletins explaining recent state laws. He also noted the city’s permit-ready ADU program is active, with four plan applications received as of December 2025.
Commissioners pressed staff for project-level context. Patterson identified the largest projects counted in 2025: Hope Apartments (156 units) and La Costa Town Square (36 units), and confirmed that Tower 24 had building permits issued in 2025 and was included in the report. He described the Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) as a state process that assigns unit counts by income category and clarified that the city’s role is to create zoning capacity rather than directly build units.
Why it matters: the annual progress report documents whether the city’s plans and codes are creating capacity and transparency for housing production and connects local actions to state reporting requirements. The commission received the report as informational; no action was required at this hearing.
The item concluded with no public comments and no further action by the commission.
The report, which city council previously found to satisfy state requirements, outlines how the city implemented its general plan through zoning and general plan amendments, programs and services, and development activity data tied to the housing element. Patterson told commissioners the report was submitted to the Department of Housing and Community Development and the Governor’s office of land use and climate innovation ahead of the April 1 deadline, as required by state law.
Patterson summarized several implementation milestones for 2025: a council-approved general plan amendment and rezones that provide zoning capacity for 3,147 units at lower and moderate income levels across 16 sites; Coastal Commission review and final certification of local coastal program modifications; adoption of the Climate Action Plan update; and actions to increase public information, including new informational bulletins explaining recent state laws. He also noted the city’s permit-ready ADU program is active, with four plan applications received as of December 2025.
Commissioners pressed staff for project-level context. Patterson identified the largest projects counted in 2025: Hope Apartments (156 units) and La Costa Town Square (36 units), and confirmed that Tower 24 had building permits issued in 2025 and was included in the report. He described the Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) as a state process that assigns unit counts by income category and clarified that the city’s role is to create zoning capacity rather than directly build units.
Why it matters: the annual progress report documents whether the city’s plans and codes are creating capacity and transparency for housing production and connects local actions to state reporting requirements. The commission received the report as informational; no action was required at this hearing.
The item concluded with no public comments and no further action by the commission.
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