California — 2025 Year in Review
Land use and zoning activity from city and county planning meetings in California during 2025.
Read the Complete California Planning Commission Guide for context on how planning decisions work in California.
“Projects with decisions” counts unique projects. “Approved” and “Denied” count individual actions (one project can have multiple actions across meetings).
85,473
Projects with decisions
123,831
Approved actions
890
Denied actions
99.3%
Approval rate (of actions)
By county
| County | Projects | Approved actions | Denied actions | Approval % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alameda | 4,583 | 7,326 | 43 | 99.4% |
| Alpine | 561 | 709 | 5 | 99.3% |
| Amador | 748 | 895 | 16 | 98.2% |
| Butte | 1,861 | 2,623 | 13 | 99.5% |
| Calaveras | 211 | 274 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Colusa | 196 | 256 | 6 | 97.7% |
| Contra Costa | 2,246 | 3,020 | 31 | 99.0% |
| Del Norte | 294 | 396 | 0 | 100.0% |
| El Dorado | 111 | 151 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Fresno | 2,140 | 3,261 | 32 | 99.0% |
| Glenn | 230 | 326 | 1 | 99.7% |
| Humboldt | 808 | 1,743 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Imperial | 1,119 | 1,476 | 8 | 99.5% |
| Inyo | 155 | 190 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Kern | 2,617 | 3,407 | 18 | 99.5% |
| Kings | 915 | 1,346 | 4 | 99.7% |
| Lake | 223 | 337 | 7 | 98.0% |
| Lassen | 164 | 221 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Los Angeles | 14,016 | 20,753 | 177 | 99.2% |
| Madera | 1,689 | 2,310 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Marin | 803 | 1,072 | 8 | 99.3% |
| Mariposa | 1,252 | 1,571 | 9 | 99.4% |
| Mendocino | 800 | 1,077 | 3 | 99.7% |
| Merced | 895 | 1,295 | 14 | 98.9% |
| Modoc | 850 | 1,007 | 3 | 99.7% |
| Mono | 61 | 65 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Monterey | 2,057 | 2,550 | 22 | 99.1% |
| Napa | 1,110 | 1,261 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Nevada | 323 | 477 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Orange | 4,006 | 6,121 | 64 | 99.0% |
| Placer | 1,646 | 2,863 | 56 | 98.1% |
| Plumas | 1,459 | 1,750 | 7 | 99.6% |
| Riverside | 4,649 | 6,315 | 19 | 99.7% |
| Sacramento | 1,282 | 1,859 | 22 | 98.8% |
| San Benito | 50 | 70 | 1 | 98.6% |
| San Bernardino | 4,007 | 6,833 | 46 | 99.3% |
| San Diego | 1,751 | 3,018 | 10 | 99.7% |
| San Francisco | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| San Joaquin | 2,412 | 3,561 | 16 | 99.6% |
| San Luis Obispo | 421 | 595 | 4 | 99.3% |
| San Mateo | 2,575 | 3,403 | 19 | 99.4% |
| Santa Barbara | 697 | 957 | 6 | 99.4% |
| Santa Clara | 4,021 | 6,003 | 54 | 99.1% |
| Santa Cruz | 2,205 | 3,336 | 21 | 99.4% |
| Shasta | 429 | 769 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Sierra | 571 | 732 | 2 | 99.7% |
| Siskiyou | 1,176 | 1,622 | 8 | 99.5% |
| Solano | 967 | 1,247 | 10 | 99.2% |
| Sonoma | 721 | 964 | 3 | 99.7% |
| Stanislaus | 2,010 | 2,890 | 34 | 98.8% |
| Sutter | 229 | 394 | 1 | 99.7% |
| Tehama | 370 | 501 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Trinity | 798 | 1,022 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Tulare | 2,219 | 3,184 | 9 | 99.7% |
| Tuolumne | 28 | 44 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Ventura | 2,353 | 3,413 | 40 | 98.8% |
| Yolo | 643 | 950 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Yuba | 463 | 565 | 13 | 97.8% |
Data from public meeting documents processed by Boardwalk. Coverage varies by jurisdiction. Not all cities and counties are included.