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2019-2020 Residential Building Permit Data

This is a summary of Single-Family and Multi-Family building permits issued last year and this year, through the most current month available, in counties in the Northern California regions.

Single-Family Permits*

County:	Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Year to Date	YTD Change
Alameda	2020	106	89	108	303	-96
Alameda	2019	144	123	132	399	-96
Contra Costa	2020	131	213	67	411	62
Contra Costa	2019	105	136	108	349	62
Marin	2020	7	6	4	17	-4
Marin	2019	6	5	10	21	-4
Monterey	2020	17	23	12	52	-62
Monterey	2019	45	35	34	114	-62
San Benito	2020	47	24	22	93	-35
San Benito	2019	40	46	42	128	-35
San Francisco	2020	11	2	2	15	13
San Francisco	2019	0	0	2	2	13
San Mateo	2020	47	12	18	77	-29
San Mateo	2019	29	36	41	106	-29
Santa Clara	2020	139	136	118	393	-11
Santa Clara	2019	180	79	145	404	-11
Santa Cruz	2020	13	11	13	37	-36
Santa Cruz	2019	21	13	39	73	-36
Solano	2020	74	63	71	208	-32
Solano	2019	40	49	151	240	-32
Sonoma	2020	123	101	52	276	-178
Sonoma	2019	170	117	167	454	-178
Bay Area Subtotal	2020	715	680	487	1,882	-408
Bay Area Subtotal	2019	780	639	871	2,290	-408
El Dorado	2020	45	42	25	112	-18
El Dorado	2019	43	24	63	130	-18
Placer	2020	182	134	173	489	62
Placer	2019	115	162	150	427	62
Sacramento	2020	296	347	279	922	44
Sacramento	2019	231	233	414	878	44
Sutter	2020	8	3	8	19	-5
Sutter	2019	8	13	3	24	-5
Yolo	2020	75	32	26	133	9
Yolo	2019	61	33	30	124	9
Yuba	2020	71	37	26	134	72
Yuba	2019	19	19	24	62	72
Sacramento Subtotal	2020	677	595	537	1,809	164
Sacramento Subtotal	2019	477	484	684	1,645	164
Fresno	2020	256	109	105	470	-151
Fresno	2019	199	171	251	621	-151
Madera	2020	110	28	3	141	42
Madera	2019	39	30	30	99	42
Merced	2020	12	128	130	270	58
Merced	2019	69	61	82	212	58
San Joaquin	2020	126	153	101	380	-156
San Joaquin	2019	139	148	249	536	-156
Stanislaus	2020	40	31	58	129	23
Stanislaus	2019	19	34	53	106	23
Tulare	2020	180	52	80	312	-8
Tulare	2019	94	91	135	320	-8
Valley Subtotal	2020	724	501	477	1,702	-192
Valley Subtotal	2019	559	535	800	1,894	-192
Napa	2020	15	37	2	54	13
Napa	2019	10	14	17	41	13
Totals	2020	2,131	1,813	1,503	5,447	-423
Totals	2019	1,826	1,672	2,372	5,870	-423

Multi-Family Permits**

County:	Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Year to Date	YTD Change
Alameda	2020	64	30	118	212	-803
Alameda	2019	384	79	552	1,015	-803
Contra Costa	2020	2	3	153	158	-267
Contra Costa	2019	45	376	4	425	-267
Marin	2020	0	0	0	0	-78
Marin	2019	78	0	0	78	-78
Monterey	2020	0	47	0	47	41
Monterey	2019	6	0	0	6	41
San Benito	2020	0	0	0	0	-2
San Benito	2019	0	2	0	2	-2
San Francisco	2020	490	460	4	954	-25
San Francisco	2019	627	204	148	979	-25
San Mateo	2020	10	72	0	82	-293
San Mateo	2019	225	0	150	375	-293
Santa Clara	2020	82	182	182	446	-608
Santa Clara	2019	646	190	218	1,054	-608
Santa Cruz	2020	8	0	0	8	-5
Santa Cruz	2019	13	0	0	13	-5
Solano	2020	0	245	0	245	189
Solano	2019	0	0	56	56	189
Sonoma	2020	63	4	0	67	-94
Sonoma	2019	124	4	33	161	-94
Bay Area Subtotal	2020	719	1,043	457	2,219	-1,945
Bay Area Subtotal	2019	2,148	855	1,161	4,164	-1,945
El Dorado	2020	2	0	0	2	2
El Dorado	2019	0	0	0	0	2
Placer	2020	41	234	45	320	253
Placer	2019	0	0	67	67	253
Sacramento	2020	181	43	123	347	5
Sacramento	2019	211	115	16	342	5
Sutter	2020	0	0	0	0	0
Sutter	2019	0	0	0	0	0
Yolo	2020	0	232	180	412	372
Yolo	2019	0	0	40	40	372
Yuba	2020	0	0	2	2	2
Yuba	2019	0	0	0	0	2
Sacramento Subtotal	2020	224	509	350	1,083	634
Sacramento Subtotal	2019	211	115	123	449	634
Fresno	2020	0	2	216	218	215
Fresno	2019	0	3	0	3	215
Madera	2020	0	0	0	0	0
Madera	2019	0	0	0	0	0
Merced	2020	0	3	0	3	3
Merced	2019	0	0	0	0	3
San Joaquin	2020	28	44	0	72	70
San Joaquin	2019	0	2	0	2	70
Stanislaus	2020	0	0	0	0	-2
Stanislaus	2019	0	0	2	2	-2
Tulare	2020	45	6	42	93	85
Tulare	2019	2	6	0	8	85
Valley Subtotal	2020	73	55	258	386	371
Valley Subtotal	2019	2	11	2	15	371
Napa	2020	0	0	0	0	0
Napa	2019	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2020	1,016	1,607	1,065	3,688	-940
Totals	2019	2,361	981	1,286	4,628	-940

Notes
* Single-Family Housing includes detached, semi-detached, rowhouse and townhouse units. Rowhouses and townhouses are included when an unbroken ground-to-roof party or firewall separates each unit from the adjacent unit. Condominiums are included in single-family when they are of zero-lot-line or zero-property-line construction; when units are separated by an air space; or, when an unbroken ground-to-roof party or firewall separates units. Data from March of 2012 forward is supplied by the California Homebuilding Foundation; data prior to that date supplied by the CIRB.
** Multi-Family Housing includes duplexes, 3-4 unit structures and apartment-type structures with five units or more. Multi-Family housing also includes condominium units in structures of more than one living unit that do not meet the herein single-family housing definition.

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