78721 Building Permits: The December Cluster Behind a Flat Annual Total
Current comparison
| Recorded measure | September 2024–August 2025 | September 2025–August 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| New units authorized | 115 | 115 |
| Newly counted site groups | 44 | 29 |
| One-unit site groups | 8 | 8 |
| Two-unit site groups | 20 | 13 |
| Three-unit site groups | 8 | 6 |
Units and site groups use different timing. Size categories are provisional and omit larger groups. Definitions and limits.
Local findings: September 2026 review
Reviewed 2026-09-17; records observed 2026-09-15. Period: September 2025–August 2026. Findings describe that saved window; the current comparison above can advance separately.
Three street names explain nearly all of December
December 2025 records 39 units. Susana Almanza contributes seventeen, Johnny Limon fifteen and Jorge Guerra five, totaling 37 of the 39. Susana Almanza and Jorge Guerra also appear in January, while Johnny Limon’s entire fifteen-unit contribution in the review falls in December. The peak is therefore traceable to a particular set of street records rather than a uniform increase across 78721.
One September address also changes the monthly picture
September’s twenty-unit total includes twelve units associated with 5519 Jackie Robinson Street. Across the full year, the ZIP has 115 units at 57 base addresses on twenty street labels. The Jackie Robinson group and the December streets help explain why the same 115-unit annual result as the preceding year can conceal a strongly uneven schedule.
Separate concentrated authorizations from small-site comparables
The review also contains three-unit address groups at Nickols Avenue, Santa Anna Street and Downs Drive. Those records may be more useful starting points for a small infill proposal than applying December’s entire 39-unit surge to its immediate surroundings. The clustering identifies where the recorded authorizations occurred; it does not prove a shared developer, synchronized construction or a common market-release date.
Planning context: East MLK: subareas, US 183 and residential infill.
Records behind the local findings
| Reviewed street or base address | New units | City permit evidence |
|---|---|---|
| SUSANA ALMANZA ST | 24 | 13 contributing records
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| JOHNNY LIMON WAY | 15 | 9 contributing records
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| JORGE GUERRA ST | 6 | 4 contributing records
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| 5519 JACKIE ROBINSON ST | 12 | 12 contributing records
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Other ZIP totals for comparison
Raw totals; ZIP area and jurisdiction coverage differ. Comparison limits.
78721: monthly records
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78721: historical monthly grid
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| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | 15 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 56 | |||
| 2025 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 25 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 154 |
| 2024 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 53 |
| 2023 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 77 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 91 |
| 2021 | 18 | 5 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 13 | 113 |
| 2020 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 126 |
| 2019 | 11 | 6 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 119 |
| 2018 | 11 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 113 |
| 2017 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 116 |
| 2016 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 82 |
| 2015 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 77 |
| 2014 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 54 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 40 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 22 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| 2010 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| 2008 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 27 |
| 2007 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 27 |
| 2006 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 78 |
| 2005 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 99 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 |
| 2003 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 31 |
| 2002 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 30 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
| 1999 | – | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 13 |
| 1998 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 38 |
| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 1990 | 0 | 1 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1989 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 1986 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 56 |
| 1985 | – | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | – | 6 | 4 | – | – | 2 | 2 | 25 |
| 1984 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 71 |
| 1983 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 16 | – | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 51 |
| 1982 | 5 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 2 | 5 | 2 | 19 |
| 1981 | – | 1 | 2 | 4 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 0 | – | 9 |
78721: separate lot-size history
Lot classifications are a separate measure; do not add them to Units. Grouping and accuracy.
By year
| Year | 1-unit lots | 2-unit lots | 3-unit lots | 1-, 2- and 3-unit lots |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 † | 6 | 12 | 4 | 22 |
| 2025 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 29 |
| 2024 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 26 |
| 2023 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 33 |
| 2022 | 35 | 26 | 1 | 62 |
| 2021 | 57 | 26 | 3 | 86 |
| 2020 | 41 | 18 | 0 | 59 |
| 2019 | 55 | 31 | 1 | 87 |
| 2018 | 60 | 17 | 0 | 77 |
| 2017 | 48 | 25 | 1 | 74 |
| 2016 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 40 |
| 2015 | 29 | 20 | 1 | 50 |
| 2014 | 27 | 14 | 0 | 41 |
| 2013 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 38 |
| 2012 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
| 2011 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| 2010 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2009 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| 2008 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 22 |
| 2007 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 21 |
| 2006 | 48 | 16 | 0 | 64 |
| 2005 | 58 | 7 | 6 | 71 |
| 2004 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 16 |
| 2003 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 22 |
| 2002 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 21 |
| 2001 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 1999 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 1998 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
| 1997 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 1996 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1987 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 1986 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 38 |
| 1985 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 20 |
| 1984 | 31 | 19 | 0 | 50 |
| 1983 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 35 |
| 1982 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 1981 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
Last 24 months
| Month | 1-unit lots | 2-unit lots | 3-unit lots | 1-, 2- and 3-unit lots |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2026 † | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| July 2026 † | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| June 2026 † | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| May 2026 † | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| April 2026 † | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| March 2026 † | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| February 2026 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| January 2026 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| December 2025 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| November 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| October 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| August 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| July 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| June 2025 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| May 2025 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| April 2025 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| March 2025 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| February 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| January 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| December 2024 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| November 2024 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| October 2024 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| September 2024 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 24-month total † | 16 | 33 | 14 | 63 |
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