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VIDEO. From San Mateo County Planning and Building Commissioners meeting on Wednesday, December 10th, 2025 at 9:00am, as an in-person and remote meeting. Agenda and attachments.
Staff Report for Item #3: “A scoping session for preparation of an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the County’s Housing Element Rezoning Program, which will rezone various parcels in the unincorporated Colma, Broadmoor, Harbor Industrial, and Midcoast (El Granada) areas to allow 100% residential development by-right on all identified sites outside of the coastal zone, at densities ranging from 70 to 120 units per acre, with a minimum density of at least 30 units per acre, in order to meet the County’s Regional Housing Needs Allocation, as required by State law.”
SMCo County Proposal: An informational briefing on the County’s Housing Element Rezoning Program, which will rezone 35 parcels constituting roughly 24 acres in the unincorporated Colma, Broadmoor, Harbor Industrial, and Midcoast areas to allow 100% residential development by-right on all identified sites, at densities ranging from 70 to 120 units per acre, with a minimum density of at least 30 units per acre, in order to meet the County’s Regional Housing Needs Allocation, as required by State law.
The County has insufficient developable sites to meet its RHNA without rezoning. To comply with State law, the County’s Housing Element incorporates Program HE 11.2, which commits the County to rezone 35 parcels constituting roughly 24 acres in the unincorporated Colma, Broadmoor, Harbor Industrial, and Midcoast areas to allow 100% residential development by-right on all identified sites, at maximum
densities ranging from 70 to 120 units per acre, with a minimum density of at least 30 units per acre.
For the parcels located in the County’s Urban Midcoast, changes to zoning and General Plan land use designations constitute a Local Coastal Program amendment that must be reviewed and approved by the California Coastal Commission. The Coastal Commission will be engaged early in the process, but the amendments cannot be formally submitted to the Commission until after Board of Supervisors’ adoption. The Coastal Commission’s timeline is unpredictable.
REZONING PROGRAM TIMELINE
- Project Kickoff August 2025
- Information Gathering, Data Collection, Analysis Sept. – Dec. 2025
- Outreach, Public Meetings Sept. 2025 – Feb. 2026
- Draft Amendments Oct. 2025 – Feb. 2026
- Environmental Review Sept. 2025 – July 2026
- Final Amendments May/June 2026
- Planning Commission Hearings March 2026 – July 2026
- Board of Supervisors Hearings March 2026 – July 2026
- Coastal Commission Submittal and Certification July 2026 – Dec. 2026
More on the Rezoning of El Granada due to the State’s Cycle 6 Housing Element on Coastside Buzz
Cabrillo Unified School District Reaches Out to San Mateo County to Rezone 6 Sites for High Density Residential in El Granada; April 18, 2024
San Mateo County Plannning Commission
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