San Mateo County Planning Commission and Midcoast Community Council Receive Cycle 6 Housing Element Rezoning Plan as Outreach Process Begins; El Granada’s CUSD Property Included

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VIDEOS. From the San Mateo County Planning Commission on Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025 at 9:00am, as a hybrid meeting with remote comment. SMCo Planning Director, Steve Monowitz, and Senior Planner, Will Gibson, report.  Agenda. Staff Report for Item #3. Informational Only.
Correspondence, Additional Correspondence, More Correspondence.

And Video from the Midcoast Community Council (MCC) meeting on Wednesday, October 9th, 2025 at 7:00pm, as a hybrid meeting. Supervisor Mueller reports.

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

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More on the Rezoning of El Granada due to the State’s Cycle 6 Housing Element on Coastside Buzz

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More on El Granada Cycle 6 Housing Element Rezoning on Coastside Buzz

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San Mateo County Plannning Commission

• VACANCY for Lisa Ketcham 2nd Term
  Jan 01, 2023 to Dec 31, 2026
  Representing Third District
• Adam Nugent 1st Term
  Aug 26, 2025 to Dec 31, 2027
  Representing Second District
• Andrei Garcia 1st Term
  Jun 10, 2025 to Dec 31, 2028
  Representing Fourth District
• Carlos Serrano-Quan 2nd Term
  Jan 01, 2025 to Dec 31, 2028
  Representing Fifth District
• Kumkum Gupta 3rd Term
  Jan 01, 2025 to Dec 31, 2028
  Representing First District

• Steven Monowitz
  Community Development Director
• CONTACT
  Angela Montes, Commission Secretary
  455 County Center, 2nd Floor
  Redwood City, CA 94063
  Phone: (650) 363-4161
  E-Mail: planning_commission@smcgov.org
  

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