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Commission recommends land‑use amendments to align Costa Mesa general plan with housing element; motion passes 5‑2
Summary
The Costa Mesa Planning Commission voted 5‑2 to recommend that City Council amend the General Plan Land Use Element to align it with the city’s sixth‑cycle housing element, which identifies 97 housing opportunity sites and a RHNA allocation of 11,760 units.
The Costa Mesa Planning Commission on Monday voted 5‑2 to recommend that City Council adopt amendments to the General Plan Land Use Element to achieve internal consistency with the city’s sixth‑cycle housing element (2021–2029).
Staff said the update is a technical reconciliation that memorializes the housing element record and the city’s list of housing opportunity sites. The housing element, adopted in 2022, identifies 97 housing opportunity sites and a Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) of 11,760 units. Measure K (voter initiative, effective Nov. 18, 2022) authorizes changes to land use and zoning to accommodate housing and was used to create the pool of candidate sites.
Principal Planner Melinda Daisy told the commission the proposed land‑use amendments add clarifying language…
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