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Board begins general-plan update discussion; staff seeks direction on scope, timeline and public engagement
Summary
County planning staff presented an overview of the 2008 general plan and asked the board for direction on the scope, timing and public-engagement approach for a possible update. Supervisors and public commenters urged a countywide summit to coordinate city plans and to consider Measure T timing.
Resource Management staff presented the county’s current general plan background and invited the board to give preliminary direction about whether to begin a formal update, the likely scope of changes, and a target timeline.
Staff described the general plan as the county’s long-range policy document that guides land use, circulation, conservation and other chapters. They noted the 2008 plan has been amended over time, the housing element is updated on an eight-year cycle, and that changes in the region — fires, the pandemic, infrastructure needs and new state laws — have created new questions about how the county should manage growth,…
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