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Half Moon Bay council directs staff to submit revised housing element to state amid dispute over church site
Summary
The council voted 4-1 to send a revised draft of the city’s 2023–2031 housing element to the California Department of Housing and Community Development, even as parish leaders urged removal of their property from the list of opportunity sites and a separate state letter on Measure D remains pending.
The Half Moon Bay City Council on March 18 voted 4-1 to direct staff to submit a revised draft of the city’s 2023–2031 housing element to the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD).
The action, approved over one dissent, moves the city closer to securing a certified housing element—a requirement for some state grants and a foundation for local housing production—even though HCD and the California Coastal Commission have a pending matter related to Measure D, the city’s dwelling-unit allocation system.
The housing element is the portion of the general plan that sets housing goals and identifies sites suitable for development during the planning period. Housing Programs Manager Mike Noche told the council the draft before them reflected HCD’s requested edits from a November 2024 letter and that submitting the revised…
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