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Sacramento County supervisors approve West Jackson Highway master plan for 5,913-acre redevelopment
Summary
The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors on June 11 unanimously approved the West Jackson Highway master plan, certifying the final environmental impact report and adopting a package of general plan, community plan and zoning changes — including a four‑fifths override for homes inside Mather Airport’s 60–65 dB noise contour — to allow redevelopment of roughly 5,913 acres in the Vineyard and Cordova communities.
SACRAMENTO — The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors on June 11 unanimously approved a package of entitlements to adopt the West Jackson Highway master plan, certifying the final environmental impact report and approving related general plan and community plan amendments, zoning changes, financing and water‑supply actions for the roughly 5,913‑acre project area in the Vineyard and Cordova communities.
The vote clears a slate of actions recommended by county planning staff: certification of the final EIR and adoption of the related findings and mitigation monitoring program; amendments to the county general plan and the Vineyard and Cordova community plans; adoption of a master plan zoning ordinance and rezones for applicant‑controlled properties; adoption of a public facilities financing plan and an urban services plan; approval of two water‑supply assessments and an amendment to the Zone 40 water supply master plan; and adoption of two applicant‑proposed affordable‑housing strategies. The motion also included a board override of the Mather Airport land use compatibility plan for single‑family residences within the airport’s 60–65 community noise contours, a provision that requires a four‑fifths vote and was included in the approved motion.
Why it matters: The land use proposal would convert an area dominated by surface mining and scattered industrial and rural residential uses into a large planned community that county staff and applicants say is intended to provide housing, jobs, parkland and new multi‑modal connections in the Jackson Corridor. Staff and the applicants described the plan as one of the county’s largest infill reuse opportunities and said the project is designed to meet county climate and connectivity policies.
Project scope and commitments
Emma Carico, the county associate planner and project manager, told the board the plan area “encompasses approximately 5,913 acres” and that the proposed land‑use map would allow up to…
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