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Salinas council receives strategic plan update, adds broader housing production language
Summary
The Salinas City Council voted unanimously May 6 to receive a draft strategic plan update and directed staff to add language emphasizing overall housing production—covering market-rate, workforce, farmworker and low-income units—and to report back with implementation milestones.
The Salinas City Council on May 6 received a citywide strategic plan update and approved a last‑minute change to clarify the council’s housing goal, adding explicit direction to pursue the overall production of housing across market‑rate, workforce, farmworker and low‑income categories.
City Manager Renee Mendez introduced the facilitator’s draft and said staff had consolidated council feedback into a shorter set of “buckets” — economic development, housing, infrastructure, city services, public safety and youth & seniors — intended to guide the city’s budget and work plan. Facilitator Bridal Perman told the council, “what the strategic plan does is set forth a path for the council and the city as they develop next year’s budget and the work…
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