Board adopts interim zoning moratorium near University Mound after public outcry over planned closure

The Board of Supervisors adopted an urgency ordinance on July 22 imposing an interim zoning moratorium on institutional changes of use in a portion of the University Mound neighborhood — the area bounded roughly by Highway 280, Wayland Street, University and Cambridge — after an extended public hearing and many speakers urging protection for residents of the University Mound Ladies' Home.

Supervisor David Campos introduced the measure as an emergency action after the board received notice that the privately governed University Mound Ladies' Home, a long‑standing assisted‑living facility with licensed units for predominantly low‑income seniors, faced closure and possible sale. Campos said the moratorium would pause any change of use that could eliminate residential care capacity while the Planning…