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Planning commission votes to retain three focus areas after debate over housing vs. industrial use

3034063 · April 17, 2025
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After debate the Planning Commission on April 16 voted to recommend that the City Council retain three focus areas — Lawrence Station Phase 2, Central Expressway and De La Cruz — in the general plan, rejecting staff’s proposal to remove them from the plan map.

The Planning Commission on April 16 deliberated a staff recommendation to remove three “focus areas” — Lawrence Station Phase 2, Central Expressway and De La Cruz — from the general plan map. Staff recommended the deletions on the grounds that these areas are presently dominated by light industrial and data‑center uses, are unlikely to be redeveloped for housing as focus areas envision, and that removing the map labels would better align the general plan with existing zoning and development…

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