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Goleta planning staff to prioritize local coastal program, housing implementation and short-term rental rules
Summary
The Planning and Environmental Review Department presented its FY 2025–26 work program focused on advancing the local coastal program, housing-element implementation and a short-term vacation rental ordinance. The council adopted the work plan after discussion about visual-resource standards and developer objective standards.
The City Council adopted the Planning and Environmental Review Department’s FY 2025–26 work program after Director Peter Imhoff and division managers described a list of priority projects, including completion of the local coastal program, continued housing element implementation, development of short-term vacation rental policies and work on a sphere-of-influence process with LAFCO.
Imhoff summarized the department’s organization—advanced planning, current planning, sustainability, affordable-housing implementation and administration—and said staff will focus significant effort on the local coastal program (a large, multi-year effort) and remaining housing element actions. He said…
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