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Board approves Madera County housing element and zoning updates; residents urge stronger timelines and protections
Summary
The board approved the 2024–2032 housing element and related rezones to meet regional housing needs allocation, 5–0. Community advocates urged higher numeric objectives, earlier program timelines and a wider pesticide buffer around disadvantaged unincorporated communities.
The Madera County Board of Supervisors voted 5–0 on Oct. 7 to approve the county’s 2024–2032 housing element, related zoning and land‑use updates intended to accommodate the state‑assigned regional housing needs allocation (RHNA). Planner Jamie Backs told the board staff proposes rezoning 89 sites, updating residential density standards and adopting programs to support affordable housing, tenant protections and infrastructure improvements.
Backs said the County received a letter of substantial compliance from the California Department of…
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