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San Jose staff outline housing goals, permitting reforms and AB 130 screening
Summary
City staff presented a semi‑annual 'Building More Housing' update detailing a three‑pillar approach (land use policy, development services, linking land & capital), a new 'days added by the city' timeliness metric, expansion of ministerial permits downtown, AB 130 initial screening, and a development fee estimator. Committee accepted the report and invited a fuller January 27 presentation.
City planning and development staff on [date not specified] presented a semi‑annual update on the 'Building More Housing' focus area, describing near‑term goals, process reforms and tools intended to accelerate housing delivery across incomes.
Rosalind (Deputy City Manager) introduced the focus‑area approach and named Caitlin Kenny as the cross‑departmental lead. Chris Burton, Director of Planning, Building and Code Enforcement, described three priority areas: land use policy/regulation, development services/process improvements, and linking land to capital. Burton said the city has started a four‑year general plan review and is using the…
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