Planning Commission backs housing-element implementation amendments (Program LL) and flags a typographic fix

Dec 12, 2025

The commission recommended City Council approve planning-regulation amendments implementing Program LL of the city's 2023 housing element, adding or changing use types such as employee housing, residential care facilities, emergency shelters and subdividing multiunit categories; vice chair flagged a typographic error staff will correct.

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On Dec. 11 the Emeryville Planning Commission voted to recommend City Council approve a package of planning-regulation amendments implementing Program LL of the Housing Element (2023'2031). Planning staff said the Housing Element contains roughly 45 implementation programs and that Program LL includes eight implementing actions to remove constraints and add or clarify use types.

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