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City staff say housing-element amendment headed for 7-day public review

Carmel-by-the-Sea city staff briefing · January 31, 2026
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Summary

City staff announced an amendment removing city-owned sites from the housing element and shifting housing opportunities into smaller sites; staff said minor edits requested by the state have been made and a 7-day local public review will begin next week before resubmitting to the state.

Speaker 1, an unidentified city staff member, told the meeting that the city submitted an amendment to its housing element that removes city-owned sites from the project and shifts opportunities to smaller parcels across town. “We worked on amendment to our housing element to remove the city owned sites from the project and to increase the opportunities for housing to be…

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