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Community-development director outlines 6,000-unit project pipeline, general-plan restart and wireless code updates

Newport Beach City Council · February 3, 2026
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Community Development Director Jaime Murillo told council members the department is managing 24 major housing projects (about 6,000 units) and plans to bring a draft general-plan update to council by May; staff also proposed wireless-code amendments, CDM corridor pilots, and prep work for the 7th-cycle RHNA process.

Community Development Director Jaime Murillo presented a year-ahead agenda focused on customer service, housing project workload and long-range planning.

Murillo said the department aims to review 80% of plan checks within one day and schedule 99% of inspections for the next day as staff adapts to a surge of major projects. He reported 24…

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