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Garden Grove updates housing element work, preapproved ADU plans and timelines for general plan overhaul
Summary
City planning and building staff told council they are implementing the certified housing element, will post preapproved ADU plans on the city website and expect to begin a comprehensive general plan update in 2026, with major code changes (electrification, inspections) coming in 2025 that will affect multifamily property owners.
City planning and building officials updated the Garden Grove City Council on Aug. 27 about progress on the housing element, preapproved accessory dwelling unit (ADU) plans and an upcoming comprehensive general plan update.
Maria Parra of the Planning Services Division told council the city's housing element — adopted Nov. 2021 and certified in December 2023 — is guiding implementation actions such as objective development and design standards, zoning code updates and an SB 9 ordinance. Parra said staff is working on potential inclusionary housing and an affordable‑housing overlay; both would require consultant studies and return to council for consideration in 2025.
"We will bring that action to council in 2025," Parra said, noting the need to issue RFPs to retain consultants for economic…
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