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Planning commission receives 2025 general plan and housing‑element progress reports; commissioners press for public engagement on housing
Summary
The commission received and filed the 2025 General Plan Annual Progress Report and the Housing Element Annual Progress Report. Staff noted building‑permit and entitlement activity for 2025 and the commission urged additional outreach and strategies for workforce/affordable housing and infrastructure planning.
The Calabasas Planning Commission voted March 5 to receive and file the city’s 2025 General Plan annual progress report and the 2025 Housing Element annual progress report and to forward the general plan report to the City Council.
Rachel presented the general plan annual progress report and explained the legal reporting requirements: "The reporting requirements for the annual progress report include submitting the annual report...to LCI and HCD," and described actions taken through 2025 to implement the general plan’s mandatory elements.
Jacqueline summarized housing activity: "This table is 2025 building activity...and it's 99 units in total," she said, noting that 80 of those units came from the Commons Lane project (76 market‑rate and 4 very low income). For entitlement activity Jacqueline said 15 units were entitled in 2025 across income categories and that the city has permitted a portion of its RHNA allocations but still has remaining requirements in the very low, low and moderate categories.
Commissioners used the reports to press broader policy questions: several urged more public engagement on long‑range planning and creative approaches for workforce housing; one commissioner argued that “nothing's affordable in Calabasas,” and called for public‑private partnerships and examining city‑owned parcels and priority sites (Commons Lane, Craftsman's Corner, Avalon Apartments) for potential housing strategies. Commissioners also asked for clarification on items in the APR tables (e.g., roundabout bidding status and specific project identifiers) and requested staff tighten labeling and correct typographical errors.
Staff noted that some entries in the APR use HCD templates and that the department will follow up on commissioner edits; the commission unanimously approved motions to receive and file the reports and to forward the general plan APR to council with suggested edits.
What happens next: staff will incorporate requested clarifications and forward the general plan APR to City Council and submit required materials to state agencies per statutory deadlines.
Speakers quoted or referenced in this article are Rachel and Jacqueline (staff) and multiple commissioners who took part in the discussion.
