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Woodside council accepts housing-element progress report; residents press for sewer study answers and oppose Caltrans parcel
Summary
The council accepted the 2025 housing-element annual progress report for transmittal to the state; staff and outside counsel outlined surplus-land options for two town sites and a pending sewer study. Dozens of residents urged the council to stop pursuing a 22-acre Caltrans parcel and raised fire-safety, traffic and environmental concerns for town-owned sites.
The Woodside Town Council on March 10 accepted an informational annual progress report (APR) on the town's housing element for 2025 and directed staff to transmit the report to the State Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) and the Office of Planning and Research by April 1, as required by Government Code section 65400. Planning staff told the council the town issued 23 accessory dwelling unit (ADU) permits and 11 single-family permits in 2025; two ADU permits were voided or put on hold, so 21 ADUs were counted in the APR.
Why it matters: Council acceptance of the APR fulfills a statutory filing obligation with HCD but does not by itself change any parcel designations. The meeting focused public attention on two town-owned sites (a 1.5-acre Raymundo site and a 1-acre High Road site) that are identified in the housing element for multifamily housing, and on a separate, widely discussed 22-acre Caltrans parcel east of Interstate 280 that residents have urged the town not to acquire.
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