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Calabasas planning panel forwards revised 2024 general plan progress report after debate over wording and open-space language

Planning Commission of the City of Calabasas · August 22, 2025
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Summary

The Calabasas Planning Commission voted to forward the 2024 General Plan Annual Progress Report to the city council after removing subjective language and revising an open'space bullet tied to the West Village project. Commissioners told staff to retain a small donated parcel reference and to reword claims seen as opinionated.

The Calabasas Planning Commission on Aug. 21 voted to forward the city's 2024 General Plan Annual Progress Report to the city council after debating wording the panel said overstated some accomplishments and raised local concerns.

Staff presented the report and told commissioners the review is required under California Government Code section 65400 and Calabasas Municipal Code provisions; the document summarizes the city's actions toward implementing the general plan and will be submitted to the Governor's Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation (LCI) and the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD). Rachel, a planning staffer, said the 2024 housing-year tally included 99 new housing units entitled, 16 building permits issued and 313 units remaining to meet the city's RHNA for the 2021'2029 cycle.

The debate focused on tone and two…

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