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Planning commission recommends City Council adopt updated Open Space and Conservation Element with inventory corrections and implementation tracking

Fullerton Planning Commission · April 22, 2026
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Summary

The commission voted to recommend adoption of Appendix M (Open Space and Conservation Element) replacing Chapter 19 of the Fullerton General Plan, conditioned on staff refining park/school inventory discrepancies and with attention to implementation and reporting; item advances to Parks & Rec and City Council.

The Fullerton Planning Commission on April 22 recommended that the City Council adopt an updated Open Space and Conservation Element (Appendix M) to replace Chapter 19 of the city’s general plan.

Senior planner Yan Gao, who led the presentation, said the update is intended to comply with state requirements referenced in the hearing as "Senate Bill 14 25" (signed 2022) and that the update addresses equitable access, climate resilience and rewilding. Gao said the work was developed with consultant Michael Baker International and an accompanying appendix captures public survey responses; staff described the update as a policy-level general plan amendment that does not change land use or zoning and said it is CEQA-exempt under the…

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