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Fontana planning commission recommends City Council submit 2025 General Plan annual progress report
Summary
The Planning Commission voted unanimously Feb. 17 to recommend that the City Council direct staff to submit the 2025 General Plan Annual Progress Report and Housing Element annual progress report to state agencies by the April 1, 2026 deadline. Staff highlighted housing production and several code changes from 2025.
The Fontana Planning Commission voted 5-0 on Feb. 17 to recommend that the City Council direct staff to submit the 2025 General Plan Annual Progress Report and the Housing Element annual progress report to the Governor's Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation and the State Department of Housing and Community Development before the April 1, 2026 deadline.
Associate Planner Cecily Sessions Goins presented highlights from 2025, saying the city completed several policy and construction milestones and must document those in the required reports. "Our deadline for that is 04/01/2026," Goins said during the presentation.
Goins told the commission that 2025 saw the establishment of an entertainment center overlay district, completion of Phase 1 of the San Sivane Trail and adoption of minor planned unit development standards used by at least one developer. She summarized permitting activity for the year: 622 single‑family building permits, 242 accessory dwelling units and 160 multifamily units; 90 planning entitlement projects were submitted and 54 were approved. Goins said some approved projects began in prior years and some submitted projects remain in process; she did not have a precise count of projects still active but offered to provide that information to commissioners.
Commissioner Kietle pressed staff on the status of the 90 submitted entitlement projects, asking whether any had dropped off or remained pending. Goins replied that some projects originated in earlier calendar years such as 2023 and 2024, some have moved forward to approval, and others are still in process. "I don't have that exact number on me, but I could get that information for you," she said.
After the presentation and questions, Commissioner Sanchez moved that the Planning Commission recommend the City Council direct staff to submit the reports to the state agencies; Secretary Lozano seconded. The clerk recorded five votes in favor and the motion passed.
The recommendation is a procedural step that allows staff to forward the documents to the Governor's Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation and the State Department of Housing and Community Development by the April 1 deadline. The City Council will receive the Planning Commission's recommendation before staff submits the reports.
