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Santa Fe leaders form joint working groups on housing, land use and senior services
Summary
The City of Santa Fe and Santa Fe County voted to form action‑oriented working groups on housing & homelessness, land‑use/annexation (including Area 1B) and seniors/child care, with a reconvening planned for October 2026 and deliverables targeted for December.
City and county leaders agreed to a structured, multi‑month approach to shared regional problems, voting to create three joint working groups focused on housing and homelessness, land‑use/annexation, and senior/child care services.
"When we work together, we're stronger together," County Chair Justin Green said as he opened the meeting and urged deliverable‑driven collaboration. Mayor Garcia framed the convening as "nearly a decade in the making" and said the two governing bodies should leave with clear, time‑bound next steps. Commissioner Lisa Kacari Stone moved for the creation of action working groups and asked for progress check‑ins in October and a report‑back in December 2026; the motion passed on both the county and city sides.
The working groups are intended as smaller, action‑oriented teams (staff plus elected members and community participants) that can meet between full joint sessions to develop concrete proposals. City staff will send a scheduling poll for an October meeting; county managers committed to a matching reconvening in that month. The governing bodies emphasized avoiding open‑ended, performative meetings and instead pursuing clearly measurable "small wins" that can sustain momentum.
Next procedural steps: staff will form the working group rosters (city and county will each appoint members), schedule the October convening, and provide staff briefs and landscape analyses to support the groups' first deliverables. The joint bodies adjourned after confirming these directions.
