Housing Omnibus Zoning Code Update
Long Beach
Description
Recommended City Council adopt a comprehensive package of zoning changes implementing the Housing Element, state housing laws, and homelessness emergency provisions to streamline housing production.
Impact summary
Housing projects citywide would move faster with fewer public hearings, shifting more decisions to staff-level review with appeal rights.
Applicant
- Name
- City of Long Beach
At a glance
- Hearings
- 1
- Public comments
- 0
- Total mentions
- 1
Last vote · Planning Commission
A recommendation. The council’s outcome is not on record here.
Last discussed Apr 16, 2026.
Meeting timeline (1)
Related issues (2)
Enhanced Density Bonus update
The city's local density bonus is barely used — only five projects in years — so staff proposed a simpler, more generous program with bonuses for parks-adjacent, senior, and community-benefit housing to help meet RHNA goals.
Housing omnibus zoning code update
A sweeping code package streamlines housing approvals, implements state laws and the homelessness emergency declaration, and shifts many decisions away from public hearings — commissioners discussed how to keep neighbors informed as fewer projects come before them.
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