General Plan AmendmentRecommended approval (Feb 2026) · Council outcome not on recordGreater Bixby Knolls Area, Long Beach, CA

Zone In Bixby Knolls (EIRA-01-23, Title 22 amendments, corridor rezonings)

Long Beach

Description

City-initiated package of Land Use Element fixes, two new main street zoning districts, and corridor rezonings in Bixby Knolls, recommended to the City Council 4-1 over objections centered on 401 East 37th Street.

Impact summary

Corridor parcels could host mixed-use housing and active retail; the contested 401 East 37th Street parcel could become townhomes, though any project still needs separate entitlements.

Applicant

Name: City of Long Beach (city-initiated)
Address: Greater Bixby Knolls Area, Long Beach, CA

At a glance

Hearings: 1
Public comments: 2
Total mentions: 1

Last vote · Planning Commission

Recommended approval (Feb 2026) · Council outcome not on record4–1

A recommendation. The council’s outcome is not on record here.

Last discussed Feb 19, 2026.

Meeting timeline (1)

Feb 19, 2026Recommended approval 4–1

Planning Commission - Feb 19, 2026

Related issues (1)

Zone In Bixby Knolls rezoning and housing capacity

The city is rezoning Bixby Knolls corridors to allow mixed-use housing and new main street districts, partly to meet state RHNA housing obligations and fair-housing requirements to add capacity in high-resource areas. Neighbors fiercely opposed one parcel — the former Boy Scouts lot at 401 East 37th Street — saying it would bring dense townhomes into an intact single-family block.

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