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Rent, affordable homes, zoning, and decisions that shape where people can live.
The Council will vote to authorize the City’s annual membership dues of $40,100 to the ADU Resource Center of San Mateo County for FY 2026‑27. The payment is a standing membership fee for the ADU Resource Center.
The Planning Code will be amended to allow up to ten guest rooms for hotel uses in several residential districts.
The ordinance would raise the maximum allowed guest rooms for hotels from five to ten in specified residential districts.
What's happening
Why it matters
Allowing more hotel rooms in residential areas can change neighborhood character and affect housing availability.
Who is affected
How to act
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Decision update
The committee voted to recommend approval of an ordinance amending the Planning Code to increase the maximum number of hotel guest rooms permitted as a conditional use in various residential and transit‑oriented districts from five to ten, and to affirm the Planning Department’s CEQA determination.
Decided Jul 13, 2026.
The Planning Code is being amended to raise the allowed number of guest rooms for hotel uses from five or fewer to ten or fewer in multiple residential districts. The change also adds a review of impacts on existing homes used as independent dwelling units.
The Planning Code is being amended to exempt commercial‑to‑residential adaptive‑reuse projects from certain parking limits, car‑share obligations, and loading requirements.
The City and County will approve an amended and restated development agreement with California Barrel Company LLC for the Potrero Power Station Mixed‑Use Development Project, updating its housing, transportation, and phasing plans and applying certain code waivers.
The Planning Code is being revised to raise the size threshold that determines when a mezzanine is considered a separate story—from one‑third to one‑half of the floor area of the room it occupies.
The Planning Code is being amended to waive certain parking, car‑share, and loading requirements for commercial‑to‑residential adaptive reuse projects.
The city will adopt a policy to expand site‑based permanent supportive housing that prohibits on‑site illicit drug use.
What's happening
Why it matters
It creates more safe housing options for people experiencing homelessness who want drug‑free environments and ensures city funds are used accordingly.
Who is affected
How to act
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Decision update
The committee voted to amend the Administrative Code to expand the City’s Drug‑Free Permanent Supportive Housing policy, adding requirements for funding, resident surveys, and eviction standards.
Decided Jul 9, 2026.
Committee will discuss the Housing Resource Fair and the Community‑Based Social Marketing Pilot to promote water conservation.
Committee shares a volunteer opportunity to staff the July 18 Housing Resource Fair.
Council will review a supplemental Elections Code report on a proposed rent‑control and just‑cause eviction initiative.
Council will receive the supplemental Elections Code Section 9212 Report on impacts of the Proposed Ordinance.
Council receives a supplemental Elections Code 9212 report on a proposed ordinance to add rent control and just‑cause eviction limits.
The council will receive a supplemental Elections Code Section 9212 Report on impacts of the Proposed Ordinance (Attachment C). Then the council must choose either to adopt the Proposed Ordinance without alteration (Attachment A) or adopt a resolution calling for an election to be consolidated with the General Municipal Election and Statewide General Election on November 3, 2026, and submit to voters an initiative measure to amend the Redwood City Code to impose additional rent control and just cause eviction limits (Attachment B).
Staff presented a supplemental Elections Code report on a proposed ordinance that would add rent‑control limits and just‑cause eviction protections. Council may adopt the ordinance directly or adopt a resolution to place the measure on the November 3, 2026 election.
The Board adopted a resolution extending the Planning Commission’s deadline by 90 days to decide on an ordinance that would exempt corner‑lot projects under the Housing Choice‑San Francisco program from development impact fees.
The ordinance amends the Police Code to prohibit employers and affordable housing providers from using out‑of‑state criminal convictions related to abortion care, drag performances, gender‑affirming care, and spontaneous abortion.
The board is holding a hearing to investigate mass evictions, habitability problems, affordable‑housing recertification, payment processing issues, and resident safety at several cooperative apartments managed by Domus Management Company.
A resolution was introduced to approve the 2026 grant application for the HUD Continuum of Care Program, which is expected to bring more than $16,000,000 to the city.
The board adopted a resolution extending by 90 days the time the Planning Commission has to decide on an ordinance that would exempt corner‑lot projects in the Housing Choice‑San Francisco program from development impact fees.
A resolution was introduced to forgive about $1,172,500 of outstanding rent and reduce the monthly base rent to $5,000 for the remaining lease term.
The Board passed an ordinance amending the Police Code to modify the Fair Chance Ordinance. It prohibits employers and affordable housing providers from using out-of-state criminal convictions for lawful activities such as abortion-related healthcare, drag performances, gender-affirming care, and spontaneous abortion.
The Board adopted a resolution extending the deadline by 90 days for the Planning Commission to decide on an ordinance that would waive development impact fees for corner‑lot projects under the Housing Choice‑San Francisco program.
