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City Council - 2026-05-11 - Monday Agenda, May 11, 2026

Approves 2026 Land Development Code Update and Local Coastal Program amendments, 7-0

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What happened

The San Diego City Council unanimously (7-0) adopted the 2026 Land Development Code Update (item 204), which includes 134 amendments — 103 citywide and 31 downtown — affecting housing incentives, complete communities regulations, DIF waivers for micro-units, wireless facility str…

Meeting key facts
Jurisdiction
San Diego, CA
Governing body
Final authority
Date
May 11, 2026
Decisions
6 zoning decisions
Outcome
Approved, 7-0

Free sample: decision 1 of 6

FY2027 Business Improvement District Budgets

Approved the fiscal year 2027 Business Improvement District budget annual appropriation process, confirming actions from the prior meeting, authorizing the CFO to appropriate/transfer/expend assessment revenues (~$1.5 million from ~12,000 businesses across 18 active BIDs), approving the Third Amendment to FY2024 BID management agreements, and authorizing the mayor to execute contracts. Also allows Economic Development Department to directly manage the San Ysidro BID, waiving sections of Council Policy 900-7. Passed 7-0 with Von Wilpert and Foster absent.

The other decisions are listed below by title. The full write-up, verbatim conditions, and the audio at each vote are in Pro.

Meeting Summary

The San Diego City Council unanimously (7-0) adopted the 2026 Land Development Code Update (item 204), which includes 134 amendments — 103 citywide and 31 downtown — affecting housing incentives, complete communities regulations, DIF waivers for micro-units, wireless facility str…

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Key Decisions (6)

Approved

FY2027 Business Improvement District Budgets

Vote: 7-0
Approved

2026 Land Development Code Update and Local Coastal Program amendments

Vote: 7-0Conditions attached
Approved

2025 Urban Water Management Plan and Water Shortage Contingency Plan

Vote: 7-0
Approved

Mission Bay Park Improvements Program EIR and Implementation Framework

Vote: 5-0
Approved

Intervention in National Prescription Opiate Litigation (CS1)

Vote: 8-0
Approved

Intervention in Discover Card Merchant Class Action (CS2)

Vote: 8-0

Development Activity (2)

Mission Bay Park Improvements Program

Infrastructure

Cerro Mesa veterans affordable housing (former library site)

Residential

Market Signals (6)

Housing Demand

The city continues to emphasize it is in a housing…

Infrastructure

SB 79, effective July 1, 2026, will require the city…

Infrastructure

City water demand has decreased 34% over two decades despite…

Who Spoke (20)

ChairCouncilmember · 2Staff · 5ClerkPublic · 6

On the record: the chair, 2 councilmembers, 5 staff members, the clerk, and 6 members of the public.

Agenda scorecard

ZoneWire called 3 of 3 land-use forecasts on this agenda.

2026 Update to the San Diego Municipal Code (Land Development Code) and Local Coastal… plan amendment

Case O-2026-108
Approved 7-0ZoneWire called it
freeApproved 7-02 conditions of approval
2 conditions, the audio at the vote, and this case's history
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Mission Bay Park Improvements Program: Programmatic Environmental Impact Report and… request

Case R-2026-449
Approved 5-0ZoneWire called it
freeApproved 5-0

Adoption of the 2025 Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) and the 2025 Water Shortage… request

Case R-2026-454
Approved 7-0ZoneWire called it
freeApproved 7-0moved by Sean Elo-Rivera

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