City Council, January 27, 2026
Approved: Downtown Residential Incentive Program Expansion, unanimous
What happened
On January 27, 2026, San Jose approved Downtown Residential Incentive Program Expansion (unanimous).
San Jose City Council held a lengthy meeting covering ceremonial items, housing policy, and mobile home rent ordinance changes. The council approved expansions to the Downtown Residential Incentive Program to include office-to-residential conversions, extended the Multifamily Hou…
- Jurisdiction
- San Jose, CA
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- January 27, 2026
- Decisions
- 6 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Approved, unanimous
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Downtown Residential Incentive Program Expansion
Council approved expanding the Downtown Residential Incentive Program to include office-to-residential conversions with Phase 1 targeting 500 units and Phase 2 targeting 1,000+ units. Incentives include waiving in-lieu fees, deed-restricted unit requirements, construction taxes, and parkland in-lieu fees. Phase 1 deadline set for December 2027.
- Phase 1 deadline of December 2027; prevailing wage and apprenticeship program incentives included; staff to explore healthcare in-lieu fee similar to Berkeley
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Key Decisions (6)
Downtown Residential Incentive Program Expansion
Multifamily Housing Incentive Program Phase 1 Extension
Inclusionary Housing Ordinance Amendments
Mobile Home Rent Ordinance Changes
Soft Story Seismic Retrofit Pilot Program
SB 79 Transit-Oriented Development Implementation
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Zoning Changes (2)
Development Activity (3)
Downtown Office-to-Residential Conversions
Residential
Multifamily Housing Incentive Program Projects
Residential
Secaway Farmhouse Relocation
Other
Market Signals (5)
Housing Demand
Cost of residential development study shows high-rise residential won't pencil…
Commercial Demand
Downtown office vacancy creating conversion opportunities; multiple office buildings identified…
Housing Demand
San Jose named least affordable city in world by Remitly…
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Zoning terms (13)
174 recorded timestamps
- historic preservation (3 timestamps)
- deferred (9 timestamps)
- commercial (22 timestamps)
- zoning (7 timestamps)
- residential (45 timestamps)
- industrial (16 timestamps)
Decision moments (6)
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