The session will help shape the site and building design standards included in the draft plan. Discussion only -- no decisions will be made at the meeting.
New rules will grant more enforcement power to the state by imposing financial penalties on local jurisdictions that fail to adopt housing element revisions or approve housing projects.
After a court ruling this summer, Gov. Newsom issued an executive order directing state agencies to clear encampments on state property, and encouraging local governments to do the same.