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68℉General Plan 4-Year Review
The City of San José is now preparing for its third four-year review of the Envision 2040 General Plan, which will take place from Fall 2025 through Summer 2026.
The Envision San José 2040 General Plan establishes a four-year review cycle, providing opportunity to evaluate the City’s progress toward key goals and make any necessary adjustments to the General Plan. This four-year review includes public meetings of the Envision San José 2040 Task Force, the Planning Commission, and the City Council.
The Task Force and decision-makers completed the first review cycle in 2016, and the second review cycle was completed in 2021. You can review the task force information, meeting descriptions and agendas, and other details for each cycle in the accordion below.
The City of San José is now preparing for the third review cycle in 2025. Pursuant to Goal IP-2 of the Envision San José 2040 General Plan, the City of San José is required to review its progress toward the General Plan goals every four years.
4-Year Review Cycle #3 Task Force
The Task Force convenes every four years to assist Planning Division staff in evaluating the City’s achievement of General Plan goals over the past four years and to make mid-course adjustments to the General Plan. At the end of the review process, the Task Force makes recommendations, first heard by the Planning Commission and then by the City Council for approval or further discussion.
For the 2025 Four-Year Review, in lieu of reconvening the original Task Force, the City Council approved the scope of work for the review and a General Plan text amendment (GPT25-002) to designate the Planning Commission as the Task Force for the 2025-2026 four-year review process.
TIMELINE
The table below shows Task Force meeting schedule. The first meeting is scheduled for Oct. 15th, 2025. Meetings will be held on Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. in the Wing Rooms 118-120 at City Hall (200 East Santa Clara Street, San José, CA 95113). Agendas for each meeting are posted below under the “4-Year Review Cycle #3 – 2025/26” section.
| Meeting #1 | Wednesday, October 15, 2025 | Introduction/Background |
| Meeting #2 | Wednesday, November 12, 2025 | Urban Village Strategy |
| Meeting #3 | Wednesday, January 21, 2026 | Residential Capacity #1 |
| Meeting #4 | Wednesday, March 4, 2026 | Missing Middle/Small Multifamily |
| Meeting #5 | Wednesday, April 1, 2026 | Residential Capacity/Jobs-to-Employed Resident Ratio |
| Meeting #6 | Wednesday, May 20, 2026 | Missing Middle/Small Multifamily #2 |
| Meeting #7 | Wednesday, June 3, 2026 | Final Meeting |
| Meeting #8 | Wednesday, June 17, 2026 | IF NEEDED |
STUDY SESSION: Learn more about our General Plan
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
We want to hear from you! There will be opportunities for community members to comment on and help shape the policies of the General Plan. You can attend the Planning Commission task force meetings in person, or one of the Open Houses in 2026. Check back here for meeting dates and times. You can also subscribe to receive project and meeting updates.
General Plan 4-Year Review Informational Meeting
Learn how the General Plan 4-Year Review will take a look at the city’s growth and changes. We will share how the city is updating its approach to the Urban Village strategy, planning for more housing, and considering changes to job growth targets and the balance between jobs and residents. There will be an opportunity to ask questions and provide feedback on these topics as well.
Monday, December 15, 2025 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Zoom Link
Documents & resources
- Four-Year Review Scope of Work Presentation
- City Council Memo – Four-Year Review Scope of Work
- Mayor’s Budget Message – March 2025
COntACT
- Planning Staff:
- Sanhita Ghosal, Supervising Planner, sanhita.ghosal@sanjoseca.gov
- Ruth Cueto, Principal Planner, ruth.cueto@sanjoseca.gov
- Jerad Ferguson, Principal Planner, jerad.ferguson@sanjoseca.gov