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General Plan 4-Year Review

The City of San José is conducting its third four-year review of the Envision 2040 General Plan, which will take place through Summer 2026. 

four Focus Areas

OPEN HOUSES

Attend one of our four open houses to learn more about the General Plan and give input our Planners will consider when proposing changes. RSVP here.

Sunday, April 19
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Viva Calle (Mexican Heritage Plaza Hub)

Thursday, April 23
6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Southside Community Center

Wednesday, April 29
6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Bascom Community Center

Monday, May 4
6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Vietnamese American Cultural Center located in Shirakawa Community Center

Envision San José 2040

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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

What is a General Plan?

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

Monday, December 15, 2025

An informational webinar was conducted on December 15, 2025, in which Planning staff discussed basics of the General Plan and how the General Plan 4-Year Review will take a look at the city’s growth and changes.

Twenty-nine members of the public participated in this webinar. Comments received included: how housing growth will be balanced with employment land preservation, the relevance of long-term job growth given current market conditions, the need to better align overall growth intensity with available transportation infrastructure and existing community amenities including parklands, concern about the compressed timeline for public input and lastly, support for advancing Missing Middle housing that also increases homeownership. 

Documents & resources

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4-Year Review Cycle #3 - 2025/26
4-Year Review Cycle #2 - 2020/21
4-year Review Cycle #1 - 2015/16