Welcome to the General Plan Update Website

The County’s General Plan is undergoing its first comprehensive update since it was last adopted in 1993. This update is necessary to plan for growth in the next planning cycle (2005-2030) as well as to address new emerging planning issues. Some of the topics to be addressed in the Update Project can be found here. Twenty six Board Workshops, twelve focus groups and ten large community workshops have been held to date. For information regarding these past events, including Board workshop staff reports, presentations, and focus group meeting notes, please visit the Report, Notes and Presentations and Community Participation web pages.

Planning Commission Workshops and Adoption Hearings

A series of preliminary adoption hearings are now being held at the County Planning Commission. Once the Planning Commission has reviewed and commented on the Draft 2030 General Plan it will be forwarded to the Board of Supervisors for final adoption hearings.  All workshops and public hearings with the Planning Commission will be held on Mondays at 5:30 p.m. in the Board of Supervisors’ chambers at 700 H Street in downtown Sacramento.  Details regarding hearing dates with the Planning Commission are in the table below. The agenda and materials for workshops and hearings will be posted to this website approximately one week in advance.

Planning Commission Recommendations and Public Comments

• Draft Land Use Element - line-item recommendations made by the Planning Commission (pdf) This includes the full text of the policies within the Draft Land Use Element, and the proposed changes from the adopted 1993 text, where applicable. Deletions, additions, and changes to the Draft policies requested by the Planning Commission are shown in track-edit.

• Compilation of All Comment Letters received (pdf)  This is a compilation of all comment letters received during the course of the adoption workshops and hearings. Please note this document is approximately 28 MB.)* Updated 10/28/2009

• Summary of Comment Letters received on Draft Land Use Element (pdf)  Final Version - Updated 10/7/2009

Draft General Plan Draft Environmental Impact Report

The Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for the 2030 General Plan was released on May 1, 2009. Please visit this page to access the DEIR. For more information on the Draft General Plan and to access memos sent from Planning to DERA regarding changes made to the Draft Plan, please visit Planning’s page on the General Plan DEIR. 

Recent Milestones

o         May 2009:               Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) released and County Planning Commission adoption hearings begin.

o         May 30, 2007:         The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors adopted Resolution No. 2007-0698  to initiate the General Plan Update project and begin environmental review of the Draft General Plan.

o         June 28, 2007:         The Draft Updated General Plan (Draft Plan) was transmitted to the Department of Environmental Review and Assessment (DERA) to begin the environmental review process.

o         August 13, 2007:     DERA released a Notice of Preparation (NOP) of a Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Draft Plan. 

o         October 4, 2007:      Memorandum sent from Planning to DERA outlining a small number of inaccuracies that were identified within the Draft Plan that needed to be corrected before environmental analysis began in earnest. 

o         November 2007:       EIR Scoping meetings conducted by DERA to solicit input regarding the scope of the EIR being prepared for the Draft Plan.

Draft Updated General Plan (April 13, 2009 Version)

Click on the links below to download the entire document or individual Elements and background sections. If you would like a CD with these documents mailed to you (in PDF, Word or both), or if you would like to purchase a hard copy of the Plan ($45 to cover the cost of printing) please contact Dave Defanti at 916-874-6155.

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Visioning Efforts for the Jackson Highway and Grant Line East Areas Completed!

Visioning efforts for the Jackson Highway and Grant Line East areas are now complete.  Click the preceding links for more information and to learn about these studies and how they may influence decisions concerning the Draft 2030 General Plan.

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