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Projects, zoning changes, and fee ordinances tracked across every covered city — from first application to final vote. Updated as agendas post; every entry links to the official record. A summary tells you what happened Tuesday; this page tells you what's happening to the things you care about.

Tracking 18 active matters · updated 2026-09-06 · want alerts when one of these moves? Professional alerts or the free weekly brief.

OCVIBE Master Site Plan Anaheim 🏗️ Master plan

2026-07-14 council: annual good-faith compliance review of Development Agreement No. 2020-00004 (2025–26 period)

📍 Platinum Triangle

Parties: Anaheim Real Estate Partners LLC; TS Anaheim LLC; FCD LLC

2026-07-14 — Council determines developer complied in good faith for the 2025-26 review period (source)

Mercury Senior Apartments (85 units, 100% affordable) — DA 19-01 cancellation Brea 🏘️ Residential

2026-09-08 Planning Commission hearing: recommend the council cancel Development Agreement No. 19-01 (2020, never-built 114-unit project) to clear title so the approved 85-unit affordable senior project can close financing; building permits targeted October 2026 per staff.

📍 SE corner of Mercury Lane and Berry Street, 1.01 acres

Parties: Mercury CXIV, LLC

2026-09-08 — Planning Commission public hearing on recommending cancellation of Development Agreement No. 19-01; council action to follow. Pending. (source)

2200 Harbor Blvd amusement center (trampoline park) Costa Mesa 📋 Use permit

2026-07-13 planning commission: CUP PCUP-25-0022 for indoor trampoline park in existing shopping center; staff recommends approval

📍 2200 Harbor Blvd, Unit P-110

2026-07-13 — CUP hearing at Planning Commission; 7-day appeal window after decision (source)

Costa Mesa Sixth Cycle Housing Element amendment — new opportunity sites (GPA PCTY-26-0003) Costa Mesa 📐 Zoning

2026-09-01 council public hearing: resolution amending the Sixth Cycle Housing Element to add opportunity sites (to maintain RHNA capacity), remove certain sites, and adopt environmental justice policies; companion hearing on intent to overrule the Airport Land Use Commission's inconsistency finding. Official outcome not yet posted.

📍 citywide

2026-09-01 — Council public hearing on GPA PCTY-26-0003 and the ALUC intent-to-overrule resolution. Official outcome not yet posted. (source)

Costa Mesa citywide non-residential zoning overhaul Costa Mesa 📐 Zoning

2026-07-13 planning commission: PCTY-26-0001 reclassifying personal services, entertainment, event centers, fitness studios etc.; continued from 6/22; recommendation to council

📍 citywide

2026-09-01 — Council considered adoption (second reading) of the ordinance amending Title 13 for non-residential land use classifications (Zoning Code Amendment PCTY-26-0001). Official outcome not yet posted. (source)

2026-07-13 — PC recommendation to council on Title 13 amendments (source)

Los Alamitos Race Course development agreement (Ordinance No. 1235) Cypress development_agreement

Ordinance No. 1235 approving a Development Agreement between the City of Cypress and the Los Alamitos Race Course. Listed for second reading and adoption on the Sept. 8, 2026 consent calendar; the agenda gives no further terms.

Parties: City of Cypress; Los Alamitos Race Course

2026-09-08 — Second reading and adoption of Ordinance No. 1235 on the consent calendar. Pending. (source)

16300 Euclid Street (606 homes) Fountain Valley 🏘️ Residential

2026-07-14 council: Final Map Tract No. 19448 + Subdivision Improvement Agreement — 304 market apts, 83 senior affordable, 183 townhomes, 36 triplexes

📍 16300 Euclid St (Euclid & Heil), 18.09 acres

Parties: Lennar Homes of California LLC; Shopoff Realty Investments LP

2026-07-14 — Final Map approval + SIA; developer obligated to waterline/sewer/storm/street/signal improvements (source)

Fountain Valley Fire Development Impact Fee Fountain Valley 💲 Fee/ordinance

2026-07-14 council: first reading — first-ever fire impact fee funding ~25% of $38M Fire Station 1 replacement ($812–1,181/dwelling; $2,122/KSF commercial)

📍 citywide

2026-07-14 — Ordinance first reading + fee capital improvement plan; second reading required to adopt (source)

MemorialCare OCMC parking structure (784 spaces) Fountain Valley 🏢 Commercial

2026-07-14 council: second reading/adoption of Code Amendment 24-01 — 5-level, 784-space employee/physician structure replacing 231-space lot (first reading passed 4-1)

📍 SW corner Talbert Ave & Foster St, 2.2 acres

Parties: MemorialCare

2026-07-14 — Adoption vote; first reading passed 4-1 (Harper opposed) (source)

Garden Grove hotel worker safety and security ordinance (Chapter 8.72) Garden Grove 💲 Fee/ordinance

Ordinance No. 2980 adding Chapter 8.72 to Title 8 of the Municipal Code establishing safety and security requirements for hotel workers. First reading 2026-08-25; second reading and adoption on the 2026-09-08 agenda.

📍 citywide

2026-09-08 — Second reading and adoption of Ordinance No. 2980 scheduled. Pending. (source)

2026-08-25 — Introduction and first reading on the council agenda. Official outcome not yet posted. (source)

Whispering Hills surplus land declaration Lake Forest land_disposition

City Council to declare a Whispering Hills-area site as surplus land under the state Surplus Land Act, the first procedural step toward disposing of the city-owned parcel.

2026-07-21 — Council to consider declaring the Whispering Hills site surplus under the Surplus Land Act (Item 19) (source)

Newport Place Residential Overlay — inclusionary revision Newport Beach 📐 Zoning

2026-07-14 council: Ordinance 2026-10 revising minimum inclusionary for-sale housing % + Resolution 2026-53 OVERRIDING OC Airport Land Use Commission inconsistency finding (PA2025-0196)

📍 Newport Place Planned Community (PC-11), airport area

647 N. Rancho Santiago Blvd PUD (11 homes) Orange 🏘️ Residential

2026-07-14 council: public hearing — Tentative Tract Map 0052, CUP 3203, Zone Change 1318 (R1-10 → R1-10 PUD), Ordinance 12-26 first reading

📍 647 N. Rancho Santiago Blvd, 2.02 acres

City of Orange Charter ballot measure Orange 🗳️ Ballot

2026-07-14 council: Resolutions 11707/11708 placing proposed City Charter on the 2026-11-03 general election ballot

📍 citywide

Orange county-island annexation (El Modena, North El Modena, Olive Heights, Santiago Creek/Bond Pits) Orange annexation

2026-08-25 council: directed the City Manager to pursue annexation of four county islands and return no later than February 2027 with an update and recommended terms; approved as amended 5-2 (Barrios, Dumitru no) per the Legistar vote record.

📍 Unincorporated county islands within Orange's sphere of influence

2026-08-25 — Approved as amended 5-2 (Councilmembers Barrios and Dumitru no): City Manager directed to pursue annexation and return by February 2027 with an update and recommended terms. (source)

Don Juan Avenue affordable housing (50 units) San Juan Capistrano 🏘️ Residential

City-owned Don Juan Avenue site proposed for sale to C&C Development Co., LLC for a 50-unit senior affordable-housing project.

📍 Don Juan Avenue, San Juan Capistrano

Parties: C&C Development Co., LLC

2026-07-21 — Council to consider sale of city-owned Don Juan Avenue parcel to C&C Development for a 50-unit senior affordable-housing project (source)

Clearwater at Tustin Legacy (172 senior units + 103-unit assisted living) Tustin 🏘️ Residential

2026-09-01 council public hearing: Design Review 2025-0008, a 38.75% density bonus (124 to 173 units, 26 lower-income), CUP 2025-0012 for a 103-unit/134-bed assisted living and memory care facility, Tentative Parcel Map 2025-151, and first reading of a development agreement ordinance. Official outcome not yet posted.

📍 SE corner of Warner Avenue and Armstrong Avenue, 6.14 acres (city-owned)

Parties: CD-CW (Tustin) LLC (Confluent Development)

2026-09-01 — Council public hearing on entitlements and first reading of the development agreement ordinance. Official outcome not yet posted. (source)

Zoning Code amendment for 2021-2029 Housing Element compliance Yorba Linda ordinance_rezoning

Citywide Zoning Code amendment (Ordinance No. 2026-1132) implementing the state-mandated 2021-2029 Housing Element, introduced for first reading.

2026-07-21 — City Council introduced Ordinance No. 2026-1132 (first reading), a Zoning Code amendment implementing the 2021-2029 Housing Element (source)

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