MEETING DATE:
MARCH 24, 2026
SUBJECT:
Title
RESOLUTION NO. 2026-9555 - APPROVING THE 2025 GENERAL PLAN ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT
Body
Recommendation
Recommendation
ADOPT a resolution approving the 2025 General Plan Annual Progress Report.
Body
Board or Commission Action
Not applicable
Executive Summary
The City of San Marcos has prepared the 2025 Annual Progress Report (APR) in accordance with California Government Code Sections 65400 and 65700. The statutory provisions require all cities within California to submit an annual report to the Governor's Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation (LCI) each year (formerly the Governor's Office of Planning and Research, or OPR) summarizing the city's progress towards implementing its General Plan. Charter cities were exempt from this requirement prior to January 1, 2019; however, as Section 501 of the San Marcos Charter requires the City to comply with land use, planning, and zoning requirements applicable to general law cities, the City has previously submitted information for calendar years 2012 through 2024 and continues that practice with the submittal of the 2025 APR.
Discussion
The Annual Progress Report (APR) is a public document providing local legislative bodies, as well as the public, with updates and information regarding the implementation status of a city's General Plan. The report is designed to include sufficient information for decision makers to adequately assess how effectively the General Plan programs were implemented during the 2025 reporting period. In addition to serving as a reporting tool, the APR can be used to identify necessary "course adjustments" or modifications to the General Plan to improve implementation.
APRs provide an opportunity for LCI to identify statewide trends in land use decision-making and how local planning and development activities relate to statewide land use trends and policies. The City's 2012 General Plan includes an Implementation Plan to ensure the ove...
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