The Pleasant Hill City Council is moving forward with a plan to rezone over 200 homes in long-established neighborhoods — changing them from single-family residential to mixed-use residential and business mixed-use. These are not busy commercial corridors. The are quiet cul-de-sacs and peaceful streets where families have built their lives, and where kids safely play outside.
If approved, this plan would open the door to high-density development in the heart of our neighborhoods — permanently changing the character and livability of our city.
And here’s the worst part: There are large vacant lots and underused parcels in Pleasant Hill that have already absorbed all of the required new housing, without displacing or disrupting anyone. The City is choosing to sacrifice our neighborhoods so developers can profit at our expense. In public meetings, the Planning Commission has stated that this change is required to meet the City's State mandated housing requirements (known as RHNA). However, the City has a State approved housing plan and NONE of the single-family homes that have been proposed to be rezoned were used to meet this need. The City is putting our homes, streets, and way of life at risk, for no benefit to regulatory requirements or the community. The City Council has the power to stop this.
We must:
Stop the City Council from approving this reckless zoning update, and
Push for real solutions that meet housing goals without destroying Pleasant Hill’s established, family friendly neighborhoods.
If we don’t speak up now, it may be too late.
The silver lining? The three most impacted neighborhoods are located in three different City Council districts. That means if we can convince just three Council Members to vote “NO”, we can stop this devastating zoning plan.
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Send letters and emails to the City and your Council Member.
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Request a meeting with your district's Council Member.
Tell them directly how this will impact your home, your family, and your neighborhood.
Show up to the City Council Meeting on October 20th.
Make your voice heard during public comment. Strength in numbers matters.