The San Jose Planning Commission met on May 6, 2026, at 6:30 PM under Vice Chair Lisa Bickford. The primary agenda item was PP 25-007, an ordinance to update Title 20 of the municipal code to comply with recent state laws and implement a housing element action item. No public comments were received. The commission unanimously recommended approval to the City Council.
In the interest of everybody's time, it is 6 30. Good evening, everyone. My name is Lisa Bickford. I'm the vice chair of the Planning Commission. Welcome to the Planning Commission meeting for this evening. Please remember to turn off your cell phones. Commissioner Cantra. And the parking validation machine is for the garage under City Hall is located near the entrance. We still don't have a flag in this room, so we are gonna pass on that. I'd like to do roll call. Commissioner Barrosio. Commissioner Bandal. Commissioner Cantrell. Commissioner Cow? Here. Commissioner Casey. Here. Commissioner Escobar. Here. Commissioner DeWyn is not here. Commissioner Oliverio. Here. Commissioner Young is not here. Commissioner Chair Rosario is not here. Myself, Vice Chair Bickford, I am here. Thank you very much. I'm gonna read to you the summary of hearing procedures. If you want to address the commission, please fill out a speaker card located on the table at the back. And deposit the completed card up here somewhere. And we will take it. There are also speaker cards. Well, there are only speaker cards back there. Sorry. The procedure for this hearing is as follows. After staff's presentation, applicants andor appellants may make up to a five-minute presentation. During the public comment period, the chair will call out names on the submitted speaker cards and the order received for those members of the public who attend in person. As your name is called, line up in the front with the microphone. Generally, each speaker will be given up to two minutes for public testimony, and speakers using a translator will have up to four minutes. At the discretion of the chair, the time allotted for each speaker may be changed depending on the number of items on the agenda, number of speakers, and other factors. Speakers using a translator will have doubled the time allotted. After the public testimony, the applicant andor appellant may make closing remarks for up to an additional five minutes. Planning commissioners may ask questions of the speakers. Response to commissioner questions will not reduce the speaker's time allowance. The public hearing will then be closed, and the planning commission will take action on the item. The planning commission may request staff to respond to the public testimony, ask staff questions, and discuss the item. If you challenge these land use decisions in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at this public hearing or in written correspondence delivered to the city at or prior to the public hearing. The planning commission's actions on rezonings, prezonings, general plan amendments, and code amendments is only advisory to the city council. The city council will hold public hearings on these items. Section 20.120.400 of the municipal code provides the procedures for legal protests to the city council on rezonings and prezonings. The planning commission's actions on conditional use permits is appealable to the city council in accordance with section 20.100.220 of the municipal code.