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Change the boundary of the “Downtown Area” used by Half Moon Bay’s residential growth-management rules to match the Local Coastal Land Use Plan’s Town Center map. The city attorney says 286 residential parcels would be added and 40 removed from that area. Approval would also require California Coastal Commission certification before the change could take effect.
Official source: https://smcacre.gov/elections/november-3-2026-statewide-general-election
Approval requirement: Majority (county listing).
Shall the Measure, amending the City of Half Moon Bay Local Coastal Land Use Plan, Title 17 (Subdivisions) and Title 18 (Zoning) of the Half Moon Bay Municipal Code, and other conforming edits so that the Measure D “Downtown Area” is redefined as the area designated as the “Town Center” (Figure 2-2) of the Local Coastal Land Use Plan, be adopted?
Official ballot wording and filing (PDF page 3). Wording transcribed from the official filing; line breaks and spacing normalized.
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Official ballot wording and filing (PDF page 3); City attorney’s impartial analysis (PDF page 1)
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