Sacramento General Plan

The plan document

Read Sacramento's official General Plan: Sacramento General Plan → · Adopted February 27, 2024 (effective March 28, 2024) · Amended November 28, 2025 (Resolution 2025-0307)

Elements · 6 Verifier-checked summaries

• Land Use and Placemaking Element (Chapter 3), Sacramento 2040 General Plan → Land Use Adopted February 27, 2024

  This element satisfies the statutory Land Use Element requirements and adds placemaking, sustainable design, and the arts. It establishes land use designations shown on the Land Use Diagram (Map LUP-5), used with maximum FAR (Map LUP-6), a Sliding FAR Scale (Figure LUP-5), minimum FAR for mixed-use/non-residential (Map LUP-7), and minimum residential density (Map LUP-8). Goal LUP-1 seeks a compact urban footprint and sustainable development pattern. Policies include LUP-1.1 Compact Urban Footprint (resource-efficient pattern that reduces vehicle miles traveled and improves air quality), LUP-1.4 requiring annexation before City services to unincorporated development, LUP-1.6 reviewing remaining capacity every five years, and LUP-1.8 encouraging jobs-housing balance. Goal LUP-2 seeks a balanced, connected community with development intensities linked to transit (LUP-2.1 Overall Balance of Uses).

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• City of Sacramento Housing Element 2021-2029 (6th Cycle) → Housing Adopted August 17, 2021; Amended December 14, 2021

  The 6th-cycle Housing Element is the City's eight-year housing strategy (2021-2029) demonstrating capacity to meet its Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA). It inventories housing capacity on vacant and underutilized sites by community plan area, projects accessory dwelling unit (ADU) production, and analyzes sites through a fair housing lens. Chapter 4 sets eight goals: Goal 1 Increasing Overall Housing Production; Goal 2 Increasing Affordable and Workforce Housing Production; Goal 3 Promoting Accessory Dwelling Units; Goal 4 Advancing Equity and Inclusion; Goal 5 Protecting Residents from Displacement; Goal 6 Preserving the Existing Housing Stock; Goal 7 Housing for People Experiencing Homelessness; and Goal 8 Increasing Accessible Housing. Chapter 5 lists implementation programs and quantified objectives. Appendices cover the community profile, land inventory, fair housing assessment, constraints, and an evaluation of the past housing element.

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• Mobility Element (Chapter 8), Sacramento 2040 General Plan → Circulation & Mobility Adopted February 27, 2024

  The Mobility Element satisfies the statutory circulation element requirements in part, providing a circulation diagram (Maps M-2a/2b) identifying major thoroughfares and transportation routes and a policy framework to balance walking, bicycling, transit, and driving within a multimodal network; it also addresses regional movement of people and goods by road, rail, and air. It applies a complete streets approach consistent with the California Complete Streets Act (AB 1358, 2008) and the City's 2019 Complete Streets Policy (Resolution 2019-0460). Map M-1 shows proposed roadway reallocations prioritizing walking, biking, and transit, selected using community input, traffic modeling, Vision Zero corridors, and high-frequency transit corridors. Policy M-1.2 User Prioritization directs the City to prioritize those walking, then bicycling and transit, ahead of driving in design and operations.

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• Environmental Resources and Constraints Element (Chapter 6) - Conservation, Sacramento 2040 General Plan → Conservation Adopted February 27, 2024

  The conservation portion of this element satisfies the statutory Conservation Element requirements in part, covering water quality, biological resources, urban forest, air quality, and conservation of water and energy. Goal ERC-1 seeks responsible water-resource management preserving water quality and availability; policies include ERC-1.3 protecting surface and groundwater from point and non-point contamination, ERC-1.4 requiring new development to use site design, source controls, stormwater treatment, best management practices, and Low Impact Development, and ERC-1.6 promoting sustainable groundwater management consistent with the 2014 Sustainable Groundwater Management Act. Goal ERC-2 seeks thriving rivers, wildlife, and natural open spaces; policies include ERC-2.2 avoiding, minimizing, or mitigating impacts on sensitive biological resources and ERC-2.6 preserving and protecting wetlands including creeks, rivers, ponds, marshes, and vernal pools.

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• Youth, Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Element (Chapter 10), Sacramento 2040 General Plan → Open Space Adopted February 27, 2024
• Environmental Resources and Constraints Element (Chapter 6) - Noise, Sacramento 2040 General Plan → Noise Adopted February 27, 2024

  This element satisfies the statutory Noise Element requirements in full, identifying noise sources, quantifying future noise levels through a contour map, and establishing measures to address noise. It sets exterior noise compatibility standards by land use in Table ERC-1, with maximum 'normally acceptable' levels (Ldn or CNEL) of 60 dBA for low-density single-family/duplex/mobile homes, 65 dBA for multi-family, 70 dBA for urban residential infill and mixed-use projects, 65 dBA for transient lodging, and 75 dBA for industrial, manufacturing, utilities, and agriculture. Policy ERC-10.1 Exterior Noise Standards requires noise mitigation, to the extent feasible, where projected exterior levels exceed Table ERC-1. Policy ERC-10.3 Interior Noise Standards requires new development to include noise attenuation achieving acceptable interior levels, including 45 dBA Ldn for residential, transient lodging, hospitals, nursing homes, and other uses where people sleep.

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• Public Facilities and Safety Element (Chapter 9), Sacramento 2040 General Plan → Safety Adopted February 27, 2024
• Environmental Justice Element (Chapter 7), Sacramento 2040 General Plan → Environmental Justice Adopted February 27, 2024

  This element satisfies the statutory Environmental Justice Element requirement under SB 1000 (The Planning for Healthy Communities Act) and is organized around five goals: clean air, water, and soil; access to healthy food; safe and sanitary housing; active engagement in civic life; and public and private investments that address long-standing inequities, empower disadvantaged residents, and build neighborhood resilience. It addresses disadvantaged communities (DACs), defined under SB 535 as areas in the top 25 percent of California census tracts for pollution burden and socioeconomic factors as measured by CalEnviroScreen. The element states that of 174 census tracts in the planning area, 51 are designated DACs by the State, 41 of which are within the City limit, and that about 30 percent of Sacramento's residents live in a DAC. DACs are shown on Map EJ-1 and concentrated near freeways and industrial areas.

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