The San Mateo General Plan Update process includes establishing the community’s vision and values for the future; creating and evaluating a range of land use and circulation alternatives; updating the goals and policies; preparing an EIR for the Housing Element Update on a separate timeline from the General Plan; and creating a user-friendly General Plan and associated EIR.

Link to Strive San Mateo General Plan 2040 Website

Link to San Mateo General Plan Survey

The City is committed to a robust and equitable outreach process, and PlaceWorks is working closely with the Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center to reach Spanish-speaking and low-income residents. The General Plan team is collecting input through face-to-face and virtual community meetings, pop-ups, intercepts, self-guided open houses, presentations to community and neighborhood groups, a customized project website, online surveys, and online engagement tools. PlaceWorks is also the lead facilitator at all community workshops and General Plan Subcommittee meetings.