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What Could Sacramento’s Proposed Zoning Changes Mean for Your Block?
Join the conversation about the East Sacramento Neighborhood’s Future
How tall could new construction next door be—and how many accessory dwelling units (ADUs) could a property have? Neighbors are invited to discuss these questions with representatives of the City of Sacramento Planning Department on October 14.
The meeting will focus on proposed zoning revisions associated with Sacramento’s 2040 Plan, including a system based on floor area ratio (FAR). The discussion offers an opportunity to better understand the proposals, ask how they could affect East Sacramento, and share neighborhood concerns.
Meeting details
- Date: October 14, 2026
- Time: 6–7:30 p.m.
- Location: Alhambra Room, second floor, Clunie Community Center
- Address: 601 Alhambra Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95816
Understanding the proposals is the first step toward offering informed feedback to the Planning Department and, eventually, City Council. Bring your questions and join the conversation about East Sacramento’s future.
Update: Capitol Park Historic Trees on the Chopping Block—How to Take Action
The trees impacted by the project will be cut down, or an attempt will be made to move them.
Many in the city are hearing about the State Capitol Annex Project for the first time. East Sacramento Preservation will continue to send updates. Below are links explaining the project and information about how to comment. ESP opposes two components of the project. First, the cutting and/or attempted relocation of dozens of healthy, historic trees and second, the building of an underground parking lot in Capitol Park. Both actions are environmentally unsound. If you would like to contact ESP directly, please write a comment to this post. (Comment link at the very end of the post.)
The report may be found here:
Look under Sacramento for Capitol Annex Project and the Recirculated-Draft Environmental Impact Report
Guidelines for writing responses to Draft Environmental Impact reports are here
https://www.patagoniaalliance.org/writing-comments-draft-environmental-assessments/
send all CEQA comments to:
This is an entire website on the State Capitol rebuild project but not user friendly and not advertised well to the public.
https://annex.assembly.ca.gov/
Of most importance is to look at this page and click on Project Overview and Sequence Report:
https://annex.assembly.ca.gov/content/hearings
and this power point, available directly here:
https://annex.assembly.ca.gov/sites/annex.assembly.ca.gov/files/POS%20powerpoint.pdf
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