This is a short general-information note on developments that have been showing up in Bay Area real estate, land use, and California landlord-tenant work. It is not legal advice and does not address any particular property or tenancy. Confirm current statutes, ordinances, and case filings before relying on them.
Richmond’s data-center pause is moving from the initial 45-day period into the extension hearing. Under Government Code section 65858(d), the City issued its required 10-day report on Urgency Ordinance No. 13-26 N.S. The report states that the 45-day moratorium expires on October 30, 2026, describes staff work since September 15 (stakeholder lists, peer-city research, utility interviews, a project page at richmondca.gov/datacenterstudy, and an RFP for a consultant), and recommends that the Council extend the moratorium for 22 months and 15 days—the longest single extension section 65858(b) allows—while staff aims to return with municipal-code amendments by Spring 2028. The City Council’s noticed public hearing on that extension is October 20, 2026, at 6:00 p.m.; the hearing notice published October 10 says the proposed ordinance and staff report will be posted by 5:00 p.m. on October 15. The report’s regional roundup also notes that, as of early October, San Francisco and Oakland each adopted 45-day data-center moratoria on October 6, while Oakley, Gilroy, and Richmond already had temporary citywide pauses and Hayward had chosen enhanced review instead.
On other Richmond dockets, the appeal deadline stated on the October 1 Planning Commission captions for Resolution 26-16 / PLN26-0184 (medical-waste transfer CUP at 801 Wharf Street) is October 13, 2026—confirm with the clerk before treating that as final. The Design Review Board meets October 14 at 6:00 p.m. on PLN26-0228 (balcony enclosure at 744 Yuba Street; staff recommending conditional approval on consent) and PLN26-0148 (new duplex at 518–520 20th Street, continued from August 26); the DRB agenda states an appeal window through Monday, October 26, at 5:00 p.m. for actions at that meeting. The Historic Preservation Commission did meet October 5 long enough to approve its August 3 minutes, but as of this writing no posted decision letter or minutes have confirmed the outcome of East Bay Regional Park District’s Point Pinole service-yard application (PLN25-0416) or the Mills Act study session. The Rent Board’s next regular meeting is listed for October 21, 5:00–8:00 p.m., at the Community Services Building; confirm when the agenda posts. Written comments on the Air District’s preliminary Chevron Richmond Health Risk Analysis under Rule 11-18 still close November 23 at 5:00 p.m.
Elsewhere in Contra Costa, coverage of Governor Newsom’s September 30 signing of SB 328 continued into this week: the measure streamlines aspects of the Concord Community Reuse Project at the former Naval Weapons Station (including specified CEQA and Surplus Land Act treatment) as Concord and Brookfield Properties work toward a Specific Plan for the multi-phase master plan. Read the chaptered bill and Concord’s own materials before relying on press summaries.
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