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Land Use & Development Policies
Throughout his tenure, Mayor Reed has promoted land use and development policies designed to boost San José’s long-term economic vitality and quality of life. In particular, Mayor Reed has sought to achieve a jobs/housing balance that will improve the City’s fiscal sustainability.
The city's "Jobs and Revenue Generation" team helped the Irvine Company begin construction on 1,100 new units in Dec. 2010, which has already generated $13 million in tax revenues.
- To preserve San José’s job growth potential, Mayor Reed was a champion of the Employment Land Preservation Framework. The policy was adopted by the City Council in 2007 and prohibits conversion of employment lands that result in a net loss of job capacity or a net loss of land zoned for light/heavy industrial use. Learn more.
- Mayor Reed has supported a Preferred Land Use Scenario for the 2040 General Plan Update that achieves a 1.3:1 Jobs/Employed Resident Ratio and provides growth capacity for up to 470,000 new jobs and up to 120,000 new dwelling units. Visit the Envision San José 2040 webpage.
- Mayor Reed has been a strong supporter of the North San José Area Development Policy, which seeks to create up to 80,000 new jobs and 32,000 housing units along the North San José First Street corridor.
- In the Fall of 2010, Mayor Reed helped assemble a Jobs and Revenue Generation team to work with housing developers who were eager to invest in new projects if the City could work at the speed of business. The team helped process building permits for 1,600 units before the end of the year, generating $13 million dollars in tax revenues and facilitating the creation of thousands of construction jobs.
Read about the city's land use policies by visiting the Department of Planning, Building and Code Enforcement website. 
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