Advance Planning focuses on the future - what our community will physically look like, how we'll account for changing conditions, what we can do to enhance the quality of life for tomorrow, and the generations to come.

Our Advance Planning staff maintains and updates the City's General Plan and Local Coastal Program (LCP), including the Local Coastal Land Use Plan (LCLUP) and Local Coastal Implementation Plan (LCIP). They also coordinate efforts with regional, State, and Federal planning agencies to ensure consistency with the laws that govern land use, development, subdivision and environmental quality.