City of Gonzales
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
ACTIVITY REPORT
TO: Honorable Mayor Rios and City Council
DATE: February 17, 2026
FROM: Taven Kinison Brown, Community Development Director THROUGH: Carmen Gil, City Manager
SUBJECT: Community Development Department Activity Report
HOUSING
The Vista Lucia Specific Plan. City staff and the Pembrook team are putting the final touches on the City’s application package to LAFCo for Annexation.
The Housing Element. Placeworks Inc. continues in preparing the implementation programs for the 6th Cycle Housing Element. Placeworks’ aid to the city is being paid with our REAP 2.0 Grant administered through AMBAG.
The Puente Del Monte Specific Plan. The City is presently underway collecting responses from responsible and trustee agencies for items to include in the EIR document under way in its preparation.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
The Freeway Oriented Electronic Billboard. As of Monday February 9, 2026, the sign is fully constructed and powered. A ribbon cutting ceremony is being coordinated for the week of February 17, 2026.
BUILDING DIVISION ACTIVITY
From January 1, 2026 – January 31, 2026 (31 reporting days) the City issued 6 permits for fire sprinklers, two ADUs and two re-roofs. The estimated value of improvements was $289,714.60.
AGENDA
ITEM
8 CODE ENFORCEMENT
The City continues to meet with property owners, inspect potential violations and start documentation to progress to remedies. In January, reports of unregistered vehicles parking on city streets, and potential health and dis-repair concerns at an apartment complex. Apartment repair and health concerns need further examination by the City Code Enforcement officer, and a case has been opened.
CITY BUSINESS LICENSES
The city continues to actively review business activity in Gonzales and has made progress in bringing local businesses not operating with business licenses to become compliant.