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Date Approved:
RESOLUTION NO. 2026-____
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF MORENO VALLEY , CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE 2025 GENERAL PLAN ANNUAL PROGRESS
REPORT FOR SUBMISSION TO THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE OF LAND
USE AND CLIMATE INNOVATION (LCI) AND DEPARTMENT OF
HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (HCD)
WHEREAS, under California law, the City is required to adopt and maintain a comprehensive, long -term General Plan for its physical development , including consideration of any land located outside its boundaries which bears a relationship to its planning activities; and
WHEREAS, the General Plan is at the top of the hierarchy of the City’s land use regulations; zoning and other land use decisions must conform to the General Plan; and WHEREAS, the City's General Plan serves as the blueprint for future growth and development and contains goals, objectives, policies, and programs designed to provide decision-makers with information and a basis for all land use-related decisions; and WHEREAS, pursuant to state law, the General Plan must contain the following seven mandatory elements: (1) Land Use Element; (2) Circulation Element; (3) Housing Element; (4) Conservation Element; (5) Open Space Element; (6) Noise Element; and (7) Safety Element; and
WHEREAS, the City has the option of including additional elements in its General Plan as well; and
WHEREAS, the City of Moreno Valley’s current General Plan was adopted on July 11, 2006; and
WHEREAS, the City’s adopted General Plan incorporates all of the required elements as follows:
Community Development
Circulation
Parks, Recreation and Open Space
Safety
Noise
Conservation
Housing Element (6th Cycle (2021-2029) certified by HCD on October 11, 2022); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Government Code Section 65400, the City is required to prepare an annual progress report on the status of the City’s General Plan and its implementation (“Annual Report”); and
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WHEREAS, the Annual Report must be submitted to the Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation (LCI ) and the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), on or before April 1, 2026; and WHEREAS, the Annual Report must be presented to the City Council for review and acceptance before it is submitted to the above-referenced state agencies; and WHEREAS, LCI suggests that the Ann ual Report contain the following: (1) measures associated with the implementation of the General Plan with specific reference to individual element s; (2) the degree to which the General Plan complies with LCI’s General Plan Guidelines; (3) the date of the last update to the General Plan; (4) priorities for land use decision making that have been established by the City Council such as the passage of moratoria or emergency ordinances; (5) goals, policies, objectives, standards or other plan proposals that need to be added or were deleted, amended, or otherwise adjusted; (6) references to the status of any specific General Plan element or policy with a brief comment on how each advanced the implementation of the General Plan during the past year; (7) planning activities initiated such as master plans, specific plans, master environmental assessments, annexation studies, and other studies or plans; (8) General Plan amendments; and (9) major development applications processed; and WHEREAS, the City is required to submit a Housing Element Annual Progress Report to the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) using forms prescribed by HCD; and
WHEREAS, the City’s Strategic Plan (Momentum MoVal), adopted on August 16, 2016, included Initiative 1.9.1 which provided guidance on the preparation of a General Plan Annual Report.
WHEREAS, on March 17, 202 6, the City Council of the City of Moreno Valley reviewed and considered the Annual Report in its entirety; and WHEREAS, all legal prerequisites to the adoption of this Resolution have occurred.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Moreno Valley hereby resolves as follows:
Section 1. Recitals and Exhibits
That the foregoing Recitals and attached Exhibits are true and correct and are hereby incorporated by this reference.
Section 2. Evidence
That the City Council has considered all the evidence submitted into the administrative record for the 2025 General Plan Annual Progress Report (PEN26-0001), including, but not limited to, the following:
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a. Moreno Valley General Plan and all other relevant provisions contained therein; b. The 2025 General Plan Annual Progress Report, attached as Exhibit A; c. Housing Element APR reporting requirements , which each jurisdiction is required to report certain housing information in accordance with state housing law (refer to Government Code Sections 65400, 65583 , and 65584), attached as Appendix A to Exhibit A;
d. Staff Reports prepared for the City Council’s consideration and all documents, records, and references related thereto.
Section 3. Findings
That based on the foregoing Recitals and the Evidence contained in the Administrative Record as set forth above, the Planning Commission finds that the General Plan Annual Progress Report has been prepared for 202 5 and is consistent with the guidelines from the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation (LCI ) and the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD).
Section 4. CEQA Analysis
That in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the State CEQA Guidelines, it has been determined that this item does not constitute a "Project" under CEQA in that it does not involve any discretionary action that has the potential to cause a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment, but rather it is a ministerial annual “reporting” duty the City must perform under State law.
Section 5. Approval
That the City Council approve the 2025 General Plan Annual Progress Report for submission to the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation (LCI ) and the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) on or before April 1, 2026.
Section 6. Repeal of Conflicting Provisions
That all the provisions heretofore adopted by the City Council that are in conflict with the provisions of this Resolution, are hereby repealed.
Section 7. Severability
That the City Council declares that, should any provision, section, paragraph, sentence or word of this Resolution be rendered or declared invalid by any final court action in a court of competent jurisdiction or by reason of any preemptive legislation, the remaining provisions, sections, paragraphs, sentences or words of this Resolution as hereby adopted shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 8. Effective Date
That this Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.
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Section 9. Certification
That the City Clerk for the City Council shall certify to the passage of this Resolution.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 17th day of March 2026.
CITY OF MORENO VALLEY
CITY COUNCIL
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Ulises Cabrera
Mayor of the City of Moreno Valley
ATTEST:
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M. Patrica Rodriguez, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Steven B. Quintanilla,
City Attorney
Exhibits:
Exhibit A: 2025 General Plan Annual Report
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RESOLUTION JURAT
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss.
CITY OF MORENO VALLEY )
I, M. Patrica Rodriguez, City Clerk of the City of Moreno Valley, California, do hereby certify that Resolution No. 202 6-_ was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of the City of Moreno Valley at a regular meeting thereof held on March 17, 2026, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
(Council Members, Mayor Pro Tem, and Mayor)
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CITY CLERK
(SEAL)
Exhibit A
2025 General Plan Annual Report