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The City of San Diego is updating the Rancho Bernardo Community Plan for the first time in over 45 years to identify opportunities for new homes, businesses and infrastructure to benefit everyone in Rancho Bernardo. The Rancho Bernardo Community Plan will be a part of the City's General Plan - the City's guide to long-term growth - and will implement the City's Climate Action Plan. The City looks forward to hearing from community members about what the community is like today, and their vision for the future growth and investment in Rancho Bernardo.
The Rancho Bernardo Community Plan Update will serve as the updated long-range vision for land use, mobility, urban design, public facilities and services, natural resources, historic and cultural resources and economic development.
Strategic Plan Priority Areas of Focus
This initiative focuses on the following priority areas of the Strategic Plan:
Create Homes for All of Us
Focuses opportunities for homes within mixed-use and residential areas.
Protect & Enrich Every Neighborhood
Identifies opportunities for public spaces and pocket parks, trails and joint-use facilities.
Provides guidance for the future identification and preservation of historical resources and districts that embody architectural and cultural history.
Advance Mobility & Infrastructure
Identifies opportunities for mobility infrastructure that improve walking/rolling, biking and transit connections.
Champion Sustainability
Promotes opportunities for urban greening and street trees to address stormwater runoff and climate change.
Protects canyons, open spaces and sensitive habitats.
Foster Regional Prosperity
Promotes employment uses as economic drivers connected to regional transit.
Rancho Bernardo Community Planning Area
Community Plan Update Timeline and Process
Summer – Winter 2026 | Winter – Summer 2027 | Summer – Winter 2027 | Winter – Summer 2028 |
|---|---|---|---|
Community Ideas | Community Validation | Draft Community Plan | Adoption & Hearing Process |
| Collect input from people that live and work in Rancho Bernardo about how to improve the community | Collect input on early options and ideas based on community analyses and citywide goals | Opportunity for community to review and provide meaningful input on complete draft | Finalize Community Plan for adoption by City Council |
Ongoing Public Engagement | |||
Relevant Documents
1978 Rancho Bernardo Community Plan (Current Plan)
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