Courthouse Project Property Transfer

At a glance

What: transfer of two county-owned properties on Monterey Street to the State of California for the courthouse project.
Where it stands: the Planning Commission found the transfer consistent with the general plan on 2026-10-14 (4-0).
Next: the State is a superior agency and the City has no land use authority over the design, but road abandonment and sewer and utility connections will come back to the commission.

Any sale or transfer of public property needs a general plan conformity review; only that was before the commission.
Staff said broad consistency with the uptown concept plan; mixed commercial or residential uses are unlikely because of courthouse security and design requirements.
County staff said the courts will leave the annex and the county will control both buildings on the site; the future of the historic courthouse is undecided.
Related: Longview Lane Easement and Monterey Street Transfer.

Commission approved the general plan conformity finding 4-0 after clarifying that only the property transfer, not the project, was before it.