TAHOE CITY, CA (MPG) - District 5 Supervisor Cindy Gustafson is inviting the community to a virtual town hall meeting next week to hear updates regarding the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency’s Phase 2 housing amendments for the Tahoe Basin Area Plan in North Lake Tahoe.

The event is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. Monday, March 10, and will be live streamed on Zoom.

Last month, the Placer County Board of Supervisors directed county staff to initiate an environmental review process to align the county’s Tahoe Basin Area Plan with the TRPA’s recommended housing amendments. These amendments, which focus on 100% deed-restricted housing projects, aim to support affordable, moderate-income and local workforce housing in the region.

The TRPA first adopted the amendments in its regional plan and code of ordinances in 2023 following two years of study and recommendations from the Tahoe Living Working Group, a committee set up by TRPA to propose three sets of local housing amendments. TRPA will proceed with adopting the amendments in the Placer County Tahoe Basin Area Plan, with the amendments scheduled for review by its governing board March 26.

Join from PC, Mac, iPad or Android at placer-ca-gov.zoom.us/s/91239610165.

Join via audio by dialing +1 888-788-0099 U.S. Toll Free or 877-853-5247 U.S. Toll Free Webinar ID is 912 3961 0165.

The TRPA has mandated that all local jurisdictions adopt these amendments within one year or propose viable alternatives that meet the same objectives. On Feb. 4, the board advised staff to move forward with the environmental study, which is expected to take up to 12 months and is required under the California Environmental Quality Act. Placer County must complete the review before the Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors consider the item.

Learn more about the Tahoe Basin Area Plan by visiting at placer.ca.gov/3342/Tahoe-Basin-Area-Plan.