Housing Production — Annexations, East Pleasanton & the RHNA Reckoning

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Pleasanton is in the most active housing development period in decades — and much of it is happening at the city's edges through annexation, not through infill. The Pleasanton Planning Commission voted on June 24, 2026 on resolutions that would move the city one step closer to annexing a large plot of land in East Pleasanton where a developer plans to build nearly 200 single-family homes — with the documents heading to City Council for final approval if the commission approved. A second annexation — the Hidden Canyon project near Pleasanton Ridge — was approved by the City Council in May, adding 28 luxury homes on 131 acres south of Dublin Canyon Road. The pattern is notable: Pleasanton's housing production is skewing heavily toward market-rate and above-moderate income units. Staff acknowledged that Pleasanton has produced 1,310 above-moderate income units — more than twice its RHNA allocation in that category — while meeting the RHNA for below-market-rate units remains a significant ongoing challenge — with deeply affordable production far behind targets. The Hacienda Business Park, meanwhile, continues to add transit-adjacent housing: construction is underway on the 336-unit Avalon Pleasanton project and adjoining L'Academy School — the most significant housing production in the BART corridor.

Related cause: Housing Affordability

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