Pleasure Point, Live Oak and Santa Cruz from the air. (Kara Meyberg Guzman — Santa Cruz Local, flight courtesy of LightHawk)

California authorities require cities and counties to plan for more housing because of the state’s housing shortage.

Last year, county officials updated the Housing Element, a plan to allow more housing over the next eight years. Now, they are set to consider changing the county’s zoning rules to align with the plan.

The proposed changes would allow taller buildings and denser housing. They follow several other rezones approved in December. 

Maps show potential rezones near Brommer Street in Live Oak, Clubhouse Drive in Rio Del Mar, Mar Vista Drive in Aptos, Green Valley Road near Watsonville and other areas.

Open space zoning near Mar Vista Drive and Highway 1 in Aptos could change to allow housing. (County of Santa Cruz) 

A property near Thurber Lane is expected to be rezoned from parks, recreation and open space to multifamily residential. (County of Santa Cruz)

Several properties zoned for single-family residential are slated to be rezoned to multifamily residential near Brommer Street and Chanticleer Avenue in Live Oak. (County of Santa Cruz)

Properties near Green Valley Road are slated to be rezoned to multifamily residential from single-family residential. (County of Santa Cruz)

Single-family homes could be zoned for the Seascape Golf Club parking lot. (County of Santa Cruz)

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