San Mateo County land-use & planning tracker
Rezonings, entitlements, subdivisions, use permits, and dispositions in San Mateo County, California — read from city council and planning-commission records, explained in plain English, and scored for deal impact. Below are recent land-use actions Bedrock has surfaced for San Mateo County from the public record — scored 1–5 for deal impact.
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4/5 Council action · commercial 2026-05-281065 E. Hillsdale Boulevard, Foster City, CA · DWF IV CENTURY PLAZA, LLCThe deal collapsed — this $29M county acquisition is now off the table, meaning the seller may be actively re-marketing a sizable commercial asset in Foster City worth pursuing.
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3/5 Council action · unknown 2026-06-1614.79 AC MOL PTN LOT 113 PENINSULA FARMS SUB NO 2 · County of San Mateo; State of CaliforniaA ~15-acre County-State land transaction is actively being negotiated — if this parcel transfers or is surplused, it could become available for development or reuse, making it worth monitoring for disposition opportunities.
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3/5 Council action · civic 2026-05-28248 Redwood Avenue, Redwood City, CA · Caminar, a California nonprofit public benefit corporationA county government is absorbing this parcel into public ownership at $2.1M — removing it from the private market and signaling active civic land acquisition in Redwood City that could affect comparable site values and supply in the immediate area.
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3/5 Council action · unknown 2026-05-28Carlos Street, Moss Beach, CA (unincorporated San Mateo County) · Mark S. Robinson, Dennis D. Robinson, Kerry Robinson Melton, and Craig Robinson (Sellers)County is taking these two vacant Moss Beach parcels off the private market via public acquisition — developers and site-selectors should remove them from their pipeline and watch for any future County disposition or surplus declaration.
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3/5 CEQA · civic 2026-05-198800 La Honda Road, La Honda, CA (unincorporated San Mateo County) · San Mateo CountySix parcels are now subject to county-initiated eminent domain easement acquisitions — any developer with ownership interest or acquisition plans on these APNs faces encumbered title and constrained land use near La Honda Creek.
Why developers & land-use attorneys watch San Mateo County
A single rezoning, entitlement, or disposition can change what a parcel is worth — and the people who see it first, in the agenda, win the deal. Bedrock reads every San Mateo County council and planning agenda and staff report, flags the land-use items, scores them, and alerts you before your competitors are even aware a hearing is scheduled. No phone call, no analyst — a clean brief for your markets.