Calabasas City Council Special Meeting - 11/10/2026

The Calabasas City Council special meeting on November 10, 2026, included updates and spending-related actions on broadband infrastructure, open-space acquisition, and planning. The Los Virgenes–Malibu Council of Governments reported that its Measure M-funded regional fiber backbone project—valued at about $14 million—is under construction, with completion expected in March or April 2027. Cityside Fiber was identified as the recommended privately funded provider for the last-mile network; its preliminary plan estimates service for roughly 9,000 Calabasas addresses and an approximately 18-month design, permitting, and construction period. No new broadband contract award or council approval of Cityside was recorded at this meeting. The council also directed staff to pursue a formal bidding process for consultant services for a focused housing-element update, rather than a comprehensive general plan update; the direction was approved by a 4–1 vote, with no consultant selected or contract awarded. A comprehensive update was estimated to cost roughly $2–3 million.

The council unanimously authorized a budget amendment and purchase of two vacant parcels north of De Anza Park, totaling just over seven acres, with a Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy grant helping fund the acquisition; no purchase price or grant amount was stated. The council also unanimously adopted a resolution establishing a five-member Measure K Citizens Advisory Committee to review Measure K revenues, expenditures, and annual financial audits. On Old Town zoning, the council directed staff to advance ordinance work on streamlining approval processes for certain business uses, with further Planning Commission review; parking standards remained under discussion, and no related spending action was taken.