San José’s Five Wounds planners schedule development-plan meeting
A city-listed community meeting on August 2 will discuss a proposed plan for four urban villages, future housing capacity and development near a planned BART station.
San José residents, property owners and businesses will have a chance to learn about a proposed development approach for the Five Wounds area at a city-listed community meeting from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday, August 2, 2026.
The meeting will focus on the Five Wounds Urban Village Plan Update, a proposal that would guide land-use and transportation development through 2040 near the future 28th Street/Little Portugal BART Station.
One plan for four urban villages
City planning materials say the update would combine four existing urban villages—Five Wounds, Roosevelt Park, Little Portugal, and 24th and William—into a single Five Wounds Urban Village Plan. The stand-alone plans for the other three urban villages would be retired under the proposal.
The project area covers approximately 427.4 acres, generally bounded by King Road, Lower Silver Creek, Coyote Creek and portions of East San Fernando Street, East William Court and East San Antonio Street.
The broader planning area matters because future decisions could affect housing, jobs, neighborhood identity, small businesses, transportation connections and public-realm improvements beyond the immediate station site.
The August 2 gathering is part of planning and community input. It is not described in the approved materials as a City Council or Planning Commission adoption hearing. No immediate zoning change or guaranteed project approval follows from the meeting.
Housing capacity would rise under the proposal
San José environmental-review materials describe a proposed change in the project area’s planning assumptions from approximately 4,855 jobs and 2,022 housing units to 2,500 jobs and 8,022 housing units.
Those figures describe proposed planning capacity, not construction commitments. The city materials say the lower job capacity and higher housing capacity would produce a net-zero change under the Envision San José 2040 General Plan by redistributing planned capacity among urban villages across San José. The numbers therefore should not be read as a citywide net increase.
For residents and property owners, the proposal could shape later discussions about housing supply, neighborhood form, development intensity and displacement pressures. For businesses, the planning approach could affect commercial space, customer access and conditions for small businesses. The eventual effects would depend on later planning decisions and individual projects.
The BART station and VTA property provide important context
VTA identifies the future 28th Street/Little Portugal Station as a San José station in the BART Silicon Valley Phase II expansion. The station is planned between U.S. 101 and 28th Street, just north of East Santa Clara Street and behind the Five Wounds Portuguese National Parish. VTA’s conceptual station information includes a plaza, pick-up and drop-off facilities, a shared-use path and bicycle parking, while noting that the rendering is subject to change.
VTA also owns an approximately 12-acre property adjacent to the future station. VTA says the site has potential for mixed-use development with housing, retail and employment uses. The property is within the city’s Five Wounds Urban Village planning area, and VTA says its development framework and the city’s plan update are intended to work together.
That relationship makes future choices about walking, biking, transit access, street design and transportation investments relevant to the land-use discussion. It does not mean the station, the VTA property or the city plan will be completed on one guaranteed schedule.
What residents can watch next
The August 2 meeting is an opportunity to understand the city’s proposed approach for the four-village planning area before later review and adoption steps.
Formal decisions about the plan, zoning and individual developments would occur through separate city processes. Residents following the issue should distinguish the proposed capacity figures and planning concepts from projects that have received approvals.
The City of San José calendar lists the Five Wounds Urban Village Plan Update community meeting for noon to 2 p.m. Sunday, August 2. The city’s planning and environmental-review pages provide the project documents and background for the proposal.
Sources
- City of San José Five Wounds Urban Village Plan Update environmental-review documents
- VTA 28th Street/Little Portugal Station
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