Livermore

Livermore is a city of 95,000 at the eastern gateway to the Tri-Valley — a wine country and national security powerhouse home to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, one of the nation's premier nuclear research facilities. Incorporated 1876, governed by a five-member Council, Alameda County's easternmost city.

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2026-07-22

Livermore City Council has an upcoming meeting on 2026-07-13

The Livermore City Council's June 22 livermore city council centered on Exhibit A - 2025 Water Shortage Contingency Plan, Exhibit A - Investment Policy. These are agenda-based signals, not confirmed meeting outcomes, but they show where council attention is moving.

Residents can use the July 13 livermore city council page to follow the latest council business in this summary window.

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Urban Growth Boundary — Protecting What Makes Livermore, Livermore

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Of all Livermore's civic values, none runs deeper than the protection of the Urban Growth Boundary — the hard line that separates the city's urban fabric from the vineyards, ranchlands, and open hillsides that define its character. The dra…

Downtown Livermore — Arts, Entertainment & an Affordable Housing Milestone

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Downtown Livermore is one of the East Bay's genuine success stories — a walkable, wine-country-adjacent urban village with a performing arts center, independent restaurants, and a farmers' market that has defied the post-pandemic retail co…

Valley Link Rail — A Delayed Transit Future for the Midtown District

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Livermore's long-anticipated direct rail connection to BART has hit a significant setback — one with major implications for the city's Midtown development strategy. In June 2025, the Valley Link board approved a strategy that divides the f…

General Plan 2045 — A 20-Year Blueprint Under Fierce Debate

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Livermore is in the final stretch of adopting its first comprehensive General Plan update since 2003 — and the fight over how much the city should grow is the defining civic battle of 2026. The draft General Plan 2045, released in February…

November 2026 Elections — A Board Reshaped by June's Results

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Alameda County's political landscape is being reset by a combination of June 2026 primary results and November 2026 general elections that will determine the Board of Supervisors' direction on every major issue. Incumbent District 2 Superv…