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What Seal Beach City Hall is deciding about homes and land, this week's market, and guides written for Seal Beach owners and buyers.

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At Seal Beach City Hall

What the City Council and Planning Commission are deciding that touches homes and land: new tracts, zoning, fees and special taxes, roads. Straight from the city's official agendas.

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Mon, Nov 9 City Council, 7:00 PM

  • F Approving and Awarding a Professional Maintenance Services Agreement to SCA of CA, LLC for Citywide Street Sweeping Services - That the City Council adopt Resolution 7833: 1. Approving and awarding a Professional Maintenance Services Agreement to SCA of CA, LLC (SCA) for Citywide Street Sweeping Services for an annual cost of $356,745.88 for a total not-to-exceed amount of $1,070,237.64 for the or New Business
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Recently on the agenda

Mon, Oct 26 City Council

  • D Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance 1731 Approving a CEQA Exemption Determination and Amending Chapter 9.37 of the Seal Beach Municipal Code to Establish Regulations for Nonfunctional Turf Irrigation in Accordance with Assembly Bill 1572 - That the City Council conduct a second reading, by title only, and adopt Ordinance 1731 titled, “An Ordinance of the City of Seal Beach Approving a CEQA Ex Consent Calendar Items On The Consent Calendar Are Considered To Be Routine And
  • I Consideration of the Main Street Parking Pilot Program and Its Proposed Provisions, Including Parking Rates and Hours, Resident Shopper Passes, Short-Term and Accessible Parking, Pay Stations, Parking-Space Removals, and Red-Curb Painting for Program Implementation and Daylighting Law Compliance; Authorization to Submit a Coastal Development Permit Application to the California Coastal Commission New BusinessWhat it means for owners →
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Mon, Oct 12 City Council

  • F An Ordinance of the City of Seal Beach Approving a CEQA Exemption Determination and Amending Chapter 9.37 of the Seal Beach Municipal Code to Establish Regulations for Nonfunctional Turf Irrigation in Accordance with Assembly Bill 1572 - That the City Council introduce, waive full reading, and read by title only, Ordinance 1731, amending portions of Chapter 9.37 of the Seal Beach Municipal Code pe New BusinessWhat it means for owners →
  • E Approving Cooperative Agreement No. C265221 with Orange County Transportation Authority in Relation to the I-405 Improvement Project - That the City Council adopt Resolution 7824: 1. Approving Cooperative (COOP) Agreement No. C265221 between the City of Seal Beach and the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) for the I-405 Freeway Improvement Project for reimbursement to the City by OCTA f Consent Calendar Items On The Consent Calendar Are Considered To Be Routine And
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Explained for owners

From the city's official agendas, checked November 8. Only items that touch homes, land or neighborhoods are listed; the agenda is the record.

Your next 30 days in Seal Beach

The dates a homeowner here needs between now and Mon, Nov 30.

  1. City Council meets

    The City Council meets on this date; the agenda lists what is up for a vote.

    Source: City meeting agenda →Add to calendar

  2. Last day to file an assessment appeal

    File an assessment appeal for the January 1, 2026 value by this date; filing opens July 2.

    Source: State Board of Equalization, County Assessment Appeals Filing Periods for 2026 →Add to calendar

Dates from the county and city; check the source before you rely on one.

The desk note

A closer look at the stories shaping Seal Beach neighborhoods this week.

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Weekly desk note
Nov 2, 2026

Seal Beach: 10 homes went under contract this week, up from 4

10 homes in Seal Beach went under contract this week, against 4 the week before. This week in Seal Beach: 11 new listings, 8 price cuts, 6 closed sales and 10 homes going under contract. Data as of November 8, 2026.

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Weekly brief
Oct 26, 2026

Biggest Seal Beach price cut this week: $30,000 on 13500 SE Wentworth Ln., M5-121A

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Weekly brief
Oct 19, 2026

3 Seal Beach homes back on the market after being under contract

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As of November 8. Listing brokerage shown on each row. A new desk note is published every Monday — subscribe via RSS. Card photography is illustrative Seal Beach imagery, not the addresses listed.

Latest briefs

Quick reads on Seal Beach real estate, lifestyle and the community.

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Weekly brief
Oct 12, 2026

Biggest Seal Beach price cut this week: $29,500 on 1241 Knollwood Road 46-D

The asking price on 1241 Knollwood Road 46-D dropped from $328,500 to $299,000. This week in Seal Beach: 13 new listings, 9 price cuts, 6 closed sales and 10 homes going under contract. Data as of October 18, 2026.

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Weekly brief
Oct 5, 2026

Lowest-priced home listed in Seal Beach this week: $235,000 on 1260 Oakmont Road 53-i

The lowest-priced home listed in Seal Beach this week is 1260 Oakmont Road 53-i at $235,000, 1 bedrooms. This week in Seal Beach: 9 new listings, 3 price cuts, 11 closed sales and 14 homes going under contract. Data as of October 11, 2026.

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Weekly brief
Sep 28, 2026

Seal Beach weekly desk note — week of September 28, 2026

Seal Beach saw 10 price cuts, 10 new listings and 23 status changes this week — down from 45 last week, as of October 4, 2026.

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Sun Newspapers
Oct 22

Planners OK Zoning Code update

The Seal Beach Planning Commission on Monday, Oct. 19, 2026, approved recommending changes to the Zoning Code related to the latest update of the Housing Element of the city’s General

Sun Newspapers
Oct 29

Proposed pilot parking program on pause

City staff on Oct. 26 proposed five-year parking program for Main Street that included paid parking and shopper passes. Staff requested council authority to apply for a development permit from

Sun Newspapers
Oct 29

2026 City Council candidates answer Sun questions

Question 10: Name three things you will not do if elected. Matthew Terry First, if elected, I’m not going to use this position to jumpstart a political career in higher

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Guides for Seal Beach

Written for Seal Beach specifically: the local rules, records and property questions that come up here.

Where prices moved

Closed sales by ZIP, the last twelve months against the twelve before. It tells you which side of Seal Beach is moving, not what your house is worth.

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90740$410,000Median sale price$448Median $/sq ft$405,500Median a year ago470Closed salesFlat vs last year

Nov 2025–Nov 2026 against Nov 2024–Nov 2025, as of November 8, 2026.

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