Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Steve Monowitz, Community Development Director
Subject: Annual Progress Report on the 2014-2022 Housing Element and Regional Housing Needs Allocation
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution accepting the County's Annual Progress Report for calendar year 2022 regarding the progress that has been made towards implementing the County's 2014-2022 Housing Element and meeting the County's 2014-2022 Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA).
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BACKGROUND:
The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors adopted the County's 2014-2022 Housing Element of the General Plan in April of 2015, and the adopted Housing Element was certified by the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) as compliant with State law.
The Housing Element, as required by law, assesses the County's existing and projected housing need, describes the County's RHNA and the sufficiency of existing developable or re-developable residential sites to meet the RHNA, and establishes policies and programs to facilitate, incentivize, and directly support housing production and rehabilitation. The County's Housing Element is available here.
The Housing Element Chapter 9 describes the County's RHNA, which is the County's share of regional housing need from 2014-2022, as estimated by the HCD and the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) and provides an inventory of developable or re-developable sites to meet the RHNA. Chapter 10 presents the Housing Element Policies and Programs.
Per California Government Code Section 65400, each jurisdiction with an adopted Housing Element must complete an annual report on the progress of implementing the policies in its Housing Element and must also provide a report on annual housing production, for comparison against the jurisdiction's RHNA. This report must be completed on forms prescribed by the State's HCD, and has to b...
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