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Study Session to Review, Comment, and Provide Direction on Proposed Process and Schedule to Update the City's General Plan Housing Element for 2023 to 2031. No action will be taken by the Planning Board at the study session.
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To: Honorable President and Members of Planning Board
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On November 4, 2020, the City Council requested an opportunity to review and comment on the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) Housing Methodology Committee's Draft Methodology for Distributing the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) among Bay Area Cities and Counties (draft methodology).
On December 1, 2020, the City Council reviewed and commented on ABAG's draft methodology. The December 1, 2020 City Council workshop materials and presentation can be viewed at www.Alamedaca.gov.
On February 2, 2021, the City Council will hold a public workshop to review and provide direction on the process to update the Alameda General Plan Housing Element to accommodate the anticipated RHNA of approximately 5,400 residential units.
The January 25, 2021 Planning Board workshop is an opportunity for the Planning Board to review and comment on the proposed process and schedule.
BACKGROUND
Under the Planning and Zoning Law (?? 65000-66499.581), the City of Alameda has the "responsibility to ... make adequate provision for the housing needs of all economic segments of the community." (? 65580, subd. (d).) This is accomplished through the adoption, amendment, and implementation of a general plan for the community (?? 65300-65302), including a mandatory housing element (?? 65580-65589.11). The Housing Element must be updated every eight years to accommodate the local share of the regional housing need (more frequently if the jurisdiction does not have a certified housing element).
The State of California and the State Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) have determined that the Bay Area's housing need for the period 2023...
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