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draft to HCD. The draft was submitted for HCD's administrative review in June 2009. Since receipt of the HCD's comments in September, the process has continued via work with HCD and appropriate changes to the draft. Community input included feedback received via email, the Housing Element website (www.ci.san- leandro.ca.us/cdhousingelement.asp), two rounds of community workshops (June 2008 and March 2009), stakeholder interviews and focus group sessions with non-profit and for-profit developers, homeowners' associations, realtors and other organizations that deal with community housing issues. The City Council weighed in on a number of occasions, including work sessions (one in conjunction with the San Leandro Board of Education). In addition, a formal public review process accompanied both the administrative Housing Element Update Draft last spring and the current iteration. Several thousand copies of a four- page Housing Element brochure also were distributed to the public. State Law requires each city and county to accommodate its "fair share" of regional housing needs; the Bay Area's assignment for the 2007-2014 period totals 214,500 units. The Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) subdivides the total on the basis of a formula that reflects: • Land availability • Market demand and trends • Job growth and population projections • Infrastructure • Transit access; the fact that San Leandro has two BART stations tends to push our number up more than it otherwise mi ht be. ~~~;a- ~,ot}ti- ~ l oi'i>Opo ~i65,o4o I.um I~dadecste ~a Aery Low ~a ~ $tUa;CK~C! Madetttte 1,630 units -four-person households This pie chart indicates how (in "ballpark figures") San Leandro's share of the region's total housing needs for the 2007-2014 period - 1,630 units - breaks down in terms of household income levels. Although Mr. Miller said .this may sound like a big number, he explained that relative to other cities it is moderate. Oakland's total is approximately 15,000 units, for example, and Hayward's is about 3,000, with more than 4,000 each for Pleasanton and Livermore. Mr. Miller also explained that these numbers do not indicate what the City is actually expected to build, because that is beyond the City's control. What is necessary, though, is that the City has the land available through zoning and other development regulations that would enable the private and non-profit sectors to build the number of units specified. In other words, he explained, it is San Leandro ensuring that it has created the opportunity to accommodate the number of units designated as our fair share. In analyzing San Leandro's housing needs, Mr. Miller described what he considered significant findings. One, a considerable amount of affordable new housing has been built in the City since 1990, but it primarily has targeted seniors, small households (such as Casa Verde on East 14th Street) and people with disabilities (such as Fuller Gardens and Fuller Lodge). Two, no substantial amount of market rate rental housing has come to San Leandro for 20 years, and condominium development/conversion has been limited for the past 10 years. This has created an unmet need for affordable family housing (such as the recently approved San Leandro Crossings development). In addition, Mr. Miller said that demand for senior housing is projected to rise, especially after 2015 (as more and more Baby Boomers retire). While San Leandro has about the same number of jobs as it has employed residents, our jobs-to-housing balance is not as good as it looks because people who live here don't necessarily work here. In fact, some people who work here commute long distances due to lack of suitable housing options. Planning Commission Special Meeting Minutes Draft Excerpt March 25, 2010 Agenda No. 10-03 Page 3 of 7