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urban Habitat BOARD MEMBERS March 24, 2010 JULIET ELLIS President Phil Millenbah JOE BROOKS San Leandro Planning Department Chair 835 East 14th Street ROMEL PASCUAL San Leandro, CA 94577 Vice-Chair fax to 510-577-6003 TAMARDORFMAN I7~n~11eC1~")a1l~Ct%CI.SaCt-Ie<~[ldrt).Ca.11S Treasurer Mlllenbah Dear Mr CARL ANTHONY , . FELICIA MARCUS Thank you very much for this opportunity to provide feedback and recommendations ARNOLD PERKINS to the City of San Leandro's 2007-2014 Housing Element. As you may know, Urban Habitat is a regional Environmental Justice organization, dedicated to equitable land-use, transportation and housing planning in the Bay Area. We have been engaged in efforts to improve housing, transportation, amenities and the environment for low-income communities and communities of color since 1989. We are currently working in partnership with community and labor groups within San Leandro, such as Congregations Organizing for Renewal and the Alameda County Building Trades, as well as regional and national groups, such as TransForm (formerly the Transportation and Land Use Coalition), Greenbelt Alliance, Reconnecting America/Center for TOD and Non-profit Housing of Northern California to promote the creation of great communities near transit hubs that meet the housing, transportation, environmental and economic needs of all residents and particularly those of the region's most vulnerable residents. We envision a San Leandro that meets the housing, transportation, health and recreational needs of all its residents and see the Housing Element as a great opportunity to ensure adequate and affordable housing for those who often have most difficulty with this; low income families and households. We have been participating in the Housing Element update process since it began over a year ago and have attended one town-hall meeting, one City Council work session, one roundtable discussion and one individual meeting with the Housing Element author, Barry Miller during that time. Overall, we are very impressed by the scope and depth of the Housing Element and believe that many concerns that we have heard via the membership of Congregations Organizing for Renewal (COR) have been reflected in the Housing Needs section. Similarly, many of our original policy recommendations that we expressed during the public meetings and in our comment letter on the Administrative Review Draft have been incorporated into the policy and implementation sections of this draft. That said, 43614` Street. Suite 1205, Oakland, CA 946iz (510) 839-9510 • Fax: (510) 839-g61o www.urbanhabitat.org