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Housing Element Adoption 2010 April 5, 2010 zoning changes and land use changes. New sites were added to the inventory based on improvement to land value ratio data, site visits, and recent planning studies. ^ The Constraints discussion in Chapter 5 has been completely updated to reflect current conditions. Thus, the zoning discussion reflect changes to the zoning regulations and new zoning districts that were adopted between 2003 and 2009, the design review discussion reflects new requirements that were enacted after 2003, and the discussion of fees reflect current fees rather than those from eight years ago. ^ Additional detail has been added to the Constraints discussion to comply with state law, particularly SB2 (which requires cities to allow homeless shelters, transitional, and supportive housing by right in at least one zoning district). The Constraints discussion also includes an extensive review of the City's experience with inclusionary zoning. ^ The discussion of constraints has been expanded to address diminished funding resources for affordable housing and to include updated information on infrastructure. It also includes updated information on school capacity constraints, land and construction costs, and the "credit crisis" and diminished availability of mortgage loans since 2007. ^ The Housing Objectives have all been updated to reflect the new RHNA figures. The targets are generally higher in this element than they were in the 2003 Element, since the City's RHNA increased from 870 units in 1999-2006 to 1,630 units in 2007-2014. However, the 1,630 units is within the cumulative capacity provided by the General Plan and TOD Strategy. ^ Anew Goal has been added to promote green and sustainable neighborhoods. Policies and actions under this goal reflect current initiatives to promote green building, conserve energy (and thereby reduce housing costs), encourage walkable neighborhoods, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions through community design. ^ Additional objectives have been added for extremely low income households, consistent with state law. ^ Most of the policies in the 2003 Element have been carried forward. A few, such as the policy on mitigation of school impacts (59.08) have been strengthened. ^ New actions have been added, including: o A proposal to further refine transit oriented development plans for the Bayfair BART station area o A proposal to update the Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance o A proposal to encourage housing development on the Town Hall Square (Davis/Hays/ E. 14th) and former Albertsons Supermarket sites. Housing is already permitted on both of these sites, but the Element more explicitly supports their development in this manner. o Support for implementation of the TOD Strategy, including completion of the San Leandro Crossings development 6