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between housing and vehicle miles traveled. The Housing Element is consistent with the Climate Action Plan, and will help move the City toward the goals established through AB 32 and SB 375. Plan-related impacts would be less than significant. POTENTIALLY' P01'ENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT LESS THAN ISSUES SIGNIFICANT UNLESS SIGNIFICANT IMPACT SOt1RCES ISSUES MITIGATION IMPACT INCORPORATED 18. MANDATORY FINDINGS OF SIGNIFICANCE. a. Does the project have the potential to degrade the X quality of the environment, substantially reduce the habitat of a fish or wildlife species, cause a fish or wildlife population to drop below self-sustaining levels, threaten to eliminate a plant or animal community, reduce the number or restrict the range of a rare or endangered plant or animal or eliminate important examples of the major periods of California history or prehistory? b. Does the project have impacts that are individually X limited, but cumulatively considerable? ("Cumulatively considerable" means the incremental effects of a project that are considerable when viewed in connection with the effects of the past projects, the effects of other current projects, and the effects of probable future rojects.) c. Does the project have environmental effects which X will cause substantial adverse effects on human bein s, either directly or indirect] ? EXPLANATION: a) Adoption of the Housing Element does not by itself have the potential to create the impacts listed here. The Element identifies programs to satisfy the City's Regional Housing Needs Allocation and meet the housing needs of all economic segments of the community. It does not approve any specific project or result in any physical change. The impacts listed in "a" above were analyzed as part of the EIR for the San Leandro General Plan, and were further analyzed in subsequent EIRs such as the TOD Strategy. The General Plan includes policies and actions which strive to protect environmental quality, plant and animal habitat, special status species, and historic resources and to avoid and mitigate the impacts listed above. No new or increased impacts would occur as a consequence of adopting the Housing Element. b) The cumulative impacts of development on the City's housing sites were analyzed as part of the General Plan EIR. Policies and actions have been included in the General Plan to address these impacts. When the TOD Strategy was completed in 2007, its EIR considered the cumulative effects of TOD-area development and development on other housing sites in the City, including those listed in the Housing Element at the time. No new or increased impacts would occur as a result of adopting the 2010 Housing Element. Although the list of housing sites has changed slightly, cumulative impacts remain less than significant provided that policies in the General Plan continue to be implemented. Future housing development would be subject to environmental review, and assessment of cumulative impacts would be required at that time. c) The Housing Element would have no adverse effects on human beings, either directly or indirectly. It is intended to assist human beings by meeting the shelter needs of low and very low income households and persons with special needs. Its policies and actions would have no adverse affect on others in the community who do not meet these criteria. Housing Element Initial Study and Negative Declaration 28 February 2010