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Proiect Description Overview The project is an update of the San Leandro Housing Element. The purpose of the Housing Element is to ensure that a decent, safe affordable supply of housing is provided for current and future San Leandro residents. The Element strives to conserve the city's existing housing stock while providing opportunities for new housing for a variety of income groups. It consists of narrative text, tables, and maps, and a series of goals, objectives, policies, and action programs. The planning period for the proposed Housing Element Update is January 1, 2007 through June 30, 2014, although the focus is on 2010-2014. The Housing Element is one of the seven required elements of the San Leandro General Plan. The proposed project would replace the existing Housing Element (adopted in January 2003) with an updated Element that incorporates new data, new housing targets, and new state requirements. Bay Area cities and counties were required to complete Housing Element updates by June 30, 2009. San Leandro submitted its Administrative Draft Housing Element to the State Department of Housing and Community Development on June 30, 2009 and received comments on the Draft on August 31, 2009. Between September 2009 and January 2010, the City worked with State reviewers and other interested parties to address the changes necessary to receive a compliance determination by the State. The other elements of the General Plan were adopted by the City Council in 2002. An Environmental Impact Report was prepared to assess the impacts of these elements, including the Housing Element. Subsequently, the City prepared aTransit-Oriented Development (TOD) Strategy for land around the San Leandro BART station and extending to Downtown San Leandro. The TOD Strategy resulted in new land use designations and the rezoning of property around BART and in the Downtown area. An Environmental Impact Report for the TOD Strategy was prepared in 2006 and certified in 2007. The 2010 Housing Element would not result in any increases in density or changes to the General Plan Map or Zoning Map that were not previously analyzed in the General Plan EIR or the TOD EIR. The Housing Element process began in April 2008. It included a robust community outreach program that featured community workshops, press releases, a project brochure, a dedicated webpage, focus group and stakeholder workshops, outreach to non-English speaking communities, one-on-one interviews, and work sessions with the City Council, Planning Commission, School Board, Human Services Commission, and Rent Review Board. Content and Organization of Document The Housing Element is organized into seven chapters as follows: ^ The first chapter (Introduction) describes the requirements for the Housing Element, the Regional Housing Needs Allocation Process, and the process used to develop the Housing Element, and includes a user's guide to the document. ^ The second chapter (Review of the 2003 Housing Element) corresponds to astate-mandated requirement to evaluate the effectiveness of the previous Housing Element and identify the steps needed to address any deficiencies. This chapter includes a series of tables that describe the progress that has been made in carrying out the 2003 Element. ^ The third chapter (Needs Assessment) includes astate-mandated analysis of demographics, income, affordability, employment, special housing needs, housing stock characteristics, energy conservation, Housing Element Initial Study and Negative Declaration 3 February 2010