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File Number: 19-340 demographic growth projections for all income levels. The following was included in the APR for 2018 submitted to the California Department of Housing and Community Development (CA HCD): 1) Status of the implementation of policy goals objectives identified in the Housing Element; a. New housing opportunities b. Affordable housing development c. Administration of housing programs d. Home ownership e. Affordable housing conservation f. Green and sustainable neighborhoods g. Special needs populations h. Elimination of housing constraints i. Fair housing 2) Progress during the calendar year in meeting San Leandro’s Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) for housing units completed (including regulated affordable housing-itemizing by affordability level); 3) The number of housing development applications received in the calendar year; 4) The number of housing units included in all development applications in the calendar year; and 5) The total number of new housing units completed to date (i.e. in the case of the 2018 APR, construction completions from 2015-2018 are summed). San Leandro’s RHNA consists of a total of 2,287 housing units for the 2015 to 2023 period. This is an increase of 40% from the allocation for the period of 2007 to 2014 which was 1,630 housing units. During the 2007-2014 planning period there were 232 new housing units that had building permits issued. Overall this was about 14% of the City’s total RHNA goal of 1,630 for that period. The breakdown of these accomplishments to date are detailed in Attachment A, Table 1. In San Leandro, there have been no building permits issued for very low-, low- and moderate-income regulated affordable housing in calendar year 2018. However, since 2015, there have been 109 very low- and 88 low-income units permitted/constructed. The number of building permits issued for above moderate-income housing units in this planning period continues to be slow as reflected in Attachment A, Table 2. There were only 7 building permits issued in 2018. Since 2015, there have been a total number of 23 above moderate-income housing units issued building permits. The implications for this is significant given the passage of SB 35 (Wiener) Streamline Approval Process adopted in the Fall 2017 California legislative session. This law requires a streamlined approval process, under specified conditions, for housing construction in cities that have not met incremental RHNA goals as determined by the Association of Bay Area Governments. Attachment A, Table 2 illustrates where the City of San Leandro is with regard to meeting the SB 35 RHNA thresholds that would allow or disallow this streamlining. Note that all proposed developments that are allowed permission to proceed under this new law are required to have 10% regulated affordable housing units included in the development. According to the California Department of Housing and Community Development, the City of San Leandro is compliant with the 2017 SB 35 streamlining thresholds for the very low- and low-income category, but the City is not in compliance with the thresholds for the above moderate-income category. In 2018, these thresholds increased to 50% of the RHNA goal. In other words, SB 35 requires that between 2015 and 2018 the City of San Leandro issue building permits for 387 Very Low and Low Income housing units and 756 building permits at the end of this Housing Element APR for moderate- and above moderate-income housing. For affordable housing development, the City of San Leandro will not meet the SB 35 goals even with the nonprofit Eden Housing development at Parrot Street and San Leandro Blvd that has secured all the Page 2 City of San Leandro Printed on 6/25/2019 121