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Consolidated Plan SAN LEANDRO 42 OMB Control No: 2506-0117 (exp. 06/30/2018) MA-65 Hazard Mitigation - 91.210(a)(5), 91.310(a)(3) Describe the jurisdiction’s increased natural hazard risks associated with climate change. San Leandro is located on the shoreline of the San Francisco Bay and sits at an average elevation of 56 feet. Located between Oakland and Hayward with a population of about 88,000 people, it is highly urbanized, made up of residential properties with industrial and manufacturing uses in the west, mixed use areas in the southern portions of the city, and the downtown core to the northeast. Due to its geographic span from the Bay into the hills, San Leandro is susceptible to a variety of climate hazards. San Leandro will likely be most affected by the combination of sea level rise, high tides and flooding along the shoreline and throughout the southwest portion of the city, which threaten to limit mobility and damage amenities and industry that are important to San Leandro and the regional economy. However, the most severe impacts will be seen in the long-term, when projected temperature increases and the frequency of very hot days will impact a broader set of the city’s assets and population, resulting in greater occurrence of heat related illness. Describe the vulnerability to these risks of housing occupied by low- and moderate-income households based on an analysis of data, findings, and methods. According to the City of San Leandro’s Climate Hazard Assessment dated July 2017 and a review of the updated 2018 FEMA flood maps, San Leandro has a significant number of affordable housing assets located in areas that have a one percent and 0.2 percent chance of flooding in a given year. Note that the citywide assets addressed in this report did not consider the City’s affordable housing but rather staff reviewed this report and overlaid address data for known affordable housing assets. The section of the report used for this analysis, Climate Hazard Analysis, cited important direct effects of inland flooding that exist for vital community assets. Areas that have a one percent chance of flooding in a given year include the shoreline and southern edge of the city up to Bay Fair Center. Most critically the largest privately held low income housing tax credit development in the City, half of Lakeside Village property containing a total of 830 housing units affordable to households under 60% of Area Median Income are located in this flood zone. Additionally, Eden Lodge, a non-profit owned and operated housing complex with 143 residential units available to senior citizens is also located in this flood zone. Finally, three of the City’s recently rent-regulated privately owned affordable housing stock in the form of mobile home parks are located in or in very close proximity to the flood zone—this represents approximately 500 mobile homes at-risk of flooding. Disease Outbreaks The COVID-19 virus was first identified in Wuhan China in November 2019. First positive cases of the virus in the United States and in California were found in January 2020. As the virus 280