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ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW DRAFT
<br />Despite several major housing development projects completed during the late 1990s, San Leandro gained
<br />more jobs than housing units during the decade. In 1990, there were 1.62 jobs for every household in the
<br />City. By 2000, there were 1.76 jobs for every household in the City. The City exceeds the Bay Area
<br />jobs: housing ratio (1.52), meaning that more people commute into San Leandro than commute out for
<br />work.
<br />Many persons working in San Leandro cannot find suitable housing in the City. Some travel long
<br />distances from communities as far as away as San Joaquin and Stanislaus Counties. At the same time,
<br />local employees are competing for housing with persons working in much higher priced housing markets
<br />on the Peninsula and in the South Bay. Affordable housing in those communities is even more scarce
<br />than it is in the East Bay, causing demand to spill into San Leandro and adjacent areas.
<br />The General Plan anticipates the addition of 9,275 jobs over the 2000-2015 period. ABAG projections
<br />for the same period indicate an addition of 6,760 jobs. Maintaining the current jobs -housing ratio would
<br />require the production of between 3,800 to 5,200 units of housing in San Leandro by 2015-a figure that
<br />would be extremely difficult to achieve given the City's built out character. As long as job growth
<br />outpaces housing growth, vacancy rates in the City are likely to remain low and housing prices are likely
<br />to continue escalating. The City's land use policies support the development of housing in excess of the
<br />ABAG projections, largely through the redevelopment of older commercial properties and more dense
<br />development around transit stations.
<br />Table 3-12 indicates historic and projected employment in San Leandro and Alameda County between
<br />1990 and 2010.
<br />Table 3-12: Employment Trends, 1990-2010
<br />San Leandro
<br />Alameda County
<br />1990
<br />2000
<br />2010
<br />`90-`10 %
<br />increase
<br />1990
<br />2000
<br />2010
<br />`90-`10 %
<br />increase
<br />Agriculture/Mining
<br />230
<br />140
<br />140
<br />-39.1 %
<br />3,900
<br />3,640
<br />3,450
<br />-11.5 %
<br />Manufacturing/Wholesale
<br />16,170
<br />19,200
<br />19,540
<br />20.8 %
<br />131,820
<br />163,290
<br />183,450
<br />39.1 %
<br />Retail
<br />8,440
<br />8,630
<br />9,360
<br />10.9 %
<br />111,570
<br />120,590
<br />132,270
<br />18.6 %
<br />Service
<br />10,990
<br />11,990
<br />12,510
<br />13.8 %
<br />215,350
<br />268,770
<br />316,900
<br />47.2%
<br />Other (*)
<br />11,500
<br />14,270
<br />15,840
<br />37.7 %
<br />181,460
<br />195,570
<br />221,380
<br />22.0 %
<br />Total Jobs
<br />47,330
<br />54,230
<br />57,390
<br />21.5 %
<br />644,100
<br />751,680
<br />857,450
<br />33.1 %
<br />Ratio of Jobs: Households
<br />1.62
<br />1.76
<br />1.81
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<br />1.34
<br />1.44
<br />1.53
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<br />Ratio of Jobs: Employed
<br />Residents
<br />1.39
<br />1.42
<br />1.38
<br />--
<br />1.00
<br />1.08
<br />1.09
<br />(*) Other includes construction, transportation, communication, utilities, finance, insurance, real estate, education,
<br />and government, among others.
<br />Source: ABAG, Projections 2002
<br />HOUSING ELEMENT 3-15 SAN LEANDRO GENERAL PLAN
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