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File Number: 22-577 Miscellaneous Amendments Several clean-up type amendments are proposed, as follows: ·Changes to Housing related terms and definitions : Refinements to the definitions of Group Housing; Hotels, Motels, and Time-Share Facilities; Manufactured Home; Mobile home; Residential Congregate Care Facilities; Residential Hotels; and Single-Family Residential to bring them up to date and provide better distinction between uses. ·Miscellaneous Clean-up Amendments: Miscellaneous clean up amendments to enable proper codification of previously repealed sections. Re-insertion of language that was inadvertently deleted through recent amendments. NEW ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ELEMENT The Environmental Justice (EJ) Element identifies goals, policies, and actions to reduce unique or compounded health risks, particularly for neighborhoods that face social, economic, and environmental burdens, by addressing the following topics: ·Pollution exposure and air quality ·Physical activity and public facilities ·Food access ·Civic engagement and investment prioritization ·Safe and sanitary homes Senate Bill 1000 requires the City to assess whether there are “Disadvantaged Communities” (DACs) within its General Plan planning area. Senate Bill 535 defines DACs as areas disproportionately affected by environmental pollution and other hazards that can lead to negative public health effects, exposure, or environmental degradation and/or areas with concentrations of people that are of low-income, high unemployment, low levels of home ownership, high rent burden, sensitive populations, or low levels of educational attainment. CalEPA developed the CalEnviroScreen tool to identify DACs throughout California. The tool uses existing environmental, health, and socioeconomic data to rank census tracts based on 20 distinct indicators in two primary groupings: Pollution Burden and Population Characteristics. The groupings are multiplied together to calculate the overall CalEnviroScreen score. In general, the higher the score, the more impacted a community is by pollution burdens and population vulnerabilities. Designated DACs are those communities that scored within the highest 25 percent of census tracts across California (CalEnviroScreen percentile scores of 75 or higher). San Leandro has three identified DACs, including the following neighborhoods: Mulford Gardens, Davis West, southern portion of Eastshore-Davis Street, and Floresta Gardens. These neighborhoods are generally situated along the I-880 freeway, alongside industrial land uses, and adjacent to active rail lines. The draft EJ Element refers to DACs as “Environmental Justice Communities.” A seven-person Community Advisory Committee (CAC) was convened in December 2021 to provide guidance on the formation of the EJ Element. The CAC reviewed the existing conditions analysis and Page 4 City of San Leandro Printed on 10/5/2022