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File Number: 22-610 well as a small outdoor plaza with seating. There will be 10 housing units affordable to households with the Area Median Income (i.e. 100% AMI) and over $400,000 deposited into the Affordable Housing Trust Fund. ·In 2021, the City initiated the Housing Element update for the 6th planning cycle and began drafting Zoning Code amendments to be adopted concurrently with the Housing Element that are expected to streamline the housing entitlement process and stimulate housing production. ·The City released a Request for Proposal (RFP) in early 2021 to seek competitive offers and select establish an experienced affordable housing developer to utilize the City’s remaining allocation of Alameda County Measure A-1 bond funds approved in 2016. GOAL 58: HOUSING FOR THOSE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS ·In 2020, the City was awarded $1,163,178 in federal stimulus funds (CDBG-CV) that the City Council allocated for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP), which served 126 renter households in need. In 2021, City staff fully expended $130,000 from ERAP fund administrative cost savings to assist an additional 26 lower income renter households. ·The City annually allocates General Fund monies to assist with the operation of Building Futures’ for Women and Children’s San Leandro Shelter. The City also annually allocates CDBG public service dollars to the Davis Street Family Resource Center’s Basic Needs Program, SOS/Meals on Wheels, and CALICO child abuse intervention services. GOAL 60: FAIR HOUSING ·ECHO Housing provided information, counseling, and/or investigation into 26 Fair Housing complaints. Of those complaints, 19 cases were investigated, 16 had housing counseling sessions, 6 were reported to the Fair Employment and Housing Commission, Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, or other FH legal referrals. Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) Progress Update 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. For 2015-2023, the City permitted 258 units, or 50% of total required RHNA for very low- and low-income regulated affordable housing units, as of December 31, 2021. In 2021, there were no new very low- and low-income housing units constructed. The City has approved 136 building permits to moderate- and above moderate-income households since 2015 (13% of total required RHNA units for these two income categories). Of the 136 permitted units, 53 were permitted in 2021 in the above moderate-income household category. The breakdown of these accomplishments to date are detailed in Exhibit A-1, Table B, page 19. There are significant implications for jurisdictions who do not meet their RHNA goals given the passage of SB 35’s (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. 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 is currently compliant with 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. Page 3 City of San Leandro Printed on 11/2/2022