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File Number: 22-678 Appendix A: Community Engagement includes all engagement materials utilized to encourage public participation in the Housing Element update process. Appendix B: Housing Sites Inventory identifies properties that are suitable to meet the RHNA. Appendix C: Review of Past Accomplishments evaluates progress and the effectiveness of the programs included in the previous 5th Cycle Housing Element. Appendix D: Development Analysis provides information to support the City’s plan to satisfy the RHNA. State Housing Element Requirements The proposed 2023-2031 Housing Element incorporates and addresses all pertinent housing law changes through analysis and implementation of new policies or programs for the next eight years. It identifies sites adequate to accommodate a variety of housing types for all income levels and needs of special population groups defined under State law (California Government Code §65583), analyzes governmental constraints to housing maintenance, improvement, and development, addresses conservation and improvement of the condition of existing affordable housing stock, and outlines policies that promote housing opportunities for all persons. Having a Housing Element that is approved by the City Council and certified by HCD allows the City to be competitive for state-funded grants and loans that support local housing programs. Lack of a state-certified Housing Element could subject the City to penalties as a result of legal challenge, including reduction or loss of local control over land use decisions and building-related matters, fines, and access to state grants related to affordable housing, land use/planning, and transportation. Regional Housing Needs Allocation State law requires every housing element to include an inventory of land suitable and available for residential development at appropriate densities to meet the jurisdiction’s Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA). The proposed 2023-2031 Housing Element demonstrates the City’s ability to satisfy its 6th Cycle RHNA of 3,855 housing units, comprised of 862 very-low income units, 495 low-income units, 696 moderate-income units, and 1,802 above moderate-income units through a combination of pipeline projects, Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs), and Opportunity Sites. The Sites Inventory (Appendix B) contains a list of Opportunity Sites. A list of alternate sites is included as Exhibit D to Attachment B that staff will utilize, as needed, in response to feedback from HCD. Although the City has adequate sites to meet its RHNA, related General Plan and Zoning amendments are proposed to facilitate housing development and provide a buffer in the Sites Inventory. Proposed housing opportunity sites are located within the City’s three Priority Development Areas (PDAs), which prioritize growth close to transit and services, including near the San Leandro and Bay Fair BART stations, in the Downtown, and along major commercial corridors such as E. 14th Street. The City has long-planned for housing development in these Page 3 City of San Leandro Printed on 11/30/2022