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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: September 4, 2018 <br />Staff Report <br />Agenda Section:File Number:18-392 CONSENT CALENDAR <br />Agenda Number:8.N. <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Jeff Kay <br />City Manager <br />BY:Tom Liao <br />Community Development Director <br />FINANCE REVIEW:Not Applicable <br />TITLE:Staff Report for the City of San Leandro Housing Element Annual Progress <br />Report for the 2017 Calendar Year <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br />Staff recommends that the City Council review and accept the 2017 Annual Progress Report (APR) <br />submitted to the California Department of Housing and Community Development and the Governor’s <br />Office of Planning and Research by the April deadline. Pursuant to Govt. Code §65400(a)(2)(B) the City <br />of San Leandro is obligated to present the APR in a public meeting and allow the public to provide oral <br />testimony and written comments. <br />BACKGROUND <br />The Housing Element is one of the seven required elements of the San Leandro General Plan. The <br />City’s current Housing Element covers 2015-2023 and was adopted in January 2015. The California <br />Department of Housing and Community Development certified the City’s 2015-2023 Housing Element <br />Update in February 2015. <br />Pursuant to Government Code §65400(a)(2), the City must submit an Annual Progress Report by April <br />1 of every year. Additionally, there are funding programs offered by the California Department of <br />Housing and Community Development among other State programs that incentivize submittal of the <br />APR. The Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and some transportation funding programs now require <br />submittal of the APR as a threshold for funding eligibility. As required by the State, all Housing Element <br />APRs are posted on the City’s website for public review. <br />Analysis <br />The purpose of the Housing Element APR is to track and monitor the status of and progress in <br />addressing the City’s housing needs and goals. In the Fall of 2017, AB 879 (effective January 1, 2018) <br />amended Government Code §65400(a)(2) to augment the reporting requirements on how cities are <br />achieving their Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) goals. The RHNA is an effort to quantify <br />what each city and county should construct as a part of its “fair share” of housing to accommodate <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 8/28/2018 <br />157