File #: 22-663    Version: 1 Name: 2015-2023 Housing Element Planning Commission Hearing
Type: Staff Report Status: Filed
In control: Planning Commission and Board of Zoning Adjustments
Meeting Date: 11/17/2022 Final action: 11/17/2022
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: Adopt a Resolution Recommending that the City Council Certify the Supplemental Environmental Impact Report for the 2023-2031 Housing Element and General Plan Update, and Related General Plan, Zoning Map, and Zoning Code Amendments, and Make All Required Mitigation and Alternatives Findings, and Adopt a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, all in Compliance with the Requirements of CEQA; and Adopt a Resolution Recommending that the City Council Adopt the 2023-2031 Housing Element, Amend the Land Use and Environmental Hazards Elements of the 2035 General Plan, Adopt the Environment Justice Element of the 2035 General Plan, Amend the Zoning Map, and Adopt Miscellaneous Related Amendments to the Zoning Code
Sponsors: Andrew Mogensen
Attachments: 1. Attachment A - Resolution 2022-009 Housing Element Supplement EIR, 2. Attachment A Exhibit A - Draft Housing Element Update Supplemental EIR, 3. Attachment A Exhibit A - Draft Housing Element Update Supplemental EIR_Appendices, 4. Attachment A Exhibit B - Housing Element Plan Update FEIR, 5. Attachment A Exhibit C - MMRP, 6. Attachment B - Resolution 2022-010 Housing Element and Related Amendments, 7. Attachment B Exhibit A - Public Hearing Draft 2023-2031 Housing Element, 8. Attachment B Exhibit A - Public Hearing Draft 2023-2031 Housing Element_Appendices, 9. Attachment B Exhibit B - Proposed Environmental Justice Element, 10. Attachment B Exhibit C - General Plan Amendments (Clean), 11. Attachment B Exhibit C - General Plan Amendments, 12. Attachment B Exhibit D – Proposed Zoning Code Amendments, 13. Attachment B Exhibit E – Proposed Zoning Map Amendments, 14. Attachment B Exhibit F - Alternate Sites for Sites Inventory, 15. Attachment B Exhibit F - Alternate Sites for Sites Inventory, 16. Attachment C – HCD Comment Matrix, November 10, 2022, 17. Attachment D - Proposed General Plan Amendments (track changes), 18. Attachment D - Proposed General Plan Amendments (track changes), 19. Attachment E – Summary of Proposed Zoning Code Amendments, 20. Attachment F – Proposed Zoning Code Amendments (track changes), 21. Attachment G - Proposed Zoning Map Amendments
Related files: 22-475, 22-577, 22-610, 22-080, 22-585
Title
Adopt a Resolution Recommending that the City Council Certify the Supplemental Environmental Impact Report for the 2023-2031 Housing Element and General Plan Update, and Related General Plan, Zoning Map, and Zoning Code Amendments, and Make All Required Mitigation and Alternatives Findings, and Adopt a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, all in Compliance with the Requirements of CEQA; and Adopt a Resolution Recommending that the City Council Adopt the 2023-2031 Housing Element, Amend the Land Use and Environmental Hazards Elements of the 2035 General Plan, Adopt the Environment Justice Element of the 2035 General Plan, Amend the Zoning Map, and Adopt Miscellaneous Related Amendments to the Zoning Code

Staffreport
COUNCIL PRIORITY
? Housing and Homelessness

SUMMARY

State Law requires local agencies to update their Housing Elements every eight years and establishes a series of specific requirements as to the scope, content, and process by which a housing element is updated and adopted, including certification by the State Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD). All cities and counties in the San Francisco Bay Area are required to adopt updated Housing Elements by January 31, 2023 for the period covering 2023-2031.

Related General Plan and Zoning Amendments are also proposed, including a new General Plan Environmental Justice Element and amended Land Use and Environmental Hazards Elements. Implementing Zoning Code and Zoning Map Amendments are also proposed that would advance housing opportunities, reduce or eliminate constraints to housing, and align with recent changes in State Laws.

RECOMMENDATIONS

Staff recommends that the Planning Commission:

* Adopt a Resolution (Attachment A) recommending that the City Council adopt a Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (SEIR) for the 2023-2031 Housing Element Update and Related General Plan and Zoning Amendments; and

* Adopt a Resolution (Attachment B) recommending that the City ...

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