File #: 22-678    Version: 1 Name: 2023-2031 Housing Element City Council Hearing
Type: Staff Report Status: Filed
In control: City Council
Meeting Date: 12/5/2022 Final action: 12/5/2022
Enactment date: Enactment #: Reso 2022-213, Reso 2022-2014
Title: Adopt a Resolution Certifying 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 Adopting the 2023-2031 Housing Element, Amending the Land Use Element of the 2035 General Plan, and Adopting the Environmental Justice Element of the 2035 General Plan; and Introduce an Ordinance Amending the Zoning Map and Adopting Miscellaneous Related Amendments to the Zoning Code
Sponsors: Tom Liao
Attachments: 1. Att A - Resolution 2022- Housing Element Supplement EIR, 2. Att A Exh A - Draft Housing Element Update Supplemental EIR, 3. Att A Exh A - Draft Housing Element Update Supplemental EIR_Appendices, 4. Att A Exh B - Housing Element Plan Update FEIR, 5. Att A Exh C - MMRP, 6. Att B - Draft CC Resolution Housing Element and Related Amendments, 7. Att B Exh A - Public Hearing Draft 2023-2031 Housing Element, 8. Att B Exh B - Proposed Environmental Justice Element, 9. Att B Exh C General Plan Amendments, 10. Att B Exh D - Alternate Sites for Sites Inventory, 11. Att C - Ord Zoning Code Amendments for Housing Element, 12. Att C - CC Ord Zoning Code Amendments for Housing Element, 13. Att C Exh A – Proposed Zoning Code Amendments, 14. Att C Exh B – Proposed Zoning Map Amendments, 15. Att D – HCD Comment Matrix, 16. Att E - Proposed General Plan Amendments (track changes), 17. Att F – Summary of Proposed Zoning Code Amendments, 18. Att G – Proposed Zoning Code Amendments (track changes), 19. Att H - Proposed Zoning Map Amendments, 20. Att I - 2023-2031 Housing Element (track changes), 21. Presentation - 2023-2031 Housing Element
Related files: 22-577, 22-475, 21-520, 22-080, 22-717, 23-116
Title
Adopt a Resolution Certifying 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 Adopting the 2023-2031 Housing Element, Amending the Land Use Element of the 2035 General Plan, and Adopting the Environmental Justice Element of the 2035 General Plan; and

Introduce an Ordinance Amending the Zoning Map and Adopting 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 Element. 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.

The Planning Commission reviewed this item on November 17, 2022 and recommended approval to the City Council on a 5-0 vote.

RECOMMENDATIONS

Staff recommends that the City Council:

* Adopt a Resolution (Attachment A) adopting and certifying the Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (SEIR) for the 2023-2031 Housing Element and General Plan Update, and miscellaneous amendments to the Zoning Map and Zoning Code, and...

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