City of Santa Clara - File #: 23-819

• File #: 23-819
• Version: 1
• Type: Public Hearing/General Business
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 6/13/2023
• In control: Council and Authorities Concurrent Meeting
• On agenda: 6/27/2023
• Title: Public Hearing: Action on Amendment to the City of Santa Clara General Plan-Re-Adoption of the 2023-2031 Housing Element with Revisions

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/27/2023	1	Council and Authorities Concurrent Meeting	Adopted	Pass
6/27/2023	1	Council and Authorities Concurrent Meeting	Adopted	Pass
6/27/2023	1	Council and Authorities Concurrent Meeting	Adopted	Pass

REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Public Hearing: Action on Amendment to the City of Santa Clara General Plan-Re-Adoption of the 2023-2031 Housing Element with Revisions

Report
COUNCIL PILLAR
Promote and Enhance Economic, Housing and Transportation Development

BACKGROUND
The Housing Element, one of the required elements of the City's General Plan, includes policies and programs intended to help the City meet the housing needs of all current and future Santa Clara residents. State law requires that local jurisdictions update their Housing Element every eight years and that the Housing Element be reviewed by the State Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD). Housing Elements are then certified by HCD if found to be in substantial compliance with State Housing law.

For Bay Area towns, cities, and counties, the statutory due date for submittal of an adopted Housing Element, covering the years 2023-2031 (6th housing cycle), was January 31, 2023. Consistent with this deadline, on January 31, 2023, the City Council adopted Santa Clara's 2023-2031 (6th Cycle) Housing Element and submitted it to HCD for their 60-day review. On March 28, 2023, the City received HCDs findings/comment letter (Attachment 1). HCD determined that the City's Adopted Housing Element addresses many statutory requirements but identified additional revisions that in their view were necessary for HCD to certify the City's Housing Element as fully compliant with State Housing Element law. Staff met with HCD on April 20, 2023 to discuss those comments and on June 2, 2023 to discuss staff's draft revisions to the adopted Housing Element to address those comments.

State leadership continues to identify efforts to address the State's housing crisis as a top priority for both legislative and administrative efforts. As a result, the State has significantly increased the requirements placed upon each jurisdiction as they update their local Housing Elements and added more stringent Stat...