Housing

Housing

Support for action at all levels of government for the provision of affordable housing for all

Public Statement

The LWV of Santa Monica submitted the following public comments to the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) regarding the City of Santa Monica's 2021-2029 Housing Element on December 1, 2021:

December 1, 2021

Housing Committee 02242022
Event Date: 
02/24/2022 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm

At the January 29 Program Planning meeting, the members voted to add a focus on housing for this year, since each city is updating its Housing Element to meet their RHNA (Regional Housing Needs Assessment) numbers to plan for enough affordab

San Francisco hillside with housing
Event Date: 
02/19/2022 - 10:00am to 2:30pm
Event location: 

virtual (Zoom)

League Day 2022 took a holistic look at land-use planning involved in placing housing. Speakers considered the intersectionality of housing with climate change and natural hazard planning, and the financial implications of housing placement. For links to recordings and more details, click Read More below.

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In December 2020 the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) adopted a methodology to distribute the Bay Area regional housing need of 441,176 units, as established by HCD. On May 25, 2021 ABAG released its draft RHNA plan distributing the regional housing needs among communities in the Bay Area.

San Francisco hillside with housing
Event Date: 
02/19/2022 - 10:00am to 2:30pm
Event location: 

virtual (Zoom)

League Day 2022 will take a holistic look at land-use planning involved in placing housing. We'll be looking at the intersectionality of housing with climate change and natural hazard planning, and the financial implications of housing placement.

Public Statement

The LWV Santa Monica submitted the following public comments regarding Santa Monica Ci

Public Statement

The LWV Santa Monica submitted the following public comments regarding Santa Monica Ci

News

Housing

RHNA/Housing Element Toolkit

RHNA is the process to determine the number of housing units, at all income levels, that a jurisdiction is required to plan for under California law. The plan for RHNA allocation must be included in the “Housing Element” section of the local government’s General Plan, which is reviewed and approved by the California Department of Housing and Community Development. Read more in the RHNA/Housing Element Toolkit.

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