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FROM: Harvey E. Bragdon
Director of Community Development
DATE: May 25, 1993
SUBJECT: HCD Review of County Housing Element
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS
ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT of letter from the State Department of Housing and
Community Development, finding that the County's adopted Housing
Element complies with State Housing Element Law.
FISCAL IMPACT
None.
BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS
Article 10. 6 of the California Government Code requires cities and
counties to adopt a Housing Element of the General Plan. On December
15, 1992, the County adopted an Amendment to its General Plan Housing
Element. The State Department of Housing and Community Development
has found that the December 15, 1992 Housing Element complies with the
statutory requirements.
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County Counsel PHIL ATCHELOR, CLERK OF
County Housing Authority THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Contra Costa Transportation Authority AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
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Mr. Phil Batchelor
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cc: James Kennedy, Contra Costa County
Dennis Barry, Contra Costa County
Matt . Tomas, Contra Costa County
Laura Blair, Sedway and Associates
Miye Goishe, Contra Costa Legal Services Foundation
Nancy Strohl, Contra Costa Legal Services Foundation
Gen Fujioka, Asian Law Caucus
Charles Klinge, Attorney at Law
David Booher, .California Housing Council
Sue Hestor, Attorney at Law
Gary Hambly, Building Industry Association
Rolf Pendall, Bay Area Council
Revan A.F. Tranter, Association of Bay Area Governments
Kathleen Mikkelson, Deputy Attorney General
Bob Cervantes, Governor' s Office of Planning and Research
Dwight Hanson, California Building Industry .Association
Kerry Harrington Morrison, California Association of
Realtors
Marc Brown, California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation
Rob Wiener, California Coalition for Rural Housing
Susan DeSantis, The Planning Center
STATE OF CALIFORNIA-BUSINESS,TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING AGENCY PETE WILSON,GovernoTOFr
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
DIVISION OF HOUSING POLICY DEVELOPMENT e
1800 TEURD SIMM T,Room 430 f''
P.O BOX 952053 :`�: =
SACRAMENTO,CA 94252-2053-
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4252-2053(916) 323-3176 FAX(916) 323-6625
April 30, 1993
Mr. Phil Batchelor
County Administrator
Contra Costa County
County Administration Building
651 Pine Street
Martinez, California 94553
Dear Mr. Batchelor:
RE: Review of the County of Contra Costa' s Adopted
Housing Element
Thank you for submitting the County of Contra Costa' s
housing element, adopted on December 15, 1992, and received for
. our review on December 31, 1992 . As you know, we are required to
review adopted housing elements and report our findings to the
locality (Government Code Section 65585 (h) ) .
We congratulate the County for establishing an ambitious
schedule. of program actions to facilitate the development of
housing in Contra Costa County.
As you know, our December 14, 1992 review letter found the
County' s draft element adequately addressed the statutory
requirements of housing element law, provided certain revisions
.necessary to accommodate the County' s new construction need for
lower-income households were included in the element. The
adopted element includes the necessary chances . We are therefore
pleased to find that the County' s adopted housing element also
complies with State housing element law (Article 10 . 6 of the
Government Code) , including requirements regarding the
preservation of assisted multifamily -housing at risk of
converting to non-low-income uses pursuant to Chapter 1451,
Statutes of 1989 .
Our finding of compliance is based. on the County' s continued
commitment to accommodate its share of the regional housing need
for lower-income households . The County is planning to achieve
this objective by the following methods : by permitting
multifamily construction at densities sufficient to
Mr. Phil Batchelor
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facilitate the development of lower-income housing need, by the
County' s continued facilitation of the development of some 11, 000
total units, including some 2, 308 high density multifamily units
in the Dougherty Valley, and by application of the County' s
inclusionary ordinance to the Dougherty Valley so that 2, 750
units will be affordable in at least the following ratio: 10
percent very .low 25 percent low- and 65 percent moderate-
income.
We strongly encourage the County to promote the early
development of lower-income units in the Dougherty Valley.
Failure by the County to facilitate the availability of the.
Dougherty Valley high density sites would leave the County with a
lack of sites for lower-income households . If these sites do not
become available as planned, the County should amend , the element
to include additional sites for lower-income housing sufficient
to meet Contra Costa County' s regional share need.
We look forward to following the County' s progress in
implementing the housing program when progress reports are filed
with the Department pursuant to Government Code Section 65400 .
As you may know, Chapter 889, Statutes of 1991, now recruires an
annual submittal of these reports to this Department .
We wish you continued success in implementing your housing
program. If we can assist the County in this effort, please
contact Robert Maus of our staff at (916) 327-2640 .
In accordance with their requests pursuant to the Public
Records Act, we are forwarding a copy of this letter to the
individuals listed below.
Sincerely,
Thomas B. Cook
Deputy Director