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PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING
HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE
AUGUST 13, 2009
7:00 PM
City of El Segundo
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HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE
Legal Requirements
• General Plan
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Required of all Cities and Counties
Must Address 7 Aspects of Community Growth/Development
Each Aspect Referred to as an “Element”
Housing is One of 7 Required Elements
• Housing Element
– January 1, 2006 to June 30, 2014 Planning Period
– Comply with Article 10.6 of Government Code (Establishes
Housing Element, Process, Content and Schedule of Actions)
– Submit for Certification by HCD
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Legal Requirements
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• Housing Element Content
– Assessment of Housing Needs
– Inventory of Resources and Constraints to Meet Housing Needs
– Statement of Community’s Goals, Quantified Objectives and Policies
Relative to Housing Maintenance, Preservation, Improvement and
Development
– Analysis of Housing Accommodations for Special Needs Groups
– Schedule of Actions to be Undertaken Between 2006 and 2014 to
Implement Policies and Achieve Goals
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Legal Requirements
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• Schedule of Actions Must Address:
– Provision of Adequate Sites for New Housing Construction
– Development of Adequate Housing for Low and Moderate Income
Households
– Conservation and Improvement of Existing Affordable Housing
– Provision of Equal Housing Opportunities for All Persons
– Development of Adequate Housing for Special Needs Groups
– Removal of Governmental Constraints to Maintenance, Improvement,
and Development of Housing
City of El Segundo
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Update Process
• Community input gathered at Planning Commission and City
Council workshops to complete Housing Needs Assessment.
• Planning Commission recommendation and City Council
adoption of updated Housing Element.
• Submit adopted Housing Element to State Department of
Housing and Community Development (HCD) for
certification (90 days).
• Respond to comments from HCD on adopted element.
• Make revisions to adopted element, if needed, and re-submit
to HCD for final approval.
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RHNA
Regional Housing Needs Assessment
The Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) is mandated by State
Housing Law as part of the periodic process of updating local housing
elements of the General Plan. The RHNA quantifies the need for housing
within each jurisdiction during specified planning periods. The current
planning period is January 1, 2006 to June 30, 2014. Communities use the
RHNA in land use planning, prioritizing local resource allocation, and in
deciding how to address identified existing and future housing needs resulting
from population, employment and household growth.
City of El Segundo
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New Construction Need
Housing Construction Need - Based on
Southern California Association of Governments
(SCAG) estimates (2006-2014):
Very Low
44
26.1%
Low
27
16.1%
Moderate
28
16.7%
Above Moderate
69
41.1%
TOTAL NEED1
168
100%
130
net new units constructed since 2006 can be credited towards housing need
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State Law
Requirements
SB 2 – Requires local jurisdictions to identify a zone or zones where
emergency shelters are allowed as a permitted use without a conditional use
or other discretionary permit and to allow transitional and supportive housing
in residential zones subject only to the standards/requirements that apply to
other permitted uses in those zones.
SB 1087 – Requires local governments to provide a copy of the adopted
housing element to water and sewer providers. In addition, the providers
must grant priority for service allocations for developments that include units
affordable to lower-income households.
AB 2348 – Requires cities to provide a detailed and quantified inventory of
sites available for new housing construction.
AB 1233 – Requires local governments to zone or rezone adequate sites,
within the first year of the new planning period, to address any portion of the
RHNA for which the City failed to identify or make sites available in the
prior planning period. (This statute does not apply during this housing cycle
because El Segundo exceeded the RHNA requirement for the last housing
cycle by 21 units).
SB 520 – Requires local governments to analyze, remove constraints, and
provide programs addressing the housing needs of the disabled.
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Affordable Housing
Maximum Affordable For Sale Housing Costs
Los Angeles County - 2009
Income Level
Very Low Income
(0-50% MFI) $39,650
Low Income
(51-80% MFI) $63,450
Moderate Income
(81-120% MFI) $74,500
1Based
Utility, Taxes,
Insurance
Max. Affordable
Mortgage Payment
Max. Affordable
Purchase Price1
$261
$730
$131,719
$328
$1,258
$238,039
$416
$1,446
$273,632
on 10% down payment, 30-year mortgage, at 6.25% interest.
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Definitions
• Special Needs Groups - Special needs groups are those associated
with specific demographic or occupational groups with specialized
housing needs such as the elderly, the disabled, female-headed
households, large families, farm workers and homeless persons and
families.
• Transitional Housing - Rental housing developments, but operated
under program requirements that call for the termination of
assistance and recirculation of the assisted unit after six months.
• Supportive Housing – Housing with no limit on length of stay, that
is linked to onsite or offsite services that assist the supportive
housing resident in retaining the housing, improving his or her
health status, and maximizing his or her ability to live and, when
possible, work in the community.
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Definitions
• Emergency Shelters – Housing with minimal supportive services
for homeless persons that is limited to occupancy of six months or
less by a homeless person. No individual or household may be
denied emergency shelter because of an inability to pay.
• Single-Room Occupancy (SRO) Housing - Affordable private
housing for lower- income individuals, seniors, and persons with
disabilities. An SRO unit usually is small, between 80 to 288
square feet, with a sink and closet, but with shared communal
bathroom, shower, and kitchen.
• Reasonable Accommodation – Refers to making existing facilities
readily accessible to, and usable by, individuals with disabilities.
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Proposed
Housing Goals
• Preserve and protect the existing housing stock by
encouraging the rehabilitation of deteriorating dwelling
units and the conservation of the currently sound housing
stock.
• Provide sufficient new, affordable housing opportunities in
the City to meet the needs of groups with special
requirements, including the needs of lower and moderateincome households
• Provide opportunities for new housing construction at a
variety of locations and a variety of densities in accordance
with land use designations and policies in the Land Use
Element.
• Remove governmental constraints on housing development.
• Provide housing opportunities including ownership and
rental, market-rate and assisted, in conformance with open
housing policies and free of discriminatory practices.
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Proposed Housing
Policies
• Promote the use of rehabilitation assistance programs to
encourage rehabilitation of owner and renter housing.
• Continue to promote sound attenuation improvements to the
existing housing stock.
• Make provision in the Zoning Ordinance to treat transitional
and supportive housing facilities as residential uses and to
allow emergency shelters by right in either the Medium
Manufacturing (MM) or Light Industrial (M-1) Zones. (SB 2
Requirement)
• Facilitate the creation of affordable home ownership
opportunities for low and moderate income households.
• Continue to allow second units, condominium conversions,
caretaker units and second floor residential use in commercial
zones as permitted by the ESMC.
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Proposed Housing
Policies
• Continue to permit a second dwelling on selected two-family
lots abutting higher intensity land uses.
• Encourage new housing within the Smoky Hollow Mixed-Use
district, and on the Imperial School site.
• Continue to facilitate timely development processing of
residential construction projects and expedite review process
for affordable housing developments where necessary.
• Continue to facilitate provision of infrastructure (Water, Sewer
& Drainage Systems) to support housing.
• Promote governmental efforts to provide equal opportunity
housing for existing and future residents.
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Proposed Housing
Programs
• Continue to operate home rehabilitation programs,
including Minor Home Repair Program, Residential
Sound Insulation Program, Code Compliance
Inspection Program, and Energy Conservation
Program.
• Promote Second Units on R-1Zoned parcels.
• Facilitate development of Imperial School site with
affordable housing.
• Provide support for Non-Profit Organizations
engaged in providing affordable housing.
• Facilitate development on underutilized sites.
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Proposed Housing
Programs
• Amend ESMC to allow transitional and supportive housing in
residential zones subject only to the standards/requirements that
apply to other permitted uses in those zones. (SB2)
• Amend ESMC to principally permit emergency shelters in
either the City’s MM or M1 industrial zones.(SB2)
• Amend ESMC to include Single Room Occupancy Units
(SRO’s) as a conditionally permitted use in a multi-family
residential zone and as a principally permitted use in either the
MM or M1 zones. (SB2)
• Amend the density bonus/development incentives provisions of
the EMC to comply with current State law.
• Adopt a “reasonable accommodation” ordinance to remove
constraints on housing for persons with disabilities. (SB 520)
• Submit the adopted Housing Element to local water and sewer
providers for their review and input. (SB1087)
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Quantified Objectives
2006-2014 Quantified Objectives
Housing Goals
Housing Production
Extremely Low Income
Very Low Income
Low Income
Moderate Income
Above Moderate Income
Total Units
2006 to 2014
Objective
Number of Units Allocated
Units1
Percent of
Total
22
22
27
28
69
168
10
10
20
25
50
115
45
45
74
89
72
68
Rehabilitation
55 units annually
Conservation2
52 units annually
1Includes
30 net units constructed since 2006 that can be “credited” against the abovemoderate income allocation.
2Conservation activities consist of Building & Safety inspections and code
enforcement activities.
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Next Steps
• September 1, 2009 – City Council introduces
ordinance to amend the General Plan and adopt the
updated Housing Element.
• September 15, 2009 - City Council conducts second
reading of ordinance amending the General Plan and
adopts the updated Housing Element.
• Adopted Housing Element transmitted to HCD for
certification (90-day review period).
• Respond to any comments from HCD on adopted
Housing Element.
City of El Segundo
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