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To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	John Kopchik, Director, Conservation & Development Department
Date:	March 29, 2022

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Annual Housing Element Progress Report for Calendar Year 2021

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 03/29/2022

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Christine Louie, (925) 655-2888

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: March 29, 2022
Monica Nino, County Administrator

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

ACCEPT the 2021 Annual Housing Element Progress Report, in accordance with Government Code section 65400.

FISCAL IMPACT:

No fiscal impact.

BACKGROUND:

The Housing Element is one of seven mandatory elements that every California jurisdiction must include in its General Plan. State law mandates that all local governments adequately plan to meet the existing and projected housing needs of all economic segments of the community. The Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) allocates a share of the Bay Area regional housing need to all the cities and counties in the Bay Area.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

The County's Housing Element is part of the 5th Regional Housing Need Assessment (RHNA) Cycle that covers the eight-year planning period from 2015 to 2023. During this period, the County is expected to plan for the provision of 1,367 units of housing in the unincorporated County.

Pursuant to Government Code Section 65400, the County is required to submit an annual report to the State Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) and the State Office of Planning and Research by April 1 of each year. Jurisdictions are also required to submit the annual report to their legislative bodies for review and comment. The County's full 2021 Annual Housing Element Progress Report is included as Attachment A.

In 2021, the County issued 136 building permits for single-family dwellings, 100 building permits for accessory dwelling units, two building permits for mobile homes, five building permits for duplexes, and one building permit for a multifamily building. The majority of these issued permits are non-deed restricted units with the exception of the multifamily building permit. The multifamily project includes a density bonus and is deed restricted with 12 very low income units and 24 moderate income units. Eight building permits included the demolition of existing units on the parcel accompanied with a new construction permit in 2021, for a net gain of 527 new housing units.

The following is a summary of the County's progress in meeting its share of regional housing needs. Calendar year 2021 is the seventh year of the the eight-year Housing Element cycle. The County has issued building permits for 176% of its total aggregate share of the region's allocated housing units. Through the first seven years of the current housing cycle, the total number of units for which the County has issued building permits is 2,408 units, which includes 99 very-low income units, 216 low-income units, 165 moderate-income units, and 1,928 above-moderate income units. While the County has already exceeded gross housing production goals, production of new housing units available to households in the moderate-, and very low-income categories is behind but progressing. So far, the County has issued building permits to meet 26% of the very low-income category, 99% of the low income category and 68% of the moderate income housing units indicated in the County’s Housing Element and RHNA for Contra Costa County. The issuance of a building permit is what the State considers a "unit" for the purposes of this report.

The County continues to implement 31 housing related programs, including programs designed to remove governmental constraints to maintaining, improving, and developing housing. A summary of the programs and recent accomplishments are included as Table D in the attached report.

For the past four reporting years, the State has required all jurisdictions to provide a greater volume of information regarding new housing projects as part of the annual progress report. This information includes the additional reporting requirements of recently adopted housing legislation.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

The Annual Housing Element Progress Report must be submitted no later than April 1 in accordance with Government Code Section 65400. The County is required to provide the Annual Housing Element Progress Report to the Board of Supervisors in a public meeting to allow the public an opportunity to review and comment on the report. Non-submittal of the report may result in disqualification from applying for or receiving certain state grants.