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one year of 2003) which other vacant land in this City ought be rezoned to "residential" to accomplish the City's obligation to accommodate its RHNA. The City did not conduct its study within that year and has not yet completed a complete land -use change/zoning change necessary for it to accommodate the shortfall of RHNA existing in 2003. The City Council did, a month and a half before the hearing on the present Petition, pass Pleasanton Ordinance 1998 approving the rezoning of a portion of the land located in the "Hacienda Business Park." However, a careful reading of the ordinance discloses that the status quo was not changed. The ordinance requires that the approval of any development plan for residential development "shall not be granted until the completion of a PUD Major Modification for the entire Hacienda Business Park." This is a process that could take up a period of time ranging from one year to forever. Local governments such as the City of Pleasanton are delegated the authority over land -use decisions and planning within their borders, and "have a responsibility to use the powers vested in them to facilitate" new housing construction that "make(s) adequate provision for thc housing needs of all economic segments of the community." (Govt. Code 65580, subd. (d).) The scope of that responsibility is spelled out in detail in thc Housing Element Law. (Govt. Code 65580 65589.8.) It was the intent of the Legislature by the enactment of the Housing Element Law to assure that counties and cities recognize 4