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22.4-square mile (14,300-acre) area over which Pleasanton exercises zoning control and police powers. The Pleasanton Sphere-of-Influence consists of a 42.2-square mile (27,200-acre) area adopted by the Alameda County Local Agency Formation Commission ("LAFCO") and represents the probable ultimate physical boundary and service area of Pleasanton. The Sphere-of-Influence contains unincorporated lands over which Alameda County has zoning control, as well as lands incorporated within the city limits of Pleasanton. The Pleasanton Planning Area ("Planning Area") encompasses a 75-square mile (48,000-acre) area within which the City designates the future use of lands "bearing a relation to the city's planning."' The General Plan Map designates land uses for the entire Planning Area even though much of this land is unincorporated and lies within the jurisdictional authority of Alameda County. For the purpose of the SEIR, the incorporated area is the project area for the Housing Element and the Draft CAP as policy and programs outlined in these documents would be applied citywide. Because environmental impacts related to the lands designated for residential use on the General Plan land use map were already analyzed adequately in the General Plan EIR (2009) for all issues other than greenhouse gas emissions, the SEIR focuses on the additional sites identified in the Housing Element that could potentially be zoned for residential use (referred to as the "potential sites for rezoning" or "rezoning sites" in the SEIR) as well as greenhouse gas emission impacts of General Plan land uses throughout the General Plan Planning Area. These two project components are discussed further below. Proposed Housing Element, General Plan Amendment and Rezonings The first component of the project analyzed in the SEIR is the proposed update to the City of Pleasanton's Housing Element. The Housing Element is a policy document that consists of goals, policies, and programs to guide the City and private and non-profit developers in providing housing for existing and future residents to meet projected housing demand for all economic segments of the community, as required under Government Code § 65580 et seq. (State Housing Element law). State law requires the Housing Element to be updated periodically, usually every seven years. The last update of the Pleasanton Housing Element occurred in 2003. In order to comply with State Housing Element law the City must expand its inventory of land available for the development of housing for all economic segments of the community. Expansion of this inventory is needed for the City to provide for its share of regional housing needs. Prior to the City's consideration and adoption of the updated Housing Element, the City will have completed a proposed General Plan Amendment and rezonings of up to 17 sites within the City for high density residential development. Although the City has identified 17 potential sites for rezoning and the SEIR analyzed impacts assuming all 17 were rezoned and developed for residential use, the City intends to amend the General Plan land use designations of and rezone only enough sites to ' Definition of"Planning Area"by the Governor's Office of Planning and Research, General Plan Guidelines(1998).