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THE August 24, 2022 BAY'S FUTURE. Submitted by email to: Megan Campbell, mcampbell@cityofpleasantonca.gov RE: Pleasanton's 6' Cycle Housing Element Update Dear City of Pleasanton: Thank you for the opportunity to provide input on the city of Pleasanton's housing element.Your work supporting your community to meet its housing needs is critical in addressing the current housing affordability crisis. We understand that at this moment in the housing element process, your jurisdiction is waiting for comments from HCD.As such,we request that you incorporate additional equitable housing policies into your draft housing element during your next revision. We offer the attached equitable policy resources as well as potential technical assistance from Baird+ Driskell Community Planning ("B+D") if your jurisdiction is interested in this level of support. The Partnership for the Bay's Future ("PBF") is a public-private-nonprofit partnership working to create a more livable Bay Area in which diverse people of all walks of life can afford to live and thrive. To do so, we address the challenges of housing and protecting tenants through the support of equitable policy change as well as investing in the production and preservation of affordable housing. In consultation with government leaders, housing policy experts, and communities, we have compiled a list of equitable housing priorities that we request Pleasanton incorporate into the new housing element. In some cases,these are policies that housing element law requires jurisdictions to address as a potential action or recommendation in their housing elements, but in other cases, these are suggested policies that we are raising up as PBF's equitable planning priorities. We are including the following resources for your review and consideration: • a slide deck covering each priority policy idea, with template language for your jurisdiction to consider, • examples of places where the policy has been adopted, and • additional links and resources. We believe that Pleasanton's current efforts already include some of the listed policies,which we applaud. We also believe that all Bay Area communities can take more steps to make their housing elements more equitable. The attached summaries can be used as resources for staff as they communicate with both decision makers and the public, and we are happy to provide further assistance to incorporate these policies into your housing element as well as help draft talking points that can be tailored for local implementation. We believe the following policies can play an important role in meeting the requirements of this housing element and supporting thriving communities, and we request that Pleasanton include them in the next housing element draft: