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Draft Housing Element, EIR, and General Plan Amendments Planning Commission 8 of 11 law1, in recognition of the fact that another round of HCD review will occur, and to cover the transfer of RHNA units between the City and the County that will occur with the annexation of Area 1 (Lester) and Area 22 (Merritt). Please note, some of the numbers in Table 2 have been adjusted due to updates to active pipeline projects, adjustments to the site inventory, and corrections to rounding and calculations. Table 2- [Housing Element Appendix B, Table B-11, Residential Development Potential and RHNA- Adjusted] Extremely Low Very Low Low Moderate Above Moderate Total RHNA See Very Low 1,750 1,008 894 2,313 5,965 ADUs See Very Low 5 28 46 14 93 Approved/Entitled Projects - - 127 - 691 818 Remaining RHNA See Very Low 1,745 853 848 1,608 5,054 Site Inventory See Very Low/Low 1,006 547 459 2,012 Surplus / (Shortfall) See Very Low/Low (1,592) (301) (1,149) (3,042) Rezone Sites (Net New) See Very Low/Low 1,652 321 1,495 3,468 Surplus With Rezone Sites (Assumed Capacity) See Very Low/Low 60 20 346 426 Housing Element Document The Draft Housing Element has been reviewed by the Planning Commission both in sections throughout the process and its entirety in June 2022. The document has been modified as discussed and reviewed by the Commission in December and further refined by the Council as described above. The document proposed for adoption is included as Attachment 2 of Exhibit B and is described at a high level below. Staff is recommending adoption of the Housing Element by the City before the deadline of January 31, 2023. This adoption will occur prior to certification by HCD. As such, the resolution recommending adoption, Exhibit B, includes staff’s response to HCD’s comments, Attachment 1A of Exhibit B, and a matrix identifying compliance with State law, Attachment 1B of Exhibit B. This will serve to self-certify the Housing Element. 1 “No net loss” provisions are a component of the Housing Accountability Act, which, whenever a project is approved with few units, or less affordability than cited in the Housing Element, requires findings to be made that adequate zoning capacity remains in the inventory to accommodate the units not built, or for the City to rezone additional sites to accommodate that number of units.