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2005 Pleasanton Plan 2025 2.0 Land Use Element <br />2-18 Adopted 07 21 09 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />The Relationship of Jobs and Housing <br />The relationship between jobs and housing is a complex topic which <br />affects all communities, especially those, like Pleasanton, within large <br />metropolitan areas. Workers choose jobs and residential locations <br />based on a variety of personal, financial, and locational factors. <br />Workers often make a trade between housing cost and length of com- <br />mute with some choosing to undertake a longer commute for more <br />affordable housing and others paying a higher housing cost for a <br />shorter commute. Therefore, a certain percentage of workers will <br />choose to live and work within the same community, such as <br />Pleasanton, a certain percentage within the same commute area, such <br />as the Tri-Valley, and a certain percentage will choose to live great <br />distances away from their places of employment. The essence of the <br />jobs/housing issue is to recognize these different types of commute <br />behaviors, to provide adequate housing opportunities within the <br />commute area desired by each group of workers, and to provide a <br />variety of employment opportunities for residents. <br />Planning to accommodate this diversity of commute patterns <br />involves identifying and providing for employment-generated <br />housing needs on three geographic levels – the community, the <br />commute area, and the region (such as the Bay Area). State law <br />recognizes each city’s and county’s responsibility to accommodate <br />employment-generated housing needs.5 From a practical perspective, <br />fulfillment of this responsibility is a regional concern which must <br />allow for locational differences and varying needs among <br />communities within larger commute areas. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />5 State of California, Government Code, Section 65913.1, & Section 65583, et. seq. <br />Pleasanton’s location at the intersection of two freeways has played <br />an important role in establishing the city as a major employment <br />center within the Tri-Valley. Other communities, like Danville or <br />Alamo, enjoy a setting more conducive to development as primarily <br />residential communities. <br /> <br /> <br />Borg Fencing Company in Pleasanton <br /> <br />Planning for a balance of jobs and housing within the Tri-Valley <br />commute area, and not necessarily within each jurisdiction, allows <br />each community to best use its own resources and develop its own <br />identity, while ensuring an adequate supply of housing within a <br />reasonable commuting distance of Tri-Valley jobs. Pleasanton has <br />adopted this area-wide approach to the jobs/housing issue and has <br />taken significant steps to contribute its share of Tri-Valley housing <br />while retaining its role as an employment center.