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STATE OF CALIFORNIA - BUSINESS, CONSUMER SERVICES AND HOUSING AGENCY GAVIN NEWSOM, Governor DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION OF HOUSING POLICY DEVELOPMENT 2020 W. El Camino Avenue, Suite 500 Sacramento, CA 95833 (916) 263-2911 / FAX (916) 263-7453 www.hcd.ca.gov April 10, 2023 Gerry Beaudin, City Manager City of Pleasanton 123 Main Street Pleasanton, CA, 94566 Dear Gerry Beaudin: RE: City of Pleasanton’s 6th Cycle (2023-2031) Adopted Housing Element Thank you for submitting the City of Pleasanton’s (City) housing element that was adopted January 26, 2023 and received for review on February 14, 2023. In addition, the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) considered revisions received on March 30, 2023. Pursuant to Government Code section 65585, subdivision (h), HCD is reporting the results of its review. Our review was facilitated by a conversation on March 21, 2023 with the City’s housing element team. In addition, HCD considered comments from Farella Braun and Martell pursuant to Government Code section 65585, subdivision (c). The adopted housing element with revisions addresses most statutory requirements described in HCD’s November 14, 2022 review; however, additional revisions are necessary to substantially comply with State Housing Element Law (Article 10.6 of the Gov. Code), as follows: 1.An inventory of land suitable and available for residential development, including vacant sites and sites having realistic and demonstrated potential for redevelopment during the planning period to meet the locality’s housing need for a designated income level, and an analysis of the relationship of zoning and public facilities and services to these sites. (Gov. Code, § 65583, subd. (a)(3).) Identify actions that will be taken to make sites available during the planning period with appropriate zoning and development standards and with services and facilities to accommodate that portion of the city’s or county’s share of the regional housing need for each income level that could not be accommodated on sites identified in the inventory... (Gov. Code, § 65583, subd. (c)(1).) Suitability of Nonvacant Sites: To demonstrate the potential for redevelopment, the element generally screens sites utilizing indicators of potential (e.g., existing versus allowable floor area, building age) and site-by-site assessments (e.g., EXHIBIT A