Agenda — Arvin City Council, July 11, 2023 (part 4 of 4)

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Vacant Residential Opportunity Parcels Over 6,000 SF
APN
General
Plan Zone
Lot Size
Acres
Income
Level
Potential
New Units
Environmental
Constraints
Flood Zone Oil/Gas
189-351-15 LDR R-1 162.20 Moderate 811 AO
189-351-90 LDR R-1 52.78 Moderate 264 AO
189-352-27 RR RS 30.21 Moderate 151 AO
189-352-29 RR RS 30.19 Moderate 151 AO
189-352-25 RR RS 30.19 Moderate 151 AO
189-352-31 LDR R-1 20.53 Moderate 103 AO
189-351-55 LDR R-1 3.43 Moderate 17 AO
191-020-03 LDR R-1 1.75 Moderate 9 AO
191-020-02 LDR R-1 1.75 Moderate 9 AO
189-351-74 LDR R-1 1.35 Moderate 7 AO
189-351-94 LDR R-1 1.34 Moderate 7 AO
189-514-05 LDR R-1 1.15 Moderate 6 AO
189-593-30 LDR R-1 0.90 Moderate 4 AO
189-453-17 LDR R-1 0.71 Moderate 4 AO
189-461-08 LDR R-1 0.54 Moderate 3 AO
189-760-01 LDR R-1 1.66 Moderate 8 AO
189-760-02 LDR R-1 5.78 Moderate 29 AO
189-760-03 LDR R-1 5.13 Moderate 26 AO
189-960-04 LDR R-1 3.92 Moderate 20 AO
190-355-01 LDR R-1 0.53 Moderate 3 AO
191-020-27 LDR R-1 0.48 Moderate 2 AO
189-445-08 LDR R-1 0.40 Moderate 2 AO
192-332-24 LDR R-1 0.39 Moderate 2 AO
191-112-06 LDR R-1 0.32 Moderate 2 AO
192-110-11 LDR R-1 0.32 Moderate 2 AO
193-140-36 LDR R-1 0.31 Moderate 2 AO
192-301-01 LDR R-1 0.26 Moderate 1 AO
192-052-25 LDR R-1 0.22 Moderate 1 AO
192-042-15 LDR R-1 0.21 Moderate 1 AO
191-092-03 LDR R-1 0.19 Moderate 1 AO
192-081-15 LDR R-1 0.19 Moderate 1 AO
192-130-42 LDR R-1 0.18 Moderate 1 AO
192-320-36 LDR R-1 0.17 Moderate 1 AO
189-721-10 LDR R-1 0.17 Moderate 1 AO
190-344-05 LDR R-1 0.16 Moderate 1 AO
192-320-34 LDR R-1 0.16 Moderate 1 AO
191-201-01 LDR R-1 0.16 Moderate 1 AO
191-112-05 LDR R-1 0.16 Moderate 1 AO
192-032-06 LDR R-1 0.16 Moderate 1 AO
192-130-20 LDR R-1 0.16 Moderate 1 AO
191-211-11 LDR R-1 0.15 Moderate 1 AO
191-093-15 LDR R-1 0.15 Moderate 1 AO
191-030-32 LDR R-1 0.15 Moderate 1 AO
191-030-21 LDR R-1 0.15 Moderate 1 AO
191-030-14 LDR R-1 0.14 Moderate 1 AO
Total LDR 345.06 1725

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General
Plan Zone
Lot Size
Acres
Income
Level
Potential
New
Units
Environmental
Constraints
Flood Zone Oil/Gas
191-152-06 MLDR R-2 0.16 Moderate 2 AO
191-153-08 MLDR R-2 0.16 Moderate 2 AO
191-162-01 MLDR R-2 0.32 Moderate 3 AO
191-162-13 MLDR R-2 0.20 Moderate 2 AO
190-071-09 MLDR R-2 0.39 Moderate 4 AO
190-073-02 MLDR R-2 0.14 Moderate 1 AO
190-083-03 MLDR R-2 0.16 Moderate 2 AO
190-110-26 MLDR R-2 0.14 Moderate 1 AO
190-120-01 MLDR R-2 0.39 Moderate 4 AO
190-120-02 MLDR R-2 0.20 Moderate 2 AO
190-120-09 MLDR R-2 0.20 Moderate 2 AO
190-151-02 MLDR R-2 0.08 Moderate 1 AO
190-151-14 MLDR R-2 0.13 Moderate 1 AO
192-130-70 MLDR R-2 0.17 Moderate 2 AO
192-130-72 MLDR R-2 0.15 Moderate 2 AO
192-130-73 MLDR R-2 0.17 Moderate 2 AO
192-130-74 MLDR R-2 0.21 Moderate 2 AO
189-352-08
Portion MLDR R-2 13.74 Moderate 137 AO
Total MLDR 17.12 171
191-010-18 MDR R-3 0.26 Moderate 5 AO
191-040-33 MDR R-3 1.12 Moderate 20 AO
191-040-41 MDR R-3 0.27 Moderate 5 AO
190-240-04 MDR R-3 1.57 Moderate 28 AO
192-190-16 MDR R-3 2.42 Moderate 44 AO
Total MDR 6.74 121
189-351-37 HDR R-4 10.70 Moderate 235 AO
191-070-08 HDR R-4 0.20 VL to Low 4 AO
191-320-18 HDR R-4 0.43 Moderate 9 AO
192-170-06 HDR R-4 17.97 VL to Low 395 Oil Well
189-352-08
portion HDR R-4 7.0 Moderate 154 AO
Total HDR 36.29 798
Total LDR, MLDR, MDR, HDR 405.21 2815
Surplus Land
190-260-01
(a) MDR R-3 0.70 VL to Low 8 AO
190-260-02 MDR R-3 2.29 VL to Low 25 AO Oil Well
190-260-06 MDR R-3 5.27 VL to Low 212 AO Oil Well
190-260-08 MDR R-3 1.43 VL to Low 16 AO Oil Well
192-110-16 LDR R-1 0.164 VL to Low 2 AO
Total Public 9.9 263
GRAND TOTAL 415.11 3078
Source: City of Arvin, Precision Engineering.

Notes:

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FEMA Flood Zones:

AO represents areas of flood hazard areas with a 1% or greater chance of shallow flooding each year averaging 1-3 feet in depth.

X represents areas of moderate flood hazard, usually the area between the limits of the 100-year and 500-year floods.

A represents areas with a 1% annual chance of flooding and a 26% chance of flooding over the life of a 30-year mortgage.

Because detailed analyses are not performed for such areas; no depths or base flood elevations are shown within these zones. (a) Active, Capped, and Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells: All active, capped, and abandoned wells are subject to regulations and oversight by the California Department of Conservation, Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources. In addition, the city of Arvin is updating its Oil and Gas Ordinance to ensure public protection and oversight of existing and future oil and/or gas exploration.

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Potential Properties for Consolidation and Recycling
APN Existing Uses General
Plan Zone
Lot Size
(Acres) Required Action
Realistic
Density
(Units/Acre)
Existing
Units
Potential
Units
Net Increase
Income
Level
Environmental Constraints
Flood Zones
(a) Hazardous Site
A 191-040-35 SFR HDR R-2 0.19
B 191-040-36 SFR HDR R-2 0.19
Consolidation & Recycle
C 191-040-37 SFR HDR R-2 0.19
D 191-310-01 SFR HDR R-2 0.18
to Higher Density 10 5 9 4 Moderate AO No
e
(a) FEMA AO zone: One percent or greater chance of shallow flooding each year, usually in the form of sheet flows, with an average depth ranging from one to three feet. (b) The vehicle storage property was not identified in either the GeoTracker and the EnviroStor databases as a hazardous site nor was it identified as having leaking underground storage tanks. The property will go through the city’s environmental clearance process, which will require CEQA documentation and a Phase I environmental site assessment. If it is determined that the site cannot be developed for residential use and must be removed from the adequate site inventory, and should this result in a reduction of affordable housing below the RHNA requirements, the city will implement the proposed Housing Program 23, Housing No Net Loss Program and identify and zone sufficient sites to accommodate the shortfall.

Area 1
E 191-310-02 SFR
F
191-040-33 Ind. - Ve
Storag
G 191-040-42 SFR
Total
Area 2
HDR R-2 0.18
hicle HDR R-3 1.13 Recycle to Higher Density 18 0 20 20 Lower AO No (b) HDR R-3 1.54 Recycle to Higher Density 18 1 27 26 Lower AO No

3.60 6 56 50 Lower AO
A 192-190-16 SFR HDR R-3 2.50 Lot Consolidation & Recycle 18 1 45 44 Lower AO No to Higher Density
Total 2.50 18 1 45 44 Lower AO
TOTAL 6.10 18 7 101 94

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CITY OF ARVIN - AFFIRMATIVELY

FURTHERING FAIR HOUSING ANALYSIS
DRAFT – JUNE 2023
PREPARED BY: REALTY PLANNERS GROUP, INC
3258 ALTA VISTA DRIVE, FALLBROOK, CA 92028

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Table of Contents

1. OUTREACH ........................................................................................................................................................................2

2. ASSESSMENT OF FAIR HOUSING ISSUES............................................................................................................................4

3. SITES INVENTORY ............................................................................................................................................................65

4. IDENTIFICATION OF CONTRIBUTING FACTORS AND FAIR HOUSING PRIORITIES AND GOALS .........................................71

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AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHERING FAIR HOUSING ANALYSIS
California State Law AB 686 created new requirements for all housing elements revised on or after January 1, 2021 to contain an Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) analysis consistent with the core elements of the analysis required by the federal Affirmatively Further Fair Housing Final Rule of July 16, 2015. These requirements ensure that the obligation to affirmatively further fair housing is a part of a jurisdiction’s planning process and guiding documents for community development. The Housing Element analysis of AFH must include an analysis of Racially Concentrated Areas of Affluence, and patterns and trends at both a local and regional scale.

Under State law, affirmatively further fair housing means “taking meaningful actions, in addition to combatting discrimination, to facilitate deliberate actions to explicitly address, combat, and relieve disparities resulting from past patterns of segregation to foster more inclusive communities free from barriers that restrict access to opportunity based on protected characteristics”. These characteristics can include, but are not limited to, race, religion, sex, marital status, ancestry, national origin,color, familial status, or disability.

The AFFH analysis must contain the following:

1. Outreach

2. Assessment of Fair Housing
a. Key Data and Background Information
b. Fair Housing Enforcement and Outreach Capacity
c. Integration and Segregation Patterns and Trends
d. Racially or Ethnically Concentrated Areas of Poverty e. Disparitiesin Accessto Opportunity
f. Disproportionate Housing Needsin the Jurisdiction
g. Displacement Risk

3. Sites Inventory

4. Identification of Contributing Factors, Goals and Actions While thissection provides a focused analysis of fair housing issuesin Arvin,several othersections of the Housing Element address these issues and are included in this section by reference.

1. OUTREACH
The City of Arvin deeply values the role of public participation in the planning process and inclusively engages with all members of the Arvin community. This summary highlights those steps taken as part of the Housing Element Update.

CITY OF ARVIN WEBSITE
City of Arvin website (https://www.arvin.org/166/City-Planning) serves as the main conduit of information for individuals who can access material online. The website is regularly updated to reflect ongoingcommunity input opportunities, advertise draft housing element, and answer commonly asked questions. The website includes the following information:
• Upcoming meeting information
• Housing Element Workshops (Spanish and English)

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• Notices of Public Hearing
• Linksto Housing Element and other planning documents

GENERAL MULTI-LINGUAL ADVERTISEMENTS
The city utilized a variety ofmethodsto advertise the project, engage the community, and solicitinput on the Housing Element.These efforts are summarized herein to demonstrate the City’s meaningful commitment to community collaboration. The city prepared workshop flyers (in English and Spanish), and sent emails to stakeholders requesting involvement and providing flyers and outreach information in English and Spanish.

CITY COUNCIL/PLANNING COMMISSION WORKSHOP
In June 2023, a public workshop is being planned with the City Council and Planning Commission to provide an overview ofthe Housing Element Update, invite input on housing-related needs and priorities, and to give the community an opportunity to identify housing-related concerns.

COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS
As part of the public outreach effort, the city has conducted two community workshops on the Housing Element.

The first virtual stakeholder workshop was held on July 28, 2022 and the second public workshop was conducted on October 18, 2022, as part of the Planning Commission meeting at Arvin City Hall, 200 Campus Drive, Arvin. The community workshop discussed housing issues facing the city and received input for the development of the Housing Element.

Notices for the community workshops/meetings were published in the Arvin Tiller. All workshop notices were posted at City Hall and the library. The city also notified local organizations of the community workshops. The community workshop notices were sent out (English and Spanish), and in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), any resident in need of special assistance to participate in these workshops could contact the Office of the city Clerk by phone or email. Additionally, to involve as many participants as possible at the community workshops, a Spanish interpreter was available for the presentation and public comments.

STAKEHOLDER INPUT
City staff sought input from community stakeholders on housing issues in Arvin and to discuss the proposed housing programs. The stakeholders consulted included representatives from:
• Delores Huerta Foundation
• Committee for a Better Arvin
• Lideres Campesinas to discuss and clarify the proposed housing programs

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2. ASSESSMENT OF FAIR HOUSING ISSUES
This section provides an overview of available federal, state, and local data to analyze fair housing issues in Arvin. This data is supplemented with local knowledge of existing conditions in the community to present a more accurate depiction of fair housing issues in Arvin, and a more informed perspective from which to base goals, policies, and programs to affirmatively further fair housing. The following issues are addressed:
a. Key Data and Background Information
b. Fair Housing Enforcement and Outreach Capacity
c. Integration and Segregation Patterns and Trends
d. Racially or Ethnically Concentrated Areas of Poverty e. Disparitiesin Accessto Opportunity
f. Disproportionate Housing Needsin the Jurisdiction
g. Displacement Risk
a) KEY DATA AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Arvin is a participating city with Kern County and isserved by the Housing Authority of Kern County (HACK) which provides low-income residents of Kern County with wide-ranging programs for safe and affordable housing, and with community and economic development programs for self-sufficiency and home ownership.

The city supports the recommendations of the 2014 San Joaquin Valley Fair Housing and Equity Assessment (FHEA) that was prepared by the California Coalition for Rural Housing. The FHEA analyzes patterns in racial and economic segregation, discusses how segregation impacts individuals’ and families’ ability to access housing opportunity, and proposes strategies and recommendations to create more equitable and integrated communities. Some of the recommendations include:

Use the data and findings in the FHEA document to guide local Consolidated Planning Processes, ongoing CDBG and HOME funding allocations, Housing Elements Processes, and other city planning documents.
1) Actively seek funding for marginalized or distressed communities, such as Transit Oriented Development Funds, Strategic Growth Council grants, HCD's Housing-Related Parks Program, Safe Routes to School, and Brownfield funding.
2) Develop and implement a proactive code enforcement program that holds property owners accountable and proactively plans for resident relocation when necessary. 3) Consider new technologies and/or products such as modular housing construction to reduce costs and increase access to housing.
4) Prioritize basic infrastructure improvements like water, sewer, and street lights. 5) Support acquisition and rehabilitation programs to combat vacant or blighted properties. 6) Use the FHEA data and the opportunity indices to help guide site selection of affordable housing developments.
7) Use design tools to seamlessly integrate affordable housing development into larger mixedincome developments. 8) Develop a program to educate and encourage landlords to accept Housing Choice Vouchers.

The city is also committed to providing information on fair housing services through printed material to

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be available at City Hall and on the city’s website. The city makes provisions for Spanish translation of print materials and provides interpreters at community workshops. b) FAIR HOUSING ENFORCEMENT AND OUTREACH CAPACITY
The City’s fair housing services are provided by the Housing Authority of the County of Kern (HACK). HACK provides fair housing education and empowerment services to all residents of Kern County. HACK provides comprehensive fair housing enforcement, education, and outreach services, including:

1. Pre-Purchase Home buying Counseling – one-on-one or group counseling sessions on mortgage readiness, fair housing education, budgeting for a mortgage payment, credit education, money management, and identifying and avoiding predatory lending. Participants who complete 8 – 12 hours of counseling may receive a Homebuyers Certificate of Completion.

2. Rental Assistance – counsel and assist clients with obtaining the information needed to find rent subsidies, access to affordable housing, budgeting for rent payments, education on client and landlords rights, and explanation of the eviction process.

3. Financial Literacy –counsel and assist clients in understanding and utilizing credit, asset building, debt management, budgeting, and understanding basic financial services.

4. Non-Delinquency Post Purchase Education –assist clients in keeping the home they purchased by teaching them to make wise decisions when it comes to budgeting and understanding the new homeowner responsibilities, including taxes and insurance, renovations, managing repairs and being a good neighbor.

5. Services for the Homeless – We assist clients in obtaining information and referrals to an emergency shelter and /or transitional housing.

The City of Arvin’s compliance with fair housing laws and regulations is explained in Table 1 below. The City is unaware of any findings, lawsuits, enforcement actions, settlements, or judgments related to fair housing or civil rights within its boundaries.

Table 1: Compliance with Fair Housing Laws
Law Description Compliance
California Fair
Employment and
Housing Act (FEHA)
The Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) applies to public and private employers, labor organizations and employment agencies and prohibits discrimination in housing and employment on the basis of protected characteristics.

The FEHA prohibits those engaged in the housing business – landlords, real estate agents, home sellers, builders, mortgage lenders, among others – from discriminating against tenants or homeowners on the basis of protected characteristics.

It is also illegal for cities, counties, or other local government agencies to make zoning or land-use decisions, or have policies, that discriminate against individuals based on those traits.

The city complies with employment requirements
through strict enforcement of hiring practices and
regular training of hiring managers and human
resources staff.

All development projects with City funding are
required to comply with FEHA.

Under the Community Development Block Grant
Program, the County of Kern operates a Fair Housing
Program under Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 aimed at combating illegal discrimination in housing.

The City refers all parties with concerns regarding
housing discrimination or believe they have been
unfairly treated in housing matters to Kern County’s
Information Line - (661) 862-5299, both in English and
Spanish.

Also, the City’s policies and land use decisions do not discriminate against individuals based on protected
characteristics

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Table 1: Compliance with Fair Housing Laws
Law Description Compliance
Government Code
Section 65008
Covers actions of a city, county, city and county, or other local government agency, and makes those actions null and void if the action denies an individual or group of individuals the enjoyment of residence, landownership, tenancy, or other land use in the state because of membership in a protected class, the method of financing, and/or the intended occupancy.

For example, a violation under Government Code section 65008 may occur if a jurisdiction applied more scrutiny to reviewing and approving an affordable development as compared to market-rate developments, or multifamily housing as compared to single family homes.

Compliance is achieved by uniform application of the
City’s codes, regulations, policies and practices,
including development standards, design guidelines,
application submittal requirements, fees and approval
findings.

Arvin supports the recommendations of the San
Joaquin Valley Fair Housing and Equity Assessment
and cooperates with the State in the development of the Assessment of Fair Housing
Government Code
Section 8899.50
Requires all public agencies to administer programs and activities relating to housing and community development in a manner to affirmatively further fair housing and avoid any action that is materially inconsistent with its obligation to affirmatively further fair housing.

Compliance is achieved through consultations with
community stakeholders and support agencies as part
of programevaluation and funding decisions.

Government Code
Section 11135 et
seq.

Requires full and equal access to all programs and activities operated, administered, or funded with financial assistance from the state, regardless of one’s membership or perceived membership in a protected class.

Compliance is achieved through promotion/availability
of activities and programs to all persons of all
backgrounds to participate equally in community
programs and activities.

Density Bonus Law
(Gov. Code, §
65915.)
Density bonus law is intended to support the construction of affordable housing by offering developers the ability to construct additional housing units above an agency’s otherwise applicable density range, in exchange for offering to build or donate land for affordable or senior units. Density Bonus Law also provides for incentives intended to help make the development of affordable and senior housing economically feasible.

Compliance is achieved by City of Arvin Ordinance No.
2019-456. The city Council adopted Ordinance No.
2019-456 amending the Municipal Code, including the
Density Bonus Ordinance to comply with State law. As
part of the 6th Cycle amendments, the density bonus
ordinance will be updated to reflect current density
bonus laws, as explained in Chapter VI. C. Housing
Element Programs.

Housing
Accountability Act
(Gov. Code, §
65589.5.)
Provides that a local agency shall not disapprove a housing development project, for very low, low-, or moderate-income households, or an emergency shelter, or condition approval in a manner that renders the housing development project infeasible for development for the use of very low, low-, or moderate-income households, or an emergency shelter, including through the use of design review standards, unless it makes certain written findings, based upon a preponderance of the evidence in the record.

Compliance is achieved through the development
review process consistent with the Housing
Accountability Act. Additionally, the city continually
reviews its development standards and tensure they
facilitate an objective and equitable review of
applicable projects. These are supported by Housing
Programs 4, 8, 11, 13 including the density bonus
ordinance, 17, 22 and 23
No-Net-Loss Law
(Gov. Code, §
65863)
Ensures development opportunities remain available throughout the planning period to accommodate a jurisdiction’s RHNA allocation, especially for lower- and moderate- income households.

The City’s draft Housing Element identifies a surplus of sites with a capacity to accommodate the City’s RHNA
allocation. The city proposes to Update and Amend the
General Plan and Zoning Ordinance to accommodate the
RHNA allocation in the Housing Element. The city
reviews all General Plan and zoning amendment
applications to ensure there is no net loss in density or adequate sites to accommodate its housingneeds.

Least Cost Zoning
Law (Gov. Code, §
65913.1)
Provides that, in exercising its authority to zone for land uses and in revising its housing element, a city, county, or city and county shall designate and zone sufficient vacant land for residential use with appropriate standards, in relation to zoning for nonresidential use, and in relation to growth projections of the general plan to meet housing needs for all income categories as identified in the housing element of the general plan.

Compliance is achieved through the proposed
amendment and implementation of the City’s General
Plan & Zoning Ordinance and the implementation of
Housing Element Housing Plan Programs which commit
the city to ensuring adequate sites to accommodate the
City’s RHNA at densities and intensities consistent with those discussed in the Inventory of Residential Sites
section.

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Table 1: Compliance with Fair Housing Laws
Law Description Compliance
Excessive
Subdivision
Standards (Gov.

Code, § 65913.2.)
Provides that, in exercising its authority to regulate subdivisions a city, county, or city and county shall:
(a) Refrain from imposing criteria for design, as defined in Section 66418, or improvements, as defined in Section 66419, for the purpose of rendering infeasible the development of housing for any and all economic segments of the community. However, nothing in this section shall be construed to enlarge or diminish the authority of a city, county, or city and county under other provisions of law to permit a developer to construct such housing.
(b) Consider the effect of ordinances adopted and actions taken by it with respect to the housing needs of the region in which the local jurisdiction is situated.
(c) Refrain fromimposing standards and criteria for public improvements including, but not limited to, streets, sewers, fire stations, schools, or parks, which exceed the standards and criteria Compliance is achieved through the implementation of
a fair and equitable development review process which
is administrated consistent with the Excessive
Subdivision Standards Act.
being applied by the city, county, or city and county at that time to its publicly financed improvements located in similarly zoned districts within that city, county, or city and county.

Limits on Growth
Controls (Gov.

Code, § 65302.8.)
Provides that, if a county or city, including a charter city, adopts or amends a mandatory general plan element which operates to limit the number of housing units which may be constructed on an annual basis, such adoption or amendment shall contain findings which justify reducing the housing opportunities of the region. The findings shall include all of the following:
(a) A description of the city’s or county’s appropriate share of the regional need for housing.
(b) A description of the specific housing programs and activities being undertaken by the local jurisdiction to fulfill the requirements of subdivision (c) of Section 65302.
(c) A description of how the public health, safety, and welfare would be promoted by such adoption or amendment.
(d) The fiscal and environmental resources available to the local jurisdiction
The City’s draft Housing Element and the elements in
the City’s adopted General Plan do not include any
provisions which further limits (relative to the current Housing Element and prior General Plan) the
development of housing, except such provisions as may
be required by state or federal laws.

Housing Element
Law (Gov. Code, §
65583, esp. subds.
(c)(5), (c)(10).)
Section 65583 stipulates that the housing element shall consist of an identification and analysis of existing and projected housing needs and a statement of goals, policies, quantified objectives, financial resources, and scheduled programs for the preservation, improvement, and development of housing. The housing element shall identify adequate sites for housing, including rental housing, factory-built housing, mobile homes, and emergency shelters, and shall make adequate provision for the existing and projected needs of all economic segments of the community.

Subdivision (c)(5) provides that, in order to make adequate provision for the housing needs of all economic segments of the community, the program shall promote and affirmatively further fair housing opportunities and promote housing throughout the community or communities for all persons regardless of race, religion, sex, marital status, ancestry, national origin, color, familial status, or disability, and other characteristics protected by the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (Part 2.8 (commencing with Section 12900) of Division 3 of Title 2), Section 65008, and any other state and federal fair housing and planning law.

Compliance is achieved through preparation and
adoption of a Housing Element found to be in
substantial compliance with State Housing Element law
by the California Department of Housing and
Community Development.

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Analysis of Available Federal State and Local Data and Local Knowledge This section presents an overview of available federal, state, and local data to analyze fair housing issues in Arvin. These data sources are supplemented with local knowledge of existing conditions in the community to present a more realistic picture of fair housing concerns in Arvin and a more informed perspective from which to base goals, policies, and programs to affirmatively further fair housing. Figure 1 shows the 2023 Qualified Census Tracts (QCTs) and Difficult Development Areas (DDAs) in the region where City of Arvin is located.

Other Relevant Factors
The city works closely with County of Kern Council of Governments on the Fair Housing Program. It also works closely with the Housing Authority of the County of Kern which administers the Housing Choice Voucher Program. Eligible participants including very low-income families, the elderly, and the disabled are awarded vouchers enabling them to find housing in the private sector by paying the difference between 30% of an eligible household's income and the actual cost of renting a unit. Figure 2 shows housing choice vouchers and subsidized housing by census tract. As shown in Figure 3, there are 9 LIHTC-assisted housing developments, 2 assisted multifamily developments, 2 USDA rural housing developments and several public housing buildings located in Arvin.
c) INTEGRATION AND SEGREGATION PATTERNS AND TRENDS
To inform priorities, policies, and actions, an analysis of integration and segregation, including patterns and trends, related to people with protected characteristics. Segregation generally means a condition in which there is a high concentration of persons of a particular race, color, religion, sex, familial status, national origin, or having a disability or a particular type of disability when compared to a broader geographic area. Conversely, integration refers to a condition in which there is a not a high concentration of persons of a particular race, color, religion, sex, familial status, national origin, or having a disability or a particular type of disability when compared to a broader geographic area. The following analysis will analyze levels of segregation and integration for race and ethnicity, persons with disabilities, familial status, age, and income to identify the groups in Arvin that experience the highest levels of segregation. Minorities are often concentrated in impoverished areas and lack access to resources such as jobs, educational opportunities, life services and face other disadvantages.

The majority of subsidized and supported housing (Subsidized housing, LIHTC assisted housing developments, assisted multifamily development, rural housing developments and public housing) are located in the central-west area of the city, mostly south of E-Bear Mountain Boulevard and West of South Darby Street. The majority of Arvin residents are of Hispanic or Latino and there is a very high linguistic isolation as shown in Figure 4.

Figure 1 shows that areas south of East Bear Mountain Boulevard and North of Sycamore Road are areas of high segregation and poverty in the City of Arvin.

Diversity Index
Tracking the diversity of cities and countiesthroughout California is crucial to understanding the shifting demographics of raceand ethnicity in California and the United States. ESRI, a provider of geographic information system (GIS) software, locational intelligence, and mapping, has developed a Diversity Index, which captures the racial and ethnic diversity of a geographic area in a single number, from 0 to 100. Scores less than 55 represent lower diversity in the jurisdiction while scores of greater than 85represent higher diversity. Additionally, scores between 40-55 represent low diversity, 55-70 represent moderate diversity, and 70-85 represent high diversity.

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Table 2 (Housing Element Table No.5) depicts the demographic trends of different racial/ethnic categories within Arvin between 2000 and 2020. During this period, the total population of Arvin grew by 50.47 percent, however, growth in the last decade between 2010 and 2020 was a mere 0.99 percent.

Arvin’s Hispanic population was 87.5 percent of the total population in the year 2000. By 2020, the Hispanic population comprise of 94 percent of the population. The changing ethnic characteristics of a community, coupled with shifting in age composition, lead to changes in household composition and ensuing housing needs. The percentage of population that are White residents decreased from 9.8% in 2000 to 3.8% in 2020. The overall non-Hispanic population decreased from 12.5% in 2000 to 6% in 2020.

Figure 5 shows that Arvin in general has a lower diversity index with several pockets of very high nonwhite population (>80%). There are some pockets of moderate diversity index scores but mostly these are vacant parcels to the south, northwest and east of the city.

GINI Index
The GINI index is a measure of the extent to which the distribution of income among families/households within a community deviate from a perfect equal distribution. The scale is from 0 to 1, with 0 representing perfect equality and 1 representing the highest possible level of inequality.

Gini coefficient for California is 0.487. City of Arvin’s Gini index is 0.371. City of Delano in Kern County has an index of 0.434, whilst the community of Lamont within the unincorporated area of Kern County has a Gini index of 0.403 (source: California Open Data Portal – Income Inequality). The lower Gini index in Arvin is reflective of the low median income levels as shown in Figure 11.

Table 2:

Population by Race by Hispanic Origin Over Time
2000 Percent 2010 Percent 2020 Percent
Total: 12,956 19,304 21,220
Hispanic or Latino 11,341 87.5% 17,892 92.7% 19,952 94.0% Not Hispanic or
Latino 1,615 12.5% 1,412 7.3% 1,268 6.0%
White Alone 1,276 9.8% 985 5.1% 803 3.8%
Black Or African
American Alone 68 0.5% 102 0.5% 126 0.6%
American Indian and
Alaska Native Alone 33 0.3% 41 0.2% 9 0.0%
Asian Alone 132 1.0% 135 0.7% 305 1.4%
Native Hawaiian and
Other Pacific
Islander Alone 2 0.0% 2 0.0% 0 0.0%
Some Other Race
Alone 16 0.1% 30 0.2% 0 0.0%
Two Or More Races: 88 0.7% 117 0.6% 25 0.1%
Two Races Including
Some Other Race 0 0.0%
Two Races Excluding
Some Other Race,
And Three Or More
Races 25 0.1%
Source: 1990 US Census; 2000 US Census; 2010 US Census, 2016-2020 ACS

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FIGURE 1 CENSUS TRACT BOUNDARIES
Source: Office of Policy Development and Research (www.huduser.gov/portal/sadda/sadda_qct.html)

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FIGURE 2 : HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS BY CENSUS TRACT AND SUBSIDIZED HOUSING Sources: Kern Council of Governments Housing Needs Mapping Tool/ AFFH HCD 2.0

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FIGURE 3: PUBLIC HOUSING BUILDING, LIHTC AND MULTIFAMILY PROPERTIES Sources: California HCD Map Resources

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FIGURE 4: LINGUISTIC ISOLATION PERCENTILE
Sources: CalEnviroScreen 4 Indicator Maps

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FIGURE 5: 2018 DIVERSITY INDEX
Sources: Kern Council of Governments Housing Needs Mapping Tool/ AFFH HCD 2.0

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Dissimilarity Index
Another way to measure segregation is by using a dissimilarity index. This index measures how evenly any two groups are distributed across neighborhoods relative to their representation in a city overall.

The dissimilarity index at the jurisdiction level can be interpreted as the share of one group that would have to move neighborhoods to create perfect integration for these two groups.

The dissimilarity index ranges from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate that groups are more unevenly distributed (e.g., they tend to live in different neighborhoods).

Table 3 below provides the dissimilarity index values indicating the level of segregation in Kern County between White residents and non-White residents across four time periods (2010, 2018, 2020, and 2021).

Source: FRED Economic Data (fred.stlouisfed.org)
The high dissimilarity index reflects the increase in non-white population in Kern County. Considering the population distribution in Arvin of 94% Hispanic/Latino, Arvin will also have a high dissimilarity index.

Mapped Patterns of Integration and Segregation
Patterns of integration and segregation are considered for people with disabilities, familial status, and income groups. Relying primarily on data available from the US Census, it is possible to map and consider existing patterns which may indicate historical influences and future trends by census tract and census block groups.

Predominant Racial/Ethnic Population
The predominant race/ethnic population by census tract for Kern County is 56.1% Hispanic or Latino;

31.1% White alone, not Hispanic or Latino; 6% Black or African American; 5.6% Asian; and 2.8% American Indian and Alaska Native. Kern County overall is more diverse than City of Arvin (source: US Census).

Figure 6 shows the predominant racial/ethnic population by census tract for Arvin and surrounds. The predominant population in City of Arvin in 2020 is a Hispanic majority of 94% and 6% non-Hispanic population. Arvin’s Hispanic population was 87.5 percent of the total population in the year 2000. The percentage of population that are White residents decreased from 9.8% in 2000 to 3.8% in 2020.

Concentrations of Race and Ethnicity
Figure 7 provides another look at concentration of race in Arvin by affluence or poverty. It doesn’t show demarcation based on race; however, it does show pockets of poverty south of East Bear Mountain Boulevard. As outlined in Table 2, out of the 94% of the population that are Hispanic/Latino, 69.3% are White Alone, 18.4% are Some Other Race Alone and 5.8% are Two or More Races. As shown in Figure 6, the central and northern areas of the city have pockets of non-white population of greater than 80%.

Out of the 6% Non-Hispanic population, 3.8% are White Alone, 1.4% are Asian and 0.6% are Black or African American Alone.

Figure 5 depicts the diversity index in 2018. There is more diversity around Kovacevich Park, areas north Table 3: Racial Dissimilarity Index Values for Kern County Race 2010 2018 2020 2021
White to Non-White Racial
Dissimilarity

0.49 0.487 0.507 0.50

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of East Bear Mountain Boulevard and areas south of East Bean Mountain Boulevard and west of N Derby St, and mostly these areas have a higher number of vacant land parcels.

Population with a Disability
As shown in Figure 8, the city of Arvin mostly has a disability rate of <10% with the south east portion of the city having a rate of 10-20%. As per the 2020 American Community Survey, among Arvin’s population between the ages of 18 and 64, 5.6 percent were classified as having a disability. About 4.7 percent of the total population were aged 65 and older, of which about 33 percent were found to have one or more forms of disability. Table 4 (Table 26 of Housing Element) shows that five percent of the total population are reported to be disabled, among whom the most prevalent disability was ambulatory difficulties (53.8%). The mobility limitation does not necessarily indicate a need for special need/supportive housing and statistics on the total number of disabled persons needing supportive housing in the city is not available. Using the national standard of one to three percent of the total disabled population needing supportive housing, it can be estimated that the city has approximately 15 to 45 disabled individuals in need of supportive housing.

Table 4:

Disability by Type for the Population with a Disability (Detailed) City of
Arvin
Percent
Kern
County
Percent California Percent
With One or More Types of
Disability 1,067 98,426 4,146,951
Hearing Difficulty 211 19.8% 23,470 23.8% 1,147,500 27.7% Vision Difficulty 115 10.8% 19,029 19.3% 778,145 18.8%
Cognitive Difficulty 392 36.7% 36,914 37.5% 1,585,969 38.2% Ambulatory Difficulty 574 53.8% 51,480 52.3% 2,118,765 51.1% Self-Care Difficulty 361 33.8% 21,131 21.5% 964,579 23.3% Independent Living Difficulty 292 27.4% 35,762 36.3% 1,654,210 39.9% Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS16-20 (5-year Estimates), Table B18102 - B18107.

To assist disabled individuals in providing adequate housing to meet their needs, the State of California, in 1984, mandated Title 24, of the Uniform Building Code. Title 24 provides regulations for adaptability and accessibility of apartment units to provide for the safety and welfare of physically disabled inhabitants and visitors. An adaptable apartment is one that is accessible for entry and circulation and that can at any future point, be adapted to meet the specific needs of a person with disabilities. These improvements would include the installation of wider doors, grab bars, lower cabinets, lower light switches and sidewalk-to-front door ramps.

For persons with mental illness, the Mental Health Services Department provides a full range of services throughout the County. Services include initial assessment, crisis services, ongoing case coordination, case management, and counseling services, among others. Hospitalization and inpatient treatment and placement programs may be contracted for the Department with private providers.

Several County programs assist persons with physical disabilities. The Community Development Program Department operates the Home Access Program, providing grants for home accessibility improvements. In addition, HACK has made five percent of the affordable public housing stock accessible to persons with physical disabilities (45 units), and two percent of units adaptable to the sensory impaired (18 units).

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FIGURE 6: PREDOMINANT POPULATION BY CENSUS TRACTS
Sources: Kern Council of Governments Housing Needs Mapping Tool/ AFFH HCD 2.0

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FIGURE 7: RACIALLY CONCENTRATED AREAS OF AFFLUENCE/POVERTY Sources: Kern Council of Governments Housing Needs Mapping Tool/ AFFH HCD 2.0

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FIGURE 8: PERCENT OF POPULATION WITH A DISABILITY
Sources: Kern Council of Governments Housing Needs Mapping Tool/ AFFH HCD 2.0

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Percent of Population 18 Years and Over in Households Living with Spouse Figure 9 identifies the percent of population over the age of 18 years and over in households living with spouse in Arvin. 64.6% of total households in Arvin are married couple households, and an additional

9.9% households are cohabiting couple households. This is significantly greater than the average percentages for Kern County and State of California.

As shown in Table 5 (Table 31 in Housing Element), 92.9% of households in Arvin are family households, which is significantly greater than the averages for Kern County and California. Arvin also has larger households with more 3,4,5,6 and 7 person households compared to Kern County and the State.

Table 5
Households by Size
City of
Arvin
Percent Kern County Percent California Percent
Total: 4,711 273,556 13,103,114
Family
Households: 4,377 92.9% 201,939 73.8% 8,986,666 68.6%
2-Person
Household 613 13.0% 63,848 23.3% 3,209,170 24.5%
3-Person
Household 849 18.0% 42,009 15.4% 2,054,635 15.7%
4-Person
Household 1,145 24.3% 46,904 17.1% 1,945,127 14.8%
5-Person
Household 731 15.5% 27,461 10.0% 1,006,126 7.7%
6-Person
Household 596 12.7% 12,948 4.7% 433,324 3.3%
7-Or-More
Person
Household 443 9.4% 8,769 3.2% 338,284 2.6%
Percent of Children in Married Households
As shown in Figure 10, the percentage of children in married couple households vary across different areas of Arvin. Greater than 60% of households north of East B Mountain Boulevard and South of Sycamore Road have children in married households. Households south of East B Mountain Boulevard and North of Sycamore Road have more single parent female headed households.

Female-headed Households
Figure 11 identifies the percent of population in female-headed households. Arvin has a higher number of female headed households south of East Bear Mountain Boulevard and North of Sycamore Road.

These are also vulnerable sensitive households with higher levels of poverty. As shown in Table 5 (Table 31 in Housing Element), of the 4,711 total households in Arvin, female householders with no spouse or partner present accounted for 848 households or 18 percent. 60.8% of female headed households with children are below the poverty line. 11.8% of households have their own children under 18 and 4.4% of households living with children under the age of 18 who are not their own.

Families with female heads of household typically display a need for housing assistance due to the demand for day care services and lower wages earned and is therefore identified as a special needs group. Table 6 (Table 32 of Housing Element) shows that among married couple households, only 20.08 percent were below the poverty line, whereas among households with no spouse present, 60.8 percent

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were below the poverty line.

Single individuals with dependent children face a variety of housing problems. Single parent renters often have difficulty finding suitable housing due to the high cost of rent compared to income, as well as discriminatory housing practices. These problems are of particular concern for family households with a single female householder. Though the majority of female households were in the labor force, this segment of the community generally represents one of the lowest categories of wage earners as compared to other householders.

Table 6

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Large Families
Large families are defined as households with five or more members. Many large families are forced to occupy inadequately sized units because housing units that meet their needs are either unavailable or beyond their ability to pay. Table 5 shows that 15.5 percent of family households and zero percent of the non-family households in Arvin were composed of five or more persons, which by the State Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) definition is considered “large households”. This is more than the countywide proportion of large households, 10 percent of total family households and 0.1 percent of the non-family households in the County. This indicates a need for larger units for large households in the city. To address overcrowding, communities can provide incentives to facilitate the development of affordable apartments with three or more bedrooms to meet the needs of large households.

The shortage of large rental units can be alleviated through the provision of affordable ownership housing opportunities, such as homeownership assistance and self-help housing (through Habitat for Type City of Arvin Percent
Total: 4,711
Married-Couple Household 3,043 64.6%
With Own Children Under 18 Years 1,988 42.2%
With No Own Children Under 18 Years 1,055 22.4%
Cohabiting Couple Household 467 9.9%
With Own Children of The Householder Under 18 Years 337 7.2% With No Own Children of The Householder Under 18 Years 130 2.8% Female Householder, No Spouse or Partner Present 848 18.0% Living Alone 83 1.8%
With Own Children Under 18 Years 558 11.8%
With Relatives, No Own Children Under 18 Years 207 4.4% With Only Nonrelatives Present 0 0.0%
Male Householder, No Spouse or Partner Present 353 7.5% Living Alone 175 3.7%
With Own Children Under 18 Years 36 0.8%
With Relatives, No Own Children Under 18 Years 138 2.9% With Only Nonrelatives Present 4 0.1%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS16-20 (5-year Estimates), Table B11012

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Humanity and other organizations). In addition, Section 8 rental assistance provided by HACK can enable large families to rent units they otherwise cannot afford. HACK currently operates 941 public housing units, of which 123 are single-family units that can accommodate larger families. The County has also contributed CDBG and HOME funds to assist in the development of housing for large families.

Farmworkers
Agriculture is a key economic industry in Kern County, and particularly in Arvin. Agriculture plays a major role in the lives of Arvin’s residents. Classified in terms of industry, 3,565 individuals were employed in agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining positions, representing 47.5 percent of the total civilian employed population ages 16 and older of 7,511. In comparison, the Kern County average for these economic sectors was 14.7 percent. Almost all of those Arvin residents employed in this sector were in agriculture.

There were 1,731 farms located in Kern County according to the USDA 2017 Census of Agriculture. Some 22 percent of the farms employed only a single farm worker; some 46 percent employed between two and nine workers, and some 32 percent were larger farms employing ten or more workers. Table 7 (Table 28 of Housing Element) also indicates that migrant workers totaled 6,062, representing approximately 30 percent of total farm workers. Farmworkers are generally considered to have special housing needs because of their limited income and their seasonal and migratory nature of their work.

Table 7
Kern County – Farm Labor (2017)
Category Farms Percent Workers Percent
Farms with 1 worker 186 22.01 186 0.91
Farms with 2 workers 130 15.38 260 1.27
Farms with 3-4 workers 125 14.79 429 2.10
Farms with 5-9 workers 135 15.98 860 4.20
Farms with 10 or more 269 31.84 18734 91.52
Total farms and workers 845 100 20469 100
Migrant workers/ hired 84 85.71 5779 95.33
Migrant
workers/contract
14 14.29 283 4.67
Total migrant workers 98 100 6062 100
Source: USDA 2017 Census of Agriculture
https://www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/AgCensus/2017/Full_Report/Volume_1,_Chapter_2_County_Level/California/ In response to the need for farmworker housing and to comply with State Housing law, the City of Arvin adopted Ordinance No. 241 in July 2015, which amended the Zoning Ordinance to permit by-right housing reserved for person employed in various industries – though agriculture is the industry most often used in this category. Since agriculture is a key industry in Arvin, this is especially importance for farmworker housing. This ordinance permits by right up to six unrelated individuals to legally live in the same residential unit. Owners of employee housing are required to obtain a permit from the State Department of Housing and Community Development.

Housing options that are currently available to farm workers include privately- and publicly- owned farm worker housing. The 48-unit Sun Garden Village located at 701 Meyer Street is the only farmworker housing currently in Arvin. The Arvin Farm Labor Center #26 is located approximately five miles west of

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Arvin and has 88 units available for migrant farm workers.

Persons 65 Years of Age or Older

11.4% of households in Arvin have a householder 65 years of age or older. In 2012, 796 residents in Arvin were reported as 65 years or older, comprising 4.4 percent of the total population. As shown in Table 8 (Table 27 of Housing Element), there were 563 elderly households in the city in 2020 and about twothirds (67.2%) live in owner occupied units indicating high levels of home ownership. This compares to

50.3 percent of the total household in the city residing in owner occupied units. 27.5% of these households have an income of less than $15,000 per annum. It is also important to note that about 33 percent of the elderly in Arvin are identified as disabled.

There are many programs to accommodate the special needs of seniors, including but not limited to congregate care, supportive services, rental subsidies, shared housing, and housing rehabilitation assistance. For the elderly, or those with disabilities, housing with functional design features that accommodate disabilities can help ensure continued independent living. Elderly with mobility/self-care limitations also benefit from transportation alternatives. Senior housing with supportive services can be provided for those who require assistance with daily living.

The Senior Citizens Information and Referral Service provides seniors with information on available services in the County, including Social Security, Medicare, Medi-Cal, nutrition sites, discount cards, and transportation information, among other things. The Office on Aging also operates 27 senior nutrition sites at senior and community centers throughout the County. Home delivered meals are also available upon request. In Arvin, the senior nutrition site is located at the Arvin Senior Center located at 800 Walnut Drive.

TABLE 8
Senior Households by Tenure
City of Arvin City of Arvin
Total: 536
Owner Occupied: 360 67.2%
Householder 65 To 74 Years 273 75.8%
Householder 75 To 84 Years 21 5.8%
Householder 85 Years and Over 66 18.3%
Renter Occupied: 176 32.8%
Householder 65 To 74 Years 135 76.7%
Householder 75 To 84 Years 41 23.3%
Householder 85 Years and Over 0 0.0%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS16-20 (5-year Estimates), Table B25007 Median Household Income
The median household income of the city is $39,750, which is only 72.5% of the median income made by a household in Kern County as shown in Table 9 (Table 12 of Housing Element).

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Table 9
Income by Household Types
Type Median ($) Mean ($)
Households 39,750 49,056
Families 40,459 48,841
Married
Families
45,413 -
Non-Families 20,208 27,272
Source: US Census 2020 ACS 5-Year Survey (Table S1901)
The median income by census tract is also low (<$55,000) in Arvin with some areas to the east and northeast having a median income of <$30,000 as shown in Figure 11. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the estimated poverty threshold for a four-person household was approximately $26,496 in 2020. For two-person households, the threshold was $15,659 if the householder was age 65 or older, and $17,413 for householders under 65 years. Approximately one-third (29.6%) of the households (2020 census data) in Arvin were below the poverty level, while 16.7 percent of the County’s households were below the poverty level as outlined in Table 10 (Table 13 of Housing Element). Figures 7 and 12 also show the segregated areas with higher poverty levels, south of East Bear Mountain Boulevard and North of Sycamore Road.

Table 10
Households in Poverty over Time
2010 2020
Households with Income in the Past 12 Months below
Poverty Level 1,045 1,294
Total Households 3,497 4,377
Percent of Households in Poverty 29.9% 29.6%
Percent Change of Households in Poverty 0.0%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS16-20 (5-year Estimates), Table B17019. HCD Data Packet For senior citizen households (ages 65 years and over) the percentage of those below the poverty rate was 22 percent and for children under 18 the poverty rate is 40% in Arvin. 18 percent of households in Arvin are female headed households with children. 60.8% of these households are below the poverty line as shown in Table 11. Patterns of segregated economic wealth, albeit lower income levels, do exist in Arvin as illustrated in Figure 12. Poverty levels are greater than 40% for areas south of East Bear Mountain Boulevard and North of Sycamore Road. This coincides with areas have a high percentage of female headed households with low median income in line with the higher levels of poverty amongst this group.

The dependency ratio as outlined in Table 12 (Table 3 of the Housing Element), which is the ratio of the population under 18 and over 65 years of age to the population 18 to 64, is an indicator of the reliance of children and senior citizens on the working age population. The lower the dependency ratio, the lesser the “burden” is on a community’s working age residents. Table 12 shows that on average, a working age individual in the City of Arvin must support more dependents (0.77) than a working age resident in Kern County (0.66), which again indicates the need for dependent care and support systems for young children and youth.

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Table 11
Poverty Status of Families by Family Type and Marital Status Poverty Married-couple With no spouse present
Below Poverty Line 611 20.08% 594 60.8%
Above Poverty Line 2432 79.92% 383 39.2%
Total 3043 100% 977 100%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS16-20 (5-year Estimates), Table B17010 Note: The Census Bureau uses a federally defined poverty threshold that remains constant throughout the country and does not correspond to Area Median Income.

Table 12
Age Distribution and Dependent Population – Year 2020
Age Group Arvin Kern County
Under 5 11.8% 7.7%
5-17 27.0% 21.2%
18-34 26.1% 25.7%
35-64 30.2% 34.4%
65+ 5.0% 10.9%
Median Age 24.7 31.9
Age Dependency Ratio 77.8 66.4
Child Dependency Ratio 69.0 48.1
Old-Age Dependency Ratio 8.8 18.2
Source: 2020 ACS 5-Yr Est. Table S0101
As described in the Housing Element, City of Arvin is committed to supporting the development of fair and affordable housing for lower income households in locations throughout the city. Sites are identified for future growth and development that are designed to promote a more balanced and integrated pattern of household incomes.

Findings
The City has considered trends and patterns related to integration and segregation based on racial and ethnic factors, disability, family status, seniors, and median household income. City of Arvin faces some unique challenges compared to Kern County as a whole, as a significantly higher proportion of Arvin’s households are under the poverty line (29.6%). 94% of the city’s population are Hispanic/Latino. As a result, there is very high linguistic isolation that needs to be addressed. There are some patterns of isolation or segregation apparent especially with female headed households. Segregated areas with higher poverty levels are to the south of East Bear Mountain Boulevard and north of Sycamore Road. The city also has a significant need for dependent care and support systems for young children and youth, farm worker housing and housing appropriate for large families. Arvin will continue to participate in the

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implementation of Kern County housing programs and the Housing Plan. The city will continue to consider these findings in relation to program funding and resources to further reduce poverty levels, any patterns of isolation and segregation and increase access to housing. d) RACIALLY OR ETHNICALLY CONCENTRATED AREAS OF POVERTY (R/ECAP) HUD has developed a census tract-based definition of R/ECAPs to assist communities in identifying racially/ethnically concentrated areas of poverty (R/ECAPs), R/ECAP is defined as a racial/ethnic concentration threshold and a poverty test. The racial/ethnic concentration threshold is straightforward: R/ECAPs must have a non-white population of 50 percent or more. Regarding the poverty threshold, Wilson (1980) defines neighborhoods of extreme poverty as census tracts with 40 percent ormore of individuals living at or below the poverty line. Because overall poverty levels are substantially lower in many parts of the country, HUD supplements this with an alternate criterion. Thus, a neighborhood can be a R/ECAPs if it has a poverty rate thatexceeds 40% or is three or more times the average tract poverty rate for the metropolitan/micropolitan area, whichever thresholdis lower.

According to the HCD AFFH Dataset, there is no R/ECAP in the City of Arvin as shown in Figure 7. However, there are segregated areas of poverty to the south of East Bear Mountain Boulevard and north of Sycamore Road. Comparing Figures 11 and 6 on Household Income and Diversity (Predominant Population by Census Tract), no correlation was found between lower incomes and low diversity. The Housing Plan includes programs to encourage diversity and support housing needs in the city.

RACIALLY/CONCENTRATED AREAS OF AFFLUENCE (RCAA)
“Segregation is a continuum, with polarity between race, poverty, and affluence, which can be a direct product of the same policies and practices” in accordance with the Guidance Memo issued by the Housing and Community Development AFFH. While HCD does not have a standard definition for RCAAs, looking at the percentage of the White population and median household income can provide a good indicator for areas of affluence.

In addition to RECAPs utilized byHUD,scholars attheUniversity ofMinnesotaHumphrey School of Public Affairs created the Racially Concentrated Areas of Affluence (RCAAs) metric to tell the story of segregation more fully in the United States5. RCAAs are defined as census tracts where 1) 80 percent or more of the population is White, and 2) the median household income is $125,000 or greater (slightly more than double the national median household income in 2016).

Table 13 (Housing Element Table No. 4) on Median Household Income by Race or Hispanic Origin in City of Arvin, the median household incomes of White, non-Hispanic residents in City of Arvin are not greater than other races. However, this is not the case for County as whole. There is no census block in the city witha median household income of $125,000 and a population thatis 80 percent or more white. Assuch, there is no censustract in Arvin that fit these criteria, and it can be concluded that the City has no RCAAs.

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Table 13
Median Household Income by Race or Hispanic Origin
City of
Arvin
Kern
County
California
White Alone Non-Hispanic $37,969 $66,163 $90,496
Black Or African American
Alone Non-Hispanic $47,059 $39,422 $54,976
American Indian And Alaska
Native Alone Non-Hispanic $49,412 $60,182
Asian Alone Non-Hispanic $74,021 $101,380
Native Hawaiian And Other
Pacific Islander Alone NonHispanic $73,750 $81,682
Some Other Race Alone NonHispanic $43,442 $49,168 $59,287 Two Or More Races NonHispanic $31,588 $49,484 $76,733
Hispanic Or Latino of Any Race $39,469 $47,095 $62,330
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS16-20 (5-year Estimates), Table B19013. e) DISPARITIES IN ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITIES
The Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) together with the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee (TCAC) established the California Fair Housing Task Force to provide research, evidence-based policy recommendations, and other strategic recommendations to HCD and other related state agencies/departments to further the fair housing goals (as defined by HCD).

The TCAC/HCD Opportunity Map was developed showing that the characteristics of neighborhoods – such as poverty rates and the quality of local public schools – substantially impact long-term outcomes for low-income families and children. The TCAC/HCD Opportunity Map identifies areas in every region of the state whose characteristics are most strongly associated with positive economic, educational, and health outcomes for low-income families – particularly long-term outcomes for children – when compared to other neighborhoods in the same region. The map also identifies areas in California that are both high-poverty and racially segregated.

In 2017, the California TCAC adopted the TCAC/HCD Opportunity Map and associated policies into the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program. Since then, the number of affordable housing developments funded in higher resource neighborhoods has increased.

The opportunity maps are made from composite scores of three different domains made up of a set of indicators. The Task Force analyzed three domains (Economic, Environmental, Education) to establish the resource category for each block group. The Economic Domain analyzes poverty, level of adult education, employment rates, job proximity, and median home value in each block group, while the Education Domain analyzes math/reading proficiency, high school graduation rates, and the student poverty rate. The Environmental Domain looks at the CalEnviroScreen 4.0 Pollution indicators (Exposures and Environmental Effect indicators) and processed values. Figure 14 shows the locations of proposed vacant sites to accommodate the 6th Cycle RHNA. Table 14 shows the full list of indicators.

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FIGURE 9 : PERCENT OF POPULATION OVER 18 LIVING WITH SPOUSE Sources: Kern Council of Governments Housing Needs Mapping Tool/ AFFH HCD 2.0

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FIGURE 10: PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN MARRIED COUPLE HOUSEHOLDS Sources: Kern Council of Governments Housing Needs Mapping Tool/ AFFH HCD 2.0

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FIGURE 11: MEDIAN INCOME BY CENSUS BLOCK GROUP
Sources: Kern Council of Governments Housing Needs Mapping Tool/ AFFH HCD 2.0

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FIGURE 12: PERCENT OF POPULATION BELOW POVERTY LEVEL
Sources: Kern Council of Governments Housing Needs Mapping Tool/ AFFH HCD 2.0

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Table 14:

Domains and List of Indicators by Factors
Domain Indicator
Economic • Poverty
• Adult education
• Employment
• Job proximity
• Median home value
Education • Math proficiency
• Reading proficiency
• High school graduation rates
• Student poverty rates
Environmental • CalEnviroScreen
values

4.0 pollution indicator and
Source: California Fair Housing Task Force, Methodology for TCAC/HCD Opportunity Maps, December 2020.

Based on the domain scores, census tracts are categorized as Highest Resource, High Resource, Moderate Resource, Moderate Resource (Rapidly Changing), Low Resource, or areas of High Segregation and Poverty. According to the Task Force’s methodology, the tool allocates the 20% of the tracts in each region with the highest relative index scores to the “Highest Resource” designation and the next 20% to the “High Resource” designation. Each region then ends up with 40% of its total tracts as “Highest” or “High” resource. These 2 categories are intended to help State decision-makers identify tracts within each region that the research suggests low-income families are most likely to thrive, and where they typically do not have the option to live—but might, if given the choice. The remaining tracts are then evenly divided into “Low Resources” and “Moderate Resource”.

Figure 15 identifies the final resource categories of each census block group, as identified on the TCAC/HCD Opportunity Map. No census block groups of the city have the highest levels of opportunity with a small block showing moderate levels of opportunity. City of Arvin is mostly identified has high segregation and poverty.

Table 15 identifies the opportunity resources levels by census block group and the corresponding scores for economic, educational, and environmental indicators.

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Table 15: Opportunity Resource Levels by Census Tract
Census
Tract
Block Group Resource Level Economic Score Environmental Score Education Score 6029006301 1 Low Resource 0.477 0.084 0.224
6029006301 2 Low Resource 0.57 0.084 0.196
6029006303 1 High Segregation
and Poverty

0.421 0.103 0.224
6029006303 2 High Segregation
and Poverty

0.29 0.103 0.327
6029006304 1 High Segregation
and Poverty

0.243 0.252 0.224
6029006304 2 High Segregation
and Poverty

0.393 0.252 0.224
6029006304 3 High Segregation
and Poverty

0.654 0.252 0.327
6029006202 1 Moderate Resource 0.589 0.047 0.393
Source: California Department of Housing and Development, Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Data and Mapping Resources, accessed May 24, 2023 The City of Arvin has one census block group designated as moderate resource area on the TCAC/HCD Opportunity Map. A large portion of the city is designated as high segregation and poverty, and low resource area as shown in Figure 15. Figure 16 shows percentage of children in Female Householder and this area coincides with the high segregation and poverty areas shown in Figure 13.

Sites to accommodate the City’s lower-income 6th Cycle RHNA are generally located in low resource, and high segregation and poverty opportunity tracts. Given that the city does not have any high or highest resource areas, the City has no choice but to look at areas with lower levels of resources in order to accommodate new development. The City’s intent is to support new development by providing incentives to private investors through revised city ordinances and by committing to prioritize city investments in infrastructure (e.g., water supply and sewerage) to support these developments. Also, the City has distributed these units throughout the available resource levels to promote more equal and equitable patterns of opportunity.

As outlined in the Housing Element, City of Arvin is committed to facilitating equal and fair housing opportunities by taking meaningful actions to affirmatively further fair housing and address impediments identified in this AFFH analysis. In summary, the city faces challenges in promoting and providing a range of housing types and prices suitable for lower income households. Providing a range of affordable housing can help foster more inclusive communities and increase access to opportunities for persons of color, persons with disabilities, and other protected classes.

In addition, the city intends to monitor the AFFH actions on an annual basis in conjunction with the preparation of the Annual Progress Report (APR) to ensure the goals are being met. If any action items are not being achieved, the city will adjust its metrics, timeframes, and commitments as necessary to ensure it meets its AFFH goals.

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Figure 13
TCAC/HCD – HIGH SEGREGATION AND POVERTY 2023
Source: HCD AFFH Data Viewer
Economic Opportunity
The largest industries in Arvin in 2020 were Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, and Mining with 47.5% of total employment in this sector. This was followed by Educational Services, And Health Care and Social Assistance at 12.3%; Retail Trade at 9.7%; Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities at 6.1%; Construction at 5.2% and Manufacturing at 4.8%. As described above, the Fair Housing Task Force calculates economic scores based on poverty, adult education, employment, job proximity, and median home values. As shown in Table 15 above, the overall economic scores in Arvin range from 0.24 to 0.654.

The economic scores vary significantly in the city, with block groups 1 and 2 of census tract 6303, block groups 1 and 2 of census tract of 6304, and block group 1 of census tract 6301 having relatively lower economic scores, which are between 0.24 and 0.477. Three block groups have economic scores ranging from 0.57 and 0.654. Although the predominant racial and ethnic group concentration is similar throughout the city, as shown in Figure 6, census block groups with lower economic scores are also census block groups with a lower median household income. The concentration of low economic opportunity census tracts also shows strong correlations with female headed households.

As shown in Table 16, 54.5 percent of Arvin’s population aged 16 and over were employed in 2020, with no residents employed in the armed forces. In Kern County, 51.2 percent of the working age population were employed in the civilian sector and one-half percentage point were in the armed forces. The unemployment rate within the civilian labor force was higher in Arvin than within the County, 9.3 percent, and 7.7 percent, respectively. In total, Arvin had a higher work force participation rate than Kern County;

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36.2 percent of the working age population of Arvin was not in the labor force compared to the countywide rate of 40.6 percent.

Table 16:

Industry in which the Civilian Employed Population 16 Years and Over is Employed 2010 Percent 2015 Percent 2020 Percent
Total: 6,457 100.0% 7,689 100.0% 7,511 100.0%
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting,
and Mining 3,027 46.9% 4,210 54.8% 3,565 47.5%
Construction 451 7.0% 310 4.0% 393 5.2%
Manufacturing 184 2.8% 251 3.3% 363 4.8%
Wholesale Trade 205 3.2% 287 3.7% 262 3.5%
Retail Trade 591 9.2% 519 6.7% 726 9.7%
Transportation and Warehousing, And
Utilities 417 6.5% 212 2.8% 459 6.1%
Information 36 0.6% 15 0.2% 7 0.1%
Finance and Insurance, And Real Estate,
and Rental and Leasing 71 1.1% 77 1.0% 26 0.3%
Professional, Scientific, And Management,
and Administrative, And Waste Management
Services 148 2.3% 287 3.7% 195 2.6%
Educational Services, And Health Care and
Social Assistance 912 14.1% 825 10.7% 924 12.3%
Arts, Entertainment, And Recreation, And
Accommodation and Food Services 241 3.7% 417 5.4% 155 2.1% Other Services, Except Public
Administration 117 1.8% 147 1.9% 309 4.1%
Public Administration 57 0.9% 132 1.7% 127 1.7%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS16-20 (5-year Estimates), Table C24050.

Agriculture plays a major role in the lives of Arvin’s residents. Classified in terms of industry, 3,565 individuals were employed in agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining positions, representing 47.5 percent of the total civilian employed population ages 16 and older of 7,511. In comparison, the Kern County average for these economic sectors was 14.7 percent. Table 17 shows the occupational distribution of the residents of Arvin in 2020. Almost half (47.7%) of the employed individuals were occupied in the Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance Sector, compared to less than twenty percent for Kern County as a whole. At the same time, the proportions of Arvin workers in the Management, Business, Science, and Arts categories were less than a third of the Countywide average.

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Table 17:

Employment by Occupation

Percent Percent Percent
City of
Arvin
City of
Arvin
Kern
County
Kern
County
California California
Total: 7,511 346,787 18,646,894
Management, Business, Science, And
Arts Occupations: 723 9.6% 97,672 28.2% 7,517,770 40.3% Service Occupations: 794 10.6% 65,082 18.8% 3,376,613 18.1% Sales And Office Occupations: 762 10.1% 66,376 19.1% 3,903,884 20.9% Natural Resources, Construction, And
Maintenance Occupations: 3,762 50.1% 67,998 19.6% 1,638,447 8.8% Production, Transportation, And
Material Moving Occupations: 1,470 19.6% 49,659 14.3% 2,210,180 11.9% Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS16-20 (5-year Estimates), Table 24050.

Greater than 50% of total employment for City of Arvin residents are in Natural Resources, Construction and Maintenance compared to 19.6% in Kern County and 8.8% in California. Only 9.6% of employment is in Management, Business, Science and Arts compared to 28.2% in Kern County and 40.3% in the State.

Figure 3 shows census tracts 6303 and 6304 qualify for Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC), which is a tax incentive intended to increase the availability of low-income housing. Section 42 provides an income tax credit to owners of newly constructed or substantially rehabilitated low-income rental housing projects.

Table 18 (Table 43 of Housing Element) depicts overpayment conditions among Arvin households in 2018, detailed by tenure and income level. Out of the estimated 4,865 households, 2170 households (44.6%) were overpaying for housing at a cost burden over 30 percent, while 950 households (19.5 percent) had cost burdens greater than 50 percent MFI (Median Family Income). Median family income is calculated based on the income of the householder and all other individuals 15 years old and over in the household who are related. A household could just have the householder, while a family household will have more than one person (the householder and all other individuals 15 years old and over in the household who are related). Figure 18 shows the housing burden percentile in Arvin.

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Table 18
ARVIN HOUSEHOLDS OVERPAYING FOR HOUSING BY INCOME LEVEL - 2018 Household Income
Owner Renter Total
Number % Number % Number %
Less than 30% MFI 170 725 895
Cost Burden >30% 150 88.2% 610 84.1% 760 84.9%
Cost Burden >50% 130 76.5% 435 60.0% 565 63.1%
30-50% MFI 440 835 1275
Cost Burden >30% 325 73.9% 555 66.5% 790 62.0%
Cost Burden >50% 155 35.2% 185 22.2% 340 27.0%
50-80% MFI 805 605 1410
Cost Burden >30% 355 44.0% 230 38.0% 585 41.5%
Cost Burden >50% 30 3.7% 15 2.5% 45 3.2%
80-100% MFI 270 110 380
Cost Burden >30% 35 13.0% 0 0.0% 35 9.2%
Cost Burden >50% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
More than 100% MFI 695 210 905
Cost Burden >30% 10 1.4% 0 0.0% 10 1.1%
Cost Burden >50% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
Total 2380 2485 4865
Cost Burden >30% 875 36.8% 1395 56.1% 2170 44.6%
Cost Burden >50% 315 13.2% 635 25.6% 950 19.5%
Source: HUDuser website, CHAS Data Query Tool (2015-2019).

Educational Opportunity
TCAC’s education score is based on math proficiency, reading proficiency, high school graduation rates, and the student poverty rate. As shown in Table 15 earlier, the overall education opportunity scores in Arvin range from 0.196 to 0.393. City of Arvin has similar scores to the surrounding region, except for the area outside of the city to the southeast. Figure 20 shows the Education Percentile scoresfor Arvin which are between 70 and 90 percentiles.

The Arvin Union School District enrolls 2993 students (2021-22 Ed Data Education Data Partnership) from kindergarten through 8th grade (Bear Mountain Elementary school, 1501 Hood Street, Arvin; Sierra Vista Elementary School, 300 Franklin St, Arvin; Haven Drive Middle School, 341 Haven Drive, Arvin; El Camo). The Kern High School District enrolls students from 9th through 12th grade (Kern Workforce Academy with a 10th grade to 12th grade enrolment of 412 students (2021-22) and Arvin High School, 900 Varsity Road, Arvin with an enrolment of 2893 students (2021-22).

The Kern County Office of Education has an enrolment of 5,490 students (census day) and cumulative enrolment of 7,543 students with an Ethnic Diversity Index of 26. Fluent English Proficiency is 19.96%, Free/Reduced Meals uptake is 73.3%. Chronic absenteeism is reported at 35.3%, Suspension rate of 4.7% and

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Staff to Student Ratio is not available. The overall CAASPP-Math Standard performance is 17.69% and CAASPPELA Standard performance of 32.03%. The Total General Fund Revenue in the school district is $247 million with expenditure reported at $231 million. Regarding college readiness, Cohort Graduates is 94.1% and Cohort Graduates by Socio-Economic Disadvantage is 95.1%. Table 19 summarizes overall Student Performance by ethnicity:

Table 19
Kern County Office of Education Student Performance by Ethnicity 2021-22 Ethnicity Enrolment
(%)
Math
Standard
(%)
ELA
Standard
(%)
CAASP
Science
(%)
Cohort
Graduates
(%)
Cohort
Dropouts
(%)
Asian 1.1 40 40
Black or
African
American

2.7 1.92 7.69
Hispanic
or Latino

75.1 9.87 23.58 97.6 52.7
Two or
More
Races

1.3 27.91 40.91
White 17.5 24.53 40.91 80 59.6
Overall 32.03 17.69
District 34 22 6.35
California 47 33 29.47
Source: Ed Data Education Data Partnership – Fiscal, Demographic and Performance Data on California’s K-12 Schools, Date Accessed 28 May 2023 The ethnic/racial make-up was: 75.1% Hispanic, 1.1% Asian, 17.5% White, 2.7% African American, 0.4% Native American, 1% Filipino, and 1.3% two or more races.

Arvin Union contains 4 schools and 3,024 students. The district’s minority enrolment is 100%. Also, 94.5% of students are economically disadvantaged.
(Source: https://www.usnews.com/education/k12/california/districts/arvin-union-114749 ).

Students in the City generally have access to only lower-scoring schools. In Arvin Union School District (AUSD), 96 percent of AUSD’s student population is of Hispanic/Latino decent. Sixty-six percent of its student population is English Learners, with Spanish being the primary language of 97 percent of these students. Nine percent of AUSD’s student population receives special education services, primarily to assist with speech or language impairments and specific learning disabilities. (Source: City of Arvin Economic Development Strategy, 2016).

Grow Academy Arvin is a K-8 charter school that embraces a unique blended learning environment for education with a mission to close the achievement gap for students in the rural areas of Kern County by creating an environment for student excellence and wellbeing. The curriculum is tailored to reflect individual student achievement and involvement. The enrolment was 762 students in 2021-22 school year (www.gaarvin.org). 40.55% of students are English Learner, 33.6% of students are socio-economically disadvantaged, 10.10% of students have a disability and 95.14% of students are Hispanic/Latino. 48.8% of students are female, 4.59% of students are migrants. 2.76% of students are White and 1.18% of students are Black or African American. School achieved an ELA standard of 35% and Math standard of 20%.

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Kern Community College District
The Kern Community College District (KCCD) was established in 1968 and is comprised of three community colleges (Bakersfield College, Cerro Coso Community College, and Porterville College) and three satellite campuses in Bishop, Delano, Edwards AFB, Lake Isabella and Mammoth Lakes. It serves more than 30,000 students and the City of Arvin lies within KCCD catchment area. Bakersfield College is 22 miles from the City of Arvin and is the nearest of the KCCD community colleges or satellite campuses. Many AHS students enroll in the over 100 associate degrees and certificate programs and short-term career training programs offered by Bakersfield College.

California State University, Bakersfield
Twenty-five miles from the City of Arvin, California State University, Bakersfield (CSUB) is the nearest 4-year university. Established in 1965, CSUB serves an estimated 10,500 students (estimated 8800 undergraduate students). Many AHS students enroll at CSUB to take advantage of the university’s 57 undergraduate programs across four schools – Arts and Humanities; Business and Public Administration; Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Engineering; and Social Sciences and Education. 64% of students are Hispanic/Latino, 14% are White, 7% are Asian, 4% are Black, 4% are International and 2% are Two or More Races. 61% of students are Pell grant recipients. 66% of students are Female, 41% of students come from households with an annual income of less than $30,000, and 68% of students are from households of less than $48,000 in annual income.

17.6% of the county population age 25 years or over has a Bachelor’s or higher-level degree compared 35.3% statewide. 75.95% of the county population age 25 years is a High School graduate compared to 84.2 % statewide. (Source: census data estimate 2022).

Environmental Opportunity
Environmental health scores are determined by the Fair Housing Task Force based on CalEnviroScreen 4.0 pollution indicators and values. CalEnviroScreen analyzes data on environmental, public health and socioeconomic conditions in California’s 8,000 census tracts to provide a clear picture of cumulative pollution burdens and vulnerabilities in communities throughout the state. The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) compiles these scores to help identify California communities disproportionately burdened by multiple sources of pollution. In addition to environmental factors (pollutant exposure, groundwater threats, toxic sites, and hazardous materials exposure) and sensitive receptors (seniors, children, persons with asthma, and low birth weight infants), CalEnviroScreen also takes into consideration socioeconomic factors. These factors include educational attainment, linguistic isolation, poverty, and unemployment. The tool has helped CalEPA and other local, state and federal agencies ensure their activities address these pollution burdens and protect those communities from additional ones. CalEPA uses CalEnviroScreen to prioritize enforcement and outreach in vulnerable communities.

As shown in Table 15 earlier, the overall environmental scores in Arvin range from 0.087 to 0.252 making it a vulnerable or disadvantaged community, as the entire community has a relatively low environmental score.

CalEnviroScreen 4 percentiles in City of Arvin range from 73 to 87, with high exposures to ozone pollution, pesticides, and poor drinking water quality. Census tract ending in 6304 has exposures to lead from housing

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and to hazardous waste. The community also has a high cardiovascular disease burden along with challenging socioeconomic factors such as low-income households, education, linguistic isolation, poverty, and unemployment. Most of these factors are interrelated, for example impoverished populations are likely to experience adverse health outcomes, a high degree of linguistic isolation among members of the community, which in turn impacts access to health information and public services and effective engagement with the regulatory processes. Figure 17 shows Arvin is also a SB535 Disadvantaged Community.

A review of predominant racial populations, neighborhood diversity, household types, median income, persons with a disability, and seniors does not indicate that these areas correspond with any concentration of these protected classes in areas with lower environmental scores versus higher scores. As shown in Figures 21 and 22, most of Alvin city have high cumulative impacts and high pollution burden percentiles across the census tracts. Comparing the City’s environmental scores to the distribution of protected classes, there are no discernible patterns of concentration of protected classes in the City’s areas with less positive environmental outcomes.

A disadvantaged community or environmental justice community (“EJ Community”) is identified by the California Environmental Protection Agency (“CalEPA”) as “areas that is disproportionately affected by environmental pollution and other hazards that can lead to negative health effects, exposure, or environmental degradation,” and may or may not have a concentration of low-income households, high unemployment rates, low homeownership rates, overpayment for housing, or other indicators of disproportionate housing need. In February 2021, the California Office for Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (COEHHA) released the fourth version of CalEnviroScreen, a tool that uses environmental, health, and socioeconomic indicators to map and compare community’s environmental scores. In the CalEnviroScreen tool, communities that have a cumulative score in the 75th percentile or above (25 percent highest score census tracts) are those that have been designated disadvantaged communities under SB 535. Communities that are identified as an EJ Community based on their cumulative pollution exposure score are targeted for investment through the State cap-and-trade program. However, the condition of these communities poses fair housing concerns due to disproportionate exposure to unhealthy living conditions. As shown in CalEPA’s Disadvantaged Communities Map 2022 (Figure 17), City of Arvin is an EJ Community. The exception is census tract ending 6303.

City of Arvin is an area disproportionately burdened by and vulnerable to multiple sources of environmental pollution. Its air quality, for example, places it among communities in California that consistently exceed the State’s 8-hour ozone concentration levels of 0.070 parts per million. The condition of drinking water in the City of Arvin places it among the communities in California that have concentrations of multiple contaminants in their drinking water supplies.

Environment and social justice seek to remedy a history of unfair treatment of communities, predominantly communities of low-income residents and people of color. It is recognized that these communities experience disproportionate impacts from one or more environmental hazards, socio-economic burdens, or both. It is also recognized that these residents have been excluded from policy setting and decision-making processes and were not afforded the benefits that other communities received.

Kern Council of Governments’ Regional Transportation Plan 2022 includes the Sustainable Community Strategy designed to help reduce emissions from passenger vehicle travel. The Kern Climate Change Task Force

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was formed in 2009 to assist Kern COG and its member agencies to meet the goals and objectives of Senate Bill No. 375 (SB 375) that was introduced as a result of AB 32, California climate change legislation. The City takes a multitude of actions to improve the environment and address sustainability. One of the key goals in City of Arvin’s Strategic Plan is to ‘Enhance the quality of life providing educational and recreational opportunities, and by being good environmental stewards’. Through this goal, the City commits to establishing a focus on environmental sustainability and have committed to the following actions:
a. Engage/partner with San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (SJVAPCD) b. Develop and adopt a Climate Action Plan
c. Implement Climate Action Plan
d. Develop an Air Quality Improvement Plan for Arvin
Transportation
Availability of efficient, affordable transportation can be used to measure fair housing and access to opportunities. The City of Arvin Transportation Department provides transportation for residents and visitors.

The City is served by Four Arvin Transit routes – Arvin Local, Arvin to Lamont, Arvin to Tejon and Arvin to Bakersfield. The Arvin local route runs every 30 minutes. The service is free for Americans with Disabilities (ADA) Attendant and Children under 5 (travelling with fare paying adult). ADA certified passenger and Seniors (60 and above) are charged $0.75, and General Public is charged $1. There are 6 round trips a day between Arvin and Lamont, 2 round trips a day between Arvin and Tejon Industrial Complex, and 2 round trips a day between Arvin and Bakersfield.

The city is also undertaking a Clean Mobility Program whereby the community transportation needs are being assessed including barriers to mobility and community preferences on public transit. Arvin transit is conducting a community survey which is available in English and Spanish. This program will enable the City of Arvin to keep pace with City’s future transportation needs, better understand customer preferences and studying possible new bus routes as riders' needs expand. Their modern fleet is equipped with lifts and bike racks and provides comfortable transport for people with disabilities, the elderly, parents with prams etc. The fleet also includes no emissions buses. Most buses are low-floor design and use a ramp to provide access to passengers using wheelchairs.

The Dial-A-Ride Program (transit on demand) is a service that picks up seniors (age 60 and older) and Americans with Disabilities (ADA) through a reservation-based service. It’s offered on weekdays from 8am to 3.30pm, and a trip can be scheduled by calling Arvin Transit at 661-854-3139. The pick-ups and drop-offs are from/to locations requested by the patrons.

All Transit is a data tool that measures access to transit, connectivity, and service availability. The tool analyzes the transit frequency, routes, and access to determine an overall transit score at the city, county, and regional levels. According to All Transit, the City of Arvin has a transit performance score of 0.7, with an average household having access to 25 trips per week within 0.5 mile.

The low score is attributed to ‘very low combination of trips per week and number of jobs accessible enabling negligible number of people to take transit to work’. Nearby cities of Lamont and Bakersfield have transit

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performance scores of 2.4 and 4.4 respectively. There is no discernible connection between access to transit and location and areas with any predominant population by race or ethnicity or with concentrations of seniors and female-headed households with children.

Findings
Overall, it appears that residents of Arvin have low levels of access to opportunities– Low Resource, High Segregation and Poverty. One block has access to Medium Resource. The economic, educational and environmental opportunity scores are generally low across all census tracts in the City, and they vary across census tracts. Greater than 50% of total employment for City of Arvin residents are in Natural Resources, Construction and Maintenance compared to 19.6% in Kern County and 8.8% in California. Only 9.6% of employment is in Management, Business, Science and Arts compared to 28.2% in Kern County and 40.3% in the State.

Although the predominant racial and ethnic group concentration is similar throughout the city, as shown in Figure 6, census block groups with lower economic scores are also census block groups with a lower median household income. The concentration of low economic opportunity census tracts also shows strong correlations with female headed households. Census tracts 6303 and 6304 qualify for Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC), which is a tax incentive intended to increase the availability of low income housing. 44.6% of households are overpaying for housing at a cost burden over 30 percent, while 19.5% of the households have cost burdens greater than 50 percent MFI (Median Family Income).

The city is generally served by lower performing schools and has less access to educational opportunity.

City of Arvin is also an area disproportionately burdened by and vulnerable to multiple sources of environmental pollution. Sites to accommodate the City’s 6th Cycle RHNA, including its lower-income units, are distributed primarily in low resource areas. f. DISPROPORTIONATE HOUSING NEEDS AND DISPLACEMENT
US Census defines an overcrowded unit as one occupied by 1.01 persons or more per room (excluding bathrooms and kitchens). Units with more than 1.5 persons per room are considered severely overcrowded. Overcrowding can take a variety of forms. Many overcrowded households may include three generations or extended families. More than two families may share the same units, or a family may be renting living space to non-family members. Overcrowding results directly from lack of affordability, as large households find that they are unable to afford units of sufficient size to meet their needs and are forced to economize beyond modern acceptable standards.

Table 20 (Table 44 of Housing Element) shows that in 2020, 1218 households in Arvin were living in overcrowded and severely overcrowded conditions. These households represented 26.4 percent of the total 4711 households in the city. Table 21 (Table 45 of Housing Element) shows that renters comprised

35.9 percent of the overcrowded and severely overcrowded households within the city’s total occupied housing stock. With the high percentage of overcrowding and severe overcrowding and the high number of households in low and extremely low-income household, there is a need to provide assistance in to develop programs to address affordability and overcrowding.

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A household is considered cost burdened if the household pays more than 30% of its total gross income for housing costs. For renters, housing costs include rent paid by the tenant plus utilities. For homeowners, housing costs include mortgage payment, taxes, insurance, and utilities. 44.6% of households are overpaying for housing at a cost burden over 30 percent, while 19.5% of the households have cost burdens greater than 50 percent MFI (Median Family Income).

Table 20
OVERCROWDED HOUSEHOLDS IN ARVIN - 2020
City of Arvin
City of
Arvin
Kern
County
Kern
County
California California
Total 4,711 273,556 13,103,114

0.50 or Less 1,025 21.8% 146,558 53.6% 7,507,254 57.3%

0.51 to 1.00 2,410 51.2% 101,834 37.2% 4,520,122 34.5%

1.01 to 1.50 971 20.6% 17,723 6.5% 680,753 5.2%

1.51 to 2.00 247 5.2% 5,432 2.0% 287,225 2.2%

2.01 or More 58 1.2% 2,009 0.7% 107,760 0.8%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 16-20 (5-year Estimates), Table B25014 Table 21
Overcrowded Households in Arvin by Tenure – 2010-2020
2010 2010 2015 2015 2020 2020
Total 3,991 4,533 4,711
Owner Occupied 2,069 51.8% 2,085 46.0% 2,370 50.3%
Owner - 0.50 or Less 566 27.4% 513 24.6% 661 27.9%
Owner - 0.51 to 1.00 1,207 58.3% 1,259 60.4% 1,273 53.7% Owner - 1.01 to 1.50 261 12.6% 260 12.5% 346 14.6%
Owner - 1.51 to 2.00 35 1.7% 47 2.3% 51 2.2%
Owner - 2.01 or
More 0 0.0% 6 0.3% 39 1.6%
Renter Occupied 1,922 48.2% 2,448 54.0% 2,341 49.7%
Renter - 0.50 or Less 394 19.0% 412 16.8% 364 15.5%
Renter - 0.51 to 1.00 732 35.4% 1,286 52.5% 1,137 48.6% Renter - 1.01 to 1.50 651 31.5% 632 25.8% 625 26.7%
Renter - 1.51 to 2.00 103 5.0% 118 4.8% 196 8.4%
Renter - 2.01 or
More 42 2.0% 0 0.0% 19 0.8%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 06-10, 11-15, 16-20 (5-year Estimates), Table B25014 To address displacement risks due to low income, overcrowding and overpayment, the city will implement a range of programs including access to information, clean up/fix up campaigns, and support to lower income residents with affordable home ownership and rental opportunities

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(Programs 1, 2,3,6,7,8, 9, 15, 17, 19, 22 and 24).

Future Growth Needs
The City’s future growth need is based on the RHNA, which allocates production of 17 extremely-low, 107 very-low, 79 low-income, and 971 moderate and above moderate units to the City for the 2023- 2031 planning period. The Housing Element shows the City’s ability to meet its 2023-2031 RHNA need at all income levels and demonstrates the City’s ability to accommodate the anticipated future affordable housing needs of the community. Figure 14 shows that vacant lots for future growth are located mostly to the South-west and North of the City. Land occupied by deteriorated and/or dilapidated buildings in the South of Haven Drive and North of Hood Street has the potential to create a healthy, viable mix of housing for low-income groups and household sizes. It can involve the construction of new dwelling units in addition to those that are replaced, since parcels with blighted structures, for a variety of reasons, frequently have not been developed to their maximum potential density. Recycling, then, can have the dual benefit of both augmenting the city’s housing supply and improving the quality of dwelling units and neighborhoods. .

Existing Needs
The City continues to review its zoning ordinances and actively liaises with affordable housing developers to help facilitate the development of housing for lower-income households. Arvin experienced approximately 49 percent population growth between 2000 and 2010 and about 0.99 percent population growth since then. The number of housing units increased 42% between 2000 and 2010 and 11.5% between 2010 and 2020. As shown in Table 5, more than 60 percent of the households in Arvin have 4 or more people living in it. 29.6% of households in Arvin are experiencing poverty. 49.7% of households in Arvin are renter occupied. Table 22 (Table 29 of Housing Element) identifies 18 privately owned camps, 12 of which are year-round camps and six of which are seasonal to provide housing for 474 farm workers. Table 23 (Table 30 of Housing Element) shows there are 10 (ten) publicly owned year-round farmworker housing developments with 729 units and two publicly owned seasonal housing developments with 172 units. Arvin has 114 rent-restricted assisted multifamily units across 3 facilities owned by The Housing Authority of the County of Kern (HACK).

The City has 60 units for -seniors and the disabled and an additional 12 units for low-income families under HACK. The City also has 4 units constructed by Habitat for Humanity.

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FIGURE 14: VACANT RESIDENTIAL LOTS
Table 22

PRIVATELY OWNED FARM WORKER HOUSING KERN COUNTY
Name Number of Farm
Workers
Months of
Occupation/Year
Bonanza Farms 16 12
Wheeler Highway 99 9 12
Wheeler Adobe 7 12
Paramount 27 5 12
Paramount Belridge 28 12
Opal Frye 15 12
Westfarmers 8 12
Cauzza 7 12
Jimmie Icardo 7 12
Spring Farms 6 12
Belridge Drilling 8 12
San Emigdio 5 12
GVC 37 72 7-10
GVC 23B 120 7-10
GVC 10A 11 7-10
GVC 10B 90 7-10
Kovacevich Clark 15 6-8
Kovacevich Hildebrand 45 6-8
Total 474
Source: Kern County Regional Housing Allocation Plan, May 2001 Source: Arvin Draft Housing Element 2023

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Table 23

PUBLICLY OWNED FARM WORKER HOUSING KERN COUNTY
Name Location Number of Units
Year-Round Housing
Almond Village Lost Hills 81
Sun Garden Village Arvin 48
International Village Delano 50
Shafter Shafter 99
Beckes Street Apartments Wasco 57
Lamont H.R. Olson Homes Lamont 50
Ruben J. Blunt Village Lamont/Weedpatch 50
Casa del Valle Delano 35
Greenfield Homes Bakersfield 35
Rosaleda Wasco 224
Migrant Seasonal Housing
North Shafter Farm Labor Center #5 Shafter 84
Arvin Farm Labor Center #26 Lamont/Weedpatch 88
Source: https://kernha.org/farm-worker-housing-locations/ Cost Burden
A household is considered cost burdened if the household pays more than 30% of its total gross income for housing costs. Forrenters, housing costsinclude rent paid by the tenant plus utilities. For homeowners, housing costsinclude mortgage payment,taxes, insurance, and utilities. As discussed in the Background, as with most communities, the location of the home is one of the biggest factors regarding price.

Of an estimated total of 4865 households, 2900 households (59.6%) had housing problems. Based on tenure, 71.8 percent of renter households experienced housing problems, compared to 46.8 percent of owner households as shown in Table 24 (Table 42 of Housing Element). Among the extremely low-income households, 84.1 percent of the renter households experienced housing problems, compared to 94.1 percent of the owner households. As shown in Table 25 (Table 43 of Housing Element), out of the estimated 4,865 households, 2170 households (44.6%) were overpaying for housing at a cost burden over 30 percent, while 950 households (19.5 percent) had cost burdens greater than 50 percent MFI (Median Family Income). The ratio of overpaying households by tenure was approximately 36.8 percent owners to 51.6 percent renters. The

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extremely low income (less than 30% MFI) and low income (30 - 50% MFI) households pay the highest overpayments among all households by tenure and income levels.

The median sales price for a single-family home in Arvin was $176,400 in 2020, which requires an annual household income of over $43,000 and an average down payment of over $35,000.

Table 24
ARVIN HOUSEHOLDS WITH HOUSING PROBLEMS - 2019
Tenure
Extremely
Low
<30% of MIF
Very Low
30-50% of
MIF
Low
50-80% of
MIF
Moderate
80-100% of
MIF
Above
Moderate
>100% of MIF Total
Owner Households 170 440 805 270 695 2380
w/ Hsg. Problem 160 325 415 130 80 1115
Percent 94.1% 73.9% 40.4% 48.1% 11.5% 46.8%
Renter Households 725 835 605 110 210 2485
w/ Hsg. Problem 610 670 375 70 65 1785
Percent 84.1% 80.2% 62.0% 63.6% 31.0% 71.8%
Total Households 895 1275 1410 380 905 4865
w/ Hsg. Problem 770 995 790 200 145 2900
Percent 86.0% 78.0% 56.0% 52.6% 16.0% 59.6%
Source: HUDuser website, CHAS Data Query Tool (2015-2019).

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Table 25
ARVIN HOUSEHOLDS OVERPAYING FOR HOUSING BY INCOME LEVEL - 2018 Household Income
Owner Renter Total
Number % Number % Number %
Less than 30% MFI 170 725 895
Cost Burden >30% 150 88.2% 610 84.1% 760 84.9%
Cost Burden >50% 130 76.5% 435 60.0% 565 63.1%
30-50% MFI 440 835 1275
Cost Burden >30% 325 73.9% 555 66.5% 790 62.0%
Cost Burden >50% 155 35.2% 185 22.2% 340 27.0%
50-80% MFI 805 605 1410
Cost Burden >30% 355 44.0% 230 38.0% 585 41.5%
Cost Burden >50% 30 3.7% 15 2.5% 45 3.2%
80-100% MFI 270 110 380
Cost Burden >30% 35 13.0% 0 0.0% 35 9.2%
Cost Burden >50% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
More than 100% MFI 695 210 905
Cost Burden >30% 10 1.4% 0 0.0% 10 1.1%
Cost Burden >50% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
Total 2380 2485 4865
Cost Burden >30% 875 36.8% 1395 56.1% 2170 44.6%
Cost Burden >50% 315 13.2% 635 25.6% 950 19.5%
Source: HUDuser website, CHAS Data Query Tool (2015-2019).

Overcrowding
The Census defines an overcrowded unit as one occupied by 1.01 persons or more per room (excluding bathrooms and kitchens). Units with more than 1.5 persons per room are considered severely overcrowded.

Table 5 shows that 15.5 percent of family households in Arvin had five or more persons, which by the State Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) definition is considered “large households”. This is more than the countywide proportion of large households of 10 percent. Table 26 (Table 44 of Housing Element) shows that in 2020, 1218 households in Arvin were living in overcrowded and severely overcrowded conditions. These households represented 26.4 percent of the total 4711 households in the city. Table 27 (Table 45 of Housing Element) shows that renters comprised 35.9 percent of the overcrowded and severely overcrowded households within the city’s total occupied housing stock. With the high percentage of overcrowding and severe overcrowding and the high number of households in low and extremely low-income households, there is a significant need to provide assistance and to develop programs to address affordability and overcrowding.

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Table 26
OVERCROWDED HOUSEHOLDS IN ARVIN - 2020
City of Arvin
City of
Arvin
Kern
County
Kern
County
California California
Total 4,711 273,556 13,103,114

0.50 or Less 1,025 21.8% 146,558 53.6% 7,507,254 57.3%

0.51 to 1.00 2,410 51.2% 101,834 37.2% 4,520,122 34.5%

1.01 to 1.50 971 20.6% 17,723 6.5% 680,753 5.2%

1.51 to 2.00 247 5.2% 5,432 2.0% 287,225 2.2%

2.01 or More 58 1.2% 2,009 0.7% 107,760 0.8%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 16-20 (5-year Estimates), Table B25014 Table 27
Overcrowded Households in Arvin by Tenure – 2010-2020
2010 2010 2015 2015 2020 2020
Total 3,991 4,533 4,711
Owner Occupied 2,069 51.8% 2,085 46.0% 2,370 50.3%
Owner - 0.50 or Less 566 27.4% 513 24.6% 661 27.9%
Owner - 0.51 to 1.00 1,207 58.3% 1,259 60.4% 1,273 53.7% Owner - 1.01 to 1.50 261 12.6% 260 12.5% 346 14.6%
Owner - 1.51 to 2.00 35 1.7% 47 2.3% 51 2.2%
Owner - 2.01 or
More 0 0.0% 6 0.3% 39 1.6%
Renter Occupied 1,922 48.2% 2,448 54.0% 2,341 49.7%
Renter - 0.50 or Less 394 19.0% 412 16.8% 364 15.5%
Renter - 0.51 to 1.00 732 35.4% 1,286 52.5% 1,137 48.6% Renter - 1.01 to 1.50 651 31.5% 632 25.8% 625 26.7%
Renter - 1.51 to 2.00 103 5.0% 118 4.8% 196 8.4%
Renter - 2.01 or
More 42 2.0% 0 0.0% 19 0.8%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 06-10, 11-15, 16-20 (5-year Estimates), Table B25014 The Housing Element include several programs to address fair housing issues, especially Programs 1,2,4,6,7,8,9,10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, and 25. City of Arvin will develop and implement these programs and will review them to ensure the issue of overcrowding and housing affordability is addressed and will:
a. encourage more affordable housing development;
b. connect lower income residents with affordable homeownership and rental opportunities within the city; and
c. respond to the housing needs of female headed households and households with children.

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Substandard Housing
As discussed in the Housing Needs Assessment, the 2016-2020 ACS data indicates that 7.5% of the housing in the city is built before 1950 as outlined in Table 28 (Table 18 of Housing Element). 24.3% of the housing in the city is greater than 50 years old (i.e., built before 1970). Another 15.9% of units were built between 1970 and 1979. Building age is a significant factor in the deterioration and health and safety risks of structures. In general, homes built over 30 years ago are likely to require structural renovation and maintenance.

Table 28
Housing Units by Year Built
City of Arvin Percent
Kern
County
Percent California Percent
Total: 4,711 273,556 13,103,114
2014 Or Later 159 3.4% 8,679 3.4% 294,667 2.2%
2010 To 2013 199 4.2% 6,244 4.2% 234,646 1.8%
2000 To 2009 1,048 22.2% 50,348 22.2% 1,432,955 11.0%
1990 To 1999 899 19.1% 40,394 19.1% 1,448,367 11.1%
1980 To 1989 518 11.0% 45,689 11.0% 1,967,306 15.1%
1970 To 1979 748 15.9% 43,060 15.9% 2,290,081 17.5%
1960 To 1969 460 9.8% 27,662 9.8% 1,740,922 13.3%
1950 To 1959 352 7.5% 28,089 7.5% 1,767,353 13.5%
The CDBG survey undertaken in 2008 surveyed 3,400 residential parcels. Of these surveyed parcels, 2,158 parcels (63.5%) had housing that was in good condition, 195 parcels (16.8%) exhibit minor to moderate conditions and 308 parcels (9.1%) are in substantially deteriorated condition. There are also 360 (10.6%) vacant parcels.

In 2009, a housing conditions survey was conducted in Arvin and the results from the survey identified those parcels exhibiting conditions of physical blight, which indicated that they were candidates for recycling. Those blight parcels identified in the 2009 survey were revisited in 2015.

The updated results indicated that eight of those parcels in two areas of the city that were zoned for multi-family units (R-2 and R-3) continued to exhibit condition of blight. Many of the existing structures on these sites exhibited signs of deterioration and substandard construction and/or were in violation of existing building code standards (see 2023-2031 Arvin Housing Element for details).

The 2012 Housing Conditions Analysis conducted by Kern Council of Governments showed that housing conditions within the southern half of Arvin were noticeably better, with over three-fourths of residential units deemed standard conditions and the remainder deemed mostly in need of minor rehabilitation. The majority of the homes in the northwest portion of the city also had housing conditions that were standard or in need of minor rehabilitation. Housing condition issues were most prevalent in central and northeast parts of Arvin.

To prevent displacement and improve the substandard housing, the city will continue to develop and

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implement the 24 programs as outlined in the Housing Element, including but not limited to Recycling and rehabilitation of substandard housing (Programs 2, 3, 6, 7, 9 of Housing Element), code enforcement (Program 5 of Housing Element). Further, the city will support and actively participate in the following regional programs:
a. California Housing Finance Authority (CalHFA) financing the purchase or the refinancing of a home in need of repair;
b. Habitat for Humanity building and rehabilitation programs of houses for families in need; and
c. Kern County Housing Authority Programs.

Homelessness
The 2022 Point in Time Count Report was released on April 27, 2022, and identified 1,603 unduplicated individuals in Kern County experiencing homelessness, as compared to 1,580 identified in the last in-person data collected in 2020. Countywide, 875 (55%) of individuals experiencing homelessness had shelter, as compared to 576 in 2020. While 728 (45%) were unsheltered, sleeping in parks, empty buildings, cars and other places not meant for human habitation, as compared to 1,004 in 2020 (Source: Bakersfield Kern Regional Homeless Collaborate).

In response to the needs of the homeless in Arvin and to comply with State law, the city adopted Ordinance No. 421 in July 2015, which amended the Zoning Ordinance to permit emergency shelters by-right in the M-2 zone. The ordinancesstates: Emergency Housing is intended for homeless persons, for a stay of up to six months in any given year. This type of housing will be permitted in the Light Industrial (M-2) zone, subject to certain development standards, including:
• The number of beds: It is recommended in the Housing Element that the maximum number of beds in an emergency housing facility be set at 20 beds. • Parking: It is recommended that a parking standard be established so that an emergency housing facility provides one on-site parking space per employee on the maximum shift, plus one space per six beds. This standard recognizes that many homeless people do not own a vehicle and provide for the following:
• An On-site Manager must be present at alltimes.
• On-site security must be provided at all times.
• Outdoor security lighting must be provided.
• Occupancy is limited to a maximum of six months during any one-year period. • Storage space for resident’s belongings shall be provided at a rate of 10 square feet per bed. • An operational plan must be provided for City review and approval. • The facility must be licensed by the State of California

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Though the City of Arvin does not have any homeless programs, the County does provide aid for the homeless. Formed in 1999, the Kern County Homeless Collaborative was formed to combat the problem of homelessness. Under the Collaborative, eight committees contribute to alleviating homelessness. The committees include needs assessment, resource assessment, evaluation, service integration, sustainability and development, advocacy/public relations, rural issues, and continuum of care. The chairs of each committee meet as a steering committee to exchange information and set direction for the collaborative, while the collaborative meets quarterly.

Three types of facilities provide shelter for homeless individuals and families: emergency shelters, transitional housing, and permanent housing as shown in Table 29 (Table 33 of Housing Element).

Facilities for persons with special needs are shown in Table 30 (Table 34 of Housing Element).

Table 29

HOUSING AUTHORITY FACILITIES
Facilities Address Service Provided
Green Gardens 2300 South Union
Avenue, Bakersfield, CA
93307
104-unit single room occupancy facility
that houses formerly homeless persons
with disabilities referred to the site by the
Kern Behavioral Health and Recovery
Services.

Plymouth Rock 100 Plymoth Avenue
Bakersfield, CA 93308
Eight (8) units providing temporary housing
for homeless families returning from the
Bakersfield Homeless Center.

Haven Cottages 68 E. White Lane,
Bakersfield, CA 93307 24 one-bedroom affordable rental homes for homeless individuals with mental
illness.

Building Blocks
Transitional
Program
1807 Belle Terrace,
Bakersfield, CA 93307
12-unit Transitional Housing Program for
emancipated foster youth (ages 18-21) who
are homeless or at immediate risk of
becoming homeless.

Source: https://kernha.org/housing-for-homeless/

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Table 30

FACILITIES FOR SPECIAL NEEDS
Facilities Address Service Provided
Bakersfield Homeless
Center
1600 E. Truxtun Avenue
Bakersfield, CA 93305
Healthcare, Counseling, Food, Shelter, Job
placement, emergency services, child care,
Home Assistance
Bakersfield Rescue Mission 724 E. 21st Street
Bakersfield, CA 93305
Case management and referrals to
community resources such as Human
Services, Mental Health, Disabled Services,
and Medical Services
Alliance Against Family
Violence and Sexual
Assault
1921 19th Street
Bakersfield, CA 93301
Shelter Service, Counseling, Education
Services, Meal Services, Substance Abuse
Counseling
Bethany Services’
Transitional Services
Center
1600 East Truxtun
Bakersfield, CA 93305
Rent, Utilities, Referrals, Food, & Shelter for
Women, Children & Families
Source: Kern County Housing Element
• Emergency Shelter – A facility that provides overnight shelter and fulfills a client’s basic needs (i.e. food, clothing, medical care) either on-site or through off-site services. The permitted length of stay can vary from one day at a time to three months. The major providers of emergency shelter in the County are the Bakersfield Homeless Center (110 beds for men, 9 beds for women, 27 beds for families and an additional 25 beds for men or women depending on the need.) and the Bakersfield Rescue Mission (space for approximately 40 women and children, and 80 men, and has capacity for 138 persons per meal, and serves two meals per day.)
• Transitional Housing – A residence that provides housing for up to two years. Residents of transitional housing usually include supportive services designed to assist the homeless in achieving greater economic independence and a permanent, stable living situation. Services may include mental and physical health care interventions, substance abuse treatment, job training and employment services, individual and group counseling and life skills training.

Currently, HACK operates the only transitional housing facility in Kern County. The program includes seven units in the unincorporated area near Bakersfield. Other services exist throughout the County to assist individuals and families with making the transition from emergency shelter to permanent housing. Bethany Services’ Transitional Services Center provides support services for residents of supportive housing and homeless persons not in supportive housing. Recreation Community Project, Inc. (RCPI) provides transitional housing and support services targeted toward adult men and women with dependent children in inner-city neighborhoods. Also, some substance abuse programs offer limited transitional

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housing services in addition to treatment.
• Permanent Housing – Service enriched permanent housing that is linked with on-going supportive services (on-site or off-site) and designed to allow formerly homeless clients to live at the facility on an indefinite basis. Units operated by HACK, as well as the Section 8 program provide some housing. However, the large demand may prevent many residents from gaining access to permanent housing. Other facilities in the County are geared toward homeless populations with special needs. Living Connections, Inc. operates two board and care homes for persons with mental illness, as well as 21-unit and 25-unit apartment complexes.

The Housing Authority of the County of Kern provides quality housing with supportive services to homeless individuals and emancipated foster youth who are at immediate risk of becoming homeless, partnering with local community organizations to provide housing, rental assistance, and supportive services to qualifying individuals. The agency operates a number of residential sites as well as rental assistance programs specially designed to serve the needs of local residents who are homeless, mentally ill, or disabled.

The Shelter Plus Care (S+C) program provides rental assistance to homeless disabled individuals and families who receive ongoing supportive services and case management from community organizations to help them remain in housing and increase their income. The Bakersfield Homeless Center, Flood Bakersfield Ministries, Independent Living Center, Clinica Sierra Vista and the California Veteran Assistance Foundation refer homeless persons to the Housing Authority to receive the S+C assistance.
g. DISPLACEMENT RISK
As previously discussed, there are no affordable units currently at-risk of converting to market-rate during 2023 – 2031 through termination of a subsidy contract, mortgage prepayment, or expiring use restrictions. The city analyzed the 4 possible affordable housing projects identified by California Housing Partnership (CHP) that are at risk of conversion to market rate in Arvin within the next ten years. The city also has several units which are affordable to lower-income families and has also considered the risk of displacement specifically for protected classes, including persons with disabilities, female- headed households, seniors, and nonwhite residents. As described earlier in this Fair Housing Analysis, the city plans to accommodate its 2023-2031 RHNA allocation on parcels designated forsingle family, multifamily, and mixed-use development, with vacantsitesrepresenting most sites for new housing. Underdeveloped residential sites are also identified as helping to meet the City’s very low- income units and to provide additional opportunities for lower, moderate- and above-moderate income units. There is no significant displacement risk associated with the City’s current affordable housing stock as a result of new development.

The City recognizes that even though it has identified sufficient land to accommodate its RHNA allocation at all income levels, there is still the potential for economic displacement because of new development and investment. This “knock-on” effect can occur at any time, and it can be challenging for the city to predict market changes and development patterns which have the potential to impact

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rental rates and sales prices for housing available in the marketplace. To date, the city has no evidence that new development (affordable or market-rate) has resulted in economic displacement.

Research has also shown that low-income renter populations (49.7% of households in Arvin are renter occupied) are disproportionately exposed to environmental hazards and that housing tenure is a telling determinant of social vulnerability to disasters. Renters bear the brunt of the existing affordable housing shortage, and their adaptive capacity to cope and recover from the impacts of environmental hazards may be reduced due to systemic inequities and limited resources.

Environmental hazards affecting residential development in the city primarily include geologic and seismic hazards, flooding and inundation hazards, and hazardous materials release. Development within flood hazard areas is subject to the Municipal Code and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) standards. Seismic-related issues are addressed in the Municipal Code, which implements the California Building Standards Code (CBSC). Various State and federal regulations control the use, storage, and transportation of hazardous materials.

Overall, the city recognizes the need to reduce economic displacement risks and have incorporated a range of initiatives in the 24 Housing Element Programs.

Findings
The most disproportionate housing needs in Arvin include increasing the variety of housing types at affordable prices (including housing for low income and female headed households) and rehabilitating the existing housing stock. 44.6% of the households are overpaying for housing at a cost burden over 30 percent, while 19.5 percent of the households having cost burdens greater than 50 percent MFI. 49.7% of households in Arvin are renter occupied.

The City looks to implement Programs 3,4,10,11,13,14,15,16,17 to address the need for multifamily projects, addressing loans for rehabilitation of existing multifamily units, rental assistance, development of extremely low-income housing, facilitate large parcels to encourage affordable multi-family housing, and reasonable accommodations in rules, policies, practices and services. The Housing Element proposes 24 programs addressing these issues. The City will also consider programs such as having 50% of units receiving rehabilitation assistance be rented to eligible very low and low -income households upon completion of the project. The City’s Municipal Code allows for residential care facilities, emergency shelters, transitional and supportive housing, single-room occupancy (SRO), and employee/farmworker housing as a permitted use under various zones. Ordinance No. 421 outlines procedures for requests for reasonable accommodation with respect to zoning, building code compliance or permit processing.

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FIGURE 15: TCAC/HCD OPPORTUNITY AREA MAP FOR ARVIN
Sources: CTCAC/HCD Opportunity Area Maps 2022

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FIGURE 16: PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN FEMALE HOUSEHOLDER
Sources: Kern Council of Governments Housing Needs Mapping Tool/ AFFH HCD 2.0

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FIGURE 17: SB 535 DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES
Sources: OEHHA California CalEnviroScreen 2022

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FIGURE 18: HOUSING BURDEN PERCENTILE
Sources: CalEnviroScreen 4 Indicator Maps

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FIGURE 19: UNEMPLOYMENT PERCENTILE
Sources: CalEnviroScreen 4 Indicator Maps

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FIGURE 20: EDUCATION PERCENTILE
Sources: CalEnviroScreen 4 Indicator Maps

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FIGURE 21: CUMULATIVE IMPACTS
Sources: CalEnviroScreen 4 Cumulative Impacts in California Communities by Census Tract

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FIGURE 22 POLLUTION BURDEN PERCENTILE
Sources: CalEnviroScreen 4

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3. SITES INVENTORY
This section provides a review of available vacant and other sites in Arvin that would allow for and facilitate production of the city’s regional share of housing as required by State Law. This data is supplemented with local knowledge of existing conditions in the community to present a more accurate depiction of fair housing issues in Arvin. The following issues are addressed:
a. Future Housing Needs Including Segregation/Integration b. R/ECAPs and RCAAs
c. Access to Opportunity
d. Disproportionate Housing Needs
e. Sites Inventory Findings
To determine where the city has sufficient land to accommodate its share of regional housing needs for all income groups, the city must identify “adequate sites.” Under the State law (California Government Code section 65583[c][1], adequate sites are those with appropriate zoning in and development standards, with service and facilities, needed to facilitate and encourage the development of housing for all income levels.

Assembly Bill 686 (AB 686) has introduced a duty to affirmatively further fair housing into California state law. AB 686 requires that jurisdictions identify sites throughout the community in a manner that is consistent with its duty to affirmativelyfurther fair housing. The site identification includes not only an analysis of site capacity to accommodate the RHNA (provided inthis section), but also considers whether the identified sites serve the purpose of replacing segregated living patterns with truly integrated and balanced living patterns, transforming racially and ethnically concentrated areas of poverty into areas of opportunity. This section analyzes the role of all sites, regardless of income level, in assisting to affirmatively further fair housing and consider how the development of new affordable housing options can promote patterns of equality and inclusiveness.

The State Department of Housing and Community Development makes a periodic evaluation of statewide housing needs based on population trends, demographic changes, migration patterns, etc., and the Kern Council of Governments Regional Housing Needs Assessment (Kern COG RHNA) quantifies the housing needs for each jurisdiction between 2023 and 2031. The RHNA does not necessarily encourage or promote growth, but rather allows communities to anticipate growth. The RHNA produces information on number of households and housing units, households paying over 30 percent of income for housing, and projections of future needs. All RHNA estimates are broken down into five income categories, with the County median as a baseline, and according to owner and renter occupancy.

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a. FUTURE HOUSING NEEDS INCLUDING SEGREGATION/INTEGRATION Arvin’s future housing needs as projected in the Kern COG RHNA for the 2023-2031 planning period indicates a need for 1,174 units. As presented in Table 31 (Table 41 of Housing Element), the total housing needs include 17 units for extremely low-income (approx. 13.1% of the RHNA Very Low-Income allocation, as determined by Kern COG), 124 units for very low-income, 79 units for low- income, 268 units for moderate-income, and 703 units for above moderate-income.

Housing for lower-income households represents 37.5% of the above housing needs.

The combined need for housing will be 1,880 units by the year 2031, i.e., 706 housing units from the 5th Cycle and 1,174 units required in the 6th Cycle RHNA.

Table 31
ARVIN’S RHNA 2023-2031 BY INCOME LEVEL
Extremely
Low* Very Low Low Moderate
Above
Moderate Total
Units * 124 79 268 703 1,174
Percent * 17.0% 20.5% 15.6% 29.9% 100.0%
Source: Kern COG RHNA, 2013-2023 Assessment
* Extremely Low Income represents 13.1 % (approx. 17 units) of the RHNA Very Low- Income allocation of 124 units, as determined by Kern COG RHNA. Source: https://www.Kern COG.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ADOPTED-Kern-COG-RHNA-Plan_07-22-

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Table 2 (Table 5 of Housing Element) depicts the demographic trends of different racial/ethnic categories within Arvin between 2000 and 2020. During this period, the total population of Arvin grew by 50.47 percent, however, growth in the last decade between 2010 and 2020 was only 0.99 percent. Arvin’s Hispanic population was 87.5 percent of the total population in the year 2000. By 2020, the Hispanic population comprise of 94 percent of the population. The changing ethnic characteristics of a community, coupled with shifting in age composition, lead to changes in household composition and ensuing housing needs. The percentage of population that are White residents decreased from 9.8% in 2000 to 3.8% in 2020. The overall non-Hispanic population decreased from 12.5% in 2000 to 6% in 2020. Figure 5 shows that Arvin in general has a lower diversity index with several pockets of very high non-white population (>80%).

The City has considered trends and patterns related to integration and segregation based on racial and ethnic factors, disability, family status, seniors, and median household income. City of Arvin faces some unique challenges compared to Kern County as a whole, as a significantly higher proportion of Arvin’s households are under the poverty line (29.6%). There are some patterns of isolation or segregation apparent especially with female headed households. The city also has a significant need for dependent care and support systems for young children and youth, farm worker housing and housing appropriate for large families.

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The City will continue to have an Arvin Housing Element Advisory Committee that will include stakeholders and community-based organizations (i.e., California Coalition of Rural Housing, California Rural Legal Assistance, Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability, Lideres Campesinas, Committee for a Better Arvin, etc.) to advise the city on developing and implementing various Housing Element programs. The Housing Element Advisory Committee will actively participate in the city’s efforts prioritize and implement the following strategies:

1. Research, identify, and apply for funds available through the CDBG and HOME Programs, Mobile home Park Rehabilitation and Resident Ownership Program (MPRROP), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Cap-and-Trade Program, and other funding sources that support affordable housing development and preservation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency, homeownership, code enforcement, farmworker housing, etc.

2. Implement the following Housing Programs:
• Program 5 - Code Enforcement Program, with a full-time building/code enforcement officer and a part-time code enforcement officer;
• Program 6 - Residential Unit Inspection and Maintenance Program; • Program 7 - Single-Family Owner Occupied and Multi-Family Rehabilitation Loan/Grant Program;
• Program 8 - Inventory of “At-Risk” projects;
• Program 9 - Preserving Mobile home Parks;
• Program 18. Adequate Sites Monitoring Program
• Program 22. Equal Housing Opportunity Program to Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing goals.

3. Foster partnerships with non-profit affordable housing developers and experts within the community-based organization’s membership.

4. Engage the community by “getting the word out” on key community planning meetings, informing the public on available housing programs, and translating affordable housingrelated materials and interpreting at community workshop in Spanish and Mixtec. The city will arrange for provisions of Spanish translation materials and provide interpreters at community workshops.
b. R/ECAPS and RCAAs
According to the HCD AFFH Dataset, there is no R/ECAP in the City of Arvin (Figures 11 and 5).

No correlation was found between lower incomes and diversity. The Housing Plan includes programs to encourage diversity and support housing needs in the city.

Table 13 on Median Household Income by Race or Hispanic Origin in City of Arvin, the median household incomes of White, non-Hispanic residents in City of Arvin are not greater than other races. However, this is not the case for County as whole. There is no census tract in Arvin that fit the criteria of income of $125,000 and a population that is 80 percent or more white, and therefore the city has no RCAAs.

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The distribution of RHNA sites throughout the city will therefore, not exacerbate racially/ethnically concentrated areas of poverty or racially concentrated areas of affluence. The majority of new dwelling units in Arvin will be added on land designated for LDR development in the southern portion of the city, while HDR development is anticipated to take place in the northwest portion. These vacant sites have potential to exceed the Kern COG RHNA projections. c. ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY
City of Arvin does not have any high or highest resource areas. It largely consists of census tracts that are considered low resource areas (see Figure 15) and therefore the city must look to areas with lower to moderate levels of resources to accommodate new development. The city has distributed its RHNA sites throughout these areas. The new residential and mixed-use development in the identified areas will help to create more housing affordable to households at lower income levels, introduce new residents to the areas which can contribute to greater neighborhood stability, and expand opportunities for people to both live and work in Arvin.

Taken together, new residential and mixed-use development in the identified areas will help to diversify the land use pattern and improve the conditions of these census tracts by providing greater housing choice and a broader range of goods and services, bringing new residential development closer to transit and jobs, and otherwise supporting community revitalization.

Table 26 shows that in 2020, 1218 households in Arvin were living in overcrowded and severely overcrowded conditions. These households represented 26.4 percent of the total 4711 households in the city.

Table 27 shows that renters comprised 35.9 percent of the overcrowded and severely overcrowded households within the city’s total occupied housing stock. With the high percentage of overcrowding and severe overcrowding and the high number of households in low and extremely low-income household, there is a need to provide assistance in to develop programs to address affordability and overcrowding.

The General Plan land use map and zoning ordinance identify those areas of the city that are to be developed with residential uses, and what standards apply to the different types of residential uses. Such standards are a necessary tool to promote and ensure a healthy, compatible, and high-quality living environment. Over 50 percent of the acreage in Arvin is designated for residential use. The Zoning Ordinance allows for a wide range of residential uses, with densities ranging from a maximum of 6 units per acre in lower density residential areas, up to 24 units per acre in the higher density multi-family and mixed-use overlay zones. Existing density bonus ordinance allows a developer to request a density bonus of up to 35 percent over the maximum density that is allowed by the zone in which the project is located if the developer agrees to reserve a certain percentage of the units as available to lower income households and/or senior citizens. A Program has been added to amend the Density Bonus Ordinance to be compatible with new changes in law, as applicable. The city is currently updating the Zoning Code effecting those changes.

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In compliance with State Housing Law, the city will permit ADUs and JADUs within the City.

Currently, the city is amending the Zoning Code to permit accessory dwelling units, ministerially, as stated in Housing element Program 13 (e). Since the 2018-2013 Housing Element, the city has adopted amendments to the Municipal Code to include residential care facilities, emergency shelters, transitional and supportive housing, single-room occupancy (SRO), and employee/farmworker housing as a permitted use under various zones. Since the 2013-2023 Housing Element, in compliance with the Surplus Lands Act, the city published in 2021 surplus lands available for possible low to moderate housing development.

The the introduction of greater housing choice, a broader cross-section of households will have the opportunity to live in Arvin, which may ultimately have a positive impact on economic and education scores. A closer look at educational scores indicates that all elementary and middle schools serving the city have low standard scores and educational opportunities are consistent throughout the community. The city is served by a single High School. d. DISPROPORTIONATE HOUSING NEEDS
Most of the RHNA allocation sites are outside the high poverty area south of Easter Bean Mountain Boulevard and North of Sycamore Road. Figures 14 shows the vacant residential lots in Arvin. Available land can support 3077 housing units which exceed the RHNA allocation requirements. There are 8 parcels in two areas of the city that are candidates for recycling and have potential for higher densities that will result in 90 additional home units for lower income levels. The Housing Element also identified the potential for the 5 existing mobile parks to be recycled to higher densities to further improve availability of affordable housing.

The total number of units that could be accommodated in Arvin during 2023-31 planning period are 726 lower income housing units and 2814 moderate and above-moderate income housing units. The RHNA sites are split between sites located in census tracts with moderate and high levels of cost-burdened renter and homeowner households. Likewise, sites are split between census tracts with low and moderate levels of cost-burdened homeowner and renter households.

The intent of introducing new residential development in these areas is to add new housing to desirable areas and provide a range of housing choices at different prices to current and future residents. With a broader range of housing options, housing will become more affordable across the community, which should lessen the housing cost burden, particularly for renters in Arvin. e. SITES INVENTORY FINDINGS
The distribution of RHNA sites across the community will help to improve the opportunities and outcomes throughout the City. Furthermore, the RHNA sites will allow for development at densities needed to stimulate affordable housing development. All residential zones in the city allow accommodation of low-income housing units, provided that the structures containing the units meet all development standards specified under the zoning ordinance. The Housing Element proposes to increase the maximum allowable densities in R3 and R4 zones to further support development of low-income housing units and improve financial feasibility.

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Table 32
POTENTIAL HOUSING UNITS 2023-2031
Lower Income Units
Moderate/Above
Income Units Total Units
RHNA 2013-2023 (1) 637 532 1,169
Units Built 2013-2022 (Credit) (2) 64 399 463
New Units per Vacant Land Inventory (3)
(Incl. surplus properties usable)
662 2,415 3,077
Total 2023-2031 (4) 726 2,814 3,540
Surplus/(Deficit) from RHNA (2+3) - (1) 89 2,2282 2,371 Table 32 (Table 58 of Housing Element) reflects that the sites identified to meet the City’s RHNA are at all income levels. The RHNA sites are generally accommodated throughout Arvin and are not concentrated in areas with high racial or ethnic populations, persons with disabilities, female-headed households, senior households, or LMI households. For these reasons, the city finds that the sites proposed to accommodate its RHNA allocation do not unduly burden existing areas of concentrated racial or ethnic homogeneity, poverty, or other characteristics. Moreover, the sites affirmatively further fair housing by helping to stimulate investment in areas where additional opportunities are desired, and where new residential and/or mixed-use development can help to improve some of the opportunity level characteristics discussed earlier in this chapter.

Further, an emphasis on increasing access in primarily single-family neighborhoods through ADUs, SB 9units, and alternative housing types as discussed in the Housing Plan will increase opportunities in areas where single family neighborhoods coincide with higher-than-average income levels, areas of opportunity, and lower diversity.

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4. IDENTIFICATION OF CONTRIBUTING FACTORS AND FAIR HOUSING

PRIORITIES AND GOALS
The December 2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule Guidebook published by HUD identifies examples of contributing factors by each fair housing issue area: outreach, fair housing enforcement and outreach capacity, segregation and integration, racially and ethnically concentrated areas of poverty, disparities in access to opportunity, disparities in access to opportunities for persons with disabilities, disproportionate housing needs, including displacement risks, and sites inventory.

Based on the issues identified in this Fair Housing Analysis, the following are the top 5 issues to be addressed through the programs in the Housing Plan:

1. Maintaining and preserving the existing affordable housing stock;

2. Assisting in the provision of housing;

3. Removing governmental constraints, as necessary;

4. Providing adequate sites to achieve a variety and diversity of housing; and

5. Promoting equal housing opportunity.

After considering these issues and FHEA recommendations, the City has identified in Table 33 potential contributing factors to fairhousing issues in Arvin and outlines the meaningful actions to be taken. The meaningful actions listed in the Table relate to the actions identified in the Housing Plan.

Table 33: Fair Housing Issues and Contributing Factors
Fair Housing Issue Contributing Factors Priority Meaningful Action Limitations in local Consolidated
Planning Processes, ongoing CDBG
and HOME funding allocations,
Housing Elements Processes, and
other city planning documents.
• Existing low-density residential
development under general plan and
zoning code
• Gap between low density and
medium density and high-density
classifications
High • Program 13 - Update and amend the
General Plan and Zoning Ordinance to
allow for a greater range of densities
and to increase the potential to build
additional housing on a per acre basis
Assist in the provision of housing by
removing government constraints and
promoting equal housing opportunity
• Limitations in zoning code and
density classifications
• Permission of pre-approved design,
and development standards
High Program 13
• Add a new Medium-Low Density Land
Use and Zoning classification
• Amend the Zoning Codes permitting
ministerial approval of ADUs,
preapproved designs and objective
development standards
Amend the density bonus ordinance to
comply with Status Density Bonus Law

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Table 33: Fair Housing Issues and Contributing Factors
Funding for marginalized or distressed
communities, such as Transit Oriented
Development Funds, Strategic Growth
Council grants, HCD's Housing-Related
Parks Program, Safe Routes to School,
and Brownfield funding.
• Ensuring funding is available for
marginalized and distressed
community
High • Research, identify, and apply for funds
available through the CDBG and HOME
Programs, Mobile home Park
Rehabilitation and Resident Ownership
Program (MPRROP), United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA),
Cap-and-Trade Program, and other
funding sources that support affordable
housing development and preservation,
infrastructure investment, energy
efficiency, homeownership, code
enforcement, farmworker housing, etc.

Develop and implement a proactive
code enforcement program that holds
property owners accountable and
proactively plans for resident relocation
when necessary.
• Code enforcement High • Program 5 - Code Enforcement
Program, with a full-time building/code
enforcement officer and a part time
code enforcement officer
Consider new technologies and/or
products such as modular housing
construction to reduce costs and
increase access to housing.
• Permission of pre-approved design,
and development standards
High • Program 13 - Amend the Zoning Codes
permitting ministerial approval of ADUs,
preapproved designs and objective
development standards
Prioritize basic infrastructure
improvements like water, sewer, and
street lights.
• Ensuring availability of basic
infrastructure to proposed
development of lower-income
households
High • Program 14 - Develop a Policy to
provide basic infrastructure to
affordable housing projects
Use the FHEA data and the opportunity
indices to help guide site selection of
affordable housing developments.
• Consideration of FHEA data in site
selection and facilitation of affordable
housing developments
High Programs 1, 4, 8,9, 11,15, 16,17,18, 24
Use design tools to seamlessly
integrate affordable housing
development into larger mixed-income
developments.
• Limitations in zoning code and
density classifications
• Approval process
Medium • Program 13 - Amend the Zoning Codes
and density classifications
• Program 16 - Facilitate land divisions,
lot-line adjustments, and specific plans
to encourage affordable multiple family
housing developments
Develop a program to educate and
encourage landlords to accept Housing
Choice Vouchers.
• Lack of readily available information
regarding fair housing resources and
assistance to persons in filing a
complaint
• Lack of education of public and
housing providers regarding rights
and responsibilities under the AFH
and FEHA
High • Programs 1, 2, 21, 22 - Fair Housing
Resources, including Enforcement and
Outreach, and support community members
with Housing Discrimination

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Attachment: 4 - 2 of 2 - Exhibit A - 2023-2031 HE and Append D - Fair Housing Analysis_071123 (Public Hearing: 2023-2031 Draft Housing Element Update)

FAIR HOUSING ANALYSIS
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Table 33: Fair Housing Issues and Contributing Factors
Disproportionate Housing Needs,
including Overpayment and Substandard
Housing
• Ongoing need for need for
affordable housing
• Need for assistance with monthly
housing costs
• Lack of local information regarding
available housing rehabilitation,
emergency repair, and weatherization
programs
• Need for targeted housing
revitalization strategies
Medium • Programs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 17, 20,
21, 22, 23, 24
Displacement Risk • Land use and zoning laws
• Displacement of residents due to
economic pressures
Medium • Programs 7, 10, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19,
20, 21, 23 and 24
The City of Arvin remains committed to providing a diversity of housing options for all income levels, encouraging development throughout the community to help overcome patterns of segregation and foster inclusive communities free from barriers that restrict access to opportunity based on protected characteristics. The vast majority of the City’s Housing Programs designed to address fair housing will be implemented on an ongoing basis, with annual progress reports and programs evaluations to ensure they are achieving the City’s objectives. The following list summarizes those programs identified in this Housing Element which affirmatively further fair housing and implement the FHEA recommendations.

The City will continue to have an Arvin Housing Element Advisory Committee that will include stakeholders and community-based organizations (i.e., California Coalition of Rural Housing, California Rural Legal Assistance, Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability, Lideres Campesinas, Committee for a Better Arvin, etc.) to advise the city on developing and implementing various Housing Element programs. The Housing Element Advisory Committee will actively participate in the city’s efforts to prioritize and implement the following strategies:
• Research, identify, and apply for funds available through the CDBG and HOME Programs, Mobile home Park Rehabilitation and Resident Ownership Program (MPRROP), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Cap-and-Trade Program, and other funding sources that support affordable housing development and preservation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency, homeownership, code enforcement, farmworker housing, etc.

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Attachment: 4 - 2 of 2 - Exhibit A - 2023-2031 HE and Append D - Fair Housing Analysis_071123 (Public Hearing: 2023-2031 Draft Housing Element Update)

FAIR HOUSING ANALYSIS
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• Implement the following Housing Programs:
- Program 5 - Code Enforcement Program, with a full-time building/code enforcement officer and a part-time code enforcement officer; - Program 6 - Residential Unit Inspection and Maintenance Program; - Program 7 - Single-Family Owner Occupied and Multi-Family Rehabilitation Loan/Grant Program;
- Program 8 - Inventory of “At-Risk” projects;
- Program 9 - Preserving Mobile home Parks;
- Program 18 - Adequate Site Monitoring Program;
- Program 22 - Equal Housing Opportunity Program; and
- Programs 24 - Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing.
• Foster partnerships with non-profit affordable housing developers and experts within the community-based organization’s membership.
• Engage the community by “getting the word out” on key community planning meetings, informing the public on available housing programs, and translating affordable housingrelated materials and interpreting at community workshop in Spanish and Mixtec (if needed). The city will arrange for provisions of Spanish translation materials and provide interpreters at community workshops.

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Attachment: 4 - 2 of 2 - Exhibit A - 2023-2031 HE and Append D - Fair Housing Analysis_071123 (Public Hearing: 2023-2031 Draft Housing Element Update) City of Arvin
Notice of Public Hearing
Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Arvin, California, will conduct a public hearing, at which time the public may be present and be heard, to consider the following:
2023-2031 DRAFT HOUSING ELEMENT AND FAIR HOUSING ANALYSIS.

Project Description:

The Housing Element Update is required to identify and analyze existing and projected housing needs in order to preserve, improve and develop housing for all economic segments of the community, including a fair housing analysis. In addition to prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, religion, disability, and other protected personal and familial attributes, the city is required to affirmatively further fair housing. The City’s Housing Element is the primary policy document implementing the housing policies and affirmatively further fair housing for all economic segments of the community.

At the conclusion of the public hearing, the City Council may accept the 2023-2031 Housing Element Update and forward the document to the State of California Department of Housing and Community Development Department for review and approval and continue the public hearing for 90 days and accept a Notice of Exemption per CEQA (General Rule Exemption – Section 15061(b) (3). Pursuant to Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, Section 15061 (b)(3), that this project is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in that it is not a project which has the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment.

The city conducted a workshop on July 28, 2022, to inform citizens and stakeholders of the proposed housing element update, and related studies, and elicit comments from the participants.

This meeting provides another opportunity to provide public comments on the subject matter. A Spanish translator will be present at the meeting. The Planning Commission at the conclusion of their public hearing on June 20, 2023, forwarded a recommendation that the City Council adopt the Draft Housing Element Update and accept the Notice of Exemption.

Applicant: City of Arvin, 200 Campus Drive, Arvin, CA 93203 The draft Housing Element and proposed environmental finding may be obtained from the City of Arvin, City Hall, 200 Campus Drive, Arvin, California, 93203, or the City’s web site at www.arvin.org. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please call (661) 854-3134. Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the city to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility.

Arvin City Council Public Hearing Information
Date: July 11, 2023
Time: 6:00 PM
Place: City of Arvin Council Chambers, 200 Campus Drive, Arvin, CA 93203

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Attachment: 5 - PHN 2023-2031 Draft Housing Element and Fair Housing Analysis_CC Mtg of 071123_Published on 062423 (Public Hearing:

All persons interested in this topic who have questions, would like to provide feedback, or who have comments are invited to attend. If you challenge the approval or denial of these matters in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk, at or prior to, the public hearing. Address any communications or comments regarding the project to Cecilia Vela, City Clerk, at 200 Campus Drive, Arvin, CA 93203, (661) 854-3134, [email protected].

Cecilia Vela, City Clerk
Publish: Bakersfield Californian, June 24, 2023

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NOTICE OF EXEMPTION
Filing of Notice of Exemption
in Compliance with Section 15062 of the
California Environmental Quality Act - 2023-2031
Housing Element - City of Arvin
NOTE: Place in project file until approved – then
file with Kern County Clerk

AFFIDAVIT OF FILING AND POSTING
Court Records Supervisor Office of the County
Clerk
I declare that I received and posted this notice on the filing date as required by California Public Resources Code Section 21152(c). Said Notice will remain posted for 30 days for the filling date.

TO: COUNTY CLERK
County of Kern,
1115 Truxtun Ave. 1st Floor,
Bakersfield, CA 93301
FROM: City of Arvin
City Clerk, P.O. Box 548
200 Campus Drive, Arvin, CA 93203
661-854-3134 Office, 661-854-0817 Fax
Project title: 2023-2031 Housing Element, An Element of the General Plan – City of Arvin Project location: Citywide
Description of nature, purpose, and beneficiaries of project: The Housing Element Update is required to identify and analyze existing and projected housing needs in order to preserve, improve and develop housing for all economic segments of the community, including a fair housing analysis. In addition to prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, religion, disability, and other protected personal and familial attributes, the city is required to affirmatively further fair housing. The City’s Housing Element is the primary policy document implementing the housing policies and affirmatively further fair housing for all economic segments of the community.

Name of public
agency approving
project:

City of Arvin, CA –
City Council
Resolution No. 2023 -XXXX dated Month XX, 2023
Name and person or agency
carrying out the project
Chris Soriano, City Planner, Community Development Department, 161 Plumtree Drive, Arvin, CA 93203 Email: [email protected] Exempt status: CEQA Guidelines, General Rule Exemption Section 15061(b)(3), Reasons why the project is exempt: The 2023-2031 Housing Element is covered by the commonsense exemption that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment.

Where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA. The project is also not located next to any scenic highway or resources, nor is located on a hazardous waste site which is included on any list compiled pursuant to Section 65962.5 of the Government Code. Finally, the Housing Element does not include physical development.

The Housing Element establishes goals and policies and therefore does not affect any site that could qualify as historical resources and no structures are to be demolished, nor would the project have a significant adverse impact on a historic resource.

For all the foregoing, including evidence in the administrative record, the City Council of the City of Arvin adopts General Rule Exemption Section 15061(b)(3) and the City Clerk is directed to file the Notice of Exemption with the Kern County Clerk.

Contact person: Chris Soriano, City Planner, Planning Division, 141 Plumtree Drive, Arvin, CA 93203
Signature/Title/ Date:
________________________ /___________
Jeff Jones, City Manager Date
Record available to General Public: This is to certify that the environmental document and record of project approval is available to the General Public at City of Arvin, City Clerk’s Office, 200 Campus Drive, Arvin, California, 93203. This Notice of Exemption and its supporting documents may be reviewed/obtained during normal working hours at the above address. The filing of a Notice of Exemption and the posting on the list of notices start a 35-day statute of limitations period on legal challenges to the agency's decision that the project is exempt from CEQA. If a Notice of Exemption is not filed, a 180-day statute of limitations will apply. Refer to Section 15061(d) for filing instructions.

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Attachment: Att 1 - NOE - 2023-2031 HE Update_071123 (Public Hearing: 2023-2031 Draft Housing Element Update)

CITY OF ARVIN
Staff Report
Meeting Date: July 11, 2023
TO: Arvin City Council
FROM: Jeff Jones City Manager / Finance Director
SUBJECT: Consideration and Acceptance of Annual Financial Audit for the Period Ending June 30, 2022 and Related Single Audit
BACKGROUND:

The City Manager will be presenting the results of the Fiscal Year 2021-22 Basic Financial Statements and the Federal Single Audit.

STAFF RECOMMENDATION:

Staff recommends to accept and file the following reports:

1. Independent Auditors' Report and Basic Financial Statements for the Year Ended June 30, 2022.

2. Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting and On Compliance and Other Matters Based on an Audit of Financial Statements Performed in Accordance with Government Auditing Standards for the Year Ended June 30, 2022. (Federal Single Audit)

3. Auditors' Communication on Engagement dated June 12, 2022

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Attachment: FY 22 Audit staff report (Financial Audit Results FY 21/22)

6.A.2
Attachment: 2022_Arvin, City of_FINAL Audit Report (Financial Audit Results FY 21/22)

6.A.3
Attachment: 2022_Arvin_AU_C Letter at Conclusion_FINAL (Financial Audit Results FY 21/22)

6.A.4
Attachment: 2022_Arvin_Single Audit_FINAL Report (Financial Audit Results FY 21/22)

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Attachment: 2022_Arvin_Single Audit_FINAL Report (Financial Audit Results FY 21/22) Staff Report Deferral of Development Impact Fee Policy – 2023 Page 1 of 3

CITY OF ARVIN
Staff Report
Meeting Date: July 11 2023
TO: Arvin City Council
FROM: Jeff Jones, City Manager / Finance Director
SUBJECT: A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Arvin Authorizing City Manager To Defer Payment of Fees, Defer Improvements, Enter into Deferral Agreements, Expedite Construction of Development That May Result in Increased Sales Tax and Employment, and Final Interpretation of Conditions Provided that the Condition Is Not Waived Nor the Intent of the Condition Not Implemented In the Opinion of City Manager, Waiver of Fees Under Various Circumstances To Facilitate Economic Development
BACKGROUND:

Existing Codes and Policies – Full Cost Recovery and Implementation Policies:

The City of Arvin has adopted policies and regulations to receive full cost recovery, Chapter

3.32 Fee and Service Charge Revenue/Cost Comparison Systems, adopted Resolution No 2018- 45 Comprehensive Fee Schedule on June 19, 2018, implementing the City Council directives for full cost recovery for services; the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2018—45 Commercial Cannabis Fees adopted June 19, 2018, implementing the City Council directive for full cost recovery for services.

The City Council adopted Resolution No. 2023-68 adopted December 13, 2022, authorizing the City Manager to enter into Deferral Agreement for the payment of Development Impact Fees to facilitate economic development and to implement the policies and programs as established in the City of Arvin’s General Plan, Economic Development Element.

Economic Development and Development; Existing Approvals, Proposed Projects, and Potential New Projects:

The city is beginning to receive renewed interest from the private sector for potential development in the City of Arvin. Due to the historical turn over in staffing and resulting gap in the enforcement of city policies, gaps in the coordination of and communication to project sponsors as to the adopted City requirements, compliance with Title 17 Zoning, has created frustration from the development community as well as existing city staff. The City requires that certain developments receive Planning Commission and City Council clearance and are subject to their conditions of approval. The implementation interpretations conditions may create conflicting interpretation relating to timing among staff and the project applicant. This has caused increased expenditure of time and delay in the processing of and clearance of building permits that delays the construction of, operation and opening of businesses. These delays have a direct fiscal impact to the City of Arvin loss of sales tax, business license, increase property taxes, and causes delays in the creation of jobs and employment, as well as causes the private sector delay of operations and their potential for success.

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Attachment: Staff Report Auth City Manager to Defer Payment of Fees to Facilitate Ec Dev_071123 (Deferral of Payment of Fees to Facilitate Staff Report Deferral of Development Impact Fee Policy – 2023 Page 2 of 3 The most recent experience is the interpretation of a condition imposed on the Starbucks site development permit that may require improvements to the alley way, as may be determined by the City Engineer, should traffic utilize the alley for ingress and egress. Staff and the applicant disagree as to the intent and timing of alley improvements. The City Manager has intervened and established an interpretation and an implementation plan that retains the intent of the condition imposed by the Planning Commission and facilitates the issuance of building permits.

Another recent experience was the Vanguard Project. The City issued building permits for the Vanguard Project without the required Planning Commission approval and clearly communicated the requirements relating to the payment of Traffic Impact Fees. Due to the failure of the former Staff, the representatives for the Vanguard Project were advised that the final building permits would not be issued until the Planning Commission approval was received.

This created tremendous expenditure of time to correct the clearance and created tremendous frustration to the representatives of the Vanguard Project. The Planning Commission conditionally approved the project and imposed the Traffic Impact Fees. The applicant appealed the action of the Planning Commission imposition of the Traffic Impact Fees. The City Council, upon considering the appeal, reduced development impact fee by 20% and authorized the City Manager to enter a deferred payment program for development impact fees.

Another example relates to the payment of building permit fees and expired fees for Potato Road development. The City Manager and the Building Official, to facilitate the completion of the required improvements, the City Manager is proposing to waive fees for the penalties associated with expired permits. Again, the turnover in staffing has contributed to the delay and coordination in the required improvements associated with the building improvements.

These are examples of past projects that consume the City Manager and Staff’s time and delay in facilitation of development and creates frustration to the development community. The above examples do not relieve the applicant of their responsibility to comply with City policies. City Staff is continuing to experience similar issues and results in expenditure of Staff time and causes frustration to the existing developers. The adoption of the proposed policy will provide authority to the City Manager to act relating to the above examples upon adoption of the City Council resolution. It should be noted that the City Manager is proposing to take actions - as of course the City Manager does not have authority to waive anything at this time (and no fees have officially been waived or conditions modified). The two examples above, Starbucks and Potato Road. will be the first projects that will be acted on by the City Manager should the City Council adopt the proposed resolution.

The proposed policy will allow the City Manager to assist in the facilitation of new development and will streamline resolutions to issues that may arise. Examples include but not all inclusive may be interpretation of conditions of approval that may require timing of permit issuance, payment of fees, timing of improvements, deferral of fees and or waiver of fees. The intent of the proposed resolution is to authorize the City Manager the ability to expedite resolution to these types of situations that will expedite development and to increase the City’s revenue due to new development. Where the City Manager determines that the deferral or reduction/waiver is not immediately needed for the continued implementation and/or construction of the specific infrastructure, for example sewer improvements.

1. Enter Deferral Payment of Fees,

2. Defer Improvements,

3. Enter into Deferral Agreements,

4. Final Interpretation of Conditions Provided that the Condition Is Not Waived Nor Waive, In the Opinion of City Manager Opinion, The Intent Of The Condition

5. Waiver of Fees Under Various Circumstances To Facilitate Economic Development and Expedite Construction of Development That May Result in Increased Sales Tax and Employment.

STAFF RECOMMENDATION:

Staff recommends the City Council adopt the attached resolution Authorizing City Manager To Defer Payment of Fees, Defer Improvements, Enter into Deferral Agreements, Final Interpretation of Conditions Provided that the Condition Is Not Waived Nor the Intent of the Condition Not Implemented In the Opinion of City Manager, Waiver of Fees Under Various Circumstances To Facilitate Economic Development and Expedite Construction of Development That May Result in Increased Sales Tax and Employment
FINANCIAL IMPACT:

Approval of the proposed policy will not impact the City’s fiscal status and is believed to increase the City’s fiscal status due to the ability of the City Manager ability to assist in the facilitation of new development and will streamline resolutions to issues that may arise and will assist in the elimination of developer’s frustration in the processing of and assist in the expeditious resolution of issues that arise.

ATTACHMENT:

A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Arvin Establishing a Development Impact Fee Payment Deferral Policy for Affordable Housing, In-Fill, Commercial, Industrial Development and Acceptance of CEQA Determination that the Policy does not Constitute a Project Under CEQA.

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Reso Establishing City Manager Authority Deferment of and waiver of fees, conditions, and interpretation expediting Economic Development RESOLUTION NO. ___________

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARVIN

AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER TO DEFER PAYMENT OF FEES,

DEFER IMPROVEMENTS, ENTER INTO DEFERRAL AGREEMENTS,

EXPEDITE CONSTRUCTION OF DEVELOPMENT THAT MAY

RESULT IN INCREASED SALES TAX AND EMPLOYMENT, AND

FINAL INTERPRETATION OF CONDITIONS PROVIDED THAT THE

CONDITION IS NOT WAIVED NOR THE INTENT OF THE

CONDITION NOT IMPLEMENTED IN THE OPINION OF CITY

MANAGER, WAIVER OF FEES UNDER VARIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES

TO FACILITATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
WHEREAS, the City of Arvin City Council has adopted numerous policies and ordinances that requires development to pay full cost for services performed by the City; and WHEREAS, Chapter 3.32 Fees and Service Charge Revenue/Cost Comparison Systems; Resolution No. 2018-45 Master Fee Schedule adopted June 19, 2018; Resolution No. 2018-46 Commercial Cannabis Fees adopted June 19, 2018 establish fixed and full cost recovery fees for services provided; and
WHEREAS, the City of Arvin’s General Plan Economic Development Element has identified the following: 1. Strategies on marketing tourism and increasing commercial activity in order to discourage the leakage of commercial goods and services sales to the Bakersfield area; 2. The existing businesses and economic base in the Arvin area are well established and are important to the community identity. New industries to be situated in the area should focus on either expanding existing businesses in the Arvin area or complementing those employment bases; and 3. Economic development efforts by the City should focus on solutions that encourage job retention and long-term employment. Many industries that could be considered should complement the existing employment base in the area. Possible industrial choices could include food processing and packaging, as well as agriculture by-product industries.

WHEREAS, the City of Arvin recognizes the economic reality of commercial and industrial development; and
WHEREAS, to support and encourage economic development within the City and its Sphere of Influence it is imperative that the City Manager be provided with all the authority and support to assist in the expediting development; and
WHEREAS, in authorizing the City Manager to defer payment of fees, defer improvements, enter into deferral agreements, expedite construction of development that may result in increased sales tax and employment, and to provide final interpretation of conditions provided that the condition(s) is not waived nor the intent of the condition not implemented in the opinion of City Manager, and waiver of fees under various circumstances to facilitate economic development will provide the authority and support to assist the City Manager in expediting development; and

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Reso Establishing City Manager Authority Deferment of and waiver of fees, conditions, and interpretation expediting Economic Development WHEREAS, this policy does not apply to conditions that are imposed by outside agencies; and
WHEREAS, the City Council authorizes the City Manager to defer payment of fees, defer improvements, enter into deferral agreements, expedite construction of development that may result in increased sales tax and employment, and to provide final interpretation of conditions provided that the condition(s) is not waived nor the intent of the condition not implemented in the opinion of City Manager, and waiver of fees under various circumstances to facilitate economic development; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager may require the project applicant to enter into deferral agreements and/or enter into compliance agreements to ensure implementation of conditions of approval; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager is directed to provide periodic reports during regular City Council meetings – such reports may be verbal or written: and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the adoption of this resolution does not constitute a project under the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA"), pursuant to CEQA Guidelines §15378(b)(4), because this resolution by this Resolution are for the purpose of defraying the costs borne by the City in providing certain services and conducting regulatory activities pursuant to the City's Municipal Code, and deferring certain improvements and potentially waived or fees to support economic development and does constitute a project under CEQA, the City Council finds and determines that said action is exempt from CEQA under CEQA Guidelines Sections 15061(b)(3), in that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, because the adoption of the resolution relates only to the creation of government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities which do not involve any commitment to a specific project, and which do not have the effect of permitting new uses within the City, instead merely providing further regulations by updating and establishing a policy authorizing the City Manager to defer, enter into deferral agreement, interpretation of conditions, and waiver of fees to support and expedite development.

Additionally, the adoption of this Resolution is exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15061(b)(1) and 15273 because it is for the managing and collection of fees and deferring improvements which the City Council finds are for the purpose of meeting City operating expenses. Finally, none of the exceptions to Categorical Exemptions set forth in the CEQA Guidelines Section 15300.2 apply to the adoption of the deferral of development impact fees pursuant to this Resolution.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT: The City Council of the City of Arvin does hereby approve the “City of Arvin City Council Authorizes the City Manager To Defer Payment of Fees, Defer Improvements, Enter into Deferral Agreements, Expedite Construction of Development That May Result in Increased Sales Tax and Employment, and Final Interpretation of Conditions Provided that the Condition Is Not Waived - Nor the Intent of the Condition is Not Implemented - In the Opinion of City Manager, Authorized to Waive Fees Under Various Circumstances To Facilitate Economic Development”.

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Reso Establishing City Manager Authority Deferment of and waiver of fees, conditions, and interpretation expediting Economic Development I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Arvin at a regular meeting thereof held on the 11 th day of July 2023 by the
following vote:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSTAIN:

ABSENT:

ATTEST
CECILIA VELA, City Clerk

CITY OF ARVIN
By:

OLIVIA TRUJILLO, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:

By:

NATHAN HODGES, City Attorney
Hodges Law Group
I, ______________________________, City Clerk of the City of Arvin, California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true and accurate copy of the Resolution passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Arvin on the date and by the vote indicated herein.

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Attachment: Reso Auth City Manager to Defer Payment of Fees to Facilitate Ec Dev_071123 (Deferral of Payment of Fees to Facilitate Economic Staff Report – Reso for CC Adopting of GPA 2023-01 and GPA 2023-03 – CC Mtg of July 11, 2023 Page 1 of 1

CITY OF ARVIN
Staff Report
Meeting Date: July 11, 2023
TO: Arvin City Council
FROM: Chris Soriano, City Planner
Jake Raper, Planning Consultant
Jeff Jones, City Manager
SUBJECT: A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Arvin Adopting General Plan Amendment to the City of Arvin General Plan Land Use Element – GPA 2023-01 and GPA 2023-03 and Acceptance CEQA Determination of A Mitigated Negative Declaration of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

BACKGROUND: UPDATE 2023 LAND USE ELEMENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN:

The State of California mandates that each city and county adopt a general plan. The State of California limits amendments of each of the mandate elements to four (4) times per calendar year. Based upon the number of pending projects that may require amendment to the Land Use Element of the General Plan, Staff has combined two amendments into one action by the City Council. The resolutions previously approved by the City Council identifies that the adoption of GPA 2023-01 and GPA 2023-03 are tentatively approved and will be considered for adoption on July 11, 2023.

The attached resolution adopts the two general plan amendments as one action and accepts the Mitigated Negative Declarations and Mitigation Monitoring Program. Upon adoption, the City Manager or designee will file the Notice of Determination with the Kern County Clerk.

RECOMMENDATION:

Staff recommends that the City Council of the City of Arvin adopt the attached “Resolution of the City Council of the City of Arvin Adopting General Plan Amendment to the City of Arvin General Plan Land Use Element – GPA 2023-01 and GPA 2023-03 and Acceptance CEQA Determination of A Mitigated Negative Declaration of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).” FISCAL CONSIDERATIONS:

The 2023 Land Use Element updates were funded by the State of California, Department of Housing and Community Development.

END OF REPORT.

Attachments:
• Resolution of the City Council of the City of Arvin Adopting General Plan Amendment to the City of Arvin General Plan Land Use Element – GPA 2023-01 and GPA 2023-03 and Acceptance CEQA Determination of a Mitigated Negative Declaration of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

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Attachment: Staff Report Adopting GPA to COA General Plan Land Use Element – GPA 2023-01 and GPA 2023-03_071123 (Adopting GPA to

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Reso Adopting General Plan Amendments to the City of Arvin General Plan Land Use Element - GPA 2023- 01 and GPA 2023-03.

RESOLUTION NO. _________

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARVIN

ADOPTING GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY OF ARVIN
GENERAL PLAN LAND USE ELEMENT – GPA 2023-01 AND GPA 2023-03.

WHEREAS, the City of Arvin is mandated by the State of California to maintain an adequate and proper General Plan; and
WHEREAS, because of that mandate City of Arvin’s General Plan and the various elements thereof must be periodically updated with current data, recommendations, and policies; and
WHEREAS, the City of Arvin Planning Division and the Planning Commission, in accordance with Government Code Sections 65353 and 65345, have made recommendations to the City Council regarding potential amendments to the Land Use Element of the General Plan; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Government Code Section 65355, the City Council has reviewed and held at least one public hearing on the recommended amendments to the Land Use Element of the General Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the proposed amendments to the Land Use Element of the General Plan are consistent with those portions of the General Plan not otherwise amended.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Arvin City Council hereby approves and accepts the environmental document(s) on the following amendments to the General Plan, and approves and adopts the following amendments to the General Plan based on the findings and reasons set forth in the staff reports and other documents considered by the City Council at the public hearing, except as may be noted therein:

1. Resolution No. 2023-20 dated May 23, 2023 - General Plan Land Use Element (GP Amendment 2023-01) located at 4th Street and Campus Drive by approving the change of Land Use Designation on 8. 862+/- Acres for Assessor’s Parcel Numbers 190-260-08 (1.43 Acres); 190-260-02 (2.29 acres), 190-260-01 (0.61 acres); and portion of 190-260-06 (4.53 acres) from Public Facilities to Medium Density Residential and Associated Mitigated Negative Declaration.

The Amendment (GPA 2023-01) was considered on May 23, 2023 by the City Council and was conceptually approved by the following vote of the City Council:

AYES: MURILLO, HORTON, BORRELI, TRUJILLO; ABSENT: REYES

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2. Resolution No. 2023-XX dated July 11, 2023 - General Plan Land Use Element 2023 Update, an Element of the General Plan, Exhibit A, and Acceptance of the CEQA Determination of a Mitigated Negative Declaration of the Californian Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The 2023 Land Use Element Update establishes residential density increases, amendments and clarifications for the residential land classifications; updates to tables that reflect the proposed residential amendments; inclusion of the adopted Sphere-of-Influence that include Figures and Diagrams for the conceptual land use configurations and uses; updates to tables to be in conformity with zoning and land use designations; establishment of a new Land Use Diagram within the City Limits and within the Sphere-of-Influence – Figure LU-2; additions and amendments to Residential Designations – Estate Residential Designation – provides for 1 unit per 12,000 square feet to 1 unit per 2.5 acres, Residential Reserve – clarifies that agricultural uses are permitted and provides for 1 unit per acre, Low Density Residential – modifies the density allowing 4 to 10 units per acre, MediumLow Density Residential (New residential designation) allows the density from 10- 16 units per acre, Medium Density Residential – allows 16 to 24 units per acre, High Density Residential – allows 21 to 30 units per acre, Parks – clarifies that the typical zoning designation is OS-Open Space, Public Facilities -expands the uses that are related to public uses and the typical zoning designation if PF-Public Facilities, Schools – identifies that the typical zoning designation is SZ- School Zone, Agricultural – expands the permitted uses and discussions of potential conflict between uses, the typical zoning designation are the A-1, A-2, and RS-1; Updated Holding Capacity for Residential and Non-Residential discussion and tables; updated discussion for Disadvantaged Unincorporated Communities (DUC) based on the recently adopted 2023 Environmental Justice Element.

The Amendment (GPA 2023-03) was considered on July 11, 2023, by the City Council and was conceptually approved by the following vote of the City Council:
(INSERT VOTE BY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER NAME)
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Arvin (the “Council”) find, determine, resolve and order as follows:

1. The above recitals are true and correct.
a. The Initial Study is on file at the City Clerk’s office located at 200 Campus Drive, Arvin, CA 93203.
b. The resolution adopting the Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring Program reflects the City's independent judgement and analysis. c. On the basis of the whole record, including the Initial Study, and any comments received and the responses to said comments, that there is no substantial evidence that the project, collectively or singularly, will have a significant effect on the environment.
d. The project mitigation imposed, as described in the Initial Study and supporting documents, will avoid any potentially significant effects to a point where there are no

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significant adverse impact on the environment would occur with the mitigation imposed.

Based on the foregoing, the City Council adopts the Mitigated Negative Declaration for the General Plan Amendments as specified above will not result in any significant, adverse, environmental impacts with the mitigation imposed. Additionally, the City Council adopts the associated Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program for the Project.

The City Clerk located at 200 Campus Dr, Arvin, CA 93203 shall serve as the custodian of all documents or other material which constitutes the record of proceedings upon which the adoption of the Mitigated Negative Declaration is based.

The City Council directs, City Manager, or designee, to execute and file with the Kern County Clerk, within five business days of the final adoption of the resolution (July 11, 2023), an approval of the project a Notice of Determination that complies with CEQA Guidelines, section 15075.

2. The City Council finds that it is in the public interest to amend the General Plan as proposed by General Plan Amendment 2023-01, and the City Council approves the General Plan Amendment 2023-01 as reflected on the Land Use Diagram — Exhibit A and General Plan Amendment 2023 General Plan Land Use Element Update – Exhibit A on file at the City Clerks office.

3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Arvin at a regular meeting thereof held on the 11th day of July 2023 by the following vote:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSTAIN:

ABSENT:

ATTEST
CITY OF ARVIN CECILIA VELA, City Clerk
By:

OLIVIA TRUJILLO, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:

By:

NATHAN HODGES, City Attorney
Hodges Law Group
I, ______________________________, City Clerk of the City Council of the City of Arvin, California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true and accurate copy of the Resolution passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Arvin on the date and by the vote indicated herein.

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