Carpinteria City Council
January 22, 2024

No
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• 1 residence per legal lot + limited employee (farmworker) housing
Proposed Zoning & Potential Buildout:
• Apply updated Residential (R) Overlay (required min.
density of 20 units per acre up to max. density of 25 units per acre) to 10 acres of 14.09 acre parcel and all of 2.11 acre parcel
• Accommodate approx. 242 units
Site Constraints:
• Carpinteria Creek ESHA
o Required min. 50-foot setback from edge of
riparian corridor
• 100 year Floodplain (Zone AE)
o Limited to northern edge of site, within creek
corridor and protected buffer
• Coastal Act & LCP resource protection policies (agriculture / prime soils)
• Adjacency to U.S. Highway 1018
• Site is larger than 10 acres
o Housing Plan Program 8 is implemented which
facilitates lot consolidation or subdivision to help
ensure that parcels greater than 10 acres or less
than 0.5 acres are suitable for lower income
housing development; however, for purposes of
estimating potential lower income units, it is
assumed only a 10 acre portion of the 14.09 acre
parcel would be rezoned
Owner Interest:
• Yes, owner’s representative submitted letter of inquiry to Carpinteria Water District on August 9, 2023 re availability of water to serve 400 units
• Previously approved by City on 2 occasions for medium density multi-family residential development (with
Candidate Site No. 1), but not certified by the California Coastal Commission
8 Residential projects located adjacent U.S. Highway 101 may require noise attenuation / mitigation techniques to comply with interior noise standards for habitable areas. Numerous examples of residential projects built adjacent to the Highway demonstrate this is feasible, including but not limited to, the “Casas de las Flores” 43-unit multi-family residential development located at 4090 Via Real and the “Klentner Condominiums” 4-unit multi-family residential development located at 1077 – 1083 Cramer Road.

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Site Details
Address 5800 Via Real No address
APN 001-080-041 001-080-035
Site Size (ac) 14.09* 2.11
Existing Use Agriculture Agriculture
Current General Plan AG AG
Current Zoning A-10 A-10
Proposed Zoning AG-10/R AG-10/R
Minimum Density 20 20
Maximum Density 25 25
Potential Units 281 42
*Pursuant to Government Code § 65583.2(c)(2)(B), for purposes of estimating potential lower income units, it is assumed only a 10 acre portion of this parcel would be rezoned.

Source: Santa Barbara County ArcGIS
Site 2 looking east from Via Real Source: Google Earth
001-080-035
001-080-041
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Candidate Site 3 – 1000 & 1010 Bega Way
Source: Google Earth
Site Suitability
Site Details:
• 9.68 acres
• 2 parcels under common ownership
• Access to Via Real (major arterial) via easement (~600 ft.) • Served by all public utilities
• Adjacent land uses:
o North: Rural Residential (Unincorporated)
o East: Multi-family Residential
o South: Self-Storage (Candidate Site No. 4)
o West: Mobile Home Park
• < 0.25 miles to transit (~600 ft to MTD Line 20 route) • Approx. 1.5 miles to shopping, dining & services
• Approx. 0.25 miles to public park facility
Existing Use:
• Office, warehousing & assembly facilities
• 2 buildings totaling 117,000 square feet, constructed over two phases in 1998 & 2009
• 2-story / mezzanine
• 3 employee apartment units (to provide temporary
housing to visiting employees)
• Improvement to Land Value (I/L) Ratio:

Site Overview
Size: 9.68 ac
Potential Units: 178 (175 net)
Income Target: Lower Income
Existing Use: Industrial Research;
Temporary Employee
Housing
Owner Interest: Unknown
Included in Prior
Housing Element
Cycle:

No
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o 001-180-006: 5.62
o 001-180-041: 3.61
Existing Zoning & Potential Buildout:
• Industrial / Research Park (M-RP)
o Allows for light industry, technical research &
large business headquarters
• Mixed-use permissible (up to 20 units per acre density) • Eligible for application of Residential (R) overlay (to allow for residential-only development of up to 20 units per
acre density)
Proposed Zoning & Potential Buildout:
• Apply updated Residential (R) Overlay (required min.
density of 20 units per acre up to max. density of 25 units per acre)
• Accommodate approx. 178 units (175 net)
Site Constraints:
• Includes temporary housing units
o Program 1 requires development that proposes
to demolish existing housing units shall be
subject to the requirement to replace affordable
units as a condition of development pursuant to
Government Code § 65583.2(g)(3). Replacement
requirements shall be consistent with those set
forth in § 65915(c)(3) and § 65590-65590.1 (the
Mello Act).

Owner Interest:
• Unknown at this time
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Site Details
Address 1000 Bega Way 1010 Bega Way
APN 001-180-006 001-180-041
Site Size (ac) 4.46 4.47
Existing Use Industrial Research Industrial Research
Current General Plan RDI RDI
Current Zoning M-RP M-RP
Proposed Zoning M-RP/R M-RP/R
Minimum Density 20 20
Maximum Density 25 25
Potential Units 89 (86 net) 89
Source: Santa Barbara County ArcGIS
Looking southeast at 1000 Bega Way Source: Bing Maps
Looking north at 1010 Bega Way Source: Bing Maps
001-180-041
001-180-006
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Candidate Site 4 – 6250 Via Real
Source: Google Earth
Site Suitability
Site Details:
• 8.47 acres
• 4 parcels under common ownership
• Direct access to Via Real (major arterial)
• Served by all public utilities
o Parcels 001-180-064, -065 & -066 require
annexation into Carpinteria Sanitary District
• Adjacent land uses:
o North: Industrial / Research Park Facility (see
Candidate Site No. 3)
o East: Multi-family Residential
o South: Via Real / U.S. Highway 101
o West: Mobile Home Park
• < 0.25 miles to transit (located on MTD Line 20 route) • Approx. 1.4 miles to shopping, dining & services
• < 0.25 miles to public park facility
Site Overview
Size: 8.47 ac
Potential Units: 167 (166 net)
Income Target: Lower Income
Existing Use: Storage
Owner Interest: Unknown
Included in Prior
Housing Element
Cycle:

No
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Existing Use:
• Personal self-storage business (operates under CUP)
• 16 buildings totaling 118,000 square feet, constructed over multiple phases from 1970s to 1990s
• 1- & 2-story construction
• 1 caretaker unit / manager’s office onsite
• Approved for 3,000 square feet of temporary modular
storage in 2022. Applicant has indicated project may
not proceed due to improvement costs associated
with project.
o No building permits issued at this time
• Improvement to Land Value (I/L) Ratio:
o 001-180-064: 8.42
o 001-180-065: 19.80
o 001-180-066: 6.79
o 001-180-067: 5.69
Existing Zoning & Potential Buildout:
• Industrial / Research Park (M-RP)
o Allows for light industry, technical research &
large business headquarters
• Mixed-use permissible (up to 20 units per acre
density)
• Eligible for application of Residential (R) overlay (to allow for residential-only development of up to 20
units per acre density)
Proposed Zoning & Potential Buildout:
• Apply updated Residential (R) Overlay (required min.
density of 20 units per acre up to max. density of 25
units per acre)
• Accommodate approx. 167 units (166 net)
Site Constraints:
• Adjacent to U.S. Highway 1019
• Access easement along western boundary (for
Candidate Site No. 3)
Owner Interest:
• Unknown at this time
9 Residential projects located adjacent U.S. Highway 101 may require noise attenuation / mitigation techniques to comply with interior noise standards for habitable areas. Numerous examples of residential projects built adjacent to the Highway demonstrate this is feasible, including but not limited to, the “Casas de las Flores” 43-unit multi-family residential development located at 4090 Via Real and the “Klentner Condominiums” 4-unit multi-family residential development located at 1077 – 1083 Cramer Road.

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Site Details
Address 6250 Via Real 6250 Via Real 6250 Via Real 6250 Via Real APN 001-180-064 001-180-065 001-180-066 001-080-067
Site Size (ac) 2.05 2.14 2.14 2.14
Existing Use Storage Storage Storage Storage
Current General Plan RDI RDI RDI RDI
Current Zoning M-RP M-RP M-RP M-RP
Proposed Zoning M-RP/R M-RP/R M-RP/R M-RP/R
Minimum Density 20 20 20 20
Maximum Density 25 25 25 25
Potential Units 41 42 42 (41 net) 42
Source: Santa Barbara County ArcGIS
Looking east from Bega Way & Via Real Source: Google Earth Looking north from Via Real Source: Google Earth
001-180-065
001-180-066
001-180-067
001-180-064
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Candidate Site 5 – Intentionally omitted
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Candidate Site 6 – 6385 Cindy Lane, 1005 & 1013 Mark Ave, 6388 & 6382 Rose Lane
Source: Google Earth
Site Suitability
Site Details:
• 10.58 acres
• 5 parcels under separate ownership
• Direct access to Mark Avenue (secondary arterial),
Cindy Lane and Rose Lane (local commercial /
industrial streets)
• Served by all public utilities
• Adjacent land uses:
o North: Industrial / Research Park Facilities
o East: Industrial / Research Park Facilities
o South: Industrial / Research Park Facilities
(See Candidate Site No. 7)
o West: Vacant (see Candidate Site No. 5)
• < 0.25 miles to transit (~500 ft. to MTD Line 20 route) • Approx. 1.85 miles to shopping, dining & services
• Approx. 0.85 miles to public park facility
Existing Use:
• Warehouse, office, assembly & research facilities
o 1 building presently vacant
• 1-story concrete tilt-up warehouse construction
Site Overview
Size: 10.58 ac
Potential Units: 210
Income Target: Lower Income
Existing Use: Industrial Research
Owner Interest: Unknown
Included in Prior
Housing Element
Cycle:

No
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• Buildings range from approx. 18,000 sq. ft. to 40,000 sq. ft. Buildings constructed in 1970s.
• Improvement to Land Value (I/L) Ratio:
o 001-190-025: 5.89
o 001-190-068: 1.00
o 001-190-073: 1.24
o 001-190-084: 1.82
o 001-190-086: 0.76
Existing Zoning & Potential Buildout:
• Industrial / Research Park (M-RP)
o Allows for light industry, technical research &
large business headquarters
• Mixed-use permissible (up to 20 units per acre
density)
• Eligible for application of Residential (R) overlay (to allow for residential-only development of up to 20
units per acre density)
Proposed Zoning & Potential Buildout:
• Apply updated Residential (R) Overlay (required min.
density of 20 units per acre up to max. density of 25
units per acre)
• Accommodate approx. 210 units
• Potential for redevelopment of individual parcels
Site Constraints:
• Site is larger than 10 acres
o Housing Plan Program 8 implemented to help
facilitate lot consolidation or subdivision to
help ensure that parcels greater than 10 acres
or less than 0.5 acres in size are suitable for
lower income housing development.

Owner Interest:
• Unknown at this time
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Site Details
Address 6385 Cindy Ln 1005 Mark Ave 6388 Rose Ln 1013 Mark Ave 6382 Rose Ln APN 001-190-025 001-190-068 001-190-073 001-190-084 001-190-086 Site Size (ac) 4.00 1.69 1.01 1.24 2.67
Existing Use Industrial
Research
Industrial
Research
Industrial
Research
Industrial
Research
Industrial
Research
Current General Plan RDI RDI RDI RDI RDI
Current Zoning M-RP M-RP M-RP M-RP M-RP
Proposed Zoning M-RP/R M-RP/R M-RP/R M-RP/R M-RP/R
Minimum Density 20 20 20 20 20
Maximum Density 25 25 25 25 25
Potential Units 80 33 20 24 53
Source: Santa Barbara County ArcGIS
Looking northwest from Cindy Ln & Mark Ave Source: Bing Maps Looking west from Mark Avenue Source: Bing Maps
Looking south from Rose Lane Source: Bing Maps
-084
-086
-073
APNs 001-190-xxx
-025
-068
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Candidate Site 7 – 6390 & 6398 Cindy Ln, 1001 Mark Ave, 6392 Via Real Source: Google Earth
Site Suitability
Site Details:
• 5.51 acres
• 4 parcels under separate ownership
• Direct access to Via Real (major arterial), Mark Avenue (secondary arterial), and Cindy Lane (local
commercial/industrial street)
• Served by all public utilities
• Adjacent land uses:
o North: Industrial / Research Park Facilities
o East: Industrial / Research Park Facilities
o South: Industrial / Research Park Facilities
(See Candidate Site No. 7)
o West: Vacant (see Candidate Site No. 5)
• < 0.25 miles to transit (located on MTD Line 20 route) • Approx. 1.75 miles to shopping, dining & services
• Approx. 0.75 miles to public park facility
Existing Use:
• Warehouse, office, assembly & research facilities
o 1 warehouse building presently vacant &
listed for lease / sale
• 1-story concrete tilt-up warehouse construction & 2-
story office buildings
Site Overview
Size: 5.51 ac
Potential Units: 110
Income Target: Lower Income
Existing Use: Industrial Research
Owner Interest: Unknown
Included in Prior
Housing Element
Cycle:

No
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• Buildings range from approx. 20,000 sq. ft. to 25,000 sq. ft. Warehouse constructed in 1970s; offices
constructed in 1980s.
• Improvement to Land Value (I/L) Ratio:
o 001-190-023: 0.83
o 001-190-091: 2.00
o 001-190-092: 0.58
o 001-190-093: 2.92
Existing Zoning & Potential Buildout:
• Industrial / Research Park (M-RP)
o Allows for light industry, technical research &
large business headquarters
• Mixed-use permissible (up to 20 units per acre
density)
• Eligible for application of Residential (R) overlay (to allow for residential-only development of up to 20
units per acre density)
Proposed Zoning & Potential Buildout:
• Apply updated Residential (R) Overlay (required min.
density of 20 units per acre up to max. density of 25
units per acre)
• Accommodate approx. 110 units
• Potential for redevelopment of individual parcels
Site Constraints:
• Adjacent to U.S. Highway 10110
Owner Interest:
• Unknown at this time
• Parcel 001-190-023 presently listed for lease / sale.

City received inquiries from prospective buyers re:
residential redevelopment potential
10 Residential projects located adjacent U.S. Highway 101 may require noise attenuation / mitigation techniques to comply with interior noise standards for habitable areas. Numerous examples of residential projects built adjacent to the Highway demonstrate this is feasible, including but not limited to, the “Casas de las Flores” 43-unit multi-family residential development located at 4090 Via Real and the “Klentner Condominiums” 4-unit multi-family residential development located at 1077 – 1083 Cramer Road.

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Site Details
Address 6390 Cindy Ln 6398 Cindy Ln 1001 Mark Ave 6392 Via Real APN 001-190-023 001-190-092 001-190-093 001-190-091
Site Size (ac) 2.25 1.00 1.00 1.25
Existing Use Industrial Research Industrial Research Industrial Research Industrial Research Current General Plan RDI RDI RDI RDI
Current Zoning M-RP M-RP M-RP M-RP
Proposed Zoning M-RP/R M-RP/R M-RP/R M-RP/R
Minimum Density 20 20 20 20
Maximum Density 25 25 25 25
Potential Units 45 20 20 25
Source: Santa Barbara County ArcGIS
Looking northeast from Via Real & Lomita Ln Source: Bing Maps Looking southwest from Mark Ave & Cindy Ln Source: Bing Maps Looking east from west end of Cindy Ln Source: Bing Maps -092
-093
APNs 001-190-xxx
-023
-091
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Candidate Site 8 – 1000 Mark Ave & 6402 Cindy Lane, 6410-6460 Via Real Source: Google Earth
Site Suitability
Site Details:
• 10.02 acres
• 4 parcels under common ownership
• Direct access to Via Real (major arterial), Mark Avenue (secondary arterial), and Cindy Lane (local commercial
/ industrial street)
• Served by all public utilities
• Adjacent land uses:
o North: Industrial / Research Park Facilities &
vacant land (see Candidate Site No. 9)
o East: Agriculture (Unincorporated)
o South: Via Real / U.S. Highway 101
o West: Industrial / Research Park Facilities (see
Candidate Site No. 7)
• < 0.25 miles to transit (located on MTD Line 20 route) • Approx. 1.85 miles to shopping, dining & services
• Approx. 0.65 miles to public park facility
Existing Use:
• Office / warehouse & surface parking lot
• Used as corporate satellite campus for large
multinational tech firm
• Mix of 1-story warehouse & 1- and 2-story office
buildings
o 001-190-099: 1-story concrete tilt-up
warehouse, approx. 26,000 sq. ft. &
constructed in 1970s
Site Overview
Size: 10.02 ac
Potential Units: 199
Income Target: Lower Income
Existing Use: Industrial Research
Owner Interest: Unknown
Included in Prior
Housing Element
Cycle:

No
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o 001-190-100: surface parking lot
o 001-190-101: 2-story office building, approx.
32,000 sq. ft., built in 1970s
o 001-430-011: campus setting of six 1- & 2-
story buildings, ranging in size from 11,000 sq.
ft. to 26,000 sq. ft.; built in 1980s and 90s
• Improvement to Land Value (I/L) Ratio:
o 001-190-099: 5.12
o 001-190-100: 0.16
o 001-190-101: 4.27
o 001-430-011: 2.94
Existing Zoning & Potential Buildout:
• Industrial / Research Park (M-RP)
o Allows for light industry, technical research &
large business headquarters
• Mixed-use permissible (up to 20 units per acre
density)
• Eligible for application of Residential (R) overlay (to allow for residential-only development of up to 20
units per acre density)
Proposed Zoning & Potential Buildout:
• Apply updated Residential (R) Overlay (required min.
density of 20 units per acre up to max. density of 25
units per acre)
• Accommodate approx. 199 units
• Potential for redevelopment of individual parcels
o 1 parcel used as surface parking lot
Site Constraints:
• Adjacent to U.S. Highway 10111
• Site is larger than 10 acres
o Housing Plan Program 8 implemented to help
facilitate lot consolidation or subdivision to
help ensure that parcels greater than 10 acres
or less than 0.5 acres in size are suitable for
lower income housing development.

Owner Interest:
• Unknown at this time
11 Residential projects located adjacent U.S. Highway 101 may require noise attenuation / mitigation techniques to comply with interior noise standards for habitable areas. Numerous examples of residential projects built adjacent to the Highway demonstrate this is feasible, including but not limited to, the “Casas de las Flores” 43-unit multi-family residential development located at 4090 Via Real and the “Klentner Condominiums” 4-unit multi-family residential development located at 1077 – 1083 Cramer Road.

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Site Details
Address 1000 Mark Ave No Address 6402 Cindy Ln 6410-6460 Via Real APN 001-190-099 001-190-100 001-190-101 001-430-011
Site Size (ac) 1.28 1.00 1.23 6.51
Existing Use Industrial Research Industrial Research Industrial Research Industrial Research Current General Plan RDI RDI RDI RDI
Current Zoning M-RP M-RP M-RP M-RP
Proposed Zoning M-RP/R M-RP/R M-RP/R M-RP/R
Minimum Density 20 20 20 20
Maximum Density 25 25 25 25
Potential Units 25 20 24 130
Source: Santa Barbara County ArcGIS
Looking southeast from Mark Ave & Cindy Ln Source: Bing Maps Looking northeast from Via Real & Mark Ave Source: Google Earth Looking northwest from Via Real Source: Google Earth
001-430-011
001-190-099
001-190-100
001-190-011
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Candidate Site 9 – Cindy Lane
Source: Google Earth
Site Suitability
Site Details:
• 4.49 acres
• 1 parcel under common ownership with Candidate
Site No. 8
• Direct access to Cindy Lane (local commercial /
industrial street)
• Direct access to all public utilities
• Adjacent land uses:
o North: Industrial / Research Park Facilities
o East: Agriculture (Unincorporated)
o South: Industrial / Research Park Facilities
(see Candidate Site No. 8)
o West: Industrial / Research Park Facilities
• < 0.25 miles to transit (to MTD Line 20 route)
• Approx. 1.95 miles to shopping, dining & services
• Approx. 0.75 miles to public park facility
Existing Use:
• Vacant / undeveloped
• Originally constructed as detention basin to serve
adjoining development. Santa Barbara County Flood
Control District quitclaimed easement over site back
to owner in approx. 2015
• Improvement to Land Value (I/L) Ratio: 0
Site Overview
Size: 4.49 ac
Potential Units: 89
Income Target: Lower Income
Existing Use: Vacant
Owner Interest: Unknown
Included in Prior
Housing Element
Cycle:

No
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Existing Zoning & Potential Buildout:
• Industrial / Research Park (M-RP)
o Allows for light industry, technical research &
large business headquarters
• Mixed-use permissible (up to 20 units per acre
density)
• Eligible for application of Residential (R) overlay (to allow for residential-only development of up to 20
units per acre density)
Proposed Zoning & Potential Buildout:
• Apply updated Residential (R) Overlay (required min.
density of 20 units per acre up to max. density of 25
units per acre)
• Accommodate approx. 89 units
Site Constraints:
• None known
• Wetland habitat/ESHA may be present
Owner Interest:
• Unknown at this time
• Site has been previously discussed by potential
developers for residential development
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Site Details
Address No address
APN 001-430-008
Site Size (ac) 4.49
Existing Use Vacant
Current General Plan RDI
Current Zoning M-RP
Proposed Zoning M-RP/R
Minimum Density 20
Maximum Density 25
Potential Units 89
Source: Santa Barbara County ArcGIS
Birdseye view looking west Source: Google Earth
Looking southeast from Cindy Lane Source: Google Earth
001-430-008
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Candidate Site 10 – 5320 Carpinteria Avenue
Source: Google Earth
Site Suitability
Site Details:
• 1.08 acre parcel
• Direct access to Carpinteria Avenue (major arterial); secondary access to private drive along eastern
boundary
• Served by all public utilities
• Adjacent land uses:
o North: Multi-family Residential (Agerestricted (55+) Apartments) o East: Shopping Center
o South: Carpinteria Avenue
o West: Multi-family Residential
• < 0.25 miles to transit (located on MTD Line 20 route) • < 0.25 miles to shopping, dining & services
• < 0.25 miles to public park facility
Site Overview
Size: 1.08 ac
Potential Units: 21
Income Target: Lower Income
Existing Use: Commercial
Owner Interest: Unknown
Included in Prior
Housing
Element
Cycle:

No
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• Site located in downtown Carpinteria with immediate
access to shopping, dining, services & transit
Existing Use:
• 1-story office building approx. 11,000 sq. ft.
constructed in 1970s
• Partially vacant; space available for lease
• Improvement to Land Value (I/L) Ratio: 1.68
Existing Zoning & Potential Buildout:
• Commercial Planned Development (CPD)
o Allows for office, retail, service and wholesale
establishments
• Mixed-use permissible (up to 20 units per acre
density)
• Eligible for application of Residential (R) overlay (to allow for residential-only development of up to 20
units per acre density)
Proposed Zoning & Potential Buildout:
• Apply updated Residential (R) Overlay (required min.
density of 20 units per acre up to max. density of 25
units per acre)
• Accommodate approx. 21 units
Site Constraints:
• Access easement along eastern boundary
Owner Interest:
• Unknown at this time
• Property managed by entity that owns and operates
multiple multi-family residential apartment
developments in south coast region
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Site Details
Address 5320 Carpinteria Avenue
APN 001-070-058
Site Size (ac) 1.08
Existing Use Commercial
Current General Plan GC
Current Zoning CPD
Proposed Zoning CPD/R
Minimum Density 20
Maximum Density 25
Potential Units 21
Source: Santa Barbara County ArcGIS
Northeast corner of Site 10 looking southwest Source: Google Earth Looking northwest from Carpinteria Avenue Source: Google Earth 001-170-058
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Candidate Site 11 – 5437 Carpinteria Avenue
Source: Google Earth
Site Suitability
Site Details:
• 1.98 acres
• 2 parcels under common ownership
• Direct access to Carpinteria Avenue (major arterial)
• Served by all public utilities
• Adjacent land uses:
o North: Carpinteria Avenue
o East: Carpinteria Creek (ESHA)
o South: Multi-family Residential
o West: Shopping Center
• < 0.25 miles to transit (located on MTD Line 20 route) • < 0.25 miles to shopping, dining & services
• < 0.25 miles to public park facility
• Site located in downtown Carpinteria with immediate
access to shopping, dining, services & transit
Site Overview
Size: 1.98 ac
Potential Units: 39 (25 net)
Income Target: Lower Income
Existing Use: Residential & Vacant
Owner Interest: Unknown
Included in Prior
Housing Element
Cycle:

No
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Existing Use:
• Mixed-use commercial / residential
• 1-story approx. 1,100 sq. ft. multi-tenant commercial building & seven 1-story buildings collectively totaling approx. 6,500 sq. ft. containing 14 apartment units
• Structures date to pre-1949 (originally constructed as motel) • Improvement to Land Value (I/L) Ratio:
o 003-280-005: 0
o 003-280-017: 0.45
Existing Zoning & Potential Buildout:
• Commercial Planned Development (CPD)
o Allows for office, retail, service and wholesale establishments • Mixed-use permissible (up to 20 units per acre)
• Eligible for application of Residential (R) overlay (to allow for residential-only development of up to 20 units per acre density) Proposed Zoning & Potential Buildout:
• Apply updated Residential (R) Overlay (required min. density of 20 units per acre up to max. density of 25 units per acre) • Accommodate approx. 39 units (25 net)
Site Constraints:
• Carpinteria Creek ESHA
o Required min. 50-foot setback from edge of riparian corridor • 100 year Floodplain (Zone AE)
o Affects easterly 1/3 of property
o Approximately aligns with required 50-foot creek setback • Existing residential units
o Program 1 requires development that proposes to demolish existing housing units shall be subject to the requirement to replace affordable units as a condition of development
pursuant to Government Code § 65583.2(g)(3). Replacement requirements shall be consistent with those set forth in § 65915(c)(3) and § 65590-65590.1 (the Mello Act).
• Includes a parcel that is less than 0.5 acres
o Housing Plan Program 8 implemented to help facilitate lot consolidation or subdivision to help ensure that parcels greater than 10 acres or less than 0.5 acres in size are suitable for lower income housing development.

Owner Interest:
• Unknown at this time
• Property previously listed for sale
• Owner and prospective buyers have inquired about residential redevelopment potential
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Site Details
Address No address 5437 Carpinteria Ave
APN 003-280-005 003-280-017
Site Size (ac) 0.03 1.95
Existing Use Vacant Residential Apartments & Vacant
Current General Plan GC GC
Current Zoning CPD CPD
Proposed Zoning CPD/R CPD/R
Minimum Density 20 20
Maximum Density 25 25
Potential Units 0 39 (25 net)
Source: Santa Barbara County ArcGIS Looking east at Site 11 from Carpinteria Avenue Source: Google Earth Looking west at Site 11 from Carpinteria Avenue Source: Google Earth 003-280-017
003-280-005
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Candidate Site 12 – 1145, 1155, 1160 Eugenia Place
Source: Google Earth
Site Suitability
Site Details:
• 4.66 acres
• 3 parcels under separate ownership
• Direct access to Linden Avenue (major arterial) and
Eugenia Place (local commercial street)
• Served by all public utilities
• Adjacent land uses:
o North: U.S. Highway 101
o East: Single Family Residential
o South: Commercial Office Developments (see
Candidate Site Nos. 13 and 14)
o West: Linden Avenue
• < 0.25 miles to transit (to MTD Line 20 route)
• < 0.25 miles to shopping, dining & services
• 0.50 miles to public park facility
• Site located in downtown Carpinteria with immediate
access to shopping, dining, services & transit
Site Overview
Size: 4.66 ac
Potential Units: 92
Income Target: Lower Income
Existing Use: Commercial - Office
Owner Interest: Yes, for portion
Included in Prior
Housing Element
Cycle:

No
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Existing Use:
• Four 2-story commercial office buildings ranging in
size from approx. 11,000 sq. ft. to 25,000 sq. ft. and
built in the 1980s
• Partial vacancies in all buildings; spaces available for lease
• Improvement to Land Value (I/L) Ratio:
o 003-162-011: 0.80
o 003-162-012: 1.87
o 003-162-009: 3.11
Existing Zoning & Potential Buildout:
• Commercial Planned Development (CPD)
o Allows for office, retail, service and wholesale
establishments
• Mixed-use permissible (up to 20 units per acre
density)
• Eligible for application of Residential (R) overlay (to allow for residential-only development of up to 20
units per acre density)
Proposed Zoning & Potential Buildout:
• Apply updated Residential (R) Overlay (required min.
density of 20 units per acre up to max. density of 25
units per acre)
• Accommodate approx. 92 units
• Potential for redevelopment of individual parcels
Site Constraints:
• 100 year Floodplain (Zone AE)
o Affects northerly edge of site adjacent U.S.

Highway 101
• Adjacent to U.S. Highway 10112
Owner Interest:
• Partial vacancies / leasable spaces available
• Parcel 003-162-011 recently sold. New owner has
inquired about residential redevelopment potential.
• Unknown for other parcels
12 Residential projects located adjacent U.S. Highway 101 may require noise attenuation / mitigation techniques to comply with interior noise standards for habitable areas. Numerous examples of residential projects built adjacent to the Highway demonstrate this is feasible, including but not limited to, the “Casas de las Flores” 43-unit multi-family residential development located at 4090 Via Real and the “Klentner Condominiums” 4-unit multi-family residential development located at 1077 – 1083 Cramer Road.

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Site Details
Address 1145 Eugenia Place 1155 Eugenia Place 1160 Eugenia Place APN 003-162-011 003-162-012 003-162-009
Site Size (ac) 1.59 1.15 1.93
Existing Use Commercial - Office Commercial - Office Commercial - Office Current General Plan GC GC GC
Current Zoning CPD CPD CPD
Proposed Zoning CPD/R CPD/R CPD/R
Minimum Density 20 20 20
Maximum Density 25 25 25
Potential Units 31 23 38
Source: Santa Barbara County ArcGIS
Looking south from Hwy 101 at 1145
& 1155 Eugenia Place
Source: Google Earth
Looking northwest from Eugenia Place
at 1145 & 1155 Eugenia Place
Source: Google Earth
Looking northeast from Eugenia Place
at 1160 Eugenia Place
Source: Google Earth
-009
APNs 003-162-xxx
-011 -012
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Candidate Site 13 – 1101 & 1135 Eugenia Place
Source: Google Earth
Site Suitability
Site Details:
• 0.80 acres
• 1 parcel under shared common ownership as part of
9-unit commercial condominium
• Direct access to Eugenia Place (local commercial
street)
• Served by all public utilities
• Adjacent land uses:
o North: Commercial Office Developments (see
Candidate Site No. 12)
o East: Commercial Office Developments (see
Candidate Site No. 14)
o South: Multi-family Residential
o West: Multi-family Residential
• < 0.25 miles to transit (to MTD Line 20 route)
• < 0.25 miles to shopping, dining & services
• 0.50 miles to public park facility
Site Overview
Size: 0.80 ac
Potential Units: 16
Income Target: Lower Income
Existing Use: Commercial-Office
Owner Interest: Unknown
Included in Prior
Housing Element
Cycle:

No
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• Site located in downtown Carpinteria with immediate
access to shopping, dining, services & transit
Existing Use:
• Two 2-story commercial condominium buildings,
totaling approx. 10,000 sq. ft. constructed in the
1980s
• Total of 9 units; current occupancy / vacancies
unknown
• Improvement to Land Value (I/L) Ratio: 1.28
• Owner has a pending application to convert 2 of the
existing commercial condos to residential condos
Existing Zoning & Potential Buildout:
• Commercial Planned Development (CPD)
o Allows for office, retail, service and wholesale
establishments
• Mixed-use permissible (up to 20 units per acre
density)
• Eligible for application of Residential (R) overlay (to allow for residential-only development of up to 20
units per acre density)
Proposed Zoning & Potential Buildout:
• Apply updated Residential (R) Overlay (required min.
density of 20 units per acre up to max. density of 25
units per acre)
• Accommodate approx. 16 units
• Potential for redevelopment of individual
condominium units
Site Constraints:
• Multiple owners in condominium subdivision
Owner Interest:
• Unknown at this time
• Owner of Parcels 003-870-009 & -010 has previously
applied for permits to convert existing commercial
condominiums units to residential units, however the
application has not been approved and has been
inactive since 2019.

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Site Details
Address 1101 & 1135 Eugenia Place
APN 003-870-CA1
Site Size (ac) 0.80
Existing Use Commercial – Office condos
Current General Plan GC
Current Zoning CPD
Proposed Zoning CPD/R
Minimum Density 20
Maximum Density 25
Potential Units 16
Source: Santa Barbara County ArcGIS
Looking northeast from Eugenia Place Source: Google Earth Looking southwest from Eugenia Place Source: Google Earth 003-870-CA1
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Candidate Site 14 – 1065, 1056, 1090, 1110 & 1140 Eugenia Place Source: Google Earth
Site Suitability
Site Details:
• 1.88 acres
• 4 parcels under separate ownership, including 1
parcel developed as a 8-unit commercial
condominium
• Direct access to Eugenia Place (local commercial
street)
• Served by all public utilities
• Adjacent land uses:
o North: Commercial Office Developments (see
Candidate Site No. 12)
o East: Single Family Residential
o South: Commercial Development
o West: Commercial Office Developments (see
Candidate Site No. 13)
• < 0.25 miles to transit (to MTD Line 20 route)
• < 0.25 miles to shopping, dining & services
• 0.50 miles to public park facility
• Site located in downtown Carpinteria with immediate
access to shopping, dining, services & transit
Site Overview
Size: 1.88 ac
Potential Units: 37 (35 net)
Income Target: 19 net Lower Income
& 16 net Moderate
Income
Existing Use: Commercial/Office;
Residential
Owner Interest: Unknown
Included in Prior
Housing Element
Cycle:

No
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Existing Use:
• Mix of 1- & 2-story commercial office developments:
o 044-041-012: 2-story approx. 5,000 sq. ft. building constructed in the 1970s § Includes 1 residential unit
o 004-041-011: 1-story approx. 1,100 sq. ft. building constructed in the 1960s o 004-041-015: 2-story approx. 2,750 sq. ft. building constructed in the 1970s o 003-860-CA1: Two 2–story commercial condominium buildings containing combined total of 8 units
§ Includes 1 live / work unit
§ Partial vacancies; space available for lease
• Improvement to Land Value (I/L) Ratio:
o 004-041-012: 2.98
o 004-041-011: 1.27
o 004-041-015: 6.29
o 003-860-CA1: 1.16
Existing Zoning & Potential Buildout:
• Commercial Planned Development (CPD)
o Allows for office, retail, service and wholesale establishments • Mixed-use permissible (up to 20 units per acre density) • Eligible for application of Residential (R) overlay (to allow for residential-only development of up to 20 units per acre density)
Proposed Zoning & Potential Buildout:
• Apply updated Residential (R) Overlay (required min. density of 20 units per acre up to max. density of 25 units per acre)
• Accommodate approx. 37 units (35 net) – 19 net lower income and 16 net moderate income units
• Potential for redevelopment of individual condominium units Site Constraints:
• Multiple owners in condominium subdivision
• Existing residential units
o Program 1 requires development that proposes to demolish existing housing units shall be subject to the requirement to replace affordable units as a condition of development pursuant to Government Code § 65583.2(g)(3).

Replacement requirements shall be consistent with those set forth in § 65915(c)(3) and § 65590-65590.1 (the Mello Act).
• Contains a parcel less than 0.5 acres in size
o Housing Plan Program 8 implemented to help facilitate lot consolidation or subdivision to help ensure that parcels greater than 10 acres or less than 0.5 acres in size are suitable for lower income housing development.

Owner Interest:
• Unknown at this time
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Site Details
Address 1056 Eugenia
Place*
1065 Eugenia
Place*
1090 Eugenia
Place*
1110, 1140 Eugenia
Pl
APN 004-041-012 004-041-011 004-041-015 003-860-CA1
Site Size (ac) 0.25 0.16 0.47 1.00
Existing Use Commercial-Office Commercial-Office Commercial-Office Office condos Current General
Plan

GC GC GC GC
Current Zoning CPD CPD CPD CPD
Proposed Zoning CPD/R CPD/R CPD/R CPD/R
Minimum Density 20 20 20 20
Maximum Density 25 25 25 25
Potential Units 5 (4 net) 3 9 20 (19 net)
*For the purpose of estimating affordability level, units on parcels smaller than one-half acre assumed to be moderate income.

Source: Santa Barbara County ArcGIS
Looking east at 1056 & 1065 Eugenia Place Source: Google Earth Looking northeast at 1090, 1110 & 1140
Eugenia Place
Source: Google Earth
003-860-CA1
004-041-015
004-041-012
004-041-011
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Candidate Site 15 – 4602, 4610, 4620 Carpinteria Avenue Source: Google Earth
Site Suitability
Site Details:
• 2.45 acres
• 3 parcels under separate ownership
o Parcels 004-039-002 & -010 under common
ownership
• Direct access to Carpinteria Avenue (major arterial)
and Reynolds Avenue / U.S. Highway 101 on-ramp
• Served by all public utilities
• Adjacent land uses:
o North: U.S. Highway 101
o East: Mixed-use Development
o South: Carpinteria Avenue
o West: U.S. Highway 101 on-ramp
• < 0.25 miles to transit (located on MTD Line 20 route) • < 0.25 miles to shopping, dining & services
• 0.50 miles to public park facility
• Site located in downtown Carpinteria with immediate
access to shopping, dining, services & transit
Site Overview
Size: 2.45 ac
Potential Units: 48
Income Target: 40 Lower Income & 8
Moderate Income
Existing Use: Commercial
Owner Interest: Yes
Included in Prior
Housing Element
Cycle:

No
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Existing Use:
• Commercial retail & dining:
o 004-039-002 & -010: Retail nursery, 1-story approx. 2,500 sq. ft. built in 1970s & approx. 7,700 sq. ft. of temporary greenhouse structures
§ Currently listed for sale
o 004-039-009: Restaurant, 1-story approx. 4,400 sq. ft. built in 2000 & renovated in 2009 § Previously listed for sale
§ Under-performing tenant / asset
• Improvement to Land Value (I/L) Ratio:
o 004-039-002: 0.03
o 004-039-009: 0.18
o 004-039-010: 0.21
Existing Zoning & Potential Buildout:
• Commercial Planned Development (CPD)
o Allows for office, retail, service and wholesale establishments • Mixed-use permissible (up to 20 units per acre density) • Eligible for application of Residential (R) overlay (to allow for residential-only development of up to 20 units per acre density)
Proposed Zoning & Potential Buildout:
• Apply updated Residential (R) Overlay (required min. density of 20 units per acre up to max. density of 25 units per acre)
• Accommodate approx. 48 units
• Potential for redevelopment of individual parcels
Site Constraints:
• 100-year floodplain (Zone AE) (entire site)
• Adjacent to U.S. Highway 10113
• Includes a parcel less than 0.5 acres in size
o Housing Plan Program 8 implemented to help facilitate lot consolidation or subdivision to help ensure that parcels greater than 10 acres or less than 0.5 acres in size are suitable for lower income housing development.

Owner Interest:
• Owner of Parcels 0004-039-002 & -010 provided letter of support for residential redevelopment • All parcels listed for sale currently or recently
• Prospective buyers / developers have expressed interest in residential redevelopment potential 13 Residential projects located adjacent U.S. Highway 101 may require noise attenuation / mitigation techniques to comply with interior noise standards for habitable areas. Numerous examples of residential projects built adjacent to the Highway demonstrate this is feasible, including but not limited to, the “Casas de las Flores” 43-unit multi-family residential development located at 4090 Via Real and the “Klentner Condominiums” 4-unit multi-family residential development located at 1077 – 1083 Cramer Road.

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Site Details
Address 4602 Carpinteria Avenue 4610 Carpinteria Avenue 4620 Carpinteria Avenue APN 004-039-002 004-039-009 004-039-010
Site Size (ac) 0.40* 1.14 0.91
Existing Use Garden Center Fast Food Restaurant Garden Center Current General Plan GC GC GC
Current Zoning CPD CPD CPD
Proposed Zoning CPD/R CPD/R CPD/R
Minimum Density 20 20 20
Maximum Density 25 25 25
Potential Units 8 22 18
*For the purpose of estimating affordability level, units on parcels smaller than one-half acre assumed to be moderate income.

Source: Santa Barbara County ArcGIS
Looking south from Hwy 101 Source: Google Earth
Looking northeast from Carpinteria Ave &
Reynolds Ave
Source: Google Earth
Looking northwest from Carpinteria Ave &
Lavender Ct
Source: Google Earth
004-039-009
004-039-002
004-039-010
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Candidate Site 16 – 4621, 4631 & 4643 Carpinteria Avenue Source: Google Earth
Site Suitability
Site Details:
• 0.67 acres
• 3 parcels under separate ownership
• Direct access to Carpinteria Avenue (major arterial)
• Served by all public utilities
• Adjacent land uses:
o North: Carpinteria Avenue
o East: Mixed-use Development
o South: Single Family Residential
o West: Mixed-use Development
• < 0.25 miles to transit (located on MTD Line 20 route) • < 0.25 miles to shopping, dining & services
• 0.50 miles to public park facility
• Site located in downtown Carpinteria with immediate
access to shopping, dining, services & transit
Existing Use:
• Commercial service, dining, & residential:
o 003-242-002: 1-story commercial welding
yard / retail built pre-1950s
Site Overview
Size: 0.67 ac
Potential Units: 12 (9 net)
Income Target: Moderate Income
Existing Use: Commercial &
Residential
Owner Interest: Yes, for portion
Included in Prior
Housing Element
Cycle:

No
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o 003-242-003: 1-story restaurant approx. 1,900 sq. ft. & 1-story approx. 1,200 sq. ft. residential duplex (two 1-bedroom apartments)
§ Presently listed for sale
o 003-242-026: 1-story 887 sq. ft. single family residence built in 1953
• Improvement to Land Value (I/L) Ratio:
o 003-242-002: 0.69
o 003-242-003: 1.21
o 003-242-026: 0.29
Existing Zoning & Potential Buildout:
• Commercial Planned Development (CPD)
o Allows for office, retail, service and wholesale establishments • Mixed-use permissible (up to 20 units per acre density) • Eligible for application of Residential (R) overlay (to allow for residentialonly development of up to 20 units per acre density) Proposed Zoning & Potential Buildout:
• Apply updated Residential (R) Overlay (required min. density of 20 units per acre up to max. density of 25 units per acre)
• Accommodate approx. 12 units (9 net)
• Potential for redevelopment of individual parcels
Site Constraints:
• 100-year floodplain (Zone AE) (entire site)
• Existing residential units
o Program 1 requires development that proposes to demolish existing housing units shall be subject to the requirement to replace affordable units as a condition of development pursuant to Government Code § 65583.2(g)(3). Replacement requirements shall be consistent with those set forth in § 65915(c)(3) and § 65590-65590.1 (the Mello Act).
• Includes parcels that are less than 0.5 acres
o Housing Plan Program 8 implemented to help facilitate lot consolidation or subdivision to help ensure that parcels greater than 10 acres or less than 0.5 acres in size are suitable for lower income housing development.

Owner Interest:
• Parcel 003-242-003 currently listed for sale, owner has expressed interest in redevelopment with housing if R Overlay applied to parcel Carpinteria 2023-2031 Housing Element Technical Report Appendix B – Residential Land Inventory Revised Draft B-108 January 2024
Site Details
Address 4621 Carpinteria Avenue 4631 Carpinteria Avenue 4643 Carpinteria Avenue APN 003-242-002 003-242-003 003-242-026
Site Size (ac) 0.22* 0.33* 0.11*
Existing Use Commercial &
Manufacturing
Restaurant & Residential Single Family Residential
Current General Plan GC GC GC
Current Zoning CPD CPD CPD
Proposed Zoning CPD/R CPD/R CPD/R
Minimum Density 20 20 20
Maximum Density 25 25 25
Potential Units 4 6 (4 net) 2 (1 net)
*For the purpose of estimating affordability level, units on parcels smaller than one-half acre assumed to be moderate income.

Source: Santa Barbara County ArcGIS
Looking southeast from Carpinteria Avenue Source: Google Earth Looking south at 4631 Carpinteria Avenue Source: Google Earth Looking southwest from Carpinteria Avenue
& Lavender Court
Source: Google Earth
003-242-026 003-242-002
003-242-003
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Candidate Site 17 – Intentionally omitted
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Candidate Site 18 – 1095 Holly Avenue & 4760 Carpinteria Avenue Source: Google Earth
Site Suitability
Site Details:
• 1.47 acres
• 3 parcels under common ownership
• Vehicular access to Carpinteria Avenue (major
arterial) via easement & direct access to Holly Avenue
• Served by all public utilities
• Adjacent land uses:
o North: U.S. Highway 101
o East: Multi-family Residential
o South: Multi-family Residential
o West: Franklin Creek (ESHA)
• < 0.25 miles to transit (located on MTD Line 20 route) • < 0.25 miles to shopping, dining & services
• 0.50 miles to public park facility
• Site located in downtown Carpinteria with immediate
access to shopping, dining, services & transit
Site Overview
Size: 1.47 ac
Potential Units: 29 (28 net)
Income Target: 22 net Lower Income
& 6 net Moderate
Income
Existing Use: Commercial, Vacant
& Residential
Owner Interest: Yes
Included in Prior
Housing Element
Cycle:

No
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Existing Use:
• Retail commercial & Single Family Residential:
o 004-039-007: Retail landscape equipment & supply business and yard, 1-story approx. 4,800 sq. ft. building (age unknown) & misc. accessory structures o 003-151-017 and -018: 1-story single family residence built in 1955 • Improvement to Land Value (I/L) Ratio:
o 004-039-007: 0.76
o 003-151-017: 0
o 003-151-018: 1.70
Existing Zoning & Potential Buildout:
• Commercial Planned Development (CPD)
o Allows for office, retail, service and wholesale establishments • Mixed-use permissible (up to 20 units per acre density) • Eligible for application of Residential (R) overlay (to allow for residential-only development of up to 20 units per acre density)
Proposed Zoning & Potential Buildout:
• Apply updated Residential (R) Overlay (required min. density of 20 units per acre up to max. density of 25 units per acre)
• Accommodate approx. 29 units (28 net)
Site Constraints:
• Franklin Creek ESHA
o Required min. 50-foot setback from edge of creek channel • 100-year floodplain (Zone AE) (entire site)
• Adjacent to U.S. Highway 10114
• Existing residential units
o Program 1 requires development that proposes to demolish existing housing units shall be subject to the requirement to replace affordable units as a condition of development pursuant to Government Code § 65583.2(g)(3). Replacement requirements shall be consistent with those set forth in § 65915(c)(3) and § 65590-65590.1 (the Mello Act).
• Includes parcels that are less than 0.5 acres
o Housing Plan Program 8 implemented to help facilitate lot consolidation or subdivision to help ensure that parcels greater than 10 acres or less than 0.5 acres in size are suitable for lower income housing development.

Owner Interest:
• Letter of support from current owner for residential redevelopment 14 Residential projects located adjacent U.S. Highway 101 may require noise attenuation / mitigation techniques to comply with interior noise standards for habitable areas. Numerous examples of residential projects built adjacent to the Highway demonstrate this is feasible, including but not limited to, the “Casas de las Flores” 43-unit multi-family residential development located at 4090 Via Real and the “Klentner Condominiums” 4-unit multi-family residential development located at 1077 – 1083 Cramer Road.

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Site Details
Address 4760 Carpinteria Avenue No address 1095 Holly Avenue APN 004-039-007 003-151-017 003-151-018
Site Size (ac) 1.10 0.16* 0.20*
Existing Use Commercial Vacant & Single Family
Residential
Single Family Residential
Current General Plan GC GC GC
Current Zoning CPD CPD CPD
Proposed Zoning CPD/R CPD/R CPD/R
Minimum Density 20 20 20
Maximum Density 25 25 25
Potential Units 22 3 4 (3 net)
*For the purpose of estimating affordability level, units on parcels smaller than one-half acre assumed to be moderate income.

Source: Santa Barbara County ArcGIS
Birdseye view of Site 18 looking south Source: Google Earth Looking northwest at 1095 Holly Avenue Source: Google Earth 003-151-018
004-039-007
003-151-017
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Candidate Site 19 – 5201 6th Street & 546 Walnut Avenue Source: Google Earth
Site Suitability
Site Details:
• 3.29 acres
• 2 parcels under common ownership
• Direct access to Palm Avenue (secondary arterial),
Sixth Street (local commercial street) & Walnut
Avenue
• Served by all public utilities
• Adjacent land uses:
o North: Sixth Street
o East: Palm Avenue
o South: Union Pacific Railroad
o West: Walnut Avenue
• < 0.25 miles to transit (to MTD Line 20 route / train station)
• < 0.25 miles to shopping, dining & services
• < 0.25 miles to public park facility
• Site located in downtown Carpinteria with immediate
access to shopping, dining, services & transit
Site Overview
Size: 3.29 ac
Potential Units: 65
Income Target: Lower Income
Existing Use: Industrial &
Commercial
Owner Interest: Unknown
Included in Prior
Housing Element
Cycle:

No
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Existing Use:
• Industrial Warehouse & Commercial Office:
o 004-105-010: 1-story approx. 48,000 sq. ft.
concrete tilt-up warehouse built in 1980s
§ Presently used for church & private
storage. Church lease expires Q3
2023. Anticipated vacancy to revert to
storage / warehousing.
o 004-105-006: 1-story approx. 1,200 sq. ft.
office building (age unknown)
• Improvement to Land Value (I/L) Ratio:
o 004-105-010: 0.61
o 004-105-006: 0.19
Existing Zoning & Potential Buildout:
• General Industry (M)
o Allows for light industrial uses
• Mixed-use permissible (up to 20 units per acre
density)
• Eligible for application of Residential (R) overlay (to allow for residential-only development of up to 20
units per acre density)
Proposed Zoning & Potential Buildout:
• Apply updated Residential (R) Overlay (required min.
density of 20 units per acre up to max. density of 25
units per acre)
• Accommodate approx. 65 units
Site Constraints:
• Adjacent to UPRR tracks
Owner Interest:
• Unknown at this time
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Site Details
Address 5201 6th Street 546 Walnut Avenue
APN 004-105-010 004-105-006
Site Size (ac) 2.35 0.94
Existing Use Industrial & Church Commercial office
Current General Plan GI GC
Current Zoning M CPD
Proposed Zoning M/R CPD/R
Minimum Density 20 20
Maximum Density 25 25
Potential Units 47 18
Source: Santa Barbara County ArcGIS Looking east from south end of Walnut Avenue Source: Google Earth Looking southeast from 6th Street & Walnut Ave Source: Google Earth Looking southwest from 6th Street & Palm Avenue Source: Google Earth 004-105-010
004-105-006
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Candidate Site 20 – 510, 586 & 592 Palm Avenue
Source: Google Earth
Site Suitability
Site Details:
• 0.77 acres
• 3 parcels under separate ownership
• Direct access to Palm Avenue (secondary arterial), &
Sixth Street (local commercial street)
• Served by all public utilities
• Adjacent land uses:
o North: Sixth Street
o East: Multi-family Residential & Public Facility
o South: Mixed-Use Development
o West: Palm Avenue
• < 0.25 miles to transit (to MTD Line 20 route / train station)
• < 0.25 miles to shopping, dining & services
• < 0.25 miles to public park facility
• Site located in downtown Carpinteria with immediate
access to shopping, dining, services & transit
Site Overview
Size: 0.77 ac
Potential Units: 14 (11 net)
Income Target: Moderate Income
Existing Use: Industrial &
Residential
Owner Interest: Unknown
Included in Prior
Housing Element
Cycle:

No
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Existing Use:
• Industrial Warehouse & Residential:
o 003-360-012: 1-story approx. 7,800 sq. ft.
warehousing building (age unknown)
o 003-360-013: 1-story single family residence
built in early 1900s
§ Appears vacant / distressed
o 003-360-016: 2-story multi-family residence
(2-4 rental units) built in early 1900s
• Improvement to Land Value (I/L) Ratio:
o 003-360-012: 1.01
o 003-360-013: 0.41
o 003-360-016: 2.26
Existing Zoning & Potential Buildout:
• Commercial Planned Development (CPD)
o Allows for office, retail, service and wholesale
establishments
• Mixed-use permissible (up to 20 units per acre
density)
• Eligible for application of Residential (R) overlay (to allow for residential-only development of up to 20
units per acre density)
Proposed Zoning & Potential Buildout:
• Apply updated Residential (R) Overlay (required min.
density of 20 units per acre up to max. density of 25
units per acre)
• Accommodate approx. 14 units (11 net)
Site Constraints:
• Possible historic building(s)15
• Includes parcels that are less than 0.5 acres
o Housing Plan Program 8 implemented to help
facilitate lot consolidation or subdivision to
help ensure that parcels greater than 10 acres
or less than 0.5 acres in size are suitable for
lower income housing development.

Owner Interest:
• Unknown at this time
15 The City has successfully completed a number of residential remodel or renovation projects involving structures found to be eligible for listing as a historical landmark. Recent examples include, but are not limited to, the “Sinclair Residence” located at 607 Walnut Avenue and the “Wells Residence” located at 924 Walnut Avenue, which involved the conversion of a former church building into a single family residence.

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Site Details
Address 592 Palm Avenue 586 Palm Avenue 510 Palm Avenue APN 003-360-012 003-360-013 003-360-016
Site Size (ac) 0.19* 0.23* 0.35*
Existing Use Industrial warehouse SFD Multi-family residential Current General Plan GC GC GC
Current Zoning CPD CPD CPD
Proposed Zoning CPD/R CPD/R CPD/R
Minimum Density 20 20 20
Maximum Density 25 25 25
Potential Units 3 4 (3 net) 7 (5 net)
*For the purpose of estimating affordability level, units on parcels smaller than one-half acre assumed to be moderate income.

Source: Santa Barbara County ArcGIS
Looking northeast from Palm Avenue Source: Google Earth Looking southeast from Palm Avenue & 6th Street Source: Google Earth 003-360-013
003-360-012
003-360-016
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Candidate Site 21 – 6155 & 6175 Carpinteria Avenue
Source: Google Earth
Site Suitability
Site Details:
• 6.31 acres
• 2 parcels under common ownership
• Direct access to Carpinteria Avenue (major arterial)
• Served by all public utilities
o Parcel 001-180-032 requires annexation into
Carpinteria Sanitary District
• Adjacent land uses:
o North: Carpinteria Avenue / U.S. Highway 101
o East: Commercial Office
o South: UPRR Railroad / Pacific Ocean
o West: Public Park
• < 0.25 miles to transit (located on MTD Line 20 route) • Approx. 1.25 miles to shopping, dining & services
• < 0.25 miles to public park facility
Site Overview
Size: 6.31 ac
Potential Units: 126
Income Target: Lower Income
Existing Use: Industrial
Owner Interest: Yes
Included in Prior
Housing Element
Cycle:

Yes
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Existing Use:
• Parcel 001-180-032: Vacant / Undeveloped
• Parcel 001-180-040: 1-story concrete tilt-up office / warehouse approx. 43,500 sq. ft. built in 1962
• Improvement to Land Value (I/L) Ratio:
o 001-180-032: 0
o 001-180-040: 1.14
Existing Zoning & Potential Buildout:
• Industrial / Research Park (M-RP)
o Allows for light industry, technical research &
large business headquarters
• Mixed-use permissible (up to 20 units per acre density) • Eligible for application of Residential (R) overlay (to allow for residential-only development of up to 20 units per
acre density)
Proposed Zoning & Potential Buildout:
• Apply updated Residential (R) Overlay (required min.
density of 20 units per acre up to max. density of 25 units per acre)
• Accommodate approx. 126 units
Site Constraints:
• Adjacency to U.S. Highway 101
• ESHA (Lagunitas Creek & Coastal Sage Scrub)
• Bluff Face Retreat / Setback
• Public Trail Easement
Owner Interest:
• Owner written support for residential redevelopment
• Existing office / warehouse lease expires in ~2 years • Applicant submitted letter to City requesting inclusion of site for consideration of R Overlay
o Included conceptual site plan to illustrate ~130-
unit multi-family residential development
potential (mix of 1, 2 & 3-bedroom units + min.
20% of total units to be affordable)
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Site Details
Address 6155 Carpinteria Avenue 6175 Carpinteria Avenue APN 001-180-040 001-180-032
Site Size (ac) 2.94 3.37
Existing Use Industrial warehouse Vacant
Current General Plan RDI RDI
Current Zoning M-RP M-RP
Proposed Zoning M-RP/R M-RP/R
Minimum Density 20 20
Maximum Density 25 25
Potential Units 59 67
Source: Santa Barbara County ArcGIS
Looking southeast from 6155 Carpinteria
Avenue
Source: Google Earth
Looking southwest from 6175 Carpinteria
Avenue
Source: Google Earth
001-180-032
001-180-040
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Appendix C
Public Participation Summary
Public participation is an important component of the
planning process in Carpinteria, and this update to the Housing Element has provided residents and other
interested parties numerous opportunities for
involvement. The following section describes the
City’s efforts to ensure broad public engagement,
particularly by persons and organizations representing
the interests of lower-income households and persons
with special needs, and describes how public
comments were incorporated into this Housing
Element. All materials published by the City were
made available in both English and Spanish.

Stakeholder notification list. At the outset a
stakeholder list was compiled including persons and
organizations representing the interests of lowerincome households and persons with disabilities and other special needs (see Table C-1).

Housing Element website and FAQ. A Housing
Element web page was created on the City website1
and a Housing Element Frequently Asked Questions
was prepared (Figure C-1) and posted on the website.

Public meetings. Over the course of the project a total of six public meetings were held to discuss the
Housing Element update. Meetings were held both inperson and online to enable those with mobility difficulties to conveniently participate. With the
exception of one multi-jurisdictional housing workshop
held at the City of Santa Barbara Central Library, the
in-person location for public meetings was Carpinteria
City Hall, which is located on a bus line and, given the City’s small size, is readily accessible to residents
throughout the City. Public notices, agendas and
materials for all City Housing Element meetings were
posted on the website and at City Hall in advance of
each meeting and also sent directly by mail or email to the list of stakeholders, which included housing
advocates and non-profit organizations representing
the interests of lower-income persons and special
needs groups. Notices of public hearings were also
published in the local newspaper as required by law.

For each public meeting the City offered reasonable
accommodation for persons with disabilities to assist
them in participating in the meeting, including the
availability of transcription of meeting minutes for nonEnglish speakers. Transcribed minutes were made available by the City and may also be easily translated into many other languages via free web applications such as Translate.Google.com. Real-time transcription of the meetings 1 https://carpinteriaca.gov/city-hall/community-development/planning/housing-element-update/ Carpinteria 2023-2031 Housing Element Technical Report Appendix C – Public Participation Summary Revised Draft C-2 January 2024
was available using web applications such as Live Transcribe or Live Caption. Video of each public meeting is also posted on the City website at https://carpinteriaca.gov/city-hall/agendas-meetings/.

The initial public meeting for the Housing Element update was a Planning Commission study session conducted on June 6, 2022. Interested parties had the option of attending in persons or remotely, which allowed those with mobility issues a convenient way to participate. The purpose of the meeting was to introduce the Housing Element update process to the community and City Planning Commission. The presentation included State requirements, an overview of the Housing Element update process, key housing issues to be addressed, current housing needs, the Regional Housing Needs Assessment, potential constraints to housing, and opportunities for public participation. Comments during the study session included the following:
• ADUs are an important source of housing and should be encouraged but they are expensive to build – does the City have any leverage to encourage affordable ADUs? • The City should confirm the current capacity for housing before amending zoning • Concern about housing development in the unincorporated area adjacent to the city • Density higher than 25 units/acre may be appropriate to encourage more housing development • How would sea level rise affect housing capacity?
• It is important to maintain land for industrial use to preserve jobs and avoid becoming a bedroom community • Taller buildings may be appropriate in some locations • Working from home has become much more common – how does that affect housing demand? On June 22, 2022 a South Coast Housing Workshop was conducted at the Santa Barbara Central Library. The workshop was jointly sponsored by the County of Santa Barbara, the City of Santa Barbara, the City of Carpinteria, the City of Goleta and the Santa Barbara Foundation. The workshop included a presentation, a panel discussion and breakout group discussions for each jurisdiction.

A second Planning Commission public meeting was conducted on August 1, 2022. Interested parties had the option of attending in persons or remotely. The focus of this meeting was identifying potential options and locations for expanding housing development opportunities. Potential strategies included adding a housing overlay zone in areas where zoning does not currently allow housing and increasing allowable densities. A representative from People’s Self Help Housing attended the meeting and provided information regarding affordable housing development and options for increasing development opportunities in Carpinteria.

The initial public review draft Housing Element was then prepared and posted for public review on October 10, 2022.

Notice of the availability of the draft Housing Element was sent to all parties on the stakeholder list (Table C-1). The draft element was reviewed at a joint public meeting conducted by the City Council and Planning Commission on October 17, 2022. Comments at that meeting are summarized in Table C-2 and included concerns about how future sea level rise will impact housing supply and the importance of ADUs and the Residential Overlay in creating additional housing opportunities to accommodate regional housing needs.

After the required public review period pursuant to Government Code Section 65585 the draft Housing Element was submitted to the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) for review on November 23, 2022 pursuant to Government Code Section 65585(b). HCD’s comment letter was provided on February 21, 2023.

After receiving HCD’s review letter, a revised draft Housing Element was prepared and posted for public review on March 16, 2023. Notice of the availability of the revised Housing Element was sent to all parties on the stakeholder list (Table C-1).

On March 20, 2023 the Planning Commission conducted a public hearing to review the revised Housing Element and receive public comments. At the conclusion of the hearing, the Planning Commission recommended that the City Council approve the revised Housing Element and find the adoption of the Housing Element exempt from the Carpinteria 2023-2031 Housing Element Technical Report Appendix C – Public Participation Summary Revised Draft C-3 January 2024
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guideline Section 15061(b)(3), and directed staff to supplement, amend and revise the Housing Element further to clarify provisions of the revised Housing Element.

On April 10, 2023 the City Council conducted a public hearing to review the revised Housing Element, Planning Commission recommendations, and receive public comments. At the conclusion of the hearing the City Council voted unanimously to adopt the Housing Element.

HCD provided a review letter on June 12, 2023 stating that while the adopted housing element addresses many statutory requirements, additional revisions were necessary to fully comply with State Housing Element Law. City staff worked with HCD staff to address HCD’s comments and prepared revisions to the adopted Housing Element.

The City posted the revised draft Housing Element for seven days of public review from November 6-13, 2023.

Following this public review, the City submitted the revised draft Housing Element to HCD for review on November 14, 2023. On January 8, 2024, the City received a ltter from HCD stating that the revised Housing Element substantially complies with State law and therefore should be adopted and submitted to HCD for final certification.

The City Council reviewed the revised draft Housing Element at a public hearing on January 22, 2024. At the conclusion of the hearing the City Council ______________.

In addition to public comments offered at public meetings, the City received written comments from California YIMBY, the Grey Panthers Santa Barbara Network, the Carpinteria Valley Association, People’s Self Help Housing, the California Coastal Commission, and several individuals. Copies of those letters are provided below.

Table C-2 provides a summary of public comments received on the draft Housing Element and how those comments have been addressed.

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Table C-1
Housing Element Stakeholder List
Carpinteria 6th Housing Element
Stakeholder List
Master Mailing List
Coastal View News
Attn: Debra Herrick
4856 Carpinteria Avenue
Carpinteria, CA 93013
Home Builders Association of the
Central Coast
P.O. Box 748
San Luis Obispo, CA 93406
California Rural Legal Assistance
2050 S Broadway, Suite G
Santa Maria, CA 93454
Housing Authority of Santa Barbara
County
815 West Ocean Ave.

Lompoc, CA 93436
Santa Barbara County Housing
Trust Fund
P.O. Box 60909
Santa Barbara, CA 93160
Santa Barbara Contractors Association
914 A Santa Barbara St.

PO Box 23409
Santa Barbara, CA 93121
Coastal Housing Coalition
P.O. Box 50807
Santa Barbara, CA 93150
Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara
County
301 E. Canon Perdido St.

Santa Barbara, CA 93101
League of Women Voters
328 E. Carrillo St., Ste. A
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
SB Association of Realtors
1415 Chapala St.

Santa Barbara, CA 93101
New Beginnings Counseling Center
324 E. Carrillo St., Ste. C
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Transition House
425 E. Cota St.

Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Peoples’ Self Help Housing
26 E. Victoria St.

Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Chance Housing
13 E. Haley St.

Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Santa Barbara Community Housing Corp
11 E. Haley St.

Santa Barbara, CA 93101
AIA Santa Barbara Chapter
229 E. Victoria St.

Santa Barbara, CA 93101
The Towbes Group, Inc.
21 E. Victoria St., Ste. 200
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
City of Santa Barbara
Com Development Dept.

P.O. Box 1990
Santa Barbara, CA 93102
Habitat for Humanity of Southern
Santa Barbara County
P.O. Box 176
Goleta, CA 93116
S.B. County, Planning and Development
123 East Anapamu St.

Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Tri-Counties Regional Center
520 East Montecito St.

Santa Barbara, CA 93103
Central Coast Collaborative on
Homelessness
P.O. Box 1990
Santa Barbara, CA 93102
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Environmental Defense Center
906 Garden St.

Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Diana F. Rigby, Superintendent
Carpinteria Unified School District
1400 Linden Avenue
Carpinteria, CA 93013
Rental Housing Mediation Task Force
City of S.B., Community Dev. Dept.
630 Garden St.

Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Housing Authority of the City of Santa
Barbara
808 Laguna St.

Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Cottage Health System
400 W. Pueblo St.

Santa Barbara, CA 93105
Price Robert G/Lorraine M Trustees (for)
Price Robert G/Lorraine M Fam Tr
2310 Nw Highland Dr
Corvallis OR 97330
Santa Barbara County Fire Dept.
4410 Cathedral Oaks Blvd.

Santa Barbara, CA 93110
MTD
550 Olive St.

Santa Barbara, CA 93101
First 5 Santa Barbara County
1306 Santa Barbara St.

Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Independent Living Resource Center
423 West Victoria Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101-3619
Sarah House
P.O. Box 20031
Santa Barbara, CA 93120
Center for Successful Aging
228 E. Anapamu Street, Ste. 203
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Santa Barbara Alliance for Community
Transformation
PO Box 217
Santa Barbara, CA 93102
Victor and Susan Schaff
2000 Cravens Lane
Carpinteria, CA 93013
CA Coastal Commission
Attn: San Fearer
89 S. California Street #200
Ventura, CA 93001-2801
Carpinteria Sanitary District
Attn: Craig Murray
5300 Sixth Street
Carpinteria, CA 93013
Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Protection
District
Attn: Todd Jenkins
1140 Eugenia Place, #A
Carpinteria, CA 93013
Carpinteria Valley Water District
Attn: Brian King
1301 Santa Ynez Avenue
Carpinteria, CA 93013
Santa Barbara County Air Pollution
Control District
Attn: Land Use & Environmental
Review Program
260 N. San Antonio Road, Suite A
Santa Barbara, CA 93110-1315
Southern California Edison
Attn: Rondi Guthrie, Government
Relations Mgr.
10060 Telegraph Rd
Ventura, CA 93004
Southern CA Gas Company
Attn: Tim Mahoney
134 E. Victoria Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101-2047
E.J. Harrison & Sons
Attn: Nan Drake
PO Box 4144
Ventura, CA 93007
Santa Barbara County
Planning and Development
Attn: Daniel Klemann
123 E. Anapamu Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Congressman Salud Carbajal
24th Congressional District
360 S. Hope Ave, Suite C-301
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
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Santa Barbara County
Environmental Health Services
Hazardous Mitigation Unit
Attn: James Ray
225 Camino del Remedio
Santa Barbara, CA 93110
Santa Barbara County CEO Office
Attn: Dennis Bozanich
105 E. Anapamu Street, Rm 406
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Congresswoman Julia Brownley
26th Congressional District
300 E. Esplanade Drive, Suite 470
Oxnard, CA 93036
Santa Barbara County LAFCO
Attn: Paul Hood
105 East Anapamu Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Santa Barbara MTD
Attn: Steve Maas
550 Olive Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Carpinteria Valley Association
PO Box 27
Carpinteria, CA 93014
Santa Barbara Association of
Governments
Attn: Marjie Kirn
260 N. San Antonio Road, Suite B
Santa Barbara, CA 93110-1315
Santa Barbara County
Agricultural Commissioner
Attn: Cathy Fisher
263 Camino del Remedio
Santa Barbara, CA 93110-1335
County of Santa Barbara
Housing and Community Development
Attn: Dinah Lockhart
123 E. Anapamu Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Assemblymember Monique Limón
37th District
101 W. Anapamu Street, Suite A
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Honorable Hannah-Beth Jackson
State Senator 19th District
222 E. Carrillo Street, Suite 309
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Santa Barbara County
1st District Supervisor Das Williams
105 E Anapamu Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Linkedin Corporation
C/O Legal Department
1000 W Maude Ave
Sunnyvale Ca 94085
Gonzalez, Jose E Trust 2/17/99
Po Box 1136
Carpinteria Ca 93014
6384 Via Real, LLC
12100 Wilshire Blvd 320
Los Angeles Ca 90025
Linkedin Corporation
1000 W Maude Ave
Sunnyvale Ca 94085
Caldwell Child's Trust
C/O Cochrane Property Mgmt Inc
102 W Arrellaga St
Santa Barbara Ca 93101 2916
Logue Family Trust 6/3/08
11322 Idaho Ave
Los Angeles Ca 90025 3179
South Coast Business Park Owners
Assoc
Po Box 1275
Carpinteria Ca 93014
Medel, William E
1095 Holly Ave
Carpinteria Ca 93013 1852
Zannon, Tristan Boyd
Po Box 21957
Santa Barbara Ca 93121
Rotz Roland N
4675 Rice Pl
Ventura Ca 93003
Freitas Family Trust 7/12/02
4620 Carpinteria Ave
Carpinteria Ca 93013
Reynolds Carpinteria LLC
1933 Cliff Dr 2
Santa Barbara Ca 93109 1585
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Rpg Carpinteria LLC
C/O Steven Leonard
315 South Coast Highway 101 U-12
Encinitas Ca 92024 3543
Crooks Patrick
4643 Carpinteria Ave
Carpinteria Ca 93013 1813
Bega/Us , Inc
1000 Bega Way
Carpinteria Ca 93013
Agilent Technologies Inc
12100 Andrews Dr
Plain City Oh 43064 9148
Times 2, LLC
220 W Montecito St
Santa Barbara Ca 93101
H & R Investments, Lp
1187 Coast Village Rd 10j
Santa Barbara Ca 93108
Norman, Charles R Trust
8665 Duarte Rd
San Gabriel Ca 91775
Broudy Cindy Lane, LLC
Po Box 90111
Santa Barbara Ca 93190
Park Lane Properties LLC
1005 Mark Ave
Carpinteria Ca 93013
Hdngr Grp Dac LLC
1750 Nw Nato Pkwy 106
Portland Or 97209 2532
Bve, LLC
190 Serafin Way
Carpinteria Ca 93013
Gigavac Building, LLC
1332 Anacapa St 200
Santa Barbara Ca 93101
Carpinteria Storage Place, Lp
Po Box 5717
Santa Barbara Ca 93150
Carpinteria Storage Place, Lp
Po Box 5717
Santa Barbara Ca 93150
Scheeff, D & C Family Trust 5/29/18
820 Erhart Rd
Arroyo Grande Ca 93420
Mimaki Properties Lp
2329 Terra Bella Ln
Camarillo Ca 93012
Norman, Charles R Family Trust
8665 Duarte Rd
San Gabriel Ca 91775
Ksa Coastal, LLC C/O Alexander C
Deconde
1465 Sycamore Cyn Rd
Santa Barbara Ca 93108
Shepard Place Ltd
Po Box 20130
Santa Barbara Ca 93120
Delwiche Family Trust 6/17/10
7032 Casitas Pass Rd
Carpinteria Ca 93013
Berkenmeier, Robert J & Sugiyama,
Janice M Family Living Trust 3/4/05
1065 Eugenia Pl
Carpinteria Ca 93013
Godfrey, James E Trustee
(For) Godfrey Fam Trust
317 Silverado Ave
Santa Maria Ca 93455 1699
Eugenia Associates Co Robert J Godfrey
1090 Eugenia Pl 101
Carpinteria Ca 93013 2011
Gallant, Philip A
1140 Eugenia Pl 8
Carpinteria Ca 93013
Hanrahan Residual Trust 9/28/89
111 Calle Bello
Santa Barbara Ca 93108
003-870-001
Desandre Living Trust 7/9/15
1101 Eugenia Pl A
Carpinteria Ca 93013
Lizarraga, John Peter & Patricia Trust B
8/17/98
412 S K
Lompoc Ca 93436
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Svb Properties
165 Olive Mill Ln
Montecito Ca 93108
Eugenia Spaces, LLC
2886 East Valley Rd
Santa Barbara Ca 93108 1612
Mallard Partners, LLC
Po Box 249
Nipomo Ca 93444
Meister, Craig & Sharon Family Trust
3165 Serena Ave
Carpinteria Ca 93013
Brand Assest Management LLC
Po Box 250
Carpinteria Ca 93014 0250
Paderno Holding Co
1101 Eugenia Pl C
Carpinteria Ca 93013
Brand Assest Management LLC
Po Box 250
Carpinteria Ca 93014 0250
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Figure C-1
Housing Element FAQ
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Table C-2
Housing Element Public Comment Summary
Commenter Comment How this comment has been
addressed
The comments listed as “General Public Comments” below are a summary of comments received during the city’s initial housing element public outreach meetings including Planning Commission meetings on June 6, 2022 and August 1, 2022, and a joint City Council/Planning Commission meeting on October 17, 2022.

General Public
Comments
We have a housing crisis Yes, the State Legislature has declared there is a housing crisis in California. The
programs contained in this Housing
Element are intended to address the
housing crisis to the extent the City has
the ability to do so.

General Public
Comments
The housing market is strongly influenced by
investors
Yes, many factors contribute to housing
problems that are beyond the City’s
control, such as housing speculators and
investors, State environmental
regulations, State and Federal tax policy,
private business decisions, and the cost
of labor and materials. The Housing
Element describes these constraints in
Section III of the Technical Report and
proposes program to address constraints
to the extent feasible in Section II of the
Housing Element.

General Public
Comments
If a site is listed in the inventory, is it required to be developed for affordable housing?
No, the sites inventory only describes
where additional housing could be built
based on zoning regulations. Property
owners will decide if and when
development occurs, and for what
income categories, subject to any City
inclusionary requirements. The City or
the State cannot force property owners to
develop their property for housing.

General Public
Comments
Lower-income sites should be located in high
opportunity areas to affirmatively further fair housing.

As noted in Appendix D of the Technical
Report, most of the City is designated as
a moderate resource area per State
TCAC/HCD Composite Opportunity
Maps. While there are two small areas at
the edge of the city designated high
resource areas, these areas are
developed with Carpinteria High School
and the Sandpiper Mobile Home Park.

There is no opportunity for additional
residential development in the
foreseeable future in these areas.

General Public
Comments
Development should not permanently displace
current residents. Housing replacement programs,
temporary housing vouchers, right of return, and
Program 1 in the Housing Plan
addresses risk of displacement and
includes a commitment to ensure
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Commenter Comment How this comment has been
addressed
demolition controls will create stability for renters
while allowing new homes to be built for new
households and to accommodate the growth
associated with RHNA. In your sites inventory and
rezoning programs, you should prioritize
development on sites with owner-occupied housing &
commercial uses over those with existing rentcontrolled apartments or other rental housing with lower income residents.
compliance with legal protections and
replacement housing requirements for
existing tenants who may be displaced by
new developments in accordance with
applicable law.

The majority of the sites identified in the
sites inventory do not include existing
residential units.

General Public
Comments
The housing element should identify opportunities to
create a variety of for-sale housing types and create
programs to facilitate property ownership among
excluded groups.

The Housing Element supports home
ownership through first-time homebuyer
programs (Program 18), Inclusionary
Housing requirements (Program 6), as
well as through the expansion of housing
development opportunities (Program 1).

General Public
Comments
Ensure that a site’s density will accommodate the
number of homes that are projected to be built. In
addition, make sure height limits, setback
requirements, FAR, and other controls allow for
adequate density and the ability to achieve a site’s
realistic capacity. This density should be emphasized
around jobs and transit and should go beyond the
Mullin density in those areas.

As described in Appendix B (Sites
Inventory) the analysis of realistic
capacity considers development
standards such as height and floor area
ratio (FAR) to facilitate development at
the assumed densities. In addition,
Program 1 stipulates minimum densities
for candidate opportunity sites and the
development of land use controls to
achieve those standards.

General Public
Comments
Allow residential to be built in areas that are zoned
for commercial use.

The City zoning code presently allows for
residential on all sites zoned for
commercial and industrial uses as “mixed
use” development which includes parcels
with present commercial uses. Some
sites zoned for commercial have a
Residential Overlay applied to them
which allows for residential-only
development on commercial properties.

As described in Program 1 and Appendix
B (Sites Inventory) the proposed
candidate opportunity sites include areas
that are currently zoned for commercial
or industrial use that are being
considered for application of the
Residential Overlay.

General Public
Comments
Support for R-Overlay to allow additional housing in
the downtown commercial core and
commercial/industrial areas
Program 1 in the Housing Plan includes a
zoning amendment on sufficient sites to
create additional opportunities for new
housing commensurate with the RHNA
allocation. The Housing Element also
describes that the City’s zoning allows
residential use on all commercial and
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industrial zoned parcels through mixed
use development and/or residential-only
development.

YIMBY Law
(Feb. 28, 2022)
The Policies and Programs section of the city's
Housing Element must respond to data, analysis and
findings presented in the Housing Needs section. We
repeatedly see findings that housing prices are high,
segregation exists, and there is a lack of housing for
special populations, but the Policies and Programs
don't respond to these findings or try to change
outcomes. The overview of the city's housing
environment should set the scene, and the policies
and programs should explain what the city is going to
do to fix it.

The Technical Report contains an
analysis of the issue areas identified in
the letter. The Technical Report analysis
was used to inform and craft the City’s
Policies and Programs specified in the
Housing Policy Plan (Section II of the
Housing Element).

Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing

1. Prioritize rezoning in high resource, historically
exclusionary neighborhoods. Many of the highest
resource neighborhoods with the best access to jobs,
good schools, and other amenities have histories of
exclusion which are still reflected in their zoning.

Cities should rezone to allow more housing
opportunities in those neighborhoods, particularly
those with low Vehicle Miles Traveled, as part of their Housing Elements.

2. Establish a strong tenant protection ordinance so
that new housing benefits everyone. Development
should not permanently displace current residents.

Housing replacement programs, temporary housing
vouchers, right of return, and demolition controls will create stability for renters while allowing new homes
to be built for new households and to accommodate
the growth associated with RHNA. In your sites
inventory and rezoning programs, you should
prioritize development on sites with owner-occupied
housing & commercial uses over those with existing
rent-controlled apartments or other rental housing
with lower income residents.

3. Support homeownership opportunities for
historically excluded groups. Homeownership
continues to be a path to building financial security
and inter-generational wealth, which has been
systematically denied to many Americans. As a
society, we need to make this right by intentionally
offering opportunities to communities who have been
excluded. The housing element should identify
opportunities to create a variety of for-sale housing

1. As noted in Appendix D of the
Technical Report, most of the City is
designated as a moderate resource area
per State TCAC/HCD Composite
Opportunity Maps. While there are two
small areas at the edge of the city
designated high resource areas, these
areas are already developed areas and
there is no opportunity for additional
residential development in the
foreseeable future. The Housing Element
identifies Candidate Sites throughout the
City in moderate resource areas to
provide for the option for property owners
to develop affordable housing under
existing mixed-use provisions or under
the proposed residential overlay
throughout the City. All identified sites are
located near services, jobs, recreation
and transit.

2. Program 1 in the Housing Plan
addresses risk of displacement and
includes a commitment to ensure
compliance with legal protections and
replacement housing requirements for
existing tenants who may be displaced by
new developments in accordance with
applicable law. The Site Inventory and
Candidate Site Inventory generally
prioritize owner-occupied housing and
commercial uses and parcels with
additional capacity for residential
development.

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types and create programs to facilitate property
ownership among excluded groups. 3. Program 6 (Inclusionary Housing) and 18 (Workforce Homebuyer Down
Payment Loans) promote
homeownership opportunities for low and
moderate income households and
families, including but not limited to
historically excluded groups. The
Housing Element further supports home
ownership through the expansion of
housing development opportunities
(Program 1).

Site Capacity

4. Adequately plan for density. Ensure that a site's
density will accommodate the number of homes that
are projected to be built. In addition, make sure
height limits, setback requirements, FAR, and other
controls allow for adequate density and the ability to
achieve a site's realistic capacity. Housing will not be feasible if you have a high density paired with low
height limits. This density should be emphasized
around jobs and transit and should go beyond the
Mullin density in those areas.

5. Provide sufficient zoned capacity to accommodate
all income levels, including a minimum No Net Loss
buffer of 30%. Not every site will be developed at
maximum density during the eight-year planning
period. Identify an ample amount of opportunity sites
and zone the sites to accommodate lower-income
housing types (usually a statutory minimum of 30
dwelling units per acre) to give the city the best
chance at meeting its RHNA.

6. Use data from the 5th Cycle to calculate the
likelihood of development for your 6th Cycle site
inventory. Likelihood of development is a measure of
the probability of an inventory site being developed
during the planning period. The median likelihood of
development across the state is 25%, meaning only
one of every four sites will likely be developed during the planning period for the median city. Incorporating
the likelihood of development into the zoned capacity
will set the city up to successfully achieve their
RHNA, making the housing element less of a paper
exercise and more of an actionable, functional
document.

4. As described in Appendix B (Sites
Inventory) the analysis of realistic
capacity considers development
standards such as height and floor area
ratio (FAR) to facilitate development at
the assumed densities. In addition,
Program 1 stipulates minimum densities
for candidate opportunity sites and the
development of land use controls to
achieve those standards.

5. Program 1 in the Housing Plan
addresses Not Net Loss requirements of
state law. The Site Inventory analysis and
Candidate Site Inventory also include
conservative assumptions regarding
density of development based on
development trends in the city during the
last housing element cycle. The
Candidate Sites list (Table B-6) identifies
potential sites for more than 10 times the
number of lower-income housing units
required to be accommodated per the
City’s RHNA allocation.

6. The Housing Element relies on data
from development patterns within the
City, including data from the 5th Cycle in
the Site Inventory and Candidate Site
Inventory. Technical Report, Appendix B
describes all of the assumptions used in
developing the site inventories.

Accessory Dwelling Units 7. Program 2 describes the City’s efforts to support the development of accessory
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7. Commit to an automatic mid-cycle adjustment if
ADU permitting activity is lower than estimated in the
housing element. We highly recommend complying
with HCD's standards of using one of its "safe
harbor" methodologies to anticipate future ADU
production. However, if the city is optimistic about
ADU growth, then creating an automatic mid-cycle
adjustment will automatically facilitate alternative
housing options (i.e., a rezoning program, removing
development constraints, ADU incentives, etc.) if the
city falls behind the estimated ADU production.

8. Incentivize new ADUs, including those that are
rent-restricted for moderate or lower-income
households or that are prioritized for households with
housing choice vouchers. Consider offering low- or
no-interest loans, forgivable loans, impact fee
waivers for ADUs that are 750 square feet or larger,
allowances to facilitate two-story and second-story
ADU construction, etc.
dwelling units (ADUs) during the 6th
Cycle. The City further commits to annual
review of ADU regulations and to take
additional actions if production is not
meeting the Housing Element objectives
by the mid-point in the planning period
(2027).

8. See response above. Program 2 also
includes the development of two
standardized pre-approved ADU designs
to reduce costs and facilitate the
streamlined approval and construction of
ADUs anticipated to be affordable to
moderate and low income households.

Zoning

9. Allow residential to be built in areas that are zoned for commercial use. There are a myriad of ways to do
this, but a housing overlay is one common policy.

Additionally, consider eliminating new commercial
space in mixed-use developments where there is not
a strong demand or there is otherwise a glut of
commercial space that is unused or frequently
vacant.

10. Allow flexibility in inclusionary zoning. Cities
should require different percentages for different AMI
levels. Additionally, we urge cities to incentivize land dedication to affordable developers in order for
market-rate developers to meet their inclusionary
requirements. Avoid getting trapped into thinking that
the affordable units must be "sprinkled throughout"
the market-rate units, or require the market-rate units to look exactly the same as the affordable ones. This
should be balanced against not locating all of the
affordable units in one place and ghettoizing
neighborhoods by creating or perpetuating racially
concentrated areas of poverty.

9. The City zoning code presently allows
for residential on all sites zoned for
commercial and industrial uses through
mixed use development and/or
residential-only development. As
described in Program 1 and Appendix B
(Sites Inventory) the proposed candidate
opportunity sites include areas that are
currently zoned for commercial use and
that are considered for additional
residential-only opportunities.

10. Program 6 promotes the development
of inclusionary housing in for-sale
developments in the City. Program 1
describes the City’s process to develop
parameters for its residential overlay to
provide sufficient flexibility for developers.

Better Entitlement Process & Reducing Barriers to
Development

11. Ensure that the city has a ministerial process for
housing permitting, especially multi-family housing,
and remove impact fees for deed-restricted housing.

A discretionary process for housing development

11. The Housing Element describes the
City’s permit process for a variety of
types of residential development. The
City is located entirely within the
California Coastal Zone and processes
some development (e.g., ADUs) through
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creates uncertainty and adds to the cost of
construction. For example, multi-family housing
should not require a conditional use permit or city
council approval unless the builder is asking for
unique and extraordinary concessions. Right-sizing
governmental constraints, entitlement processes,
and impact fees will help the city successfully meet
its RHNA.

12. Reduce parking standards and eliminate parking
minimums. Minimum parking requirements are a
major constraint on housing, especially for lower cost
housing types. They can cost in excess of $30,000
per spot and can raise rents by as much as 17%, and
eliminating them is particularly important for smaller
& other spatially constrained sites. Consider adopting
a parking maximum.

13. Cap fees on all new housing. Most construction
costs are outside the City's control, but reducing
impact fees can demonstrate that a city is serious
about building new housing. At a minimum, cities
should delay the collection of impact fees until the
issuance of the certificate of occupancy to reduce
financial impacts on new housing and make the units
cheaper by not asking the developer to carry impact
fee charges or debt throughout the construction
phase.

14. Provide local funding. One of the largest barriers
to building new affordable homes is the lack of
city/county funds available to assemble sites, provide
gap funding, and to pay for dedicated staff. Without
new funding, especially at the local level, we will not be able to build more affordable homes. There are
three new revenue streams that should be
considered: 1) Transfer tax, a one-time payment
levied by a jurisdiction on the sale of a home, may be
utilized to raise much needed revenue to fund
affordable homes; 2) Vacancy tax may be collected
on vacant land to convince landowners to sell their
underutilized properties and be used to fund the
construction of affordable homes; 3) Commercial
linkage fees should be adopted or revisited for
increases on new commercial developments.
administrative coastal development
permits consistent with applicable law.

Program 11 includes a commitment to
eliminate the CUP requirement for SRO
housing.

12. The Technical Report (Section III.A)
evaluates governmental constraints on
residential development including parking
requirements. Programs 3, 5, 6 and 9
address reducing parking requirements to
accommodate residential development
consistent with applicable law.

13. Programs 1, 2 5, and 10 contemplate
reductions of development fees for
residential projects consistent with the
City’s goals to promote affordable
housing and maintain its existing
facilities.

14. Programs 4, 5, 15, 16, 18 include
commitments to facilitate local funding
and secure state and federal funding to
support the development of housing.

Gray Panthers Santa
Barbara Network
(July 31, 2022)
We ask you to prioritize older adults as a specific
goal in your Housing Element planning.
• Define “senior housing” more clearly to
include requirements for accessibility and
access to services.

The City evaluates the needs of seniors
in Section I.E.2 of the Technical Report
and addresses the needs of seniors in a
variety of ways, including compliance
with building code accessibility
requirements (Municipal Code Title 15);
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• Zone for more senior housing options to
meet senior needs as they progress through
the senior housing care continuum.
• Expand “by right” zones in which senior
housing with services is permitted.
• In commercial zones, expand permitted
uses for licensed residential care, with
conditional use permits for independent
living as a “by right” use.
• Provide regulatory incentives for builders by
adding a regulatory “fast track” incentive for
builders on senior housing projects.
• Assure needed senior housing is located
appropriately to transportation options.

Older Adults need housing that is accessible and built
according to ADA and applicable housing
legislation/regulations & specifications. Countywide, 31% aged 60 and over identify as having a disability.
zoning regulations to streamline and
encourage senior housing, assisted living
and residential care facilities; and provide
reasonable accommodation for persons
with disabilities (Program 11).

Russell Ruiz
(Oct. 14, 2022)
I hope you direct Staff to compromise our parking
requirement to the minimum possible. Particularly in
Carpinteria the argument that Downtown you can
reduce or eliminate parking requirements for high
density housing is a myth. People living Downtown in
Carpinteria are not going to be walking to work in
most cases. They will use cars and they need to
have somewhere to park them other than on
neighborhood streets where parking is already
constrained. I am very concerned about what I heard
from our Consultant on the Downtown T planning.

High density small units in second stories of
commercial properties with not required parking for
those units. In my opinion, a very bad idea.

Section III of the Technical Report
analyzes parking as a zoning constraint
on the development of housing within the
City. The Housing Element also includes
programs to address parking
requirements for residential projects.

Eddie Seigel
(Oct. 16, 2022)
My family moved to Carpinteria when I was about 4
years old, and I lived there until I left for college. My childhood home, a perfectly normal 3bd house in
Seacoast Village, has doubled in value since my
parents sold it in 2014, according to Zillow. Not
unrelatedly I, like all of my childhood friends, no
longer live in Carp.

First, I want to applaud the small but mighty city staff for putting together a thoughtful, detailed, timeintensive document. The Housing Element provides over double the zoned capacity above the RHNA
target in its site inventory which is much more than
Goleta or Santa Barbara provided in theirs.

The Housing Element includes an
analysis of housing costs within the City
in Section I.D.3 of the Technical Report
and acknowledges that housing costs
within the City have risen based on a
variety of factors.

The Site Inventory conservatively
estimates the potential residential units
that can be constructed under existing
zoning. The Candidate Site Inventory
also contains a preliminary list of sites
that the City will consider rezoning with a
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However, I believe the current plan can be improved
for both current and future city residents as well as
making it more likely to meet HCD guidelines.
residential overlay to promote affordable
housing developments within the City and
conservative estimates of the potential
number of units that could be constructed
under the residential overlay. The
Housing Element commits to refining
Candidate Sites, the parameters of the
residential overlay and other zoning
changes to create sufficient capacity for
residential development with a buffer.
(See Program 1.)
Problems with the R-Overlay
The City seeks to reach its RHNA goal of 901 units,
up from 184 units built in the last cycle, primarily via new a zoning overlay on the east edges of the city on
farming and commercial land. Roughly 70% of the
~2200 units in the site inventory are slotted to be built here.

The chosen area is far from downtown and is
primarily commercial office space. This is
problematic:
• Even though Carpinteria is a small city, these new
residents won't be able to walk to do most of their
errands, whereas they could if it was closer to
downtown. Our beautiful city should be seeking to
get as much walkable density as it can .
• The city might not be Affirmatively Furthering Fair
Housing by sequestering nearly all its planned higher
density low income housing away from $1 m single
families homes and next to a mobile/manufactured
home park and other lower-cost housing . On Zillow
today, all of the housing options near the main ROverlay area are ~$550k, compared to $1 m+ in the rest of the city
• Tearing down in-use commercial for an out-of-the
way development next to a freeway is a risky
proposition.
• Even with a 2x buffer on RHNA numbers, the city
should provide explicit likelihood of development in
its Site Inventory to show it feels confident that some of these units are going to get development.

The Housing Element proposes to
consider rezoning of the Candidate Sites
with a residential overlay based on the
analysis in the Technical Report. The
analysis suggests that the Candidate
Sites are the most likely to have a
realistic possibility of redevelopment
based on, among other factors, the site
conditions, existing uses, and property
owner interest. The Candidate Sites
Inventory further includes sites identified
throughout the City, however, Candidate
Sites in the areas proposed by the
commenter are generally smaller in size
to accommodate sufficient density to
support affordable housing development.

Moreover, the Housing Element explains
that existing zoning presently allows for
residential uses on all commercial and
industrial zoned parcels with mixed use
developments and in some cases
residential-only development; thus many
of the parcels in the downtown area of
the City may be redeveloped with
housing under existing zoning. The
Housing Element further provides a
conservative estimate of each parcel’s
development potential in the Site
Inventory and Candidate Site Inventory
based on past residential development
patterns in the City.

Unclear zoning guidance for the R-Overlay and
Multifamily
The city should clearly define objective, by-right
standards for multi-family development. In the ROverlay zone the city is relying on for the majority of The Housing Element describes the
City’s permit process for a variety of
types of residential development. The
City is located entirely within the
California Coastal Zone and processes
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its site inventory, requirements are unclear and
appear to be up for negotiation, driving up
uncertainty in the development process and reducing
the likelihood units get built at all, or at the density the city needs to hit its targets. The city states it "has provided incentives for developers to facilitate
inclusionary requirements. " It provides no explicit
incentives and says it is all up to negotiation.

FAR, lot coverage, and minimum lot size standards
for the R-Overlay district are undefined. The city
notes that in negotiations it "may include" some
incentives but provides no guidance on how likely or
what the possible maximums might be. This does not
give much certainty to prospective developers who
may wish to build there.

The city could provide minimum guarantees with
density bonuses, and allow developers to negotiate
above and beyond that for especially high-quality
projects.
some development (e.g., ADUs) through
administrative coastal development
permits consistent with applicable law.

The Housing Element commits to
evaluating development standards that
promote the development of affordable
housing. (See Program 1.)
Further Program 6 commits the City to
updating its local density bonus
regulations to provide further certainty to
developers.

Reduce Parking and Height Restrictions
The R-Overlay zoning code sets 30ft height limits
and requirements of 1-2 parking spots per unit. The
city would see more affordable housing developed at
a faster pace if it relaxed these requirements .

With height limits, the city has chosen to put the
majority of units in a formerly commercial area. There
are few existing resident's views that are blocked,
and the area would be perfect for taller multi-family
buildings. Taller buildings also would require smaller
building footprints, giving developers flexibility to
have more open space.

The city notes that "Impacts of the parking standards
on housing cost and supply are minimal." The state
of California disagrees - it passed AB 2097 this year
due to strong evidence that minimum parking
requirements drive up building costs and contribute
to climate change. If it is true, it is because the city's lot coverage requirements are so burdensome that
parking is a drop in the bucket.

Program 1 commits to an evaluation of
the appropriate building height limit to
facilitate the construction of affordable
housing at the densities needed to create
the capacity for lower income housing
development.

The Technical Report (Section III.A)
evaluates governmental constraints on
residential development including parking
requirements. Programs 3, 5, 6 and 9
address reducing parking requirements to
accommodate residential development
consistent with applicable law.

Broaden to Downtown and RH-1 zones
Lastly, I suggest the City look to where nearly all of
the 77 in progress units it seeks to count towards its
RHNA progress are - near the downtown commercial
core and adjacent RH-1 areas. These are the areas
people want to live, walkable to the beach,
supermarkets, restaurants and other amenities. If the
The Site Inventory identifies that these
sites near Linden and Carpinteria
Avenues presently are zoned as
commercial or industrial development
with mixed use development to allow for
residential use. The 77 in-progress units
near the downtown commercial core and
adjacent RH-1 areas further indicates
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city believes full commercial parks are likely to be
torn down to build dense affordable housing, it can
easily apply the same logic to parcels that are going
to be more desirable to be lived in. The city should
explore zoning incentives for denser housing near
Linden Ave and Carp Ave.
that these types of sites presently have
the capacity for residential development.

The City considers preserving
commercial uses as well as the
development of residential uses in the
downtown area through existing zoning;
thus, the Candidate Site Inventory
generally prioritizes other parcels for
affordable housing.

Hurry Up Your Timing
If my math and understanding of the law is correct,
the city is cutting it very close to its deadline to have an approved housing element. With a 30-day public
comment period starting Oct 10, and a 90-day review
window by HCD, that leaves only 10 days to
incorporate public feedback and have it be approved
by the city before the Feb 15 deadline, and that is
assuming HCD approves the first draft. Upon Feb 15
if Carpinteria doesn't have an approved housing
element, in addition to losing homeless and
affordable housing money, anyone can begin to
submit projects under the Builders Remedy, which
ignore local zoning. This is already starting to happen in fellow beach towns Santa Maria and Redondo
Beach . Goleta, along with dozens of other
municipalities, had their first draft rejected . Dozens are currently out of compliance. The city should
swiftly review feedback and send a quality housing
element to HCD.

The City prepared the Housing Element
through a public process consistent with
the procedural requirements in state law.

The remainder does not comment on the
substantive aspects of the Housing
Element.

Carpinteria Valley
Association
(Oct. 17, 2022)
In the draft update, under Program Category #1, the
second goal listed is:
“Maintain a jobs-housing balance or ratio within 0.75
to 1.25 range suggested by the Santa Barbara
Association of Governments”
Table I-9 lists the Employment of city residents and
includes the statistic that the civilian employed
population 16 years and over is 6,648 city residents.

This is the number of people who live where work
somewhere, not the number of jobs in the City.

However, nowhere in this report can I find data on
the number of jobs in the City of Carpinteria. Without
that info, it is not possible to determine if the jobshousing balance is within the 0.75 to 1.25 range.

Therefore, it is impossible to make any evaluation
about the second goal of Program Category #1. That
data needs to be broken down by job sector so we
Table I-9 presents the Employment by
Industry in Carpinteria and Santa Barbara
County. The Santa Barbara Association
of Governments set the allocation of
residential units assigned to the City of
Carpinteria through the regional housing
needs assessment (RHNA) process,
which considered, in part, the regional
and local jobs-housing balance as a
factor in allocating residential units. The
“Candidate Opportunity Sites” in Table B5 are included as potential sites to include in a residential overlay for
affordable housing. The residential
overlay would provide property owners
with the option of constructing residential
units on their property or continuing
existing commercial and industrial uses.

The City plans to further evaluate the
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have some idea of income and what housing would
be within reach for workers in each sector.

Further, without information about the jobs-housing
balance, critical information is missing for making the most important decision in this process: which of the
sites listed in Table B-5 as "Candidate Opportunity
Sites” should be selected to make up the shortfall
shown in the Land Inventory Summary in Table B-1.

If we are short on jobs, we must be very careful what
commercial or industrial parcels we add a residential
overlay to.

We strongly urge you to ensure accurate data on
both parts of the jobs-housing balance are available
to you and to the public as soon as possible to
appropriately inform the Housing Element Update.

One last point to consider in selecting what parcels to add a residential overlay to: It is of paramount
importance that we protect the urban boundary by
maintaining transitional land uses between high
density residential and agricultural lands. If we don’t do that, we are inviting the County to show up with
more inappropriate proposals to expand our urban
boundary like they have done at the north end of
Bailard Avenue.

Candidate Opportunity Sites through its
rezone process and consider potential
impacts to the City’s jobs-housing
balance, among other factors. The
Candidate Sites Inventory further
considers existing land uses, such as
industrial and agricultural parcels, to
identify and evaluate the viability of these
potential sites for residential development
by reviewing the relative age of the
structure and considering vacancy rates
and owner interest.

Eye of the Day, Inc.
(Oct. 28, 2022)
We certainly support your efforts to overlay our
property with high density residential use. What is of
importance is the densities that will be allowed which
I’m sure you understand. We don’t want to get stuck
or penalized for moving forward with an alternative
development if mixed use residential does not work
financially. We look forward to moving forward and
communicating with your and Planning.

The proposed residential overlay in the
Housing Element provides the
opportunity for the development of higher
density residential units. The criteria for
higher residential use projects will be
further evaluated as part of the rezone
process for the residential overlay.

Property owners also will continue to
have the option to develop their property
under existing or future zoning for their
respective zone district.

RPG Pacifica
(Nov. 15, 2022)
RPG Pacifica is the property owner of the vacant

8.46-acre lot located at 6380 Via Real, Carpinteria,
CA, otherwise known as the Lagunitas property. As
you are aware, we recently had been pursuing the
construction of an entitled office project on the
property. With the demand for office space
continuing to evolve in a post-COVID world, it does
not appear that there will be sufficient demand from
the market to justify the development of the current
entitled office project. We were excited, therefore, to learn of the City of Carpinteria’ recent efforts to
introduce a Housing Overlay for our property as well
The Housing Element was updated to
reflect the property owner’s interest in
residential development for this site.

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as other commercial/industrial areas within the City
as part of its Housing Element Update.

We wish to express support for the proposed
Housing Overlay at densities of 20-24 units /acre or
greater. We appreciate that the Overlay is not a
mandate and would not result in any legal
nonconforming issues for either existing or proposed
commercial developments, but would allow a
property owner the op to consider housing as a
potential use of his or her property in support of the
City’s and State’s goals to provide additional
residential opportunities within the City of Carpinteria Bryan Mimaki
(Nov. 18, 2022)
I am the owner of your Draft Housing Element
Candidate Opportunity Site # 1, APNs 001-080-040, -
002, and -030. My three parcels total approximately

15.8 acres, and are currently in avocado production. I
appreciate your reaching out to inform me of the
October 13th ZOOM webinar and the October 17th
Special Joint Meeting of the Planning Commission
and City Council. I wholeheartedly support the City’s
efforts to apply a residential only overlay on my
property as it would allow a high density residential
use should my agricultural operations cease to make
sense financially. I look forward to continued
communication as this process moves ahead.

The Housing Element was updated to
reflect the property owner’s interest in
residential development for this site.

Justin Klentner
(Nov. 18, 2022)
I am the owner of the Draft Housing Element
Candidate Opportunity Site #17, APN 003-251-021, a
nearly one acre parcel with a mixed commercial and
low density residential split zoning designations. The
site is currently used as an equipment rental yard,
although I am exploring the potential of a mixed use
residential and commercial redevelopment of the
entire site. I totally support the City’s efforts to apply a residential only overlay on my property as it would
allow a much needed high density residential use in
Carpinteria’s downtown district.

Without this overlay I don’t see how we can ever get
the housing needs that our community so
desperately needs.

The Housing Element was updated to
reflect the property owner’s interest in
residential development for this site.

Bill Medel
(Nov. 20, 2022)
I have been following and have attended workshops
for the proposed residential overlay zones for the
City’s housing update in the General Plan. My family
has owned APN’s: 004-039-007, 003-151-017 and
003-151-018 since the 1950’s. The property is
currently zoned commercial but is surrounded by
residential neighborhoods which makes these
parcels prime candidates for the proposed residential
The Housing Element was updated to
reflect the property owner’s interest in
residential development for this site.

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overlay zone. APN 004-039-007 is currently leased
to an irrigation and landscape service company and
APN’s 003-151-017 & 003-151-018 contain our
family home since 1955. While APN 004-039-007
allows for a mixed use residential and commercial
development, the overlay residential zone would
allow several options to create more downtown
residential units.

I strongly support the City’s draft housing element to
apply an overlay to those properties in the City’s
downtown commercial zone.

Californians for
Homeownership,
YIMBY Law, California
Housing Defense Fund
(Jan. 20, 2023)
We are writing to express serious concerns about the
City's failure to timely engage in the process of
developing its revised housing element. Because the
City cannot legally meet the deadline for adopting its
sixth cycle housing element update, we may initiate
litigation against the City on or shortly after February 16, 2023 to compel the City to comply with housing
element law.

We want to ensure that the City understands its
obligations under state law. The City is required to
adopt its sixth cycle housing element update by
February 15, 2023 . The City must also submit an
initial draft to the Department of Housing and
Community Development (HCD) "at least 90 days
prior to adoption." Thus, in order to timely adopt a
sixth cycle housing element, the City was required to
submit a draft housing element to HCD by November
17, 2022. It did not do so.

Because the City will not be able to lawfully adopt a
sixth cycle housing element update by February 15,
2023, it will be immediately subject to litigation under Government Code Section 65750 et seq. Housing
element litigation is given near-complete priority in
the court system. If we are forced to litigate, in
addition to being ordered to adopt a housing element
on a short timeline,4 the City could also face a
number of serious penalties. For example, the court
could suspend permitting in the City,5 and it could
judicially approve housing development projects
within the City.6 The court could impose these
penalties while the litigation is pending, even before
reaching a final decision.7 And a successful plaintiff
can obtain attorneys' fees under Code of Civil
Procedure Section 1021.5.
[Continued – see complete letter below.]
The City prepared the Housing Element
through a public process consistent with
the procedural requirements in state law.

The remainder does not comment on the
substantive aspects of the Housing
Element.

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People’s Self-Help
Housing
(Jan. 30, 2023)
I wanted to let you know how much we continue to
appreciate you, your planning staff, the City
Manager’s leadership and the City’s elected officials’
support for affordable housing developed and
operated by People’s Self-Help Housing. Of all the
30+ jurisdictions we work with along the Central
Coast region, the City of Carpinteria is a standout,
when it comes to championing projects and
supporting our residents’ success. I was reflecting
how the City has provided our multiple properties
developed in the Carpinteria so many keys to their
success. Most helpful have been development
impact fees relief, processing our entitlement
approvals in an expedited manner, supporting
projects with permanent soft loans, passing through
the City’s CDBG and HOME allocations, and even
donated surplus City land to develop additional units.

We so appreciate your and the City’s sincere and
meaningful contributions to affordable housing!
When you recently invited me to speak to your City
Council on identifying the most critical aspects for
promoting more affordable housing, including on
which sites within the City could best accompany
potential projects, it was clearly very impactful on the decision makers, as evidenced by their engagement
and even recommendations for further sites they felt
could be potentially added to your inventory. I was so
impressed and grateful to be a part of that process.

Thanks again for reaching out to us for that purpose.

The City appreciates PSHH support and
looks forward to continuing our mutual
successful efforts to produce affordable
housing in Carpinteria.

Victor and Susan
Schaff
(Mar. 6, 2023)
I am Victor Schaff, resident of the City of Carpinteria and owner of the above referenced properties. The
6155 site is currently leased to S & S Seed Company
which I founded and recently sold, and the 6175 site
is vacant land Per the attached more detailed
presentation, I hereby request that these properties
be added to those included in the Residential
Overlay of the City of Carpinteria (2023-2031) Draft
Housing Element.

While this specific request is directly related to and
intended to enhance the Draft Housing Element, of
significance is the fact that the current housing rental vacancy rate in Santa Barbara is a tight 1.7%,
compelling evidence of an imbalance between supply
and demand. This imbalance caused 2022 rental
rates to increase by 9% with pressure for an even
greater increase in 2023. Home sale prices
The Housing Element was updated to
include this site in the Candidate Site
Inventory based on the property owner’s
interest in residential development for this
site and, in part, the property owner’s
development proposal. The Housing
Element Technical Report further
analyzes housing vacancy in Section
I.B.2 and presents vacancy information in
Table I-5.

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increased by 13.2%, driven by a similar imbalance in
supply and demand.

As a long standing member of our community, I
personally favor mandated construction of
"affordable" housing as defined by the state, and will
commit to a minimum of 20% "affordable" for any
project we develop. Still a primary driving force to
achieve general housing affordability is far supply to
be in balance with demand.

In contrast, as discussed in greater detail in the
accompanying presentation, there is no demand in
the market area for additional business park space.

This will cause the 6175 site to remain vacant land,
and when the S & S lease expires in two years on
the 6155 site for it to potentially be empty buildings.

I respectfully request your positive consideration of
the above.
[Continued – see complete letter below.]
TK Consulting
(Mar. 20, 2023)
City Housing Element
Separate and apart from the County’s housing need,
the City must identify over 800 units of housing inside the city boundary. In a City that is mostly built-out,
this is a challenge. However, opportunities do exist
and should be encouraged.

The City has proposed placing a residential overlay
(R Overlay) across numerous parcels identified as
underutilized. Unfortunately, the density range and
realistic density range do not provide enough
monetary value to encourage redevelopment of
these properties. A calculation should be made on
each identified parcel to demonstrate that the
proposed density is economically feasible. This is
especially true when considering affordable housing,
which typically needs some sort of subsidy to exist.

The City should also consider a wider range of
densities and reduction in standards to allow those
densities to be achievable.

An example of a standard that effectively reduces
density is the proposed 30’ building height limitation.

It is very difficult to achieve three story housing at a 30’ height limitation. With 1’ between floors and a
ceiling height of 9’, the roof could only be 1’ high,
which is impractical. We suggest a minimum of 36’
building height.

Lastly and possibly most important, placing an R
overlay is a good important first step, but it does not The Housing Element proposes to further
refine the residential overlay as part of
the rezone process to evaluate the
potential range of densities and
affordability requirements that would
make use of the residential overlay
feasible to construct affordable housing
on the selected Candidate Sites
(Program 1).

Program 1 further contains a commitment
to study the appropriate building height
limit for the residential overlay to ensure
that the selected Candidate Sites can
construct housing development projects
at sufficient densities to achieve the
City’s RHNA unit allocation.

The proposed residential overlay is not
anticipated to require a rezone or
General Plan Amendment for housing
development projects. The City’s current
residential overlay does not require a
rezone or General Plan Amendment for
projects within the overlay to develop
residential units. The City will ensure that
the proposed residential overlay does not
require a General Plan Amendment and
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remove the discretionary requirements of the City.

These mostly notably include a Development Plan
and General Plan Amendment. By not amending the
General Plan’s Land Use Element for the identified
properties, a substantially higher bar is placed on the development of these properties. Furthermore, it
would negate the opportunity to process an SB330
application.
[See complete letter below.]
will amend other elements of its General
Plan to ensure consistency, if required.

The remaining letter does not comment
on the substance of the City’s Housing
Element.

Coastal Commission
Letter (April 10, 2023)
Amendments to the Zoning Code related to the R
Overlay and application of the R Overlay to specific
sites cannot become effective without amendments
to the City’s certified Local Coastal Program (LCP),
following review and approval by the California
Coastal Commission.

The proposed zoning changes raise concern in
regard to existing protections for priority land uses
identified in the Coastal Act and in the City’s existing certified LCP, specifically in regard to agricultural and visitor-serving commercial uses. Further, sites
located in proximity to the Carpinteria Salt Marsh
raise issues with flooding and other coastal hazards,
particularly with anticipated sea level rise. Finally,
potential sites that contain or are adjacent to creeks
or other environmentally sensitive areas raise issue
with regard to ESHA protection, water quality, and
flooding hazards in consideration of sea level rise.

As written, the revised Draft 2023-2031 Housing
Element Update includes sites that the City identifies
as candidates for zone change to apply the R overlay
(allowing stand-alone residential development).

Some of those candidate sites are zoned for and
contain existing coastal agriculture. Conversion of
agriculture to residential use in those cases would
need to meet all of the LCP criteria for such
conversion. Similarly, there are candidate sites that
are currently developed with visitor serving uses or
zoned for such use. Rezoning of those sites and
conversion to residential use will need to address the
Coastal Act and LCP limitations on eliminating such
high priority uses. Any conversions of agriculture or
visitor serving uses will need to be supported by
detailed analyses, based on substantial evidence,
The City acknowledges that a Local
Coastal Program (LCP) amendment is
needed to amend the City’s Zoning Code
to implement Program 1 and other
aspects of the City’s Housing Element.

The City will work expeditiously to submit
an LCP amendment to the Coastal
Commission.

Appendix B of the Housing Element
describes the City’s existing site
inventory and candidate rezone sites and
includes an initial evaluation of those
sites with respect to Coastal Act and the
City’s certified LCP’s protections for
coastal resources. The candidate sites
were selected based on substantial
evidence that these sites could be
rezoned to realistically accommodate
additional housing within the City without
significant impacts to agricultural land,
visitor serving commercial uses,
environmentally sensitive areas and
hazards associated with flooding and sea
level rise. Please review the candidate
site specific information in Appendix B for
additional details. These candidate sites
will be reviewed further, including by the
California Coastal Commission, when the
City processes its LCP amendment to
implement Program 1 and other zoning
amendments described in the Housing
Element.

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prior to the City’s adoption of the future LCP
amendment.

We would like to request that, moving forward, the
City staff coordinate closely with Commission staff
prior to City Council adoption of an LCP
amendment(s) to include any necessary changes
agreed upon by our respective staffs prior to formal
submittal of an LCP to the Coastal Commission.
[See complete letter below.]
The City prepared the Housing Element
through a public process consistent with
the procedural requirements in state law.

City staff met numerous times with
Coastal Commission staff separately and
with Coastal Commission staff and HCD
staff together during its preparation of the
revised draft Housing Element and
anticipates continued coordination with
Coastal Commission staff in the
processing of the above referenced LCP
amendment.

Carpinteria Valley
Water District (August
11, 2023)
Carpinteria Valley Water District (CVWD) received a
request from Ashley and Vance Engineering, Inc.
regarding water and sewer volume analysis for a
proposed 400 unit development at 5800 Via Real.

CVWD inquired whether there was an active project
for 5800 Via Real with the City of Carpinteria.
[See complete letter below.]
While an application for development of
5800 Via Real has not been submitted to
the city, this property is identified as
Candidate Site 2 in the Housing Element
to be considered for rezoning with the R
Overlay to allow a 100% residential
development with a minimum density of
20 units per acre. The site is currently
zoned AG-10.

Victor and Susan
Schaff (November 10,
2023)
I have resided in the Carpinteria valley for 40 years
and I own the properties located at 6155 and 6175
Carpinteria Avenue, designated as site 21 in the
above referenced document.

I have been following the process and submitted a
prior letter as well as attended the public hearings to express my support for applying the Residential
Overlay to Site 21, which would create a pathway for
much needed housing, including affordable housing,
to serve local employees.

Site 21 is along one of the main transportation
corridors in the City and has access to public
transportation to the many services the City of
Carpinteria can provide. Providing housing in this
location, within walking distance to major employers,
is also aligned with the City’s objectives for locating housing in close proximity to employment and
removing traffic from City streets. Other factors to
consider regarding Site 21 is the access and
proximity to the public infrastructure that already
exists and adjacency to Viola Park.
[See complete letter below.]
Candidate Site 21 is included in the
Housing Element site inventory. The site
will be considered as for potential
rezoning with the R Overlay to
accommodate the shortfall in sites
available to accommodate the City’s
lower-income housing allocation pursuant
to Program 1. Details regarding the site,
including proximity to transit, services,
and other amenities, and access to public
services are included on the site profile
sheet included in Appendix B.

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Appendix D
Fair Housing Assessment
AB 686 (2018) requires housing elements to contain an Assessment of Fair Housing consistent with the core elements of the analysis required by the federal Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) Final Rule of July 16, 2015. Under California law, AFFH means “taking meaningful actions, in addition to combating discrimination, that overcome patterns of segregation and foster inclusive communities free from barriers that restrict access to opportunity based on protected characteristics.”
To comply with AB 686, the City completed the following outreach and analysis. The Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing1 prepared by the Santa Barbara County HOME Consortium in 2020 (the “County AI”) provides extensive data and policy recommendations that informed this AFFH analysis. The Consortium includes all of the jurisdictions in Santa Barbara County except for the cities of Santa Barbara and Guadalupe and represents approximately 78 percent of the total county population according to the California Department of Finance (2021). All materials published on the City website were available in both English and Spanish.

Data Sources
This analysis incorporates State and Federal data sources as well as local data and knowledge, where available. The primary Federal data sources include the U.S. Census and the U.S.

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The primary State data source is the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) AFFH Data and Mapping Resources website (https://affh-data-resources-cahcd.hub.arcgis.com/). Additional data is published by The Urban Displacement Project (UDP), a research and action initiative of the University of California Berkeley and the University of Toronto. UDP conducts communitycentered, data-driven, applied research toward more equitable and inclusive futures for cities.

Its research aims to understand and describe the nature of gentrification, displacement, and exclusion, and also to generate knowledge on how policy interventions and investment can support more equitable development (https://www.urbandisplacement.org/).

The primary local data sources are the County of Santa Barbara and the Santa Barbara County HOME Consortium, in which the City of Carpinteria is a participating agency.

Other local data and knowledge was obtained through the public participation program for the City’s Housing Element update. Participants in the Housing Element update included affordable housing developers including People’s Self Help Housing; fair housing organizations including the Rental Housing Mediation Program and Gray Panthers Network of Santa Barbara; housing advocates including Californians for Homeownership, YIMBY Law, and California Housing Defense Fund; and community-based and faith-based organizations, including family service agencies, senior programs, and health and human services; and residents. The City also directly worked with People’s Self Help Housing, which serves the interests of lower-income households and special needs groups and has several successful lower-income housing projects in the City, to solicit comments and recommendations on housing needs, barriers to fair and affordable housing, and opportunities for development. (See email from People’s Self Help Housing in Appendix C, pages C-52 to 53.) Comments received and how those comments were 1 http://countyofsb.org/uploadedFiles/housing/Content/Affordable_Housing/ 2020%20Analysis%20of%20Impediments%20to%20Fair%20Housing%20Choice.pdf Carpinteria 2023-2031 Housing Element Technical Report Appendix D – Fair Housing Assessment Revised Draft D-2 January 2024
incorporated into the Housing Element are detailed in Appendix C of this Housing Element.

Further discussion of outreach efforts is provided in the Outreach section below.

Most of the maps provided in this appendix are based upon data generated at the census tract level. Figure D-1 shows the census tracts that are within Carpinteria’s city boundaries. The City encompasses portions of five census tracts: 16.01, 16.04, 17.04, 17.06 and 9900, although tract 9900 is offshore and contains no population or land area suitable for development. The majority of the city is within tracts 16.01, 16.04, 17.04. Tract 17.06 only includes two small areas of Carpinteria, one north of Foothill Road encompassing Carpinteria High School, and the other at the western edge of the city north of Via Real, east of Sunset Drive and west of Cravens Lane.

Most of tract 17.06 is within unincorporated county territory to the north and west of the city.

Figure D-1
Census Tract Map – Carpinteria
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, On the Map, 9/2022

1. Historic Development Patterns, Local Data and Knowledge, and Current Fair Housing Initiatives
Historical Context
Carpinteria, the name given the area by Spanish soldiers during the Portola Expedition of 1769, means in Spanish “carpenter shop,” and the area was so named for the local Chumash, who were building canoes at the time of the expedition’s arrival. During the Mission era (1789 to 1832) the area became part of the Pueblo lands of Santa Barbara and were associated with the Santa Barbara Mission. The missionaries raised crops in the Carpinteria Valley.

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After California statehood in 1850, Americans and Europeans began to emigrate to the Carpinteria Valley. Among the first to begin experimentation with fruit-raising on a large scale were Russel Heath and Albert Packard, both of whom settled in the area in 1858. By 1860, Heath had planted 10,000 grape vines and an almond nursery on his ranch. By 1869, 1,214 acres in the Carpinteria Valley were under cultivation. Farms ranged from twelve to 150 acres of fruit and walnuts trees with twenty-two of the thirty principal land owners owning fifty acres or less.

During the 1870s and 1880s many new immigrants settled in the Carpinteria area after hearing of its fertile soil and mild climate. In addition to the fruit and nut crops, the new crop of lima beans was added. Prior to the arrival of the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1887, farmers shipped their products from the Carpinteria wharf, owned by F. and J.M. Smith. Adjacent to the 800 foot wharf were several warehouses for storage. About 3,000 tons of beans, corn, nuts and fruits were shipped annually. By 1880 lima beans had become a choice cash crop among the Carpinteria growers, accounting for half of the 3,000 tons shipped.

Carpinteria remained a small village with a post office, established in 1868, a general store and blacksmith shop. The First Baptist Church was built in 1873. With the arrival of the Southern Pacific in 1887, a new town site was laid out adjacent to the railroad, about one mile east of the older village. A new hotel and several warehouses were eventually built adjacent to the railroad tracks. In 1910, lima beans and English walnuts were the principal agricultural products of the Carpinteria Valley, followed closely by lemons. 2
The City of Carpinteria was incorporated on September 28, 1965. The city is located almost entirely on a coastal plain in between the Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean.

Immediately to the north of Carpinteria lie foothills and then the Santa Ynez Mountains.

Between the foothills and the populated area of the city is an agricultural zone.

Local Knowledge and Current Fair Housing Initiatives
ln response to the recent unjustified killing of George Floyd (as well as countless others) and the subsequent protests across the nation, the City of Carpinteria adopted Resolution No. 5981 (see Attachment D-1) condemning the unjustified use of force and brutality against Black people, people of color and all marginalized communities including LGBTQ+ individuals by law enforcement and to stand in solidarity with protestors of systemic racism in our country.

By adopting Resolution No. 5981, the City has joined municipalities and local governments across the country in recognizing, and focusing on community engagement around racial equity issues, including intentional policy-making that reduces racial inequities and promotes community transparency and trust. The City's action also aligns with state and nationwide focus on these critical issues which are detrimental not only to particular racial groups, but also to the broader economic and social well-being of the entire community. On June 15,2020 Gov. Gavin Newsom's Task Force on Business and Jobs Recovery issued an open letter, noting the effects of structural racism on society, including the economy, and urging action for a more inclusive and resilient economy. The letter outlines how people of color are disproportionately impacted by economic uncertainty, unemployment, and racism in policing, and highlights the income gaps across ethnicity, gender and ability that persist in our state. lt notes, "taking a stand against racism is not just a moral imperative for our collective future, but an economic one. The 2 San Buenaventura Research Associates, (2005)
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discrimination inflicted upon Black Americans has entrenched discrimination that harms other people of color leaving them, and our entire economy, vulnerable to a shock like the COVID-19 crisis." Moreover, "recovering from COVID-19 also presents an opportunity to re-imagine our society and economy by striking out against injustice." Carpinteria is home to many minorities, indigenous people, and people of color, including a vibrant Hispanic and Latino community comprising approximately 45% of the population. As memorialized in Resolution No. 5981, the City itself if not immune from a history of injustice towards racial minorities and commits to engage in a process that actively promotes racial equity within the City's population by reviewing and improving existing policies and subsequently revising and/or implementing new policies, actions, and programs to combat identified sources of injustice. Specifically, through its adoption of Resolution No. 5981, the City made several key commitments which can be organized into the following three general categories: (1) committing to collaborate with law enforcement to further community-oriented policing, build trust with the community and ensure the safety of all community members; (2) committing to review and revise City policies to incorporate antiracist policies into City government and ensure the equitable distribution of resources and public services; and (3) collaborating with, supporting, and amplifying minority-owned businesses, community groups and non-profit organizations within the City and broader community.

City staff and the City Council recognize that confronting the legacy of racial injustice and actively promoting racial equity within our community (as well as across the nation) is both challenging and highly important work. These efforts will be an ongoing, long-term process that will require sustained effort, and openness to learning from and engaging with experts and minority community leaders in enacting research-based, community-tailored, anti-racist policies.

Although the City's commitments all share the same goal of ensuring and facilitating racial equity and justice, the City's role in implementation of specific policies, initiatives, and programs will depend on the situation. For example, while the City will likely take a lead role in reviewing City policies and programs for inequities, it may make more sense for the City to take a more collaborative approach and coordinate with existing governmental and/or community organizations to ensure the equitable provision of non-City based services. Similarly, it will be important for City staff and the City Council to collaborate with and continue to learn from leaders of minority and social justice groups. The City is lucky to be home to a number of community groups and organizations actively working to combat inequities within the Carpinteria community; in some instances, therefore, it may be most effective for the City to partner with these existing organizations to further the commitments outlined in Resolution No. 5981.

For example, the City's Mission Statement recognizes the right of community members to influence decisions that affect their well-being and create forums for meaningful citizen participation, ensuring equitable regulation and service delivery. The City's Mission Statement also recognizes that needs and expectations may vary throughout the community, and the rights of our community members to take action to ensure diverse opportunities in housing, employment, and cultural activity in the community. The City's Sustainable Community Policy is also drafted to promote well-being and health, and ensure all community members have opportunities to contribute to a productive community. The following ideas and proposals are meant to build on the City's existing policies and to ensure that, going forward, policy-making is undertaken with intention to combat inequities and support racial justice and the equitable provision of public services across the City's diverse demographics.

At its public meeting on August 10, 2020 the City Council adopted Resolution No. 6001 (Attachment D-2) establishing as City policy the intention to continue to research example Carpinteria 2023-2031 Housing Element Technical Report Appendix D – Fair Housing Assessment Revised Draft D-5 January 2024
policies, initiatives and actions, and collaborate with local community groups to build a robust process to implement Resolution No. 5981. Resolution No. 6001 established the following policies, initiatives, and programs around the three commitments highlighted in Resolution No. 5981: (1) collaboration with law enforcement, (2) review of City policies, and (3) engagement with community groups and leaders.

1. Collaboration with Law Enforcement
The City will continue to work collaboratively with our local law enforcement to build community trust and legitimacy, implement community-oriented policing, and maintain a safe community as exemplified in specific provisions in the City's law enforcement contract.

The issues raised on a national level concerning police brutality and unjustified use of force by law enforcement are important, valid and have implications for our local law enforcement. The City's contract with Santa Barbara County for law enforcement services creates a somewhat unique situation where many of the decisions to change trainings and/or protocols are not within the City Council's direct control, nor scope of work. The City can, however, review its contract with County law enforcement to ensure services are deployed in a manner consistent with the needs and priorities of our community and as determined necessary, begin the process of identifying areas for improvement that may be discussed during contract renegotiation. To this end, the City Council could consider directing staff to review the City's current contract with the County Sheriff's Office with the following concepts (and the goal of ensuring racial justice) in mind:

A. Racial Sensitivity Trainings for Officers. The City could request the County Sheriffs Office to consider implementing and requiring officers-particularly those stationed in the City-to undergo special racial sensitivity trainings.

B. Community Representation. Although nature of the City's contractual relationship with the County Sheriff’s Office for law enforcement services means that the City is not involved in hiring practices, the results of these practices are critical in ensuring that, over time, the Sheriff’s Office is able to deliver adequate services within the City. For example, the City may want to consider working with the County Sheriff’s Office with the goal of ensuring that the officers stationed within the City are representative of City demographics, including ensuring that officers have adequate Spanish and other language fluency skills to appropriately communicate with the City's residents.

C. Data Sharing to lmprove Transparency. A key aspect of pursuing the City's commitments outlined above will be reviewing and understanding data in an attempt to identify opportunities for improvement. To this end, the City could work with the County Sheriff’s Department to ensure that both the Sheriff's Office and the City have adequate systems and personnel in place to collect and share data and information on how law enforcement services are being provided within the City.

D. Review of Patterns and Trends in Service Calls. The City may also want to collaborate with the Sheriff’s Office to review patterns and trends in (1) local calls for service (location, type, etc.) and (2) the outcome of those calls (contact, Carpinteria 2023-2031 Housing Element Technical Report Appendix D – Fair Housing Assessment Revised Draft D-6 January 2024
citation, arrest, follow-up action, etc.) in order to better understand how local law enforcement services are being used across demographics within the City and identify areas for improvement.

E. Review of City Code Enforcement Policy. The City may also want to review specific aspects of the City's Code Enforcement policy - including policies, regulations, and practices - pertaining to minor crimes and infractions that may disproportionately burden and/or impact low-income and minority individuals. For example, various aspects of the City's parking enforcement program (and resulting violations) may disproportionately impact lower-income and/or minority residents and households.

F. Development of Action Plan. Because of the contractual nature of the City's law enforcement, the City may want to coordinate and engage with the Sheriff’s Office in how to best facilitate initiating a process for determining and prioritizing opportunities for the improvement of local law enforcement services to ensure that these services align with the City's values, such as transparency, accountability, community trust building, and are equitably delivered to all City residents.

2. Review of City Policies
The City recognizes that as a community we have to actively work to be antiracist, including educating ourselves, better supporting leaders and institutions who are working to combat injustice and systematic racism, and working together toward the more equitable distribution of resources and public services. We commit to continuing to learn about, reflect on, and incorporate antiracist policies into City government, and strengthen a climate incompatible with racism in our community and nation.

To begin implementing the above commitment, one option is for the Council to request City staff to review and audit its policies and programs within the various City departments (Community Development; Public Works; Parks, Recreation and Public Facilities; community communication; City staffing; volunteer services; and Emergency Services) to better understand usage, equity of benefits across the spectrum of economic, social and racial groups within our community. This work will help to first identify how the City's services are used by and benefit various groups within our community, where inequities exist in opportunities and services, inequities in community representation and how inequities can subsequently be improved, including:

A. District Elections. Moving from the City's current at-large election process to district elections could improve the equity of representation across various racial and economic groups within the community on the City Council. Note that the City currently employs an at-large method of elections where each City Councilmember is elected by registered voters of the entire City instead of district elections. After the 2020 Census, the City is planning to begin the process of forming electoral districts, through a public process, for the City to implement district-based elections by 2021.

B. City Staffing and Hiring. To improve the demographic representation of City staff (from Management down to front-line workers), the City could explore opportunities to increase diversity in the applicant pool for open positions and Carpinteria 2023-2031 Housing Element Technical Report Appendix D – Fair Housing Assessment Revised Draft D-7 January 2024
ensure existing diverse City staff members are appropriately supported in their positions to promote retention and promotion.

C. Appointment to Boards, Commission and Committees. ln making appointments to various City boards, commissions, and committee, the City Council could consider reviewing and revamping its outreach, advertisement and nomination process to ensure that it is reaching diverse segments of the City's population and residents and/or incentivize youth and broader community involvement.

D. Parks and Open Space. The City could audit the City's policies on providing recreation services, with a focus on locations, improvements, and types of facilities that actively promote diverse interaction and community building. For example, recent studies have found that skateboarding and skateparks facilitate a sense of community. The City is currently in the process of permitting a skate park to be located near City Hall.

E. Transportation. The City could audit its transportation goals and policies (pedestrian, bicycle, other public transit, etc.) in order to ensure that services are equitably benefitting all City residents and collaborate with SBCAG and MTD to improve outreach and participation for local dialogue regarding the adequacy/equity of service within the City.

F. Housing. The City could review its housing policies and regulations through the lens of understanding the racially disparate patterns of homeownership, rent burden and homelessness. As your Council is aware, the area of housing policy has received a lot of interest and attention in the state legislature over the past several years and, as a result, the City has been engaged in a lot of policy work on this matter.

G. lmplementing Trainings and Policies within City Administration. The City could develop and implement internal programs and training focused on City staff and administration (including hiring practices) for addressing bias, racism and fostering a climate within our City government that helps serve as a model for the broader community of an antiracist and inclusive climate.

H. Engagement with other Local Governments. To support the development of antiracist policies and regulations, the City could consider engaging other municipalities with shared goals by becoming a member of Government Alliance for Race and Equality (GARE).

3. Engagement with Community Groups and Leaders
To accomplish the goals of this Resolution, the City will highlight and collaborate with minority leadership and social justice groups. The City commits to developing resources that support and amplify minority-owned businesses, community groups and non-profit organizations within our City and broader community.

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effective, will need to reflect community values and to be a part of a sustained and coordinated effort with the local community and community groups. The goal to such coordination is to help ensure that the process to further articulate and define goals and specific actions reflects a diverse range of perspectives and appropriately prioritizes the community's needs and actions for the greatest benefit.

A. Community Survey. ln order to develop resources that support and amplify minority-owned businesses, community groups and non-profit organizations, as an initial step the City could consider implementing a survey to gather community input and identifying community needs and interests. Such a survey could also be used to track community perception of racial inequality and promote community buy in. For example, the City of Seattle conducts an internal survey of all city employees every two years as well as a regular survey of city residents.

These surveys allow Seattle to track the progress of the city as a whole, as well as individual departments, in terms of employee understanding of institutional and structural racism, and understanding of how departments are building racial equity into programs, policies, initiatives and budget decisions. Continued deployment of the survey allows Seattle to track progress through time and evaluate the efficacy of programs at addressing racial equity and justice.

B. Support of Minority-Owned Businesses and Groups. The City could develop policies and programs to support existing local minority-owned small businesses. Further, the City could request targeted community feedback to understand what, if any, impediments at the City level exist to growing the number of locally-owned small businesses by diverse entrepreneurs.

C. Collaboration with Existing Community Leaders and Groups. The City could also choose to collaborate wíth existing Community organizations and institutions - including the Carpinteria Unified School District, the Boys' and Girls' Club, Girls, lnc., the Family Resource Center, among others - to support and implement the City's commitments and further actions. These existing organizations could play an important role in bridging the relationship between local government and individual community members, specifically with issues related to educational opportunities.

D. Creation of Racial Equity/Justice Position. One potential approach could be for the City to review best practices and resources to memorialize job functions within the existing City structure and/or create new position(s) that improve community involvement and collaboration with minority leaders, as well as build capacity within underserved groups in our community.

The City is actively implementing the directives of Resolution Nos. 5981 and 6001, particularly as they relate to housing. On May 11, 2023, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 6235 directing amendments to the Carpinteria Municipal Code to add or modify anti-displacement regulations protective of tenants within the city. (Attachment D-3.) Specifically, the City Council directed staff to evaluate and prioritize measures to (1) improve housing affordability; (2) protect residential tenants with additional regulation of just cause evictions; (3) evaluate a vacant parcel tax on second homes and underutilized properties; (4) regulate fractional ownership time shares; (5) amend the city’s Inclusionary Housing Requirement (Carpinteria Municipal Code, Chap. 14.75); and (6) amend the city’s Short-Term Rental Ordinance to improve enforcement.

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The city plans to evaluate these anti-displacement measures during the planning period to reduce the risk of displacement of city residents and promote fair housing.

As its first measure to implement Resolution No. 6235, the Carpinteria City Council adopted Ordinance No. 770 (Attachment D-4) to establish local just cause termination for residential tenancy protections on September 11, 2023. Ordinance No. 770 provides additional protections beyond those provided by the Tenant Protection Act of 2019 by requiring property owners to provide additional notice to tenants prior to termination of a residential tenancy for a no-fault termination, mandating additional relocation assistance for no-fault terminations of residential tenancies, and only allowing termination of a residential tenancy after the property owner has secured all necessary entitlements for a remodel or rehabilitation project. Ordinance No. 770 is anticipated to reduce displacement risk within the city and promote fair housing with better protections for residential tenants.

2. Outreach
As discussed in the Public
Participation section, early in the
Housing Element update process
the City developed a list of
stakeholders with local expertise in
housing issues, including fair
housing. The stakeholder list
included local service providers,
affordable housing developers,
and fair housing organizations in
an effort to include the interests of
lower-income residents and
persons with special needs in the
community.

Over the course of the Housing
Element update process the City
conducted a series of public
meetings. Public notice of each
meeting was posted on the City’s
Housing Element website3 and
was also sent directly to persons
and organizations on the Housing
Element stakeholder list, which
includes fair housing
organizations. Public outreach
meetings were held both in-person
and online to enable those with
mobility difficulties to conveniently
participate. Materials for each
meeting were posted on the City
website to allow interested
stakeholders to access to this
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information throughout the process. Interested persons were also encouraged to provide input or ask questions via email. For each public meeting the City offered reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities to assist them in participating in the meeting as well as a transcription of meeting minutes for non-English speakers. Transcribed minutes were made available by the City and may also be easily translated into many other languages via free web applications such as Translate.Google.com. Real-time transcription of the meetings was available using web applications such as Live Transcribe or Live Caption. Please refer to Appendix C: Public Participation Summary for additional information regarding the outreach efforts and how public input was incorporated into the Housing Element. Information was made available in both English and Spanish.

In addition to public workshops and hearings, the City also directly contacted housing advocates, housing service providers, and community organizations who serve the interests of lower-income households and special needs groups to solicit comments and recommendations on housing needs, barriers to fair and affordable housing, and opportunities for development.

In addition to the public outreach conducted by the City of Carpinteria for the Housing Element update, the Santa Barbara County HOME Consortium conducted extensive public participation as part of the 2020 Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing. The County conducted online surveys that were available to residents and other community stakeholders in both English and in Spanish. In addition to the surveys being available online (using computers, smart phones, and other handheld devices), the surveys were also made available to residents in a paperbased version. Access to the survey was provided through the County of Santa Barbara website, through stakeholder email lists, posted in public convening locations, and published in print with QR Codes made available for residents to scan and link to the survey. Background on the Analysis of Impediments process and definitions of fair housing were provided in the survey introduction. The importance of community participation was also highlighted in the survey introduction.

The survey was meant to get a sense of community positions on fair housing and more general housing and economic development issues. The survey included 32 questions covering a range of data points including demographic information, residential information, knowledge of fair housing rights, experiences with fair housing discrimination, opinions on access to information on fair housing, and questions related to housing and community development more generally.

There were 386 responses overall, with 379 responses in English and 7 in Spanish. The average response time was 15 minutes and the completion rate was 87%. The low Spanish participation rate points to an area of improvement in community engagement for future processes. The County provided all materials in multiple languages and connected to community organizations that cater to the Hispanic community for assistance with outreach, but the effort did not result in active participation. The survey was open for 3 months with multiple opportunities and reminders for stakeholders and residents to participate.

There were 12 questions in the survey that specifically focused on fair housing; beginning with whether or not respondents were familiar with fair housing or anti-discrimination laws. Twentythree percent (23%) of those who answered were not familiar with the laws. Thirty-nine percent (39%) were somewhat familiar, and 36% were familiar or very familiar. Three percent (3%) were unsure. When asked about protected classes, most respondents knew about religion, race, familial status, and age, but were less sure about the other classes. When the questions delved deeper into whether people were aware of their rights, the responses were split between those that did know their rights (54%) and those that did not (45%). Twenty-one percent (21%) said that they were aware of incidents of housing discrimination, 60% said that they were not aware Carpinteria 2023-2031 Housing Element Technical Report Appendix D – Fair Housing Assessment Revised Draft D-11 January 2024
of any incidents, and 19% said they were unsure. Out of the 21% who said they were aware of an incident, when asked to choose all reasons for discrimination that applied, the top reasons were: income level (64%); source of income (35%); race/ethnicity (30%); age (23%); and criminal background (22%). The rest of the responses to this question were distributed among the 10 other possible choices. According to the survey, these incidents occurred in both singlefamily neighborhoods and in apartment complexes; however, the majority cited that it occurred in apartment complexes (60%). Over half of respondents did not report the incident (78%), and the most common reason given was that they did not think it would make a difference (32%).

In terms of education on fair housing issues, half of the respondents were not aware of any fair housing or anti-discrimination education opportunities in their community (50%), and the majority of them (85%), have never participated in any kind of educational opportunity.

While the survey was broader in scope than just fair housing issues, it touched on many elements that contribute to fair housing choice. The priority challenge for those responding to the survey was overwhelmingly the cost of housing at 84%. That said, there were other issues that contribute to fair housing choice that respondents called out as important. Those included workforce development, improved infrastructure like sidewalks, lighting, and crosswalks, and access to mental health and substance abuse services. While some of these issues seem far removed from fair housing choice, they contribute to a gainfully employed, healthy community, that can get to and from the places they work, live, and play safely.

In addition to the community surveys, four community and stakeholder focus groups were held in several areas of the County as part of the County AI process, including one in Santa Barbara, near Carpinteria, that was attended by 9 residents plus City and County staff.

Participants in the meetings included but were not limited to community residents as well as members of organizations covering a range of services including economic development and job training, social services, housing, those serving the elderly and vulnerable populations. The focus groups covered a broad range of issues including housing, community development, and fair housing.

The focus group discussions were guided and facilitated; however, it was made clear that participants should feel free to discuss the topics that were on top of their minds. Participation was encouraged, and it was pointed out that community input is a critical component of the AI process. To encourage thinking about suggestions for solutions, time was set aside at the end of the 90-minute sessions to talk about priorities and thoughts around action items. Participants were encouraged to think of these plans that can help guide solutions to barriers and priority issues identified.

Based on the focus groups and conversations, the following observations were raised as priorities worth further support and consideration. These issues were the top concerns across all focus groups with specific emphasis on subtopics in specific locations as noted below:
• Affordable housing that is decent and safe is a top priority for many of the participants across all of the focus groups.
• Growing number of homeless is an area of concern in terms of housing them and providing for their social service needs.

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• There are two key vulnerable populations that were highlighted at all of the focus group meetings – veterans and children. For veterans, it was reported that there is a housing and services need and, for children, there were concerns of the lack of affordable childcare and access to afterschool programs. • While housing affordability was a top priority for communities across the County, workforce training was brought up as an important issue for areas in the northern part of the County.

To encourage continuing stakeholder involvement in local housing issues throughout the planning period, Program 17 in the Housing Plan includes a commitment to conduct ongoing, proactive outreach to engage members of all socio-economic groups and recruit members of underrepresented groups to participate in City meetings.

3. Fair Housing Assessment
This section provides an
assessment of fair housing
issues in the City including
fair housing enforcement
and outreach capacity,
patterns of integration and
segregation, racial or
ethnic patterns of
concentration, disparities
in access to opportunities,
and disproportionate
housing needs, including
displacement risk.
a. Fair Housing
Enforcement and
Outreach
Capacity
Fair housing enforcement
and outreach capacity
relates to the ability of a
local jurisdiction and fair
housing entities to
disseminate information
related to fair housing and
provide outreach and
education to assure
community members are
informed of fair housing
laws and tenants’ rights. In
addition, enforcement and
outreach capacity includes
the ability to address
compliance with fair
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housing laws, such as investigating complaints, obtaining remedies, and engaging in fair housing testing.

Findings, Lawsuits, Enforcement Actions, Settlements or Judgments Related to Fair Housing and Civil Rights
The County AI conducted an analysis of fair housing enforcement that evaluated private and public compliance with existing fair housing laws, regulations, and guidance, and provided an assessment of fair housing infrastructure in Santa Barbara County. The AI analysis examined fair housing complaints, data on mortgage lending practices, and a review of relevant public policies.

The AI reviewed housing discrimination as evidenced by complaint filings, investigations of violations, and residents’ self-reported experience with discrimination. The Federal Fair Housing Act, passed in 1968 and amended in 1988, prohibits discrimination in housing on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender/sex, familial status, and disability. The Fair Housing Act—Amended (FHAA) covers most types of housing including rental housing, home sales, mortgage and home improvement lending, and land use and zoning. Excluded from the FHAA are owner-occupied buildings with no more than four units, single-family housing units sold or rented without the use of a real estate agent or broker, housing operated by organizations and private clubs that limit occupancy to members, and housing for older persons. HUD has the primary authority for enforcing the FHAA. HUD investigates the complaints it receives and determines if there is a “reasonable cause” to believe that discrimination occurred. If reasonable cause is established, HUD brings the complaint before an Administrative Law Judge. Parties to the action can also elect to have the trial held in a federal court (in which case the Department of Justice brings the claim on behalf of the plaintiff).

The State of California has a substantially equivalent law prohibiting discrimination in housing.

The Fair Employment & Housing Act (FEHA) is the primary state law prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, lease negotiation, or financing of housing based on a person’s race, religion, national origin, color, sex, marital status, ancestry, family status, disability, sexual orientation, and source of income. The State’s law exceeds the protections in the FHAA by including protected classes of marital status, sexual orientation, and source of income. In addition, the law defines physical and mental disability as a condition that limits a major life activity; this definition of disability is broader than the federal definition, which requires a “substantial limitation.” The FEHA also incorporates the protections of the Unruh Act which includes medical condition as a protected category.

The City does not have in-house capacity to provide fair housing enforcement and outreach.

Instead, the City contracts with the Santa Barbara Rental Housing Mediation Program (RHMP4) to provide information on fair housing laws and tenant-landlord mediation services. The City of Carpinteria website5 also provides information to residents regarding fair housing services and related complaint response procedures.

The RHMP resolves disputes offering mediation as an alternative to the formal judicial system between landlords, tenants, roommates and neighbors. The primary purpose of the program is to provide these services for the resolution of rental housing disputes. Mediations are conducted 4 https://www.santabarbaraca.gov/services/home/rhm/default.asp 5 https://carpinteriaca.gov/city-hall/community-development/housing/ Carpinteria 2023-2031 Housing Element Technical Report Appendix D – Fair Housing Assessment Revised Draft D-14 January 2024
in English and Spanish by staff and two mediators. The City of Carpinteria has supported this group by contributing funding.

The Legal Aid Foundation of Santa
Barbara County6 provides free legal
assistance in critical civil matters to
Santa Barbara County residents
living at or below the poverty level,
those facing language or disability
barriers, seniors and others living on
fixed incomes such as Social
Security, and victims of domestic
violence and elder abuse.

Fair housing information is
disseminated at the following
locations in Carpinteria: City Hall
lobby, Carpinteria Valley Chamber of
Commerce, Carpinteria Public Library
and Carpinteria Senior Center. In
addition, the City’s Newsletter
periodically publishes
announcements on the availability of
fair housing information. The City
posts information on its website and
provides links to additional resources.

These organizations have the
capacity to provide fair housing
enforcement, such as the ability to
investigate or refer fair housing complaints, obtain remedies, and/or engage in fair housing testing. Specifically, the RHMP has three full-time staff and a board of 15 trained community volunteers with capacity to provide mediation services aimed at resolving rental housing disputes as well as providing information on landlord-tenant rights and responsibilities.7 The Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara County has a membership of approximately 600 attorneys, judges, legal administrators, paralegals, law students, and members of various other professions. Legal Aid offers services to both low-income renters and homeowners in obtaining remedies to fair housing issues and conducts fair housing testing.8 Data regarding fair housing complaints and enforcement actions is provided in the following section. 6 https://www.lafsbc.org/
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As seen in Figure D-2, the HCD AFFH Data Viewer reported a Fair Housing Enforcement and Outreach (FHEO) inquiry rate of less than 0.25 per 1,000 persons for the 2013-2021 period in Carpinteria.

Figure D-2
FHEO Inquiries – Santa Barbara County Jurisdictions
b. Fair Housing Complaints
Analysis of fair housing complaints submitted to HUD between 2015 and 2019 from residents of Santa Barbara County, which includes the Consortium member cities as well as the City of Santa Barbara, Mission Canyon, and Summerland, reveals that 26 complaints were filed between 2015 and 2019 with some complaints citing multiple bases for their claims (Table D-1).

Disability was the most commonly cited basis for complaints, comprising about 46% of all complaints. Familial Status was the basis for about 26% of complaints. Other bases cited include Race (7%), Retaliation (7%), National Origin (6%), Sex (6%), and Religion (1%).

Among disability complaints, all but 2 of the complaints citing this basis included failure to make or allow reasonable accommodations as a basis for their complaint. Throughout focus groups and stakeholder interviews during the County AI process, participants noted a particular concern about failure to make reasonable accommodations as well.

Breakdowns of the bases cited in complaints filed in the member cities follows. As illustrated, Lompoc and Goleta had the highest number of complaints between 2015 and 2019. In Carpinteria one case was filed on the basis of familial status.

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Table D-1
HUD Fair Housing Complaints By Consortium Member City, 2015-2019 Total
Cases
Filed Disability
Familial
Status
National
Origin Race Sex Religion Retaliation
Buellton 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carpinteria 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Goleta 9 3 6 2 1 0 0 0
Lompoc 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Santa Maria 5 2 1 1 0 1 0 1
Of the complaints filed between 2015 and 2019, 23% were closed with conciliation or a successful settlement and 55% of complaints had a no-cause determination. One case had no determination at the time the AI was prepared, and the remainder were either withdrawn, had a non-responsive or uncooperative complainant, lacked jurisdiction, or had an untimely filing. c. Compliance with Existing Fair Housing Laws and Regulations The Housing Element AFFH analysis should include a description of state and local fair housing laws and how the locality complies with those laws. State fair housing laws are summarized in the previous section and include:
● California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) (Part 2.8 (commencing with §12900) of Division 3 of Title 2) and FEHA Regulations (California Code of Regulations (CCR), title 2, §§12005-12271)
● Government Code §65008, which prohibits any local government agency from taking any action that 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 §65008 may occur if a jurisdiction applied more scrutiny to reviewing and approving an affordable development as compared to marketrate developments, or multifamily housing as compared to single family homes. ● Government Code §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.
● Government Code §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. ● Density Bonus Law (Gov. Code, §65915.)
● Housing Accountability Act (Gov. Code, §65589.5.)
● No-Net-Loss Law (Gov. Code, §65863)
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(Program 7) and zoning regulations for special needs housing (Program 11). Because the City does not have in-house capacity for fair housing outreach and enforcement, the City continues to contract with the City of Santa Barbara RHMP to offer fair housing services and tenant/landlord counseling to residents (Program 17). Compliance with No Net Loss requirements is included in Program 1, and ongoing City policies and procedures are in place consistent with the Housing Accountability Act.

4. Patterns of Integration and Segregation
a. Race and Ethnicity
Regional Trends
In describing the County-wide racial and ethnic make-up, the County AI notes that white residents make up roughly three-quarters the Consortium population while Hispanic residents make up the largest minority group in the Consortium and is most concentrated in the northwest part of the County surrounding the cities of Santa Maria and Guadalupe. The Hispanic population in this general area was greater than 70%. A few tracts around Lompoc and cities along the Consortium’s south coast also showed concentrations of residents identifying themselves as Hispanic. This countywide distribution is illustrated in Figure D-3. Since 2010, the County as a whole has become a little less diverse. Countywide, Hispanic residents comprise the largest population group (46.4% as reported in the 2021 5-year ACS), a slight increase compared to 43.7% reported in the 2014 5-year ACS. The non-Hispanic white population declined slightly from 46.8% to 43.0% during this time period.

Figure D-3
Racial Demographics – Santa Barbara County
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As depicted in Figure D-4, a comparison of the predominant population by census tract in the south coast cities of Goleta, Santa Barbara, and Carpinteria shows that Carpinteria is more racially integrated than the other two cities with most census tracts in the city having a slightly predominant Hispanic or Latino populations, whereas the majority of census tracts in Goleta and Santa Barbara have slightly to very predominant white, non-Hispanic or Latino populations.

Figure D-4
Racial Demographics – South Coast Cities (2021)
Local Trends
The racial/ethnic makeup of Carpinteria is very similar to the county as a whole, with Hispanics representing 45.6% of the city’s population compared to 45.7% countywide. Comparison of Figure D-5 and Figure D-6 shows the City has become more diverse over the past decade with the non-white population percentage increasing in most block groups. Non-Hispanic whites are the largest group in Carpinteria (48.6% compared to 43.9% countywide). As seen in Figure D-5, the percentage of non-white population in Carpinteria is highest in the western and central portions of the City, with some block groups containing 61-80% non-white population. Higher concentrations of minorities in those areas may be an indicator of fewer housing choices and other opportunities compared to nonminority residents. As discussed above and in the Program 17 of the Housing Plan, new City initiatives are intended to improve public engagement of these neighborhoods with the goal of expanding opportunity for disadvantaged groups.

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Figure D-5
Racial Demographics – Carpinteria (2018)
Figure D-6
Racial Demographics – Carpinteria (2010)
b. Persons with Disabilities
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housing needs related to limited earning capacity, a lack of accessible and affordable housing, and higher health costs associated with the disability. Suitable living arrangements for those with a disability are affected by the nature and severity of the disability and available resources.

While many persons with a disability are able to live at home in an independent arrangement or with other family members, severe disabilities may require a high level of care in a structured environment.

Regional Trends
According to the County AI, approximately 9.4% of the total population of the Consortium had a disability of some sort. 2014 5-year ACS estimates indicate that the disability rate for the county as a whole has remained fairly constant over the past decade, with an estimated 10% of the population reporting some type of disability during 2010-2014. As is typical across the state and the country, the elderly experienced a higher rate of disability in comparison to other age cohorts: nearly half of all residents 75 years and over have a disability while less than 10% of those aged 35 to 64 years old have a disability. The disability rates in the southwest and northeast tracts of the County were generally higher than the tracts nearby the cities.

Carpinteria, Lompoc and Solvang had the highest percentage of disability rates in the Consortium (Figure D-7).

Figure D-7
Population with a Disability – Santa Barbara County
As shown on Figure D-8, a comparison of disability rates in the south coast cities of Goleta, Santa Barbara, and Carpinteria shows that disability rates are slightly lower in Carpinteria—less than 10% throughout the City based on 2021 ACS estimates. Portions of the cities of Goleta and Santa Barbara have disability rates between 10 and 20%. Persons with disabilities may choose to live in the larger cities of Santa Barbara and Goleta to have closer and/or increased access to services including health care and transit as compared to Carpinteria.

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Figure D-8
Population with a Disability – South Coast Cities (2021) Local Trends
As shown in Figure D-9, the northern portion of Carpinteria has lower percentages of disabled residents (<10%) while the disability rate in other areas of the City is 10-20%. Figure D-10 shows that disability rates in Carpinteria have remained fairly constant over the past decade while the incidence of disabilities has increased in the surrounding unincorporated areas.

Additional data regarding the number of people with disabilities by disability type in Carpinteria is provided in Section III.E.1 of the Housing Needs Assessment. Some individuals may experience more than one disability, and some disability types are not recorded for children below a certain age. The California Department of Developmental Services estimates that there are approximately 164 persons with developmental disabilities within the ZIP code areas that encompass Carpinteria.

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Figure D-9
Population with a Disability – Carpinteria (2019)
Figure D-10
Population with a Disability – Carpinteria (2014)
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The housing needs of persons with disabilities vary, but generally include accessible and affordable housing, and access to supportive services. More severely disabled individuals may require a group living environment where supervision is provided, and the most severely affected individuals may require an institutional environment where medical attention and physical therapy are provided. The lower rates of persons with disabilities in the northern portion of the City may be due to the lack of availability of housing that is both affordable and accessible as well as there being fewer public transit options in this area. The City facilitates housing for persons with disabilities through its reasonable accommodation procedures and programs that encourage production of supportive housing.
c. Familial Status
Familial status refers to the presence of children under the age of 18, whether the child is biologically related to the head of household, and the martial status of the head of households.

Families with children may face housing discrimination by landlords who fear that children will cause property damage. Some landlords may have cultural biases against children of the opposite sex sharing a bedroom. Differential treatments such as limiting the number of children in a complex or confining children to a specific location are also fair housing concerns.

Single-parent households are also protected by fair housing law. Female-headed households with children require special consideration and assistance because of their greater need for affordable housing and accessible day care, health care, and other supportive services.

Regional Trends
Figure D-11 shows the percentage of children living in married couple households by census tract for the County as a whole. According to 2020 ACS estimates, female-headed households comprised 16.8% of all households countywide, an increase from 11.6% reported in the 2014 ACS.

Figure D-11
Percentage of Children in Married Couple Households – Santa Barbara County Carpinteria 2023-2031 Housing Element Technical Report Appendix D – Fair Housing Assessment Revised Draft D-28 January 2024
As shown on Figure D-12, a comparison of south coast cities shows there is greater variation in rates of children living in married couple households in the cities of Goleta and Santa Barbara than in Carpinteria. According to 2021 ACS estimates, 60-80% of children live in married couple households in almost all of Carpinteria whereas the rates vary from less than 20% to over 80% in Goleta and Santa Barbara. More female-headed households may choose to live in the larger cities of Goleta and Santa Barbara because they have greater access to day care and health care.

Figure D-12
Percentage of Children in Married Couple Households – South Coast Cities (2021) Local Trends
Figure D-13 shows the percentage of children living in married couple households by census tract for Carpinteria based on 2019 ACS data. As seen in this map, married couple households comprise a higher proportion of households in the northwestern portion of the city, although the percentage of children living in married couple households is still relatively high (60-80%) in the southeastern portions of the city. According to 5-year ACS estimates, the percentage of femaleheaded households in Carpinteria declined from 15.2% of households during 2010-2014 to

10.6% during 2016-2020, the reverse of the countywide trend. As discussed above, femaleheaded households have a greater need for accessible day care, health care, and other supportive services, which are more readily available in nearby larger cities.

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Figure D-13
Percentage of Children in Married Couple Households – Carpinteria (2019) d. Income
Identifying low/moderate-income (LMI) areas is an important aspect in understanding patterns of segregation. HUD defines a LMI area as a Census tract or block group where over 51 percent of the population is LMI (based on HUD income definition of up to 80 percent of the AMI).

Household income affects a household’s ability to pay for housing. Higher-income households are more likely to own rather than rent, and lower-income households are more likely to be “cost-burdened” and overcrowded (see analysis of these issues in Section D.7 below).

Regional Trends
As seen in Figure D-14, higher LMI concentrations are located in the western and northeastern portions of the County. As seen in Figure D-15, each of the south coast cities of Goleta, Santa Barbara, and Carpinteria have varied rates of LMI households by census tract. Larger portions of the cities of Goleta and Santa Barbara have LMI rates below 25% than the City of Carpinteria, where the LMI rates are 25% or higher except in one area in the northeast portion of the city. According to the California Economic Forecast’s 2021 Carpinteria Valley Economic Profile, the cost of housing in Goleta and Santa Barbara varies more widely than in Carpinteria which may lead to greater variation in concentrations of LMI households.

Local Trends
In Carpinteria, the southwestern portion of the city has the highest percentages of LMI households (50-75%) while LMI households comprise 25-50% of households in most other areas of the City (Figure D-16). The higher concentration of LMI households in the southwestern part of the City may be due to a higher percentage of rental occupied housing in this area, 71% according to 2021 ACS estimates as compared to 20-40% in the rest of the city. The population below the poverty level has remained at or below 10% throughout most of the city between 2014 and 2021 according to ACS data. However, poverty status increased to 11% in the Carpinteria 2023-2031 Housing Element Technical Report Appendix D – Fair Housing Assessment Revised Draft D-30 January 2024
northwestern portion of the City according to 2021 ACS data. The reason for the slight increase in poverty rates is not clear as other income factors, such as median income, have not substantively changed in this area over the same time period.

Figure D-14
Low/Moderate Income Population – Santa Barbara County
Figure D-15
Low/Moderate Income Population – South Coast Cities
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Figure D-16
Low/Moderate Income Population – Carpinteria

5. Racially/Ethnically Concentrated Areas
a. Racially/Concentrated Areas of Poverty
According to HUD, a racially or ethnically concentrated area of poverty (R/ECAP) is an area in which 50 percent or more of the population identifies as non-White and 40 percent or more of residents are living in poverty. There are no designated R/ECAP areas identified in Santa Barbara County (Figure D-17). As shown in Figure D-18, poverty status throughout the City is less than 10 percent and as shown in Figure D-5, overall, the city is racially integrated.

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Figure D-17
Poverty Status – Santa Barbara County
Recent Census estimates regarding poverty status of households in Carpinteria are shown in Figure D-18. As seen in this map, poverty rates are less than 10% in all portions of Carpinteria.

Program 17 in the Housing Plan includes training to landlords on requirements under fair housing law, such as the acceptance of Housing Choice Vouchers, and other programs will help to expand the supply of affordable housing to provide more options for lower-income households throughout the City.

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Figure D-18
Poverty Status – Carpinteria
b. Racially Concentrated Areas of Affluence
According to the Housing and Community Development AFFH Guidance Memo, “segregation is a continuum, with polarity between race and poverty and race and affluence, which can be a direct product of the same policies and practices.” Therefore, both sides of the continuum must be examined.

As shown in Figure D-19, there are no RCAAs identified in Carpinteria. The nearest RCAAs to Carpinteria are found in the Montecito area of unincorporated Santa Barbara County to the west and in the Ventura area to the southeast (Figure D-20).

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Figure D-19
Racially Concentrated Areas of Affluence - Carpinteria
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Figure D-20
Racially Concentrated Areas of Affluence – South Coast Area

6. Disparities in Access to Opportunity
a. Overview
California housing law requires cities to analyze disparities in access to opportunity as part of the fair housing assessment. Access to opportunity encompasses a variety of characteristics related to improving quality of life for residents of low-income communities, as well as improving mobility and access to areas with better access to resources. The analysis of “opportunity” encompasses access to education, jobs, transportation, and a healthy environment including recreation, clean air and water, public safety, social services, and cultural amenities.

The California Tax Allocation Committee (TCAC) and HCD have developed maps showing access to various types of opportunities such as education, economic, transportation, and environmental indicators that can be utilized for this analysis. These maps are discussed below. b. Educational Opportunity
Educational opportunity is related to housing through the schools that serve the community.

Higher quality schools are associated with better educational outcomes, which in turn lead to higher skill levels, job opportunities and wages. TCAC education domain scores, which are used to identify areas of higher or lower education opportunities, incorporate a variety of indicators including math and reading proficiency scores, high school graduation rates and student poverty rates to assess educational outcomes at the census tract level.

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Regional Trends
Educational opportunity scores for Santa Barbara County as a whole are shown in Figure D-21.

The areas with the highest educational opportunity are found in the south coast and in the Santa Ynez Valley. Educational opportunity scores in most of the city of Goleta are similar to Carpinteria (0.5 – 0.75), with a score over 0.75 at the eastern portion of Goleta. In the city of Santa Barbara, variation in school district appears to play the most significant role in educational opportunity scores. Educational opportunity scores in most of the city of Santa Barbara, located within the Santa Barbara Unified School District, are lower than in Carpinteria with areas on the eastern and western edges of the city of Santa Barbara, which are in the Montecito Union School District and Hope School District, respectively, having scores of over 0.61.

Figure D-21
TCAC Educational Opportunity Areas – Santa Barbara County Carpinteria 2023-2031 Housing Element Technical Report Appendix D – Fair Housing Assessment Revised Draft D-37 January 2024
Figure D-22
TCAC Educational Opportunity Areas – Carpinteria
Local Trends
Schools in the Carpinteria area are administered by the Carpinteria Unified School District (CUSD). Students in the City are served by two public elementary schools – Aliso Elementary School and Canalino Elementary (which also includes Canalino Early Childhood Learning Center and Special Education), one middle school and one high school – Carpinteria Junior High School and Carpinteria High School. Although CUSD is an independent governmental agency and the City does not have control over school district operations, City and school district staff work cooperatively to improve educational outcomes in Carpinteria.

Given its small size and single school district, there are not disparities in access to educational opportunities. This is consistent with other demographic indicators such as racial integration and poverty status, which are also relatively uniform throughout the City. Figure D-22 shows Carpinteria TCAC scores related to educational opportunity on a census tract level. All areas of the City have relatively high education scores (0.5 – 0.75). Kidsdata.org estimated that 42% of children in the CUSD were living in families with a high housing cost burden and about 9% of children were below poverty level. About 3% of children were identified as homeless.

Because lower educational outcomes are often associated with housing problems such as overpayment, overcrowding and homelessness, many of the programs contained in the Housing Plan will help to improve educational opportunity in Carpinteria. c. Economic Opportunity
Housing opportunities are associated with higher economic outcomes. TCAC economic opportunity maps are based on indicators including poverty, adult education, employment, job proximity, and median home value to generate numerical values for economic outcomes by census tract.

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Regional Trends
One of the regional planning challenges for Santa Barbara County is a jobs-housing imbalance, with higher job concentrations the south coast area, particularly high-skill jobs. Figure D-23 shows the jobs proximity index by block group in Santa Barbara County. This indicator graphically illustrates the accessibility of a residential neighborhoods to job opportunities based on distance to employment centers, with large employers weighted more heavily than smaller employers. Lower jobs proximity scores indicate a higher travel time and cost for home/work trips. Higher jobs proximity scores correlate with higher access to economic opportunity in the south coast and Santa Ynez Valley areas, as seen in Figure D-24.

Local Trends
In Carpinteria, the highest jobs proximity scores are found in the eastern half of the city (Figure D-25) while higher economic opportunity scores vary considerably depending on location. Most of the city received less positive economic scores as seen in Figure D-26. The City does not have data that clearly explains the reason for the lower economic scores. In general, there are fewer job opportunities in Carpinteria than in the nearby cities of Santa Barbara and Goleta.

The lower cost of housing in Carpinteria relative to these other areas has resulted in some Carpinteria residents commuting to jobs in other cities.

As discussed in the Housing Needs Assessment, approximately 24% of the city’s working residents were employed in educational services, health care and social assistance occupations (Table I-9). Many of these jobs are located in the other south coast cities of Santa Barbara and Goleta. Other industries with relatively high employment in Carpinteria included Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative and Waste Management (13%), and Other Services (10%).

Figure D-23
Jobs Proximity Index – Santa Barbara County
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Figure D-24
TCAC Economic Opportunity – Santa Barbara County
Figure D-25
Jobs Proximity Index – Carpinteria
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Figure D-26
TCAC Economic Opportunity – Carpinteria
d. Transportation Opportunities
Public transportation is of critical importance to households without access to a private automobile. Public transit is important for ensuring access of lower-income persons to employment opportunities, schools, social and medical services, shopping, cultural facilities and recreation. It is particularly important that public transportation serve lower-income communities where many adults may not own a car or are unable to drive due to a disability. Lack of transportation can restrict housing opportunities for the transit-dependent population.

Regional Trends
At the regional level, several bus and train options are available, particularly for the southern/coastal areas of the county. Major public transportation providers include the following:
• Coastal Express by Ventura County Transportation Commission (VCTC) provides daily service between Camarillo, Oxnard, Ventura, Carpinteria, Santa Barbara, Goleta, and the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB).
• Greyhound provides several inter-city bus trips daily between San Luis Obispo, Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, Ventura, and Los Angeles.
• Amtrak’s Pacific Surfliner serves stations from San Diego to San Luis Obispo counties.

There are daily round-trips between San Diego and Los Angeles, with some trips extending up to Santa Barbara or San Luis Obispo. An early-morning train service connects commuters from Ventura County and Carpinteria to Santa Barbara and Goleta.

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According to the County AI, the most common form of transportation in Santa Barbara County is driving a car, truck, or van. Of that group, it is most common that workers drive alone rather than carpool. A distant second are those working from home. With some variance between public transportation and walking to work, the method of commuting in the cities of the Consortium is similar to that of the county and state.

Local Trends
The Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District (MTD) provides bus service on one route connecting Carpinteria to the Santa Barbara area to the west (Figure D-27). MTD offers many services for passengers with disabilities. All MTD buses are equipped with wheelchair lifts or ramps and can accommodate all wheelchairs and three-wheeled scooters that comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act guidelines. Passengers with disabilities may be eligible for the Mobility Pass, a reduced fare to ride MTD buses. To assist visually impaired riders, all transfer point bus stops and major intersections are announced by onboard annunciators. Additionally, as the bus approaches a transfer point bus stop, the onboard annunciator announces the bus line number, which is heard externally by waiting passengers. Passengers may also contact Easy Lift, the provider of paratransit service for persons who are unable to ride MTD buses due to a disability.

Compared to more densely urbanized areas, some transit users face longer walking distances from their residence to bus service and longer service intervals, which hinder opportunity. The City works cooperatively with MTD on bus routes and schedules as part of its land use planning activities with the goal of improving service for transit-dependent residents.

Figure D-27
SBMTD Bus Routes – Carpinteria
e. Environmental Opportunities
Access to a healthy environment is an important quality of life issue. Environmental health addresses patterns in disparities between different neighborhoods and socio-economic groups.

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Recent state laws including AB 1550, SB 535 and SB 1000 emphasize the importance of environmental justice as a fair housing issue. Environmental justice, as defined by HUD, means the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, disability, or income, including tribal persons, with respect to both positive and negative environmental and health impacts of a project.

Environmental Opportunity scores are based on the California Fair Housing Task Force Methodology for the 2021 TCAC/HCD Opportunity Map9 as described below. The environmental opportunity metric relies on twelve of the indicators that are used in the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA)’s CalEnviroScreen 3.0 tool under the “exposures” and “environmental effect” subcomponents of the “pollution burden” metric. To mirror the CalEnviroScreen 3.0 approach to calculating pollution burden scores, the exposure indicators are weighed twice as heavily as the environmental effects burden indicators because they are considered to have more of an impact on pollution burden. The indicators for each category are listed below:

Exposure indicators:

1. Ozone Concentrations

2. PM2.5 Concentrations

3. Diesel PM Emissions

4. Drinking Water Contaminants

5. Pesticide Use

6. Toxic Releases from Facilities

7. Traffic Density
Environmental effects indicators:

8. Cleanup Sites

9. Groundwater Threats

10. Hazardous Waste Generators and Facilities

11. Impaired Water Bodies

12. Solid Waste Sites and Facilities
CalEnviroScreen 3.0 is a statewide risk assessment tool that measures the cumulative impacts of multiple sources of pollution based on a variety of indicators. The indicators were selected based on scientific literature that confirms their detrimental effects on human, and especially child, health; the completeness, accuracy, and currency of the data; and the widespread concerns about each indicator in California. CalEnviroScreen 3.0 was developed to support the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities program and other programs that allocate funding from sale of cap-and-trade revenue, but it is explicitly acknowledged as a tool that can be used for a variety of policy and planning purposes. For more information on CalEnviroScreen

3.0, see the OEHHA website.10
One limitation of the environmental quality indicators is that the levels of a pollutant are generally measured at a limited number of points statewide; the levels of the pollutant are then estimated for other areas that are not immediately adjacent to the measurement site.

Additionally, there are some indicators which may have a large impact in one area of a census tract, but which could have only a marginal effect at another location in the same census tract. 9 https://www.treasurer.ca.gov/ctcac/opportunity/2021-hcd-methodology.pdf 10 California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment CalEnviroScreen 3.0 website:
https://oehha.ca.gov/calenviroscreen/report/calenviroscreen-30.

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This is particularly true of stationary polluting sources, where the impact decreases as the distance from the site decreases.

Regional Trends
Environmental opportunity scores for Santa Barbara County as a whole are shown in Figure D28. This map shows that the highest environmental scores are found in the central portion of the county (Lompoc and Santa Ynez Valley areas) and the south coast areas. Scores in the cities of Santa Barbara and Goleta show more variation than in Carpinteria with portions of each city having both higher and lower scores as compared to Carpinteria. This greater variation is to be expected given the larger size of these cities relative to Carpinteria.

Lower scores in the city as compared to surrounding areas may be due to both Highway 101 and the UPRR railroad tracks extending east to west through the City, which contributes to reduced air quality. Historically, the Carpinteria Oil and Gas Processing Facility located at 5675 Carpinteria Avenue may have also contributed to lower scores. However, this facility has now been shuttered and is in the early stages of decommissioning, which may improve future CalEnviro scores as data are updated. Less urbanized areas surrounding each of the cities have the highest scores.

Local Trends
In Carpinteria, higher environmental opportunity scores are found in the eastern and northwestern portions of the city, away from the SR-101 freeway (Figure D-29), although scores are generally lower than in areas surrounding the City. The southwest portion of the city has the lowest category of environmental opportunity. This may be due to the Carpinteria Salt Marsh being located adjacent to the southwest edge of the City resulting in increased flooding and other coastal hazard risks in this area.

Figure D-28
TCAC Environmental Opportunity – Santa Barbara County
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TCAC Environmental Opportunity – Carpinteria
f. Disadvantaged Communities
Senate Bill 1000 (SB 1000) of 2016 requires cities with designated disadvantaged communities to include environmental justice goals and policies in the General Plan. Per SB 1000, the California EPA uses CalEnviroScreen, identify disadvantaged communities. As seen in Figure D-30, there are no identified disadvantaged communities in Carpinteria. The only designated disadvantaged community in Santa Barbara County is located in the northwestern corner of the County.

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Disadvantaged Communities – Santa Barbara County

7. Disproportionate Housing Needs and Displacement Risk The AFFH Rule Guidebook (24 C.F.R. § 5.152) defines “disproportionate housing needs” as “a condition in which there are significant disparities in the proportion of members of a protected class experiencing a category of housing needs when compared to the proportion of a member of any other relevant groups or the total population experiencing the category of housing need in the applicable geographic area.” The analysis of disproportionate housing needs is completed by assessing cost burden, severe cost burden, overcrowding, and substandard housing. In addition, this analysis examines homelessness and displacement risk. a. Cost Burden (Overpayment)
A household is considered cost-burdened if it spends more than 30% of its income in housing costs, including utilities. Reducing housing cost burden can also help foster more inclusive communities and increase access to opportunities for persons of color, persons with disabilities, and other protected classes.

Regional Trends
The County AI reported that renters are, by far, the most cost burdened group in the Consortium. Approximately 57.9% of renters pay more than 30% of their income to housing costs, and 48% of these pay in excess of 35%. Homeowners with a mortgage have a lower, but still significant cost burden rate. About 38.1% of those with a mortgage are cost burdened.

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elderly and may lack disposable income, meaning any increase in housing costs can cause significant challenges.

Three areas of the Consortium stand out with a disproportionately high homeowner cost burden, over 40%. These areas are north of Santa Maria, central areas bordering Los Padres National Forest and along the southern coastline west of Goleta. Many of the tracts located around the cities in the County have cost burden higher than the rural tracts of the region.

Cost burdened renters exhibit a different geographic pattern than cost burdened home owners.

The lowest rates, under 30%, are found in tracts to the south and west of Santa Maria and in central areas bordering Los Padres National Forest. Renter households with the highest cost burdened rates, over 60%, are found in the northwest part of the County, including Santa Maria, Lompoc and around the cities in the southern coastal area.

Figure D-31 and Figure D-32 show overpayment rates for renters and homeowners in Santa Barbara County.

Figure D-31
Renters Overpaying for Housing – Santa Barbara County
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Homeowners Overpaying for Housing – Santa Barbara County Local Trends
Low-income households and persons in protected classes disproportionately experience severe housing problems. Housing problems include units with physical defects, overcrowded conditions, and housing cost burden. According to recent HUD/CHAS data based on 2014-2018 ACS estimates (Table D-2) approximately 1,215 renter households (51% of all renters) and 849 owner households (31% of all owners) in Carpinteria were paying more than 30% of income for housing. Of those, 720 renter households (30%) and 455 owner households (17%) were paying more than 50% of income for housing. The highest rates of overpayment occur among very-low income and extremely-low income households.

A comparison of 2010-2014 CHAS data (Table D-3) with 2014-2018 CHAS data (Table D-2) indicates that cost burden for Carpinteria residents generally increased over the past decade.

Among all renters, overpayment increased from 49% to 51% of households, while the overpayment rate among owners remained steady at 31%. During both time periods, extremelylow-income households had the highest rates of overpayment.

The impact of housing overpayment on lower-income households is particularly significant for special needs populations – seniors, persons with disabilities, and female-headed households with children.

In the eastern portion of Carpinteria (Figure D-33) overpayment affects 60-80 percent of all renter households while overpayment rates in the western portion of the city are somewhat lower (40-60 percent). As seen in Figure D-34, the highest rates of overpayment for Carpinteria homeowners (40-60 percent) occurs in the southern portion of the City nearer to the coast.

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The problems of overpayment are addressed in the Housing Plan through rental assistance programs such as Housing Choice Vouchers and efforts to facilitate production and preservation of affordable housing.

Table D-2
Cost Burden by Tenure and Income Category – Carpinteria (2014-2018) Source: HUD/CHAS based on 2014-2018 ACS
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Cost Burden by Tenure and Income Category – Carpinteria (2010-2014) Source: HUD/CHAS based on 2010-2014 ACS
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Figure D-33
Renters Overpaying for Housing – Carpinteria
Figure D-34
Homeowners Overpaying for Housing – Carpinteria
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b. Overcrowding
“Overcrowding” is defined by the Census Bureau as a housing unit occupied by more than 1.01 persons per room (excluding kitchens, porches, and hallways). A unit with more than 1.51 occupants per room is considered “severely overcrowded.” The incidence of overcrowded housing is a general measure of whether there is an available supply of adequately sized housing units at affordable cost. Overcrowding is also related to overpayment, because households may not be able to afford a large enough home to accommodate their needs or may “double-up” to save money. Overcrowding can lead to a variety of other problems such as lower educational performance among children, psychological stress, and adverse health impacts.

Potential fair housing issues can occur if large or non-traditional households are denied housing due to a perception of overcrowding. Cultural preferences may also contribute to overcrowded conditions since some cultures tend to have larger households due to extended family members living together. In addition to being a potential fair housing concern, overcrowding can also increase demands on infrastructure and public services, contribute to parking problems, and accelerate the deterioration of homes. As a result, some landlords may be reluctant to rent to larger families, making access to adequate housing more difficult and resulting in a disparate impact on some racial or ethnic groups and lower-income households.

Regional Trends
For Santa Barbara County as a whole, nearly 11 percent of all Santa Barbara County households are overcrowded according to recent ACS estimates. However, overcrowding is more prevalent for renters (16%) as compared to only 5% of owners. Overcrowding is most common in the northwestern portion of the County to the west of Santa Maria (Figure D-35).

Local Trends
In Carpinteria, the highest rates of overcrowding (15 to 20 percent) occur in the eastern portion of the City (Figure D-36). The housing stock in this area is almost entirely multi-family housing.

Recent ACS estimates show that about 9% of both owner-occupied and renter-occupied units were overcrowded in Carpinteria compared to about 5% of owner-occupied units and about 16% of renter-occupied units in the county as a whole. Only about 2.6% of owner households and 1.5% of renter households were severely overcrowded. A comparison of 2012 and 2020 ACS estimates shows that overcrowding for owner-occupied units in Carpinteria has increased substantially from 3% to 9% over the past decade while overcrowding has declined from 16% to 9% of renter-occupied units during this period. The increase in overcrowding of owner-occupied units may be due to the significant increase in the median sales price of homes over the past decade. The California Economic Forecast Project’s 2021 Carpinteria Valley Economic Profile indicates the median sales price of existing single-family residential properties increase 45% between 2015 and 2021. Median condominium sales process increased at a slower rate of 21% between 2015 and 2021. While market rental rates are also unaffordable to many households, the 2021 Carpinteria Valley Economic Profile reported that there are more affordable housing options in Carpinteria than in other parts of the south coast given that approximately 53% of the housing stock is comprised of apartments and mobile homes, and 3% is comprised of incomerestricted units. The relative affordability of rental housing in Carpinteria compared to the rest of the south coast may be a reason for the decline in overcrowding in renter-occupied units.

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The problems of overcrowding are addressed in the Housing Plan through efforts to facilitate production and preservation of affordable housing as well as through rental assistance programs such as Housing Choice Vouchers.

Figure D-35
Overcrowded Households – Santa Barbara County
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Overcrowded Households – Carpinteria
c. Substandard Housing
Housing age is often an important indicator of housing condition. Housing units built prior to 1978, before stringent limits on the amount of lead in paint were imposed, may have interior or exterior building components coated with lead-based paint. Housing units built before 1970 are the most likely to need rehabilitation and to have lead-based paint in deteriorated condition.

Lead-based paint becomes hazardous to children under age 6 and to pregnant women when it peels off walls or is pulverized by windows and doors opening and closing.

Table D-4 shows the age characteristics of the housing stock in Carpinteria compared to Santa Barbara County as a whole as reported in recent U.S. Census data. Approximately 90% of the City’s housing stock was built prior to 1990 and is over 30 years old and likely to be in need of ongoing maintenance and repair.

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Table D-4
Age of Housing Units – Carpinteria vs. Santa Barbara County Year Built
Carpinteria SB County
Units % Units %
2014 or later 46 0.7% 3,159 2.0%
2010 to 2013 109 1.8% 3,110 2.0%
2000 to 2009 238 3.8% 12,677 8.0%
1990 to 1999 250 4.0% 15,974 10.0%
1980 to 1989 1,017 16.4% 24,336 15.3%
1970 to 1979 2,224 35.9% 29,501 18.5%
1960 to 1969 834 13.5% 31,793 20.0%
1950 to 1959 923 14.9% 19,799 12.4%
1940 to 1949 207 3.3% 5,971 3.7%
1939 or earlier 341 5.5% 12997 8.2%
Total units 6,189 100.0% 159,317 100.0%
Source: Census 2020 ACS
Based on the observations of City Building and Code Compliance staff, it is estimated that approximately 800 housing units may be in need of some type of rehabilitation and approximately 60 units may require replacement. Due to relatively high housing values, market forces are expected to encourage more private maintenance, rehabilitation, and lead paint remediation, as compared to lower-income communities. City staff notes that areas in the southwest and northeast corners of the City may have slightly higher levels of substandard housing but there are no substantial geographic concentrations of substandard housing in the City. Overall, however, City staff has observed a general improvement in the condition of housing as property values have risen along with the commensurate increase in sales prices and rental rates, as well as the availability of financing for home improvements at lower interest rates in recent years. 2021 ACS estimates indicate the highest levels of renter occupied housing are located in the southwest portion of the City. Substandard housing in this area may be due to the age of the residential structures, the additional upkeep costs to maintain housing near the coast, and/or lower rates of property owner investment in maintaining rental property.

As described in the Housing Policy Plan, the City is continuing its efforts to identify, preserve, maintain and rehabilitate existing housing through code compliance and the provision of financial assistance for home maintenance and repairs (Programs 15 and 16). d. Homelessness
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) defines the term “homeless” as the state of a person who lacks a fixed, regular and adequate night-time residence, or a person who has a primary night time residency that is:
• A supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designed to provide temporary living accommodations;
• An institution that provides a temporary residence for individuals intended to be institutionalized; or
• A public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings.11
Although there are myriad causes of homelessness, among the most common are:
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• Substance abuse and alcohol
• Domestic violence
• Mental illness
Since 2003, all Continuum of Care Communities (those receiving Federal grant funds serving the homeless) have been required to report the number of people who are homeless at a particular point in time. The most recent Point in Time (PIT) homeless survey in Santa Barbara County was conducted by the Santa Maria/Santa Barbara County Continuum of Care (CoC) on February 23, 2022. The County and CoC provided oversight of the PIT Count, working as the Administrative Entity for the CoC, with Simtech Solutions and more than 400 volunteers.

Countywide, 1,962 homeless persons were recorded in 2022, an increase of 34% compared to the 2013 homeless count. Approximately 53% of the homeless population was located on the south coast with most others located in the cities of Santa Maria (457 people) and Lompoc (290 people). In Carpinteria the number of homeless persons increased from 10 in 2013 to 21 in 2022 (Table D-5). The 2022 countywide count included 1,367 unsheltered persons and 595 persons living in emergency shelters or transitional housing.

Table D-5
Homeless Counts in the South Coast Area
Geographic Area 2013 Homeless Count 2022 Homeless Count Carpinteria 10 21
Isla Vista/Goleta 81 203
Santa Barbara 946 822
County Total 1,466 1,962
Source: Central Coast Collaborative on Homelessness, 2013; Santa Maria/Santa Barbara County Continuum of Care, 2022
According to the 2022 PIT count, majority of homeless individuals enumerated identified as White (83%), which is higher than the general population at 50%. Eight percent identified as Black or African-American which is higher than the general population at 2%. Four percent identified as multiracial, while 3% identified as American Indian or Alaska Native. One percent identified as Asian, and one percent identified as Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander. A majority of survey respondents (62%) identified as Non-Hispanic, while 38% identified as Hispanic.

Twenty-nine percent of individuals reported having a chronic health condition, with 27% reporting having a physical disability, 31% reported substance abuse issues, 39% reported having a mental health disability, and approximately 9% reported having a developmental disability. One percent reported having an HIV/AIDS related illness.

According to Santa Barbara County’s Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) dashboard,12 in the two-year period from January 2021 to December 2022, the CoC made contact with 19 persons experiencing homelessness in the City and entered them into the CoC’s Coordinated Entry System for providing services. Disability rates of persons experiencing homelessness were very high with twelve of the CoC contacts reported having one disabling condition and six reported having multiple disabling conditions. Data indicates two individuals were Black or African American and the remainder were white while seven reported Hispanic ethnicity. The proportion of Black or African American people experiencing homelessness in the 12 https://www.countyofsb.org/453/Community-Data-Dashboard-Homeless-Manage Carpinteria 2023-2031 Housing Element Technical Report Appendix D – Fair Housing Assessment Revised Draft D-56 January 2024
City is higher than the general population while the proportion of people who reported Hispanic ethnicity is lower than the general population. One of these contacts was a family and one was a transitional aged youth, the remaining 17 were single individuals.

As shown in Table D-5, the number of persons experiencing homelessness in Carpinteria is significantly lower than in Santa Barbara and Goleta. However, according to the HMIS dashboard, the demographics are generally similar in each of the south coast cities.

People experiencing homelessness in the City tend to congregate downtown and near shopping centers during the day. During evening and nighttime hours, they also tend to be located in open space areas.

Facilities serving the homeless in Carpinteria and the South Coast area include the following:
• Santa Barbara Rescue Mission: The Santa Barbara Rescue Mission provides hot meals and overnight accommodations seven days a week, 365 days per year. Shelter is provided every night to 100 men and 24 women.
• People Assisting the Homeless (PATH): This 24-hour transitional shelter program provides food, clothing, medical care, job development, social services, life coaching, substance abuse recovery, and other vital services to assist homeless people into employment and permanent housing. The 24-hour shelter program provides 100 beds, expanding to 200 beds from December 1 to March 31.
• Transition House: Three-stage housing program for homeless families that offers emergency shelter for 15-22 homeless families (70 people), transitional housing, and permanent affordable supportive housing. Services include meals and childcare when at the emergency shelter, and career counseling, financial management, and educational enhancements throughout all stages.
• Health Care for the Homeless (HCH): The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department runs the HCH program, which provides comprehensive medical and dental care for the homeless population, including a significant medical outreach component led by Public Health Nurses stationed in thirteen homeless shelters and transitional living centers. The nurses provide triage care and make referrals to the health care centers and shelter-based clinics for those needing additional care. • New Beginnings Counseling Center: New Beginnings operates several programs for the homeless population, including the Safe Parking Program and the Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program. The Safe Parking Program provides safe overnight parking for individuals and families who are living in their vehicles. Included in this program are social services and case management provided by New Beginnings case workers. • Supportive Services for Veteran Families is designed to help end homelessness among the veteran population in Santa Barbara County. This housing-first model aims to provide housing stability by providing cash assistance to those in danger of losing their housing and to rapidly transition those who are homeless into stable housing. • Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara Warming Center Program: Emergency homeless sheltering program that opens warming centers in various locations on nights when temperatures are expected to drop below 35 degrees, when there is at least a 50 percent chance of rain, or when there is rain with temperatures under 40 degrees. The facilities Carpinteria 2023-2031 Housing Element Technical Report Appendix D – Fair Housing Assessment Revised Draft D-57 January 2024
provide a safe and warm place for the homeless individuals to get off the streets and have a clean bed for a night with dangerous weather conditions. • Showers of Blessing: The Interfaith Initiative of Santa Barbara County has operated the Showers of Blessing program throughout southern Santa Barbara County. Showers of Blessings provides showers to homeless individuals weekly using portable shower trailers, including a two-stall ADA accessible unit. The program also provides a freshly laundered towel and washcloth, a pair of new cotton socks, a pair of new underwear, hygiene items, toiletries and limited emergency clothing. A free, often hot meal is provided before or after the showering times.
• Salvation Army Hospitality House: Hospitality House is a 69-bed Homeless Shelter for Men and Women. Twenty-four of these beds are designated for a County Drug Detox Residential and Withdrawal Management Program, leaving 45 for the general homeless population. The shelter has an 85% average occupancy and services include food, shelter, transportation and employment assistance. Occupancy requires abstinence from drugs and alcohol, and urinalysis testing for drug use is conducted both randomly and when there is suspected use.
• County of Santa Barbara Behavioral Wellness Department (BeWell): BeWell has its own division for Homeless Services Assertive Community Treatment and the department provides a broad spectrum of essential services to people who are experiencing homelessness and/or who are at-risk of chronic homelessness. These services aim to assist those persons experiencing distress who are not reached by traditional mental health treatment services to obtain a more adaptive level of functioning. BeWell works closely with the local Continuum of Care, local emergency and transitional shelters, and other agencies serving those experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness in our community.

Additional information regarding the City’s regulations for emergency shelters, low barrier navigation centers, transitional housing and supportive housing is provided in Technical Report, Section III – Constraints.
e. Displacement Risk
Displacement refers to any involuntary household move caused by landlord action or market changes. Displacement can be caused by public or private decisions related to investment, or disinvestment or natural disasters such as fires, floods or earthquakes. These factors can lead to rising housing costs, insufficient affordable housing opportunities, expiration of affordability covenants, evictions, housing discrimination, or the physical demolition of existing housing to make way for new development.

Regional Trends
As seen in Figure D-37, a large area in western portion of Santa Barbara County as well as some smaller areas along the south coast face displacement risk. There is significant overlap between areas of displacement risk and other indicators such as minority concentrations and areas of poverty. In Santa Barbara County and particularly on the south coast of the county, displacement risk is affected by economic as well as natural factors such as flooding and wildfires, which may work in tandem such as flooding and mudflows after a wildfire such as occurred on January 9, 2018, when mud and debris loosened from burn-scarred areas in the Santa Ynez mountains plowed through Montecito, killing 23 persons and destroying more than Carpinteria 2023-2031 Housing Element Technical Report Appendix D – Fair Housing Assessment Revised Draft D-58 January 2024
100 homes.13 At the time it occurred, the Thomas Fire was the largest wildfire in California history.

Renter evictions are cited in the housing elements of both the cities of Santa Barbara and Goleta as a cause of displacement. Historically, California law allowed landlords to evict tenants without providing a reason for eviction. Tenants could be subjected to eviction in retaliation for repair requests or organizing with their neighbors against rent hikes and displacement. The California Legislature enacted the Tenant Protection Act of 2019 (Assembly Bill 1482) to establish statewide just cause eviction protection and rent stabilization for residential tenants. The Tenant Protection Act of 2019 applies to certain residential tenancies in the city. All of the cities on the south coast as well as the County have adopted, or are in the process of adopting, increased protections for renters to address displacement caused by evictions.

Figure D-37
Vulnerability to Displacement – Santa Barbara County
Local Trends
Figure D-38 shows areas in Carpinteria that have been identified as vulnerable to displacement by the UC Berkeley Urban Displacement Project. As seen in this map, the southwestern portion of the city is considered to be a sensitive community vulnerable to displacement. Environmental factors such as flood risk and risks associated with sea level rise may make this area more vulnerable to displacement. Additionally, this Census tract includes the area within the city where short-term rentals area allowed under the city’s Short-Term Rental Ordinance which has the potential to displace residents. The City’s Short-Term Rental Ordinance, however, controls the number of short-term rentals allowed in the city to reduce the number of long-term rental 13 California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (https://news.caloes.ca.gov/remembering-the-montecitomudslides-two-years-later/) Carpinteria 2023-2031 Housing Element Technical Report Appendix D – Fair Housing Assessment Revised Draft D-59 January 2024
properties that are converted into short-term rental properties. Given the high price of housing, disinvestment has not been and is not expected to be a factor causing displacement in Carpinteria.

On September 11, 2023, the Carpinteria City Council adopted Ordinance No. 770 (see Attachment D-4) to establish local just cause termination for residential tenancy protections.

Ordinance No. 770 provides additional protections beyond those provided by the Tenant Protection Act of 2019 by requiring property owners to provide additional notice to tenants prior to termination of a residential tenancy for a no-fault termination, mandating additional relocation assistance for no-fault terminations of residential tenancies, and only allowing termination of a residential tenancy after the property owner has secured all necessary entitlements for a remodel or rehabilitation project. The Tenant Protection Act of 2019 and the city’s Ordinance No. 770 are anticipated to reduce displacement risk within the city. The city also continues to explore additional anti-displacement measures described in Resolution No. 6235 (see Attachment D-3) to further reduce displacement risks.

Figure D-38
Vulnerability to Displacement – Carpinteria
Displacement mitigation strategies include tenant protections, physical maintenance and conservation of the existing affordable housing stock, preservation of existing deed-restricted affordable units at-risk of conversion to market-rate, acquisition and rehabilitation of existing housing units, requiring the replacement of existing affordable units demolished as part of redevelopment, and facilitating construction of additional affordable housing. Prevention of natural disasters such as fires and floods is an increasingly difficult regional and statewide challenge as the effects of climate change result in more intense storms, drought, and risk of wildfire.

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Resolution No. 6235. Program 17 in the Housing Plan further addresses risk of displacement and includes a commitment to ensure compliance with legal protections and replacement housing requirements for existing tenants who may be displaced by new developments.

As discussed in the Housing Needs Assessment, there are no assisted low-income housing developments in Carpinteria that are at risk of conversion to market rate in the next 10 years.

8. Other Relevant Factors
Historically, exclusionary housing policies throughout the nation, such as through redlining and discriminatory racial covenants, had the effect of reducing economic opportunities for racial minorities by denying them mortgages and leading to disinvestment in communities of color. As a result, minorities were often concentrated in segregated neighborhoods. While redlining has been prohibited by federal law, historic land use and economic policies resulted in patterns of segregation that are still present in the city and region. Some areas of Santa Barbara County that have higher median incomes, such as Santa Barbara city and the unincorporated areas of Montecito and Hope Ranch, have lower concentrations of minorities compared to areas with lower median income and higher poverty such as Guadalupe and Santa Maria.

The level of segregation in Carpinteria is relatively low, with most areas of the city having a mix of racial/ethnic groups. Compared to more affluent areas, particularly in unincorporated portions of the county, Carpinteria is more diverse and racially integrated.

Segregation is principally the result of minorities’ lower incomes and inability to afford housing in the more expensive areas of Santa Barbara County. In coastal areas, higher property values and rents close to the beach can have the effect of excluding minority populations. In Carpinteria, areas zoned for lower-density single-family housing are mostly located away from the beach north of the freeway, which helps to moderate affordability issues to some extent; however, as housing values have risen sharply in recent years, the displacement of lowerincome minority communities is a major contributing factor to fair housing in Carpinteria.

Providing more mixed-income developments through implementation of the R Overlay zoning amendment (Program 1 in the Housing Plan) should help to address this issue because the candidate sites for the R Overlay are distributed throughout the City as discussed in more detail relative to fair housing objectives below.

9. Sites Inventory Analysis
Overview
The Housing Element must demonstrate that there are adequate sites zoned for the development of housing for households at each income level sufficient to accommodate the number of new housing units needed at each income level as identified in the RHNA. In the context of fair housing, the adequate sites requirement also must consider 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.

The City’s inventory of sites for potential housing is presented in Appendix B. The sites inventory is comprised of approved and pending projects, vacant sites, non-vacant underutilized sites, future ADUs and candidate opportunity sites that could be rezoned to facilitate additional housing development. The sites analysis shows that very little vacant developable land is Carpinteria 2023-2031 Housing Element Technical Report Appendix D – Fair Housing Assessment Revised Draft D-61 January 2024
available in Carpinteria and non-vacant, underutilized sites currently provide the majority of potential future housing capacity. Vacant sites designated for residential use can only accommodate about 15 new units suitable for moderate or above-moderate housing.

Underutilized sites, shown in Appendix B, Figure B-1, have an estimated total capacity of 56 lower-income units, 200 moderate-income units, and 153 above-moderate units based on assumptions derived from recent development trends on sites with non-residential zoning (see detailed discussion in Appendix B). To bridge the shortfall of sites compared to the RHNA allocation, candidate sites for potential rezoning are identified in Table B-6 and shown on Figure B-2a and Figure B-2b. The following analysis evaluates the extent to which the sites inventory furthers fair housing objectives.

Access to Opportunity
HCD and TCAC opportunity maps identify areas with characteristics that support positive economic outcomes (e.g., low poverty, high employment, high median household income), educational outcomes (e.g., reading and math proficiency, high school graduation rates, low student poverty rates), and environmental outcomes (e.g., low exposure to pollution) for lowerincome families, and long-term outcomes for children. The HCD/TCAC Composite Opportunity Maps rank census tracts from Highest Resource to Low Resource based on these metrics. A census tract with a designation of High Resource or Highest Resource indicates positive opportunities for residents.

Figure D-40 shows composite TCAC/HCD Opportunity Map for Santa Barbara County as a whole. Carpinteria is located in the southeastern corner of the county. The highest opportunity ratings are found along the south coast and in the Santa Ynez Valley. The nearest areas to Carpinteria classified as High or Highest Resource are located in the unincorporated county areas to the north and west of the city.

As seen in Figure D-39, the City encompasses portions of five census tracts: 16.01, 16.04,

17.04, 17.06 and 9900, although tract 9900 is offshore and contains no population or land area suitable for development. The majority of the city is within tracts 16.01, 16.04, 17.04. Tract

17.06 only includes two small areas within the Carpinteria city limits, one north of Foothill Road encompassing Carpinteria High School, and the other at the western edge of the city north of Via Real, east of Sunset Drive and west of Cravens Lane (Sandpiper Mobile Home Park). Most of tract 17.06 is within unincorporated county territory to the north and west of the city.

Figure D-41 shows that all portions of the city except for the two small areas in tract 17.06 are categorized by the TCAC/HCD Opportunity Map as Moderate Resource. Although tract 17.06 is designated High Resource, the two Carpinteria neighborhoods in this tract are both fully developed with no opportunity for additional residential development in the foreseeable future.

No census tracts in Carpinteria were identified as Highest Resource in the TCAC/HCD Opportunity Maps.

Figure D-41 shows opportunity areas within the City. All of the sites identified in Appendix B as candidate opportunity sites for rezoning (Table B-6 and Figures B-2a and B-2b) are located in areas designated Moderate Resource on the TCAC/HCD Composite Opportunity Map as these are the only areas in the city available for additional residential development.

As discussed and depicted in the figures above, the city is relatively homogenous in terms of many AFFH factors including educational and economic opportunity, access to transit, poverty rate, and integration. Nonetheless, the City’s criteria for identifying sites for the sites inventory Carpinteria 2023-2031 Housing Element Technical Report Appendix D – Fair Housing Assessment Revised Draft D-62 January 2024
included measures intended to affirmatively furthering fair housing. The criteria prioritizes sites in close proximity to public transit, grocery stores, health care services, schools, recreation, and employment and avoids sites with significant environmental constraints. Site identification criteria is discussed in detail in Appendix B. The discussion below provides additional analysis of AFFH factors relative to the site inventory.

Integration and Segregation
The racial/ethnic makeup of Carpinteria is very similar to the county as a whole, with Hispanics representing 45.6% of the city’s population compared to 45.7% countywide. Non-Hispanic whites are the largest group in Carpinteria (48.6% compared to 43.9% countywide). As seen previously in Figure D-5, the percentage of non-white population in Carpinteria is highest in the western and central portions of the City, with some block groups containing 61-80% non-white population. The underutilized sites are primarily located in the western portion of the city due to the characteristics of those individual properties that indicate suitability for redevelopment.

However, candidate sites for rezoning represent a larger proportion of sites and are distributed throughout the central and eastern portions of the city. Therefore, the locations of sites further fair housing objectives and do not concentrate future housing development in one area of the City.

Racially and Ethnically Concentrated Areas of Poverty and Affluence As shown previously, there are no designated R/ECAP or RCAA areas in Carpinteria; therefore, the locations of sites do not exacerbate racial/ethnic or economic concentrations.

Disproportionate Housing Needs and Displacement Risk
Higher rates of renter cost burden and overcrowding are generally found in the eastern portion of the city. Since the majority of sites identified for future housing development are also in the eastern area, additional housing on these sites would reduce disproportionate housing needs by expanding the supply of housing in areas where cost burden and overcrowding are most prevalent.

As seen previously (Figure D-38) areas in Carpinteria that have been identified as vulnerable to displacement are located in the southwestern portion of the city. Since the candidate sites for rezoning are located in the central and eastern portions of the city, the sites inventory furthers fair housing objectives by avoiding concentrating future housing development in areas with high displacement.

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Figure D-39
Census Tract Map – Carpinteria
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, On the Map, 2022
Figure D-40
TCAC Opportunity Composite Scores – Santa Barbara County Carpinteria 2023-2031 Housing Element Technical Report Appendix D – Fair Housing Assessment Revised Draft D-64 January 2024
Figure D-41
TCAC Opportunity Composite Scores – Carpinteria

10. Contributing Factors
The Housing Element must include an identification and prioritization of significant contributing factors to segregation, racially or ethnically concentrated areas of poverty, disparities in access to opportunity, and disproportionate housing needs. “Fair housing contributing factor” means a factor that creates, contributes to, perpetuates, or increases the severity of one or more fair housing issues. Contributing factors should be based on all the prior efforts and analyses:
outreach, assessment of fair housing, and site inventory. Contributing factors must also be prioritized in terms of needed impact on fair housing choice and strongly connect to goals and actions.

Through the participation of stakeholders, fair housing advocates, and the assessment of fair housing issues described in this Appendix, the City has identified fair housing issues and contributing factors as well as meaningful actions to address those issues as described in the Goals, Policies, and Actions section below.

11. Goals, Policies, and Actions
Based upon the analysis presented above, the City has identified fair housing issues, contributing factors, and meaningful actions that will be taken to address those issues during the planning period. The Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing 2020 (County AI) prepared by the County of Santa Barbara HOME Consortium, of which the City of Carpinteria is a participating jurisdiction, was of key importance in helping to identify these issues, contributing factors and actions.

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impediments to equal housing opportunity. While the jurisdictions cannot control systemic issues related to fair housing and fair housing choice challenges, they can work to coordinate actions that improve fair housing, encourage coordination among disparate public entities, encourage stakeholders to act and report on fair housing issues, analyze existing data sources, report progress on fair housing issues, highlight findings from data analyses, and encourage meaningful action and cooperation at community levels.” Housing affordability, homelessness, and fair housing education are the primary fair housing impediments identified by the City. Prioritization of these issues is as follows:

1. Housing Affordability
Housing affordability gaps in the City continue to increase. The California Economic Forecast Project’s 2021 Carpinteria Valley Economic Profile indicates the median sales price of existing single-family residential properties increase 45% between 2015 and 2021. Median condominium sales process increased at a slower rate of 21% between 2015 and 2021. The City has more affordable housing options in Carpinteria than in other parts of the south coast due to a larger portion of the housing stock being comprised of apartments and mobile homes as well as 3 percent of units being income-restricted. Nevertheless, most market rental rates in the City are not affordable to lower-income households. When market rents are compared to the amounts households can afford to pay, it is clear that very-low- and extremely-low-income households have a very difficult time finding housing without overpaying. At a rent of $2,250 per month for a two-bedroom unit, the gap between market rent and affordable rent at the very-lowincome level is about $500 per month, while the gap at the extremely-low-income level is about $1,200 per month.

According to recent HUD/CHAS data based on 2014-2018 ACS estimates approximately 51% of all renters and 31% of all owners in Carpinteria were paying more than 30% of income for housing. Of those, 30% or renter households and 17% of owner households were paying more than 50% of income for housing. The highest rates of overpayment occur among very-low income and extremely-low income households. (Housing affordability is discussed in greater detail on Technical Report, pp. I-13 to 15 and Appendix D, pp. D-44 to 49.) The impact of housing overpayment on lower-income households is particularly significant for special needs populations – seniors, persons with disabilities, and female-headed households with children. In the eastern portion of Carpinteria overpayment affects 60-80 percent of all renter households while overpayment rates in the western portion of the city are somewhat lower at 40-60 percent.

2. Homelessness
The number of homeless persons in Carpinteria is increasing. Based on data from annual point in time surveys, the number of homeless persons increased from 10 in 2013 to 21 in 2022. The City works collaboratively with service providers and other local governments on the south coast to address the needs of the homeless population. A detailed analysis of the homeless population and the existing programs and services provided by the City and its partners is described on Technical Report, pp. I-20 to 24 and Appendix D, pp. D-53 to 55.

3. Fair Housing Education
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Public outreach conducted as part of the 2020 County AI found that knowledge of fair housing laws and awareness of opportunities for fair housing education were contributing factors to fair housing problems in the region. For example, the AI survey specifically focusing on fair housing found that only 36% of respondents were familiar or very familiar with fair housing laws and nearly half were unsure of their legal rights regarding fair housing. In terms of education on fair housing issues, half of the respondents were not aware of any fair housing or anti-discrimination education opportunities in their community, and 85% had never participated in any kind of fair housing educational opportunity.

While the number of fair housing complaints filed in the City is low – one complaint filed between 2015 and 2019 – given the survey results, this may be due to lack of knowledge of fair housing rights and the resources available when rights are violated. Fair housing education is needed in Carpinteria to ensure that residents have knowledge and access to resources to ensure their housing rights are respected.

Each fair housing impediment is listed in Table D-6 below, with geographic target areas identified and details regarding the specific programs in the Housing Plan which will result in meaningful actions to affirmatively further fair housing when implemented. Specific timeframes for implementing these actions are included in the Housing Plan 2023-2032 Housing Element Implementation Table (Table H-2).

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Fair Housing Impediments, Contributing Factors and Meaningful Actions Fair Housing
Impediment and
Priority Contributing Factors
Geographic
Targeting Meaningful Actions

1. Housing
Affordability & Access
to Opportunity and
Mobility
Housing affordability gaps are
increasing for both renters and
owners, but renters are more
likely to face cost-burden
challenges. While these
challenges are significant for
most residents, they pose
particular risks for vulnerable
populations, including seniors,
persons with disabilities, and
female-headed households with
children. Increasing housing
opportunities in areas with good
opportunity makes it easier for
lower-income households to
access the types of services and
amenities that further social
mobility.

Citywide and
candidate
opportunity sites
Facilitate Construction of Affordable Housing Near Transit and Services Adopt General Plan and Zoning Code amendments and submit Local Coastal Plan amendments to the Coastal Commission, including rezoning of at least 14.6 acres of land to provide adequate sites to accommodate the city’s RHNA allocation, amendments to development standards including 30-foot height limit, and establishment of affordability requirements consistent with statutory timeframes; (Program 1)
When selecting sites for rezoning to accommodate regional housing needs for lower-income units, give priority consideration to sites with close access to public transit and services. (Program 1)
Adopt streamlined review procedures with objective standards for residential development (Program 1)
Facilitate the construction of 418 lower-income units, including 143 ELI units, during the planning period, commensurate with the City’s RHNA allocation. (Program 5) Facilitate Construction of ADUs and Lot Splits to Expand Affordable Housing Options in Existing Single-Family Neighborhoods
Offer incentives including fast-track processing and reduced processing fees when ADUs are voluntarily deed-restricted for low- or moderate-income persons. (Program 2) Provide two standardized pre-approved ADU plans on the City website and at City Hall to reduce costs associated with ADU development and encourage more production of this housing type throughout the City. (Program 2)
Monitor ADU production and affordability annually and take additional actions to improve certainty and objectivity by the mid-point in the planning period (2027), when review identifies potential improvements, or in response to changes in state law. (Program 2) Carpinteria 2023-2031 Housing Element Technical Report Appendix D – Fair Housing Assessment Revised Draft D-68 January 2024
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Impediment and
Priority Contributing Factors
Geographic
Targeting Meaningful Actions
Establish lot consolidation incentives which may include parking reductions, alternative parking such as shared or tandem parking or modification of covered parking requirement, and/or concurrent and expedited processing for projects that include affordable units. (Program 8) Encourage consolidation of small lots and subdivision of large lots by posting incentives on the city’s website and on a project-by-project basis throughout the planning period through incentives and discussions with housing developers during preliminary project reviews. (Program 8) Amend the zoning code and local coastal program to implement SB 9 (Program 8) In coordination with research being conducted at the State level, evaluate and pursue opportunities to incentivize and provide funding assistance for homeowners to provide affordable units under SB 9. (Program 8)
Support Affordable Rental Housing Programs
Maintain 177 Section 8 vouchers in Carpinteria throughout the planning period. (Program 4) Continue to partner with the County and City of Santa Barbara Housing Authorities to support administration and explore possible expansion of Section 8 rental assistance in the City (Program 4)
Facilitate Affordable Housing Development Through Financial and Regulatory Concessions and Incentives
Partner with nonprofit organizations to leverage housing funds in order to obtain enough financing to rehabilitate existing housing and produce new affordable housing units, including the following specific actions:
• Annual outreach and collaboration with affordable housing developers • Priority processing for projects with ELI units
• Fifty percent reduction of Development Impact Fees
• Deferral and/or waiver of City planning fees
• Reduction in the number of parking spaces required
• Modifications to development standards
• Provision of surplus property at no cost
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Priority Contributing Factors
Geographic
Targeting Meaningful Actions
• Provide funding support through the City’s Housing Trust Fund or other sources for soft costs
• Support in the funding application process for low-income housing tax credits and other housing grant programs
• Encourage development of affordable family apartments with 2 or more bedrooms (Program 5)
Update City density bonus regulations in conformance with current state law requirements and promote the use of density bonus to facilitate affordable housing production on the City website (Program 7)
Establish lot consolidation incentives which may include parking reductions, alternative parking such as shared or tandem parking or modification of covered parking requirement, and/or concurrent and expedited processing for projects that include affordable units. (Program 8) Provide concessions and incentives for affordable housing including but not limited to relief from covered parking and parking space requirements, encouraging smaller units above commercial uses in the downtown district to reduce parking needs and facilitate affordability, reducing development impact fees, and other incentives that may be requested pursuant to state density bonus law. (Programs 5, 7, 9, 10)
Grant fee deferrals, reductions and waivers on an ongoing basis to help owner-builder projects, projects with minimal public service impacts, retrofitting projects and affordable housing developments. (Program 10)
Eliminate Barriers to Affordable Housing for People with Special Needs Support reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities by amending regulations to remove subjective findings for approval. (Program 11)
Amend permitting requirements and necessary findings for residential care facilities for seven or more persons and amend the Zoning Code, as necessary, to ensure that they are consistent with all applicable State law and fair housing requirements. (Program 11) Continue to actively engage the community regarding housing through the City Council Ad Hoc Senior Services Planning Committee. (Program 11)
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Priority Contributing Factors
Geographic
Targeting Meaningful Actions
Promote the Single-Family Housing Rehabilitation Program in coordination with the Ad Hoc Senior Services Committee as a way for persons with disabilities and older adults to implement accessibility modifications to help existing residents of housing continue to reside in their homes. (Program 15)
Assist potential homebuyers from the local workforce in applying for loan through the Workforce Homebuyer Down Payment Loan Program. (Program 18)
Preserve and Rehabilitate Existing Affordable Housing Stock Facilitate preservation of all mobile home parks (comprising 861 housing units) by continuing to enforce Mobile Home Park Closure Ordinance, Mobile Home Park Rent Stabilization Ordinance, and Mobile Home Park Rent Stabilization Disclosure Ordinance. (Program 12) Continue to implement the Mobile Home Rent Stabilization Program by annually setting the maximum rent to be charged based on the Consumer Price Index and publishing information following the release of the CPI updated each March, and no letter than July 1. (Program 12) Continue to facilitate preservation of existing apartment units through implementation of the Condominium Conversion Ordinance. (Program 13)
Facilitate rehabilitation 5 units occupied by extremely-low-income owner households and 5 units occupied by very-low-income owner households during the planning period (Program 15) Facilitate rehabilitation of multi-family rental housing including units occupied or available to 5 extremely-low-income, 5 very-low-income, and 10 low-income households during the planning period (Program 16)
Submit for CDBG grant funding and other sources as available to make funds available for the rehabilitation of multi-family housing on an annual basis. (Program 16) Promote the Multi-Family Housing Rehabilitation Program annually on the City website, through social media posts, and targeted neighborhood noticing. (Program 16) Carpinteria 2023-2031 Housing Element Technical Report Appendix D – Fair Housing Assessment Revised Draft D-71 January 2024
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Impediment and
Priority Contributing Factors
Geographic
Targeting Meaningful Actions

2. Homelessness Greater coordination in service
delivery to at-risk populations is
needed to address needs and
prevent homelessness. The City
is experiencing increases in
homelessness and at-risk
populations become increasingly
more likely to become homeless
when there is a lack of affordable
housing options and service
delivery is disconnected. Further,
in an environment where
resources are limited, efficiency
and partnership are necessary to
connect what’s available to those
in need.

Citywide Amend zoning code requirements to reduce or eliminate barriers to housing and services meeting the needs of the homeless population, including the following:
• Amend zoning regulations for emergency shelters consistent with AB 139 (2019) and AB 2339 (2022).
• Adopt regulations for low barrier navigation centers consistent with AB 101 (2019). • Analyze and amend regulations for supportive housing as necessary for consistency with AB 2162 (2018).
• Amend regulations to remove the conditional use permit requirement for SROs and continue to facilitate the production of SRO housing to serve the needs of lowerincome persons on a project-by-project basis. (Program 11) Continue to facilitate the production of transitional and supportive housing to serve the needs of persons with disabilities throughout the planning period including providing fee reductions, waivers, and deferrals on a project-by-project basis and partnering with nonprofit organizations to leverage housing funds in order to obtain financing for transitional and supportive housing development. (Programs 5, 9, 11)
Continue to provide services to people experiencing homelessness in collaboration with the County of Santa Barbara, non-government organizations providing homeless services in the region, and local community-based volunteers and organizations, and annually evaluate information to determine trends and issues related to homeless services as well as to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of those services. (Program 11) Other strategies discussed under Housing Affordability above will also facilitate the provision of additional permanent affordable housing to address the issue of homelessness.

3. Fair housing
education
Fair housing protections and
education efforts have increased,
but residents still report a lack of
fair housing knowledge and
specific discrimination around
source of income. Education
around fair housing rights and
enforcement is an ongoing
challenge that governments must
address continuously. In
Citywide Enhance and Expand Fair Housing Education Efforts Continue to address discrimination by referring fair housing complaints to the Santa Barbara Rental Housing Mediation Program or other appropriate organizations with the objective of increasing the number of residents assisted by 25% each year. (Program 17) Facilitate and provide fair housing training and education opportunities, specifically related to rental properties, that will be directed to housing service providers, management companies, and rental residents with the objective of increasing the distribution of fair housing information by 25% Carpinteria 2023-2031 Housing Element Technical Report Appendix D – Fair Housing Assessment Revised Draft D-72 January 2024
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Impediment and
Priority Contributing Factors
Geographic
Targeting Meaningful Actions
particular, California’s fair
housing law includes source of
income as a protected class, but
residents reported that over 60%
of discrimination they were
aware of was based on source of
income.
during the planning period. Ensure information is made available in both English and Spanish to improve outreach to the City’s Spanish speaking communities. Include, in particular:
• An emphasis on the protection for source of income under California law, • Rights and responsibilities related to people with disabilities. (Program 17) •
During fair housing education workshops and other outreach, establish and maintain a comprehensive list of interested nonprofits, property owners and community members for future outreach. (Program 17)
Proactively engage local housing organizations representing the interests of lower-income and special needs households and neighborhoods with higher concentrations of lower-income households in future City actions related to land use and housing, including targeted stakeholder interviews or a committee representative of these interests. (Program 4) Ensure Safe Living Conditions for Low-Income and Special Needs Renters Continue to facilitate preservation and appropriate maintenance of the existing housing units through Code compliance efforts and annual public announcements throughout the planning period (Program 14)
Conduct housing condition surveys two times during the 6th cycle to determine the nature and extent of housing deterioration and rehabilitation assistance needs (Program 14) Contact property owners/landlords with nonconforming conditions after each of the surveys for training on property maintenance requirements and tips (Program 14) Connect property owners/landlords subject code compliance actions with financial assistance opportunities for rehabilitation work (Program 14)
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Appendix E
Housing Element Implementation Plan
Program
No.

Program Name Action Timeframe
1 Adequate Sites to Accommodate
Regional Housing Needs
Adopt General Plan and Zoning Code amendments and
submit Local Coastal Plan amendments to the Coastal
Commission, including rezoning of at least 14.6 acres of land to provide adequate sites to accommodate the city’s RHNA allocation, amendments to development standards
including 30-foot height limit, and establishment of
affordability requirements
Consistent with statutory deadlines
1 Adequate Sites to Accommodate
Regional Housing Needs
When selecting sites for rezoning to accommodate regional housing needs for lower-income units, give priority
consideration to sites with close access to public transit and services
During General Plan and Zoning Code
amendment process
1 Adequate Sites to Accommodate
Regional Housing Needs
Adopt streamlined review procedures and objective
standards for residential development
City Council adoption by December
2024
1 Adequate Sites to Accommodate
Regional Housing Needs
Continue to post and update all zoning regulations,
development standards, and fees on the City website
Annually by April each year throughout
the planning period
1 Adequate Sites to Accommodate
Regional Housing Needs
Continue to review and amend development review
process and criteria to improve development certainty and objectivity consistent with the Coastal Act
Review annually by April each year
throughout planning period; Additional
actions to improve certainty and
objectivity by the mid-point in the
planning period (2027), when review
identifies potential improvements
1 Adequate Sites to Accommodate
Regional Housing Needs
Continue to comply with No Net Loss requirements Project-by-project basis throughout planning period
1 Adequate Sites to Accommodate
Regional Housing Needs
Enforce replacement requirements consistent with State
law
Project-by-project basis throughout
planning period
1 Adequate Sites to Accommodate
Regional Housing Needs
Notify water and sewer providers immediately upon
adoption of the Housing Element.

Immediately following City Council
adoption
2 Accessory Dwelling Units Offer incentives such as fast-track processing and reduced processing fees when ADUs are voluntarily deed-restricted for low- or moderate-income persons
Project-by-project basis throughout
planning period
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Program Name Action Timeframe
2 Accessory Dwelling Units Post information regarding ADU opportunities at City Hall and on the website
Annually by April each year throughout
the planning period
2 Accessory Dwelling Units Provide two standardized pre-approved ADU plans on the City website and at City Hall
Available on City website and at City
Hall by May 2023
2 Accessory Dwelling Units Monitor ADU production and affordability annually and take additional actions to improve certainty and objectivity by the mid-point in the planning period, when review identifies potential improvements, or in response to changes in state law
Annual monitoring by April each year
throughout planning period; Additional
actions to improve certainty and
objectivity by the mid-point in the
planning period (2027), when review
identifies potential improvements, or in
response to changes in state law
3 Energy Conservation Minimize residential energy use continually as projects are processed by the City;
Project-by-project basis throughout
planning period
3 Energy Conservation Monitor changes to state law and best practices Annually report by April each year throughout planning period
3 Energy Conservation Update City Building Code in response to changes to California Building Standards Code
Update City Building Code in 2025,
2028, and 2031
4 Section 8 Rental Assistance Ongoing promotion of the use of Section 8 vouchers on the City website, newsletters and social media
Ensure website is updated as
necessary throughout planning period;
include information in newsletters and
social media posts at least annually
throughout planning period
4 Section 8 Rental Assistance Continue to partner with the County and City of Santa Barbara Housing Authorities to support administration and explore possible expansion of Section 8 rental assistance in the City
Ongoing throughout planning period
4 Section 8 Rental Assistance Target proactive outreach efforts in areas with higher rates of poverty
Ongoing at least annually
4 Section 8 Rental Assistance Maintain 177 Section 8 vouchers in City during the planning period
Ongoing throughout planning period
4 Section 8 Rental Assistance Review Section 8 program annually and pursue changes by the mid-point in the planning period when review
identifies potential improvements
Review annually by April each year
throughout planning period; pursue
changes by the mid-point in the
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Program Name Action Timeframe
planning period (2027), when review
identifies potential improvements
5 Affordable Rental Housing
Development Assistance
Annual outreach to affordable housing developers and
annual application for grant funding, if available
Annually based on grant funding
schedules
5 Affordable Rental Housing
Development Assistance
Ongoing posting of available affordable units on City
website as they become available
Ongoing throughout planning period as
units become available
5 Affordable Rental Housing
Development Assistance
Continue to provide assistance to nonprofit housing
developers on an ongoing basis as qualifying projects are processed by the City
Project-by-project basis throughout
planning period
6 Inclusionary Housing Process Inclusionary Housing Agreements for workforce housing on an ongoing basis
Project-by-project basis throughout
planning period
6 Inclusionary Housing Provide incentives necessary for the development of single- and multi-family housing projects with inclusionary workforce housing units on a project-by-project basis
Project-by-project basis throughout
planning period
7 Density Bonus Update City density bonus regulations in conformance with current state law
City Council adoption by April 2024
7 Density Bonus Post and annually update density bonus regulations on the City website
Annually by April each year throughout
planning period
7 Density Bonus Update density bonus regulations in response to changes to state law and/or by the mid-point in the planning period if housing production is not meeting objectives
Update in response to additional
changes to state law and/or by the midpoint in the planning period (2027) if housing production is not meeting
objectives
8 Facilitate Lot Consolidation and
Subdivision
Establish lot consolidation incentives which may include parking reductions, alternative parking such as shared or tandem parking or modification of covered parking
requirement, and/or concurrent and expedited processing for projects that include affordable units
City Council adoption by December
2024
8 Facilitate Lot Consolidation and
Subdivision
Encourage consolidation of small lots and subdivision of large lots by posting incentives on the City’s website and on a project-by-project basis throughout the planning
period through discussions with housing developers during preliminary project reviews
Post incentives on City website by
December 2024 and promote on a
project-by-project basis
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Program Name Action Timeframe
8 Facilitate Lot Consolidation and
Subdivision
Amend the zoning code and local coastal program to
implement SB 9 (2021)
City Council adoption by December
2024
8 Facilitate Lot Consolidation and
Subdivision
In coordination with research being conducted at the State level, evaluate and pursue opportunities to incentivize and provide funding assistance for homeowners to provide
affordable units under SB 9
Ongoing throughout planning period
9 Regulatory Concessions and
Incentives for Affordable Housing
Continue to provide concessions and incentives for
affordable housing on a project-by-project basis
Project-by-project basis throughout
planning period
10 Fee Mitigation Grant fee deferrals, reductions and waivers on an ongoing basis to help owner-builder projects, projects with minimal public service impacts, retrofitting projects and affordable housing developments on a project-by-project basis
throughout the planning period
Project-by-project basis throughout
planning period
10 Fee Mitigation Continue to implement Resolution No. 5238 to reduce development impact fees by 50% for qualifying 100%
lower-income affordable projects and reduce development fees whenever feasible to facilitate construction of
affordable units commensurate with the city’s needs
throughout the planning period
Project-by-project basis throughout
planning period
11 Special Needs Housing Emergency Shelters: Amend zoning regulations for emergency shelters consistent with AB 139 (2019) and AB 2399 (2022)
City Council adoption by April 2024
11 Special Needs Housing Emergency Shelters: Continue to provide services to people experiencing homelessness in collaboration with
the County of Santa Barbara, non-government
organizations providing homeless services in the region, and local community-based volunteers and organizations, and continuously evaluate information to determine trends and issues related to homeless services as well as to
evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of those services Ongoing throughout planning period
with report in March each year
11 Special Needs Housing Low Barrier Navigation Centers: Adopt zoning regulations for low barrier navigation centers consistent with AB 101 (2019)
City Council adoption by April 2024
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No.

Program Name Action Timeframe
11 Special Needs Housing Transitional and Supportive Housing: Analyze and amend zoning regulations for supportive housing as necessary for consistency with AB 2162 (2018)
City Council adoption by April 2024
11 Special Needs Housing Transitional and Supportive Housing: Continue to facilitate the production of transitional and supportive housing to serve the needs of persons with disabilities on a project-byproject basis throughout the planning period Project-by-project basis throughout
planning period
See also Programs 4, 5, 9 and 17
11 Special Needs Housing SRO Housing: Amend zoning regulations to remove the conditional use permit requirement for SROs
City Council adoption by April 2024
11 Special Needs Housing SRO Housing: Continue to facilitate the production of SRO housing to serve the needs of lower-income persons on a project-by-project basis throughout the planning period Project-by-project basis throughout
planning period
See also Programs 4, 5, 9 and 17
11 Special Needs Housing Reasonable Accommodation: Support reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities by amending zoning regulations to remove subjective findings for
approval
City Council adoption by April 2024
11 Special Needs Housing Residential Care Facilities: Analyze permitting requirements and necessary findings in zoning regulations for residential care facilities for seven or more persons and amend the Zoning Code, as necessary, to ensure that they are consistent with all applicable State law and fair housing requirements
City Council adoption by April 2024
11 Special Needs Housing Elderly: Continue to actively engage the community regarding housing through the City Council Ad Hoc Senior Services Planning Committee
Ongoing throughout planning period
11 Special Needs Housing Elderly: Receive a report from the Ad Hoc Senior Services Planning Committee with feedback on potential interim and long-term service models and partnerships for active
adult/senior services in order to develop an actionable plan, or plans, for implementation
Ad Hoc Senior Services Planning
Committee report to City Council by
December 2023
11 Special Needs Housing Large Households: Continue to implement programs designed to address housing affordability and accessibility that could benefit large households
See Programs 1, 4, 8, 5, 6, 7, 9, 17,
and 18 for related actions and
timeframes
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No.

Program Name Action Timeframe
11 Special Needs Housing Continue to work with non-profit housing organizations to facilitate affordable housing to benefit large households and others struggling with housing affordability
Ongoing throughout planning period
11 Special Needs Housing Female-Headed Households: Continue to implement programs designed to address housing affordability and
accessibility that could benefit female-headed households See Programs 1, 4, 8, 5, 6, 7, 9, 17,
and 18 for related actions and
timeframes
11 Special Needs Housing Farm Workers: Continue to support farmworker housing through programs to facilitate affordable housing
development and rental assistance
See Programs 4, 5, and 9 for related
actions and timeframes
12 Conservation of Mobile Home
Parks and Rent Stabilization
Facilitate preservation of all mobile home parks
throughout the planning period
Ongoing throughout planning period
12 Conservation of Mobile Home
Parks and Rent Stabilization
Continue to implement the Mobile Home Rent Stabilization Program by annually setting the maximum rent to be
charged based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and
publish information following the release of the CPI update each March, and no later than July 1 each year
Annually set maximum rent as soon as
possible following the release of the
CPI update each March, and no later
than July 1 each year
12 Conservation of Mobile Home
Parks and Rent Stabilization
Continue to implement the City’s Mobile Home Park
Closure Ordinance and Mobile Home Park Rent
Stabilization Disclosure Ordinance throughout the planning period
Ongoing throughout planning period
13 Condominium Conversion
Ordinance
Continue to facilitate preservation of existing apartment units through implementation of the Condominium
Conversion Ordinance
Ongoing throughout planning period
14 Housing Code Compliance Continue to facilitate preservation of the existing housing stock through code compliance efforts and
annual public announcements throughout the planning
period
Ongoing throughout planning period
14 Housing Code Compliance Conduct housing condition surveys two times during the 6th cycle (in 2024 and 2029) to determine the nature and extent of housing deterioration and rehabilitation
assistance needs
Complete surveys in 2024 and 2029
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No.

Program Name Action Timeframe
14 Housing Code Compliance Contact property owners and landlords with nonconforming conditions after each of the surveys for training on property maintenance requirements and tips
Property owner outreach follow surveys
in 2024 and 2029
14 Housing Code Compliance Continue neighborhood canvassing with code compliance and maintain a cooperative approach with residents to
ensure violations are successfully processed without a
need for legal action throughout the planning period
Ongoing throughout planning period
14 Housing Code Compliance Connect property owners subject to code compliance actions with financial assistance opportunities for
rehabilitation work on a case-by-case basis throughout the planning period
Case-by-case basis throughout
planning period
See also Programs 15 and 16
15 Single-Family Housing
Rehabilitation
Annual contact with and review of USDA funding
information
Annually by April each year throughout
planning period
15 Single-Family Housing
Rehabilitation
Promote the program on the City website, through social media posts, and through other public announcements and informational material
Ensure website is updated as
necessary throughout planning period;
include information through social
media posts and other public
announcements at least annually
throughout planning period
15 Single-Family Housing
Rehabilitation
Advise property owners subject to code enforcement
actions of the availability of funding for repairs and
improvements on a project-by-project basis
Project-by-project basis throughout
planning period
15 Single-Family Housing
Rehabilitation
Assist property owners with grant or loan applications upon request
Ongoing throughout planning period
15 Single-Family Housing
Rehabilitation
Promote the program in coordination with the Ad Hoc
Senior Services Committee as a way for persons with
disabilities and older adults to implement accessibility modifications to help existing residents of housing continue to reside in their homes
Ongoing throughout planning period
16 Multi-Family Housing
Rehabilitation and Preservation
Submit for CDBG grant funding to make funds available for the rehabilitation of multi-family housing
Annually based on grant funding
schedules
16 Multi-Family Housing
Rehabilitation and Preservation
Promote the program on the City website, through social media posts, and through targeted neighborhood noticing Ensure website is updated as
necessary throughout planning period;
include information through social
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No.

Program Name Action Timeframe
media posts and other public
announcements at least annually
throughout planning period
16 Multi-Family Housing
Rehabilitation and Preservation
Contact affordable housing developments and coordinate
with qualified entities on preservation actions at least one year prior to covenant expiration
At least one year prior to expiration of
affordable housing covenants
17 Affirmatively Further Fair Housing
– Housing Affordability & Access
to Opportunity and Mobility
Facilitate Construction of Affordable Housing Near Transit and Services
Adopt General Plan and Zoning Code amendments and
submit Local Coastal Plan amendments to the Coastal
Commission, including rezoning of at least 13.8 acres of land to provide adequate sites to accommodate the city’s RHNA allocation, amendments to development standards
including 30-foot height limit, and establishment of
affordability requirements consistent with statutory
timeframes (Program 1)
When selecting sites for rezoning to accommodate regional housing needs for lower-income units, give priority
consideration to sites with close access to public transit and services. (Program 1)
Adopt streamlined review procedures with objective
standards for residential development (Program 1)
Facilitate the construction of 418 lower-income units,
including 143 ELI units, during the planning period,
commensurate with the City’s RHNA allocation (Program
5)
Facilitate Construction of ADUs and Lot Splits to Expand Affordable Housing Options in Existing Single-Family
Neighborhoods
Offer incentives including fast-track processing and
reduced processing fees when ADUs are voluntarily deedSee timeframes for each action listed under the referenced program.

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Program Name Action Timeframe
restricted for low- or moderate-income persons (Program 2)
Provide two standardized pre-approved ADU plans on the
City website and at City Hall to reduce costs associated with ADU development and encourage more production of
this housing type throughout the City (Program 2)
Monitor ADU production and affordability annually and take additional actions to improve certainty and objectivity by the mid-point in the planning period (2027), when review identifies potential improvements, or in response to
changes in state law (Program 2)
Amend the zoning code and local coastal program to
implement SB 9 (Program 8)
In coordination with research being conducted at the State level, evaluate and pursue opportunities to incentivize and provide funding assistance for homeowners to provide
affordable units under SB 9 (Program 8)
Support Affordable Rental Housing Programs
Maintain 177 Section 8 vouchers in Carpinteria throughout the planning period (Program 4)
Continue to partner with the County and City of Santa
Barbara Housing Authorities to support administration and explore possible expansion of Section 8 rental assistance in the City (Program 4)
Facilitate Affordable Housing Development Through
Financial and Regulatory Concessions and Incentives
Partner with nonprofit organizations to leverage housing funds in order to obtain enough financing to rehabilitate existing housing and produce new affordable housing
units, including the following specific actions:

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Program Name Action Timeframe
• Annual outreach and collaboration with affordable
housing developers
• Priority processing for projects with ELI units
• Fifty percent reduction of Development Impact
Fees
• Deferral and/or waiver of City planning fees
• Reduction in the number of parking spaces
required
• Modifications to development standards
• Provision of surplus property at no cost
• Provide funding support through the City’s
Housing Trust Fund or other sources for soft costs
• Support in the funding application process for lowincome housing tax credits and other housing grant programs
• Encourage development of affordable family
apartments with 2 or more bedrooms (Program 5)
Update City density bonus regulations in conformance with current state law requirements and promote the use of
density bonus to facilitate affordable housing production on the City website (Program 7)
Establish lot consolidation incentives which may include parking reductions, alternative parking such as shared or tandem parking or modification of covered parking
requirement, and/or concurrent and expedited processing for projects that include affordable units (Program 8)
Provide concessions and incentives for affordable housing including but not limited to relief from covered parking and parking space requirements, encouraging smaller units
above commercial uses in the downtown district to reduce parking needs and facilitate affordability, reducing
development impact fees, and other incentives that may be requested pursuant to state density bonus law. (Programs 5, 7, 9, 10)
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Program Name Action Timeframe
Grant fee deferrals, reductions and waivers on an ongoing basis to help owner-builder projects, projects with minimal public service impacts, retrofitting projects and affordable housing developments (Program 10)
Support reasonable accommodation for persons with
disabilities by amending regulations to remove subjective findings for approval (Program 11)
Amend permitting requirements and necessary findings for residential care facilities for seven or more persons and amend the Zoning Code, as necessary, to ensure that they are consistent with all applicable State law and fair housing requirements (Program 11)
Continue to actively engage the community regarding
housing through the City Council Ad Hoc Senior Services Planning Committee (Program 11)
Promote the Single-Family Housing Rehabilitation Program in coordination with the Ad Hoc Senior Services Committee as a way for persons with disabilities and older adults to implement accessibility modifications to help existing
residents of housing continue to reside in their homes
(Program 15)
Assist potential homebuyers from the local workforce in applying for loan through the Workforce Homebuyer Down
Payment Loan Program (Program 18)
Preserve and Rehabilitate Existing Affordable Housing
Stock
Facilitate preservation of all mobile home parks
(comprising 861 housing units) by continuing to enforce Mobile Home Park Closure Ordinance, Mobile Home Park
Rent Stabilization Ordinance, and Mobile Home Park Rent Stabilization Disclosure Ordinance (Program 12)
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Program Name Action Timeframe
Continue to implement the Mobile Home Rent Stabilization Program by annually setting the maximum rent to be
charged based on the Consumer Price Index and
publishing information following the release of the CPI updated each March, and no letter than July 1 (Program
12)
Continue to facilitate preservation of existing apartment units through implementation of the Condominium
Conversion Ordinance. (Program 13)
Facilitate rehabilitation 5 units occupied by extremely-lowincome owner households and 5 units occupied by verylow-income owner households during the planning period (Program 15)
Facilitate rehabilitation of multi-family rental housing including units occupied or available to 5 extremely-lowincome, 5 very-low-income, and 10 low-income households during the planning period (Program 16)
Submit for CDBG grant funding and other sources as
available to make funds available for the rehabilitation of multi-family housing on an annual basis (Program 16)
Promote the Multi-Family Housing Rehabilitation Program annually on the City website, through social media posts, and targeted neighborhood noticing (Program 16)
17 Affirmatively Further Fair Housing
– Homelessness
Amend zoning code requirements to reduce or eliminate
barriers to housing and services meeting the needs of the homeless population, including the following:
• Amend zoning regulations for emergency shelters
consistent with AB 139 (2019) and AB 2339
(2022).
• Adopt regulations for low barrier navigation
centers consistent with AB 101 (2019).

See timeframes for each objective
listed under the referenced program.

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Program Name Action Timeframe
• Analyze and amend regulations for supportive
housing as necessary for consistency with AB
2162 (2018).
• Amend regulations to remove the conditional use
permit requirement for SROs and continue to
facilitate the production of SRO housing to serve
the needs of lower-income persons on a projectby-project basis (Program 11) Continue to facilitate the production of transitional and supportive housing to serve the needs of persons with
disabilities throughout the planning period including
providing fee reductions, waivers, and deferrals on a
project-by-project basis and partnering with nonprofit
organizations to leverage housing funds in order to obtain financing for transitional and supportive housing
development. (Programs 5, 9, 11)
Continue to provide services to people experiencing
homelessness in collaboration with the County of Santa
Barbara, non-government organizations providing
homeless services in the region, and local communitybased volunteers and organizations, and annually evaluate information to determine trends and issues related to
homeless services as well as to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of those services. (Program 11)
Other strategies discussed under Housing Affordability
above will also facilitate the provision of additional
permanent affordable housing to address the issue of
homelessness.
17 Affirmatively Further Fair Housing
– Fair Housing Education
Enhance and Expand Fair Housing Education Efforts
Continue to address discrimination by referring fair housing complaints to the Santa Barbara Rental Housing Mediation Program or other appropriate organizations with the
Ongoing referrals; Review annually by
April each year throughout planning
period; Additional actions by October
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Program Name Action Timeframe
objective of increasing the number of residents assisted by 25% each year (Program 17)
Facilitate and provide fair housing training and education opportunities, specifically related to rental properties, that will be directed to housing service providers, management companies, and rental residents with the objective of
increasing the distribution of fair housing information by 25% during the planning period. Ensure information is
made available in both English and Spanish to improve
outreach to the City’s Spanish speaking communities.

Include, in particular:
• An emphasis on the protection for source of
income under California law,
• Rights and responsibilities related to people with
disabilities. (Program 17)
During fair housing education workshops and other
outreach, establish and maintain a comprehensive list of interested nonprofits, property owners and community
members for future outreach. (Program 17)
Proactively engage local housing organizations
representing the interests of lower-income and special
needs households and neighborhoods with higher
concentrations of lower-income households in future City actions related to land use and housing, including targeted stakeholder interviews or a committee representative of these interests. (Program 4)
Ensure Safe Living Conditions for Low-Income and Special Needs Renters
Continue to facilitate preservation and appropriate
maintenance of the existing housing units through Code
compliance efforts and annual public announcements
throughout the planning period (Program 14)
each year, if review identifies potential
improvements
Outreach through printed materials
available at City Hall on an ongoing
basis, workshops and other in-person
gatherings facilitated by the Rental
Housing Mediation Program at least
once per year, and information posted
on City website; Review annually by
April each year throughout planning
period; Additional actions by October
each year, if review identifies potential
improvements
Ongoing during fair housing workshops
and outreach efforts conducted at least
annually
At least annual coordination with local
housing organizations throughout the
planning period
See timeframes for each objective
listed under the Program 14.

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Program Name Action Timeframe
Conduct housing condition surveys two times during the
6th cycle to determine the nature and extent of housing deterioration and rehabilitation assistance needs (Program 14)
Contact property owners/landlords with nonconforming
conditions after each of the surveys for training on property maintenance requirements and tips (Program 14)
Connect property owners/landlords subject code
compliance actions with financial assistance opportunities for rehabilitation work (Program 14)
18 Workforce Homebuyer Down
Payment Loans
Assist potential homebuyers from the local workforce in applying for loan through the Workforce Homebuyer Down
Payment Loan Program
Ongoing throughout planning period
18 Workforce Homebuyer Down
Payment Loans
Promote the program on the City website and other public locations and through social media and public
announcements
Ensure website is updated as
necessary throughout planning period;
include information through social
media posts and other public
announcements at least annually
throughout planning period
Attachment B.

June 12, 2023 HCD Comment Letter
Carpinteria Housing Element Re-adoption
January 22, 2024 City Council Meeting
STATE OF CALIFORNIA - BUSINESS, CONSUMER SERVICES AND HOUSING AGENCY GAVIN NEWSOM, Governor

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

DIVISION OF HOUSING POLICY DEVELOPMENT
2020 W. El Camino Avenue, Suite 500
Sacramento, CA 95833
(916) 263-2911 / FAX (916) 263-7453
www.hcd.ca.gov
June 12, 2023
David Durflinger, City Manager
City of Carpinteria
5775 Carpinteria Avenue
Carpinteria, CA 93013
Dear David Durflinger:

RE: City of Carpinteria’s 6th Cycle (2023-2031) Adopted Housing Element Thank you for submitting the City of Carpinteria’s (City) housing element adopted April 10, 2023 and received for review on April 12, 2023. Pursuant to Government Code section 65585, subdivision (h), the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) is reporting the results of its review. HCD also considered comments received from the California Coastal Commission pursuant to Government Code section 65585, subdivision (c).

The adopted housing element addresses many statutory requirements described in HCD’s February 21, 2023 letter; however, additional revisions are necessary to fully comply with State Housing Element Law (Gov. Code, § 65580 et seq). The enclosed Appendix describes the revisions needed to comply with State Housing Element Law.

The element will meet the statutory requirements of State Housing Element Law once it has been revised and re-adopted to comply with the above requirements.

For your information, pursuant to Assembly Bill 1398 (Chapter 358, Statutes of 2021), if a local government fails to adopt a compliant housing element within 120 days of the statutory deadline (February 15, 2023), then any rezoning to make prior identified sites available or accommodate the regional housing needs allocation (RHNA) shall be completed no later than one year from the statutory deadline pursuant to Government Code sections 65583, subdivision I and 65583.2, subdivision(c). Otherwise, the local government’s housing element will no longer comply with State Housing Element Law, and HCD may revoke its finding of substantial compliance pursuant to Government Code section 65585, subdivision (i). Please be aware, if the City fails to adopt a compliant housing element within one year from the statutory deadline, the element cannot be found in substantial compliance until these rezones are completed.

Public participation in the development, adoption and implementation of the housing element is essential to effective housing planning. During the housing element revision David Durflinger, City Manager