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Reduce Pollution
Exposure
Provide Safe &
Sanitary Homes
Enhance Community
Assets
Increase Physical
Activity
Ensure Access to
Healthy Foods
Address
"Compounded" Risks
Promote Civic
Engagement
Policy
Housing Goal #1: Preserve and enhance the City’s existing housing supply.
Policy CON-2.A.9: Encourage waste management programs that promote waste reduction and recycling to minimize materials sent to landfills. Maintain robust programs that encourage residents and businesses to reduce, reuse, recycle, and compost, prioritizing education programs directed toward designated environmental justice communities.
HOU-1.2: Mi
nimize the displacement risk for existing residents when considering approval of future redevelopment and public projects.
HOU-1.3: Pri
oritize enforcement of City regulations regarding derelict or abandoned vehicles, outdoor storage, substandard or illegal construction and establish regulations to abate blighted or substantially unmaintained properties, particularly when any of the above is deemed to constitute a health, safety, or fire hazard.
HOU-1.4: Es
tablish housing programs and code enforcement as a high priority and provide adequate funding and staffing to support those programs.
Hous
ing Goal #2: Facilitate the creation and availability of housing for residents at all income levels and for those with special housing needs.
HOU-2.1: Fa
cilitate the development of housing that meets the needs of all segments of the population including affordable housing and households with specialized needs.
HOU-2.2: Promote the use of State density bonus provisions to encourage the development of affordable housing for lower and moderate-inco me households, as well as senior housing through the dissemination of informational materials and discussions with project applicants.
HOU-2.3: Monitor the implementation of the City’s ordinances, codes, policies, and p
rocedures to ensure they comply with State requirements for “reasonable accommodation” for disabled persons and all fair housing laws.
HOU-2-4: Encourage housing programs and future actions that address the need for affordable housing options as well as the housing needs of Costa Mesa’s senior resident population and the large households population.
Housing Goal #3: Identify adequate, suitable sites for residential use and development to meet the City’s Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) at all income levels and promote a range of housing types to meet the needs of all segments of the Costa Mesa community.
Housing Goal #4: Provide housing opportunities to residents of all social and economic segments of the community without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, disability/medical conditions, national origin or ancestry, marital status, age, household composition or size, source of income, or any other arbitrary factors.
HOU-4.1: Support equal housing opportunities as expressed in Federal and State fair housing laws.
City of Costa Mesa
Environmental Justice Policies: HOUSING ELEMENT
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HOU-4. 2: Promote actions and programs that provide fair housing and counseling services and other housing assistance programs for all Costa Mesa residents in an effort to remove barriers and promote access to affordable housing in the City as funding is available.
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3: Encourage and support the construction, maintenance and preservation of residential developments which will meet the needs of families and individuals with specialized housing requirements, including those with developmental disabilities.
HOU-X.X: Promote community involvement in the development and implementation of housing programs and actions. Outreach should facilititate participation of residents within designated environmental justice communities.
Existing Policy
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