Emergency Proclamation to Address Homelessness
Update 10
City Council Meeting – May 23, 2023
Mission Statement
To reduce the number of persons experiencing homelessness in the City and the region by increasing housing opportunities and by enhancing current initiatives that provide field-based outreach, engagement, and supportive services while maintaining the safety and security of the people experiencing homelessness, the general public and staff, and improving overall public safety for the entire community.
2 Homelessness Strategic Plan
• The Statement of Possibility from the
Everyone Home Homelessness Strategic
Plan continues to define success in Long
Beach in its mission to end homelessness.
• Statement of Possibility: The experience of
homelessness in Long Beach is rare and
brief when it occurs.
3 Homelessness Is a Housing Problem
4 Homelessness is a Housing Problem
5 Homelessness is a Housing Problem
6 Homelessness is a Housing Problem
7 Homelessness is a Housing Problem
8 Homelessness is a Housing Problem
9 Homelessness is a Housing Problem
10 • Limited government-owned property
• Zoning
• Impact fees (except for school fees)
• Development review process
• Entitlement and plan check fees (cost recovery)
• Limited local funds for affordable housing
• Investments in public infrastructure
• Additional regulatory controls for existing housing (e.g. rent caps, tenant protections)
Understanding Housing Markets and Housing Production
11 Items Local Governments Control
11 • State and federal regulations
(construction, labor, immigration,
banking/lending and other laws)
• Workforce development programs
• Distribution of federal tax credits (Low-
Income Housing Tax Credit [LIHTC])
• State affordable housing funds
• State planning and zoning laws
• California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA)
• Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) and other agency
budgets
• Macroeconomic conditions
• Interest rates
• Construction and materials costs and/or
shortages
• Migration patterns
• Insurance and underwriting criteria
• Major Building code changes
• Wages and labor force participation
• A global pandemic
Understanding Housing Markets and Housing Production
12 Items outside of Local Government Control
12 What is the Housing Element?
• Required “element” or chapter of the City’s General Plan • Assesses the condition of the City’s housing and the
housing needs of its residents
• Establishes a roadmap for accommodating projected
housing unit demand for existing and future residents
over the next eight years
• Sets citywide goals, objectives and policies for housing • Shows how the City will meet demand for housing at all income levels, per State Law
• Must be updated every 8 years and submitted to the
State by a specific date they prescribe (6th Cycle submitted to California Department of Housing and Community
Development (HCD) by fall 2021)
13 14
How is the Housing Element Used?
39 Programs
RHNA Sites
Inventory
7 Goals
78 Policies
94 Actions
• The Housing Element is the guiding document that sets the City's policy and program direction related to
housing
• Used when reviewing development projects (both
housing and non-housing projects)
• Guides all future city ordinances that the City
develops as they must be consistent with the General
Plan
14 Housing in Long Beach: Population Characteristics
15 An Aging and Insufficient Housing Stock
> 30
years
>50
years
16 Rent Burden
2020
17 Household Overcrowding
18 Housing Development: 6th RHNA Cycle
The Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA)
quantifies the need for housing within each
jurisdiction during specified planning periods.
RHNA establishes a target number of new housing
units for the region at different affordability levels.
The new 6th cycle RHNA Allocation Plan covers
the planning period from October 2021 to
October 2029.
Housing Unit Allocation:
• Southern California Association of
Governments (SCAG) Region: 1,341,827 units
• Los Angeles County: 812,060 units
• City of Long Beach: 26,502 units
6th Cycle Targets
7,141
4,047
4,158
11,156
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Long Beach RHNA Housing Unit Allocation
Very-Low Low Moderate Above-Moderate
15,346
Affordable Units
17 26,502 units total
19 What Does it Mean if a Property is in the Site Inventory? 18 • Does not mean housing will actually be
built on any given site
• Identifies locations that have the
potential and where regulations allow
housing to be built
• Affordable housing replacement
policies now required for all identified
sites (no-net loss requirements by the
State)
• Reused lower-income sites are eligible
for a "by-right" process if 20% of the
units are affordable
20 Housing Development: 6th RHNA Cycle
In 2022, despite a global pandemic
and market volatility, Long Beach
maintained housing production
primarily due to increased
Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU)
activity. However, new
applications have begun to slow
down.
19 0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Total Building Permits Issued for New
Residential Units Long Beach by Year
Affordable Market Rate
21 Development Trends Going Forward
ADU production has increased every year since statewide legislation went into effect. In 2022, out of the 980 building permits issued for new units, 509 were for ADUs. 20 Calendar Year ADU Building
Permits Issued
January 1st – December 31,
2017 22
January 1st – December 31,
2018 118
January 1st – December 31,
2019 151
January 1st – December 31,
2020 267
January 1st – December 31,
2021 445
January 1st – December 31,
2022 509
0 100
200
300
400
500
600
2-9 units ADU SFD 10-49 units 50+ units
Building Permits Issued by Building Type
22 Development Trends Going Forward
20 23
Housing Development: 6th RHNA Cycle (continued)
2022 Activity
Applications Submitted
(# of Units)
Applications Approved
(# of Units)
Affordable Market-
Rate Total Affordable Market-
Rate Total
Entitlements 364 2,870 3,234 204 453 657
Building
Permits 205 421 626 424 574 998
1224
Development Trends Going Forward
12 25
A Regional Housing Crisis
The Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA)
quantifies the need for housing within each
jurisdiction during specified planning periods.
RHNA establishes a target number of new housing
units for the region at different affordability levels.
The new 6th cycle RHNA Allocation Plan covers
the planning period from October 2021 to
October 2029.
Housing Unit Allocation:
• Southern California Association of
Governments (SCAG) Region: 1,341,827 units
• Los Angeles County: 812,060 units
• City of Long Beach: 26,502 units
6th Cycle Targets
7,141
4,047
4,158
11,156
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Long Beach RHNA Housing Unit Allocation
Very-Low Low Moderate Above-Moderate
15,346
Affordable Units
17 26,502 units total
27 • Limited government-owned property
• Zoning
• Impact fees (except for school fees)
• Development review process
• Entitlement and plan check fees (cost recovery)
• Limited local funds for affordable housing
• Investments in public infrastructure
• Additional regulatory controls for existing housing (e.g. rent caps, tenant protections)
Understanding Housing Markets and Housing Production
28 Items Local Governments Control
28 29
Fair Housing Assessment Findings (Appendix F)
• Fair housing issues include racial segregation,
overcrowding, substandard housing, displacement
risk, pollution burden, and more
• Finding- the site inventory reflects prevailing
inequitable zoning and land use patterns
• The state requires distribution analysis of new
housing potential in high opportunity areas
• “High opportunity” areas, as defined by state law,
show where low income children can best access
opportunity such as quality schools, greenspace,
access to transit, low pollution burden
• Disproportionately few children live in high
opportunity areas in Long Beach
o Disproportionately few inventory sites are in high
opportunity areas
• Policies and programs in this plan are designed to
help address these issues
29 Fair Housing Considerations
21 Commitment to
increasing
housing
production at
all income
levels in high-
resource areas
to address
historic
segregation
30 • Housing Element Update – Certified April 2022
• Tools in the toolkit: Enhanced Density Bonus, Micro-Units, Inclusionary Housing • Implementation actions for Housing Element
• Continued implementation of ADUs, including garage conversions and modular structures - Ongoing
• Implementation of Everyone Home and Mayor’s Task Force on Affordable and Workforce Housing – Ongoing
• Additional EOC actions and initiatives: interim housing locations, motel conversion opportunities, affordable housing streamlining, tenant protections • Zoning updates: Zone In WestLB
Housing Policy Milestones for the City
2231
Housing Stock in Long Beach
32 0
50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
Total Housing Units in Long
Beach
RHNA Allocation Housing Units permitted since
2014
Housing in Long Beach
32 • Limited government-owned property
• Zoning
• Impact fees (except for school fees)
• Development review process
• Entitlement and plan check fees (cost recovery)
• Limited local funds for affordable housing
• Investments in public infrastructure
• Additional regulatory controls for existing housing (e.g. rent caps, tenant protections)
Understanding Housing Markets and Housing Production
33 Items Local Governments Control
33 In the works:
• ADU Ordinance Update
• Pre-approved ADU plans
• Permit Software Replacement
• UPlan Phase II Adoption
• Zone In updates for: City Core, Greater
Bixby Knolls
• Launch Zone In for Broadway/Historic
Corridors, Wrigley
• Omnibus Housing Zoning Code Updates
• Homeless Emergency transition to
Permanent Zoning Code Updates
• Permanent Ordinance of Micro-unit
Pilot Program
• PD-30/PD-6 Updates to Downtown and
Shoreline Plans
• Religious Facility Ordinance
• Housing Dashboard updates
• Improvements to existing tenant
protections
• Identify and address data gaps in
housing and homelessness
Additional 2023 Housing Initiatives
2334
Actions Taken in the Past Week with
Focus Areas for Next Two Weeks
35 Increase Access to Services
Past week:
• Finalizing outreach for Safe Parking at South Shore Boat Launch scheduled to open in approximately one week.
• Held livestream update with Mayor Richardson and Hannah Stribling, from our MSC to discuss mental health and homelessness
36 Next two weeks:
• Increase outreach and education regarding availability of the RV Sanitation and Water Filling site
• Open alternative Safe Parking site at South Shore Boat Launch. Individuals using the Queensway site will be invited to transition to the new site • Housing Authority will continue to work to update its Housing Choice Voucher List
IncreaseInterimandLong-termHousingAccess
37 Past week:
• Worked to identify an ongoing emergency shelter site
• Worked to identify potential Homekey sites for state application Next two weeks:
• Continue to conduct enhanced engagement with housing providers to boost housing access
• Work to identify a long-term emergency shelter site
• Review sites for a potential Project Homekey application Engage Community in Data, Planning and Assistance
Past week:
• Continuing to explore translation options for Homelessness Dashboard • Scheduled for Thursday, June 22 the Interfaith Convening with faith-based organizations across the City who are committed to supporting the efforts of not only the emergency response, but ongoing after the emergency has been lifted
38 Next two weeks:
• Plan the June 22 Interfaith convening of faith organizations Thank you
39 Kelly Colopy, Director
Department of Health and Human
Services
Eric Lopez, Director
Department of Public Works