Mountain View City Council
April 11, 2023

CITY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW
RESOLUTION NO. 18781
SERIES 2023

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW

AMENDING THE GENERAL PLAN TO UPDATE THE HOUSING ELEMENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN FOR THE PERIOD OF 2023- 2031

IN SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE WITH STATE HOUSING ELEMENT LAW WHEREAS, the State of California requires cities and counties to adopt a comprehensive, long- term General Plan for the physical development of the city or county, of which the Housing Element is one of seven mandated elements of the General Plan; and WHEREAS, State Housing Element Law ( Article 10. 6 of Chapter 3 of Division 1 of Title 7 of the California Government Code) requires that the City Council adopt a Housing Element for the eight -year period, 2023- 2031, to accommodate the City of Mountain View' s Regional Housing Need Allocation ( RHNA) of 11, 135 housing units, comprised of 2, 773 very -low- income units, 1, 597 low- income units, 1, 885 moderate -income units, and 4, 880 above -moderate -income units; and
WHEREAS, the City prepared the 2023- 2031 Housing Element in accordance with State Housing Element Law and guidance from the California Department of Housing and Community Development ( HCD) regarding implementation of the same; and WHEREAS, California Government Code Section 65583 requires the Housing Element Update contain: ( i) an assessment of the City' s housing needs and an analysis of the resources and constraints, both governmental and nongovernmental, relevant to the meeting of these needs; ( ii) an inventory of land suitable and available for residential development and an analysis of the development potential of such sites; ( iii) a statement of the community' s goals, quantified objectives, and policies relative to the maintenance, preservation, improvement, and development of housing; and ( iv) programs that set forth a schedule of actions the local government is undertaking or intends to undertake to implement the policies and achieve the goals and objectives of the Housing Element Update; and WHEREAS, the Housing Element must address the existing and projected housing needs for all segments of the community and must be updated and certified by the HCD every eight years; and
WHEREAS, the Housing Element must be adopted to comply with State law, accommodate the RHNA, affirmatively further fair housing, and facilitate and encourage a variety of housing types for all income levels; and
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WHEREAS, the preparation, adoption, and implementation of the Housing Element and related amendments to the Mountain View City Code require a diligent effort to include all economic segments of the community; and
WHEREAS, the City conducted extensive community outreach over the last 21 months, including one online community survey, two public workshops, six stakeholder meetings, eight public meetings, and 13 meetings with community groups and organizations before the recommendation from the Environmental Planning Commission; and WHEREAS, on July 1, 2022, November 18, 2022, and December 22, 2022, the City submitted drafts of the Housing Element to HCD for its review; and WHEREAS, on September 29, 2022 and January 17, 2023, the City received letters from HCD stating that, while the Draft Housing Element addresses many statutory requirements, revisions will be necessary to comply with State Housing Element Law ( Article 10. 6 of the Government Code); and
WHEREAS, on, March 6, 2023, the City published a revised Draft Housing Element with the changes requested by HCD and requested public comment on the Draft; and WHEREAS, an Environmental Impact Report ( EIR) was prepared for the Housing Element Update and associated zoning amendments, which EIR was considered, certified, and adopted by the City Council by Resolution No. 18755 on January 24, 2023, all in conformance with the California Environmental Quality Act ( CEQA), prior to approval and adoption of this Resolution, and revisions to the Housing Element since certification of the EIR do not change the environmental analysis or conclusions in the EIR and do not require a supplemental or subsequent EIR pursuant to Section 15162 of the CEQA Guidelines; and WHEREAS, procedures set forth in Chapter 36, Article XVI, Division 12 ofthe Mountain View City Code, whereby the City can amend the City' s General Plan, have been executed; and WHEREAS, Chapter 36 of the City Code requires the City' s Environmental Planning Commission and City Council each hold a duly noticed public hearing before the City' s General Plan is amended; and
WHEREAS, the Environmental Planning Commission held a duly noticed public hearing on March 15, 2023 and recommended the City Council adopt the General Plan Amendment; and WHEREAS, the City Council held a public hearing on April 11, 2023 and received and considered all information and materials presented at the hearing regarding the General Plan Amendment, including, but not limited to, the recommendation from the Environmental Planning Commission, City Council report, EIR, public comments, and written materials submitted; now, therefore, be it
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RESOLVED: that the City Council of the City of Mountain View hereby finds that, based on substantial evidence in the record, the foregoing recitals are true and correct and are adopted as findings; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: that the City Council of the City of Mountain View hereby makes the findings for a General Plan Amendment, pursuant to Section 36. 52. 30 of the City Code:

1. The proposed amendment is internally consistent with the General Plan because the updated Housing Element goals and policies are consistent with the relevant goals and policies in the General Plan' s existing Land Use and Design and Public Safety Elements, as further detailed in the General Plan Consistency Analysis, as shown as Exhibit A to this Resolution, which is incorporated by this reference, and the number of units in the Housing Element Sites Inventory can be built under the sites' respective General Plan Land Use Designations, or the site is subject to programs that will modify such general plan designations;

2. The proposed amendment would not be detrimental to the public interest, health, safety, convenience, or welfare of the City because, by updating the Housing Element of the General Plan, the City' s General Plan maintains consistency with State law, including State Housing Element Law; the Housing Element thereby preserves the City' s eligibility to apply for grants and utilize the funding to facilitate transportation, infrastructure, and housing improvements for the public interest, health, safety, convenience, and welfare of the City; the goals, policies, and programs will help facilitate housing production, support making a variety of housing types available to meet the needs of existing and future Mountain View residents; and housing planned by the Housing Element would improve access to jobs, lower housing costs, address housing needs for special populations, and improve housing quality;

3. The sites identified for housing are physically suitable for the requested/ anticipated land use development ( including, but not limited to, access, provision of utilities, compatibility with adjoining land uses, and absence of physical constraints) because environmental and constraints analyses were completed and did not identify significant infrastructure or physical constraints on the sites in the inventory, as described in the Housing Element Update; and

4. The proposed amendment is in compliance with the provisions of CEQA because an EIR was prepared for the Housing Element Update and associated zoning amendments, which the EIR was considered, certified, and adopted by the City Council by separate resolution on January 24, 2023, all in conformance with CEQA, prior to adoption of this Resolution, and subsequent modifications to the project do not require a subsequent or supplemental EIR pursuant to Section 15162 of the CEQA Guidelines; and be it FURTHER RESOLVED: that, as provided in Government Code Section 65585 ( e), the City Council ofthe City of Mountain View has considered the findings ofthe HCD on the Draft Housing Element, made changes to the Housing Element in response thereto, as shown in Exhibit B to this Resolution, incorporated herein by this reference, and determines that the Housing Element substantially complies with State Housing Element Law, as provided in Government Code 3-
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Section 65580, et seq., and contains all provisions required by State Housing Element Law, as shown in Exhibit C to this Resolution, incorporated herein by this reference; and be it FURTHER RESOLVED: that the City Council of the City of Mountain View hereby finds, based on substantial evidence in the record, including the methodology, market conditions, development trends, recent experience with approved and pipeline projects redeveloping nonvacant sites, and existing site -specific conditions, all further detailed in the Suitability of Non - Vacant Sites section of Appendix E of the Housing Element, the existing uses on the nonvacant sites identified in the site inventory to accommodate the RHNA are likely to be discontinued during the planning period and, therefore, do not constitute an impediment to planned residential development on the site during the planning period. The sites in the inventory are associated with one or more of the following factors that indicate a likelihood that the current uses will be discontinued during the planning period, which factors are summarized here and explained in more depth in the Housing Element:

1. Are underutilized and fall short of the site' s development potential, including having low existing floor area ratios ( FARs);

2. Include older buildings built before 1986;

3. Are part of approved or pending master plans with residential development expected before 2031;

4. Include vacant tenant spaces;

5. Include uses that tend to have lower value than residential, including parking lots, auto service - related uses, small hotels, retail, and outdated industrial;

6. Are consistent with precedents for large shopping center redevelopment;

7. Have interest from the property owner in redeveloping the site; and

8. Are associated with Housing Element programs; and be it FURTHER RESOLVED: that the City of Mountain View 2015- 2023 Housing Element is hereby repealed in its entirety, and the City of Mountain View Sixth Cycle Housing Element for the period of 2023- 2031, as more specifically shown in Exhibit D, together with the modifications shown in Exhibit E, and modifications made by the City Council at the public hearing on April 11, 2023 shown in Exhibit F, all exhibits attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference (collectively, the " 2023- 2031 Housing Element" or the " Housing Element"), is hereby adopted and incorporated into the General Plan; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: that the Community Development Director or designee is hereby directed to file all necessary material with the HCD for HCD to find that the Housing Element is in 4-
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conformance with State Housing Element Law and is further directed and authorized to:
a) remove sites from the inventory if existing uses are found to be an impediment to redevelopment under State Law and to recategorize sites from lower- to moderate - income categories so long as a buffer of 300 units in total across both categories is maintained among sites rezoned prior to January 31, 2023; and ( b) address any nonsubstantive changes or amendments requested by the HCD to achieve certification; and be it FURTHER RESOLVED: that the Community Development Director or designee is hereby directed to distribute copies of the Housing Element in the manner provided in Government Code Sections 65357 and 65589. 7.
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The foregoing resolution was regularly introduced and adopted at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Mountain View, duly held on the 11th day of April 2023, by the following vote:

AYES: Councilmembers Abe- Koga, Kamei, Ramirez, Ramos, Vice Mayor Showalter, and Mayor Hicks
NOES:

ABSENT:

ATTEST:

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APPROVED:

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ALISeiN HICKS
MAYOR
Pursuant to Mountain View Charter § 709( b), I do hereby certify that the foregoing is an original or a correct copy of the Resolution passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Mountain View at a Regular Meeting held on the 11th da ' of April 2023, by the foregoing vote.

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City of ountain View
Exhibits: A. General Plan Consistency Analysis
B. HCD Finding Letter, Dated January 17, 2023, and Response C. Conformance of Housing Element with State Law Requirements D. 2023- 2031 Housing Element
E. Modifications to March 8, 2023 Housing Element
F. Modifications to March 8, 2023 Housing Element as Modified by Exhibit E 6-
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City of Mountain View Housing Element Update - General Plan Consistency Analysis Exhibit A
General Plan Consistency Analysis
The following is a comprehensive list of the goals and policies from the Land Use and Design Element and Safety Element. If the General Plan goal or policy was determined consistent with the Draft Housing Element goals and policies, consistency is indicated as a checkmark or supporting notes as applicable are shown in the tables below.

Land Use Element
Goal/ Policy
ID
Goal/ Policy Text Consistency
Determination
LUD 1 GOAL LUD- 1: Open and inclusive planning processes.

LUD 1. 1 Efficient and effective processes. Regulate development through efficient, effective and transparent review processes.

LUD 1. 2 Accessibility. Make public meetings and documents open and accessible to all segments of the population.

LUD 1. 3 Community involvement.

Encourage the community to be active and engaged in community planning and development processes and promote collaboration among key stakeholders to provide input during the planning process.

LUD 1. 4 Community outreach. Engage the community regularly through outreach activities such as neighborhood meetings and use of the latest technologies.

LUD 1. 5 Development review process. Use the City' s development review process to ensure well -designed projects.

LUD 2 Effective coordination with regional agencies and other local governments on planning issues.

LUD 2. 1 Regional land use decisions. Influence regional decisions on land use, transportation, economic development, sustainability and other topics to improve the quality of life for the Mountain View community LUD 2. 2 Regional plan considerations. Review appropriate regional planning agency policies, studies and documents when considering land use changes.

LUD 2. 3 Local collaboration. Collaborate with neighboring jurisdictions on issues of mutual interest.

LUD 2. 4 Moffett Field and NASA Ames collaboration. Collaborate with Moffett Field and NASA Ames on development, economic opportunities and issues of mutual interest.

LUD 2. 5 Moffett Federal Airfield. Encourage compatible land uses within the Airport Influence Area for Moffett Federal Airfield as part of Santa Clara County' s Comprehensive Land Use Plan.

LUD 3 A diverse, balanced and flexible mix of land uses that supports a strong economy, complete neighborhoods, transit use and community health LUD 3. 1 Land use and transportation. Focus higher land use intensities and densities within a half -mile of public transit service, and along major commute corridors.

LUD 3. 2 Mix of land uses. Encourage a mix of land uses, housing types, retail and public amenities and public neighborhood open spaces accessible to the community
LUD 3. 3 Health. Promote community health through land use and design.

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City of Mountain View Housing Element Update - General Plan Consistency Analysis LUD 3. 4 Land Use Conflicts. Minimize conflicts between different land uses.

LUD 3. 5 Diversity. Encourage residential developments serving a range of diverse households and incomes.

LUD 3. 6 Access to healthy food choices. Ensure all neighborhoods have access to healthy food choices at grocery stores within walking or bicycling distance.

LUD 3. 7 Upgraded commercial areas. Encourage the maintenance, enhancement and redevelopment of older commercial districts, shopping centers and corridors.

LUD 3. 8 Preserved land use districts. Promote and preserve commercial and industrial districts that support a diversified economic base. Not applicable LUD 3. 9 Parcel assembly. Support the assembly of smaller parcels to encourage infill development that meets City standards and spurs neighborhood reinvestment.

LUD 3. 10 Zoning standards for sensitive uses. Allow sensitive uses such as child care in the North Bayshore and East Whisman Change Areas with measures to protect those uses from hazardous materials used by surrounding businesses.

LUD 4 Local retail and services within comfortable walking and bicycling distance of all residents and employees.

LUD 4. 1 Well -distributed and accessible neighborhood centers. Plan for improved pedestrian accessibility to commercial areas from each neighborhood to increase access to retail, goods and services that serve local residents.

LUD 5 Pedestrian - accessible village centers that serve surrounding neighborhoods.

LUD 5. 1 Land use and village centers. Encourage and promote centers that people can reach by bicycling or walking with a focus on areas identified in the Village Center Strategy Diagram.

LUD 5. 2 Village center uses and character. Encourage a mix of residential, commercial or other neighborhood - serving uses in village centers, with active ground - floor uses and public space to create an inviting pedestrian environment and a center of activity.

LUD 5. 3 Community gathering. Encourage community -gathering destinations such as plazas, open space or community facilities within village centers LUD 5. 4 Connections. Encourage pedestrian, bicycling and public transit connections and amenities between village centers and surrounding neighborhoods.

LUD 6 Distinctive neighborhoods that preserve and enhance the quality of life for residents.

LUD 6. 1 Neighborhood character. Ensure that new development in or near residential neighborhoods is compatible with neighborhood character.

LUD 6. 2 Equitable location of amenities. Pursue equitable distribution of community amenities, public facilities and services within walking distance of residential neighborhoods.

LUD 6. 3 Street presence. Encourage building facades and frontages that create a presence at the street and along interior pedestrian paseos or pathways.

LUD 6. 4 Neighborhood association development. Support the formation of neighborhood associations and organizations to create neighborhood improvement strategies and to sponsor social and safety events.

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City of Mountain View Housing Element Update - General Plan Consistency Analysis LUD 6. 5 Pedestrian and bicycling improvements. Support pedestrian and bicycling improvements and connections between neighborhoods.

LUD 7 A vibrant Downtown that serves as the center for Mountain View social and civic life.

LUD 7. 1 Downtown. Promote Downtown as a daytime and nighttime center for social, entertainment, cultural, business and government activity.

LUD 7. 2 Renovation and reuse. Encourage the renovation and reuse of Downtown buildings.

LUD 7. 3 Human - scaled building details. Support new and renovated Downtown Not Applicable
buildings that include human -scaled details such as transparent windows on the ground floor that face the street, awnings and architectural features to create a comfortable and interesting pedestrian environment.

LUD 7. 4 Daily goods and services. Encourage neighborhood businesses that provide daily goods and services Downtown.

LUD 7. 5 Compatible uses and design. Ensure compatible uses and building design Downtown along the boundaries between residential and commercial areas.

LUD 7. 6 Parking space flexibility. Encourage a portion of Downtown street parking spaces to be removed or reconfigured to accommodate pedestrian and bicycle amenities.

LUD 7. 7 California High -Speed Rail. Participate with the California High -Speed Rail Authority in planning any high- speed rail service to address urban design, traffic and circulation, historic resources and economic impacts Downtown.

LUD 8 A network of pedestrian - oriented, sustainable and public spaces.

LUD 8. 1 City gateways. Emphasize city gateways that create a distinct and positive impression. Not Applicable
LUD 8. 2 Streets friendly to bicyclists and pedestrians. Encourage a network of streets friendly to bicyclists and pedestrians that create a safe and comfortable environment and include convenient amenities and features.

LUD 8. 3 Enhanced publicly -accessible bicycle and pedestrian connections.

Encourage new and existing developments to enhance publicly - accessible bicycle, pedestrian and transit connections.

LUD 8. 4 Pedestrian - oriented civic and public spaces. Create and encourage new pedestrian -oriented civic and public spaces throughout the city.

LUD 8. 5 Pedestrian and bicycle amenities. Encourage attractive pedestrian and bicycle amenities in new and existing developments, and ensure that roadway improvements address the needs of pedestrians and bicyclists.

LUD 8. 6 Traffic - calming measures. Carry out traffic - calming measures through the City' s Neighborhood Traffic Management Program.

LUD 8. 7 Sustainable streets. Encourage sustainable streets that include drought - tolerant landscaping, natural stormwater treatment areas and other sustainable features.

LUD 9 Buildings that enhance the public realm and integrate with the surrounding neighborhood.

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City of Mountain View Housing Element Update - General Plan Consistency Analysis LUD 9. 1 Height and setback transitions. Ensure that new development includes sensitive height and setback transitions to adjacent structures and surrounding neighborhoods.

LUD 9. 2 Compatible transit -oriented development. Encourage transit -oriented development that is compatible with surrounding uses and accessible to transit stations.

LUD 9. 3 Enhanced public space. Ensure that development enhances public spaces through these measures:

Encourage strong pedestrian - oriented design with visible, accessible entrances and pathways from the street.

Encourage pedestrian - scaled design elements such as stoops, canopies and porches.

Encourage connections to pedestrian and bicycle facilities.

Locate buildings near the edge of the sidewalk.

Encourage design compatibility with surrounding uses.

Locate parking lots to the rear or side of buildings.

Encourage building articulation and use of special materials to provide visual interest.

Promote and regulate high -quality sign materials, colors and design that are compatible with site and building design.

Encourage attractive water -efficient landscaping on the ground level.

LUD 9. 4 Enhanced pedestrian activity. Ensure commercial development enhances Not Applicable
pedestrian activity through these strategies:

Encourage the first level of the building to occupy a majority of the lot' s frontage, with exceptions for vehicle and pedestrian access.

Allow for the development of plazas and dining areas.

Encourage the majority of a building' s ground floor frontage to provide visibility into the building by incorporating windows and doors.

Require that ground floor uses be primarily pedestrian -oriented.

Ensure pedestrian safety and access when designing parking areas and drive -through operations.

Minimize driveways.

LUD 9. 5 View preservation. Preserve significant views throughout the community.

LUD 9. 6 Light and glare. Minimize light and glare from new development.

LUD 10 High -quality, sustainable and healthful building design and development.

LUD 10. 1 Sustainable design and materials. Encourage high -quality and sustainable design and materials.

LUD 10. 2 Low -impact development. Encourage development to minimize or avoid disturbing natural resources and ecologically significant land features.

LUD 10. 3 Flexible building design. Encourage flexible building design to enable reuse of buildings.

LUD 10. 4 Building retrofitting. Encourage retrofits of existing buildings, where costeffective, to meet community sustainability goals.

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City of Mountain View Housing Element Update - General Plan Consistency Analysis LUD 10. 5 Building energy efficiency. Incorporate energy - efficient design features and materials into new and remodeled buildings.

LUD 10. 6 On -site energy technologies. Support on -site renewable energy technologies that help reduce community energy demand.

LUD 10. 7 Beneficial landscaping options. Promote landscaping options that conserve water, support the natural environment and provide shade and food.

LUD 10. 8 Access to healthful food. Increase access to healthful local food by encouraging development to include water -efficient gardens, fruit trees and edible landscaping.

LUD 10. 9 Sustainable roofs. Encourage sustainable roofs to reduce a building' s energy use, reduce the heat island effect of new and existing development and provide other ecological benefits.

LUD 10. 10 Community education. Promote education on sustainable development and building design.

LUD 11 Preserved and protected important historic and cultural resources. ports a strong economy, complete neighborhoods, transit use and community health.

LUD 11. 1 Historical preservation. Support the preservation and restoration of structures and cultural resources listed in the Mountain View Register of Historic Resources, the California Register of Historic Places or National Register of Historic Places.

LUD 11. 2 Adaptive re -use. Encourage the adaptive re -use of historic buildings in ways that retain their historical materials and character - defining features.

LUD 11. 3 Encourage historical preservation through incentives and opportunities.

LUD 11. 4 Moffett Field. Support the preservation of historic buildings and hangars at Moffett Field and NASA Ames.

Not Applicable
LUD 11. 5 Archaeological and paleontological site protection. Require all new development to meet state codes regarding the identification and protection of archaeological and paleontological deposits.

LUD 11. 6 Human remains Require all new development to meet state codes regarding the identification and protection of human remains LUD 12 A fiscally sustainable City government that preserves and enhances quality of life.

LUD 12. 1 Fiscal health. Maintain and improve the City' s long-term fiscal health.

LUD 12. 2 Stable City revenues. Maintain strong and stable sources of City revenues.

LUD 12. 3 Land uses and revenue. Encourage land uses that generate City revenue.

LUD 12. 4 City -owned land. Maximize revenue from City -owned land and strategically acquire new land to generate revenue.

LUD 12. 5 Operational savings. Pursue programs and projects that provide short-term and long- term operational cost savings, particularly activities oriented to sustainability.

LUD 13 A strong local economy that retains and attracts a variety of businesses.

LUD 13. 1 Business community Establish and maintain proactive communication between the business community and the City to support economic development opportunities.

LUD 13. 2 Well -designed work environments. Encourage well -designed work environments that promote employee health and wellness.

LUD 14 A city that is a center for innovative technologies, jobs and businesses.

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City of Mountain View Housing Element Update - General Plan Consistency Analysis LUD 14. 1 Business community communication. Create ongoing communication and coordination between the business community and the City that promotes and supports innovation.

LUD 14. 2 Affordable commercial and industrial space. Promote and support affordable and flexible commercial and industrial building space for new and emerging businesses.

LUD 14. 3 Business attraction. Attract innovative and emerging technology businesses to the city.

LUD 14. 4 City partnerships. Create partnerships among the City, local businesses and other organizations to develop emerging technology pilot programs and services.

LUD 15 An area that is a model of highly sustainable and innovative development, protective of the natural and biological assets of the area.

LUD 15. 1 A leader in sustainable planning. Create and promote North Bayshore as a leader in innovative and sustainable planning and growth.

LUD 15. 2 Sustainable development focus. Require sustainable site planning, building and design strategies.

LUD 15. 3 Highly sustainable development. Encourage new or significantly rehabilitated development to include innovative measures for highly sustainable development.

LUD 15. 4 Wildlife friendly development. Implement wildlife friendly site planning, building and design strategies.

LUD 16 A diverse area of complementary land uses and open space resources.

LUD 16. 1 Protected open space. Protect and enhance open space and habitat in North Bayshore.

LUD 16. 2 Mix of uses. Promote the North Bayshore Area as a vibrant mix of residential, commercial, service and entertainment uses through the North Bayshore Precise Plan.

LUD 16. 3 Business -class hotel. Encourage the development of a business -class hotel and conference center.

Not Applicable
LUD 16. 4 Innovative corporate campuses. Encourage innovative corporate campus designs.

Not Applicable
LUD 16. 5 Protected views. Protect views by including open areas between tall buildings.

LUD 16. 6 Open space amenities. Encourage development to include open space amenities, plazas and parks that are accessible to the surrounding transit, bicycle and pedestrian network.

LUD 16. 7 Gateway development. Support the creation of a gateway development with a diverse mix of uses near Highway 101 and North Shoreline Boulevard.

LUD 17 A sustainable and efficient multi -modal transportation system.

LUD 17. 1 Connectivity. Improve connectivity and integrate transportation services between North Bayshore, Downtown, NASA Ames and other parts of the city.

LUD 17. 2 Transportation Demand Management strategies. Require development to include and implement Transportation Demand Management strategies.

LUD 17. 3 Bicycle and pedestrian focus. Support bicycle and pedestrian improvements and connections to and throughout North Bayshore.

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City of Mountain View Housing Element Update - General Plan Consistency Analysis LUD 17. 4 North Shoreline Boulevard and Rengstorff Avenue enhancements.

Encourage the enhancement of North Shoreline Boulevard, Rengstorff Avenue and other key streets in North Bayshore through new development and street design standards.

LUD 18 A comprehensive strategy for reducing the effects of future sea -level rise.

LUD 18. 1 Collaboration on sea -level rise impacts. Collaborate with regional, state and federal agencies to address the effects of potential rises in sea levels through assessing vulnerabilities and creating adaptation strategies.

LUD 18. 2 Flood retention areas. Plan for the development of flood retention areas to address effects from sea -level rise.

LUD 19 An area with innovative transit - oriented developments, services for area residents and workers and strong connections to the rest of the city.

LUD 19. 1 Land use and transportation. Encourage greater land use intensity and transit -oriented developments within a half -mile of light rail transit stations.

LUD 19. 2 Highly sustainable development. Provide incentives to encourage new or significantly rehabilitated development to include innovative measures for highly sustainable development.

LUD 19. 3 Connectivity improvements. Support smaller blocks, bicycle and pedestrian improvements and connections throughout the area.

LUD 19. 4 Transportation Demand Management strategies. Require development to include and carry out Transportation Demand Management strategies.

LUD 19. 5 Village centers. Promote new or expanded village centers that serve the area.

LUD 19. 6 Residential transitions. Require development to provide sensitive transitions to adjacent residential uses.

LUD 19. 7 NASA Ames and Moffett Field area connections. Create stronger connections between East Whisman and the NASA Ames and Moffett Not Applicable Field areas.

LUD 19. 8 Residential Development: Allow residential development near the Middlefield Light Rail Station, North Whisman Road and other areas identified in the 2030 General Plan Land Use Map.

LUD 20 A vibrant transit and pedestrian corridor with a mix of land uses.

LUD 20. 1 Increased redevelopment. Encourage private properties along El Camino Real to be redeveloped and enhanced.

LUD 20. 2 Focused intensive development. Allow more intensive development in key locations based on factors such as lot size, character of surrounding land uses, distance to transit facilities and opportunities to improve a site.

LUD 20. 3 Building height variation. Support a variety of building heights along El Camino Real to create a wide- ranging and interesting street.

LUD 20. 4 Residential design transitions. Require sensitive design transitions between El Camino Real development and surrounding residential neighborhoods.

LUD20. 5 Landscaped pedestrian amenities. Encourage development to provide landscaped pedestrian amenities and gathering places.

LUD 20. 6 Parcel assembly. Support the assembly of parcels that fosters new development projects.

LUD 20. 7 New street standards. Support new City street design standards for El Camino Real that improve the safety and accessibility of all ways of travel.

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City of Mountain View Housing Element Update - General Plan Consistency Analysis LUD 20. 8 Street standards collaboration. Collaborate with surrounding cities on development of street design standards.

LUD 20. 9 Regional agency collaboration. Collaborate with the Grand Boulevard.

LUD 21 A gateway neighborhood with diverse land uses, public amenities and strong connections to surrounding areas.

LUD 21. 1 A mix of land uses. Support a mix of commercial land uses serving the neighborhood and the region.

LUD 21. 2 Higher -density residential near transit. Encourage higher -density residential uses near bus and Caltrain stations.

LUD 21. 3 Improved connectivity. Promote improved connectivity to adjacent neighborhoods, destinations and Downtown.

LUD 21. 4 Improved pedestrian and bicycle circulation. Support improved pedestrian and bicycle circulation and connectivity throughout the area.

LUD 21. 5 Hetch Hetchy right-of-way. Promote the use of the Hetch Hetchy right -ofway for open space and mobility improvements in the area.

LUD 22 A revitalized San Antonio Center with a diverse mix of uses and connections to adjacent neighborhoods.

LUD 22. 1 San Antonio Center transformation. Support the transformation of San Antonio Center into a regional mixed -use and commercial destination.

LUD 22. 2 Residential uses. Support new residential uses within San Antonio Center.

LUD 22. 3 Gathering spaces. Encourage new plazas, open space and other gathering spaces in the San Antonio Center.

LUD 22. 4 Pedestrian -oriented design elements. Ensure that developments include pedestrian -oriented design elements such as accessible building entrances, visible storefronts and landscaping.

LUD 22. 5 Finer street grid. Promote a finer street grid and improved connectivity within San Antonio Center.

LUD 22. 6 Improved mobility. Support improved mobility within San Antonio Center for vehicles, transit, bicyclists and pedestrians.

LUD 22. 7 Improved bicycle and pedestrian connections. Promote improved bicycle and pedestrian connections to the San Antonio Caltrain station, El Camino Real bus service, adjacent neighborhoods and the citywide bicycle and pedestrian network.

LUD 22. 8 Parking area safety. Ensure safe pedestrian and bicycle access through parking areas.

LUD 23 A revitalized gateway into Downtown.

LUD 23. 1 Enhanced public street. Support an enhanced public street, including a gateway feature that links the area to Downtown.

LUD 23. 2 A vital corridor. Promote Moffett Boulevard as a vital corridor and connection to NASA Ames.

LUD 23. 3 Diverse land use mix. Encourage a diverse mix of land uses.

LUD 23. 4 Parcel assembly. Support the assembly of parcels to spur new development projects.

LUD 23. 5 Building and site improvements. Encourage the rehabilitation and improvement of existing buildings and properties.

LUD 23. 6 Residential transitions. Require well -designed transitions between Moffett Boulevard development and surrounding residential uses.

LUD 23. 7 Accessibility. Enhance accessibility along Moffett Boulevard and across the Central Expressway corridor.

LUD 23. 8 Parking supply and management. Support strategies to improve the supply and management of parking.

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City of Mountain View Housing Element Update - General Plan Consistency Analysis Public Safety Element
Goal/Policy
ID
Goal/Policy Text Consistency
Determination
PSA 1 A high level of community safety with police, fire and emergency response services that meet or exceed industry - accepted service standards.

PSA 1. 1 Adequate staffing. Maintain adequate police and fire staffing, performance levels and facilities to serve the needs of the community.

PSA 1. 2 Design for safety. Support and promote crime prevention and fire safety strategies in the design of new developments.

PSA 2 A total commitment to reducing criminal activity and instilling a feeling of safety and security in the community
PSA 2. 1 Community policing. Provide superior community - oriented police services.

PSA 2. 2 Sense of safety. Ensure a sense of safety throughout the community PSA 2. 3 Service and effectiveness. Explore ways to improve service delivery and police effectiveness.

PSA 2. 4 Youth interaction. Expand opportunities for positive police and youth interaction.

PSA 2. 5 Regional partnerships. Participate in regional partnerships to reduce crime and respond to emergencies.

PSA 2. 6 Victims and special needs. Provide support to crime victims and people with special needs.

PSA 2. 7 Police service levels and facilities. Ensure Mountain View Police Department service levels and facilities meet demands from new growth and development.

PSA 3 A community protected from fire, hazardous materials and environmental contamination.

PSA 3. 1 Minimized losses Minimize property damage, injuries and loss of life from fire.

PSA 3. 2 Protection from hazardous materials. Prevent injuries and environmental contamination due to the uncontrolled release of hazardous materials through prevention and enforcement of fire and life safety codes.

PSA 3. 3 Development review. Carry out development review procedures that encourage effective identification and remediation of contamination and protection of public and environmental health and safety.

PSA 3. 4 Oversight agencies. Work with local, state and federal oversight agencies to encourage remediation of contamination and protection of public and environmental health and safety.

PSA 3. 5 Peak water supply. Ensure sufficient peak -load water supply to address fire and emergency response needs when approving new development.

PSA 4 A well -prepared community that has developed plans to minimize risks from environmental and human - induced disasters.

PSA 4. 1 Emergency response plan Maintain and update the City' s emergency response plans.

PSA 4. 2 Natural disasters. Minimize impacts of natural disasters.

PSA 5 The protection of life and property from seismic hazards.

PSA 5. 1 New development. Ensure new development addresses seismically induced geologic hazards.

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City of Mountain View Housing Element Update - General Plan Consistency Analysis PSA 5. 2 Alquist- Priolo zones. Development shall comply with the Alquist- Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning Act.

PSA 5. 3 Technology. Use effective technologies to inform the community about potential hazards and emergency response.

PSA 5. 4 Utility design. Ensure new underground utilities, particularly water and natural gas lines, are designed to meet current seismic standards.

Exhibit B -
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA - BUSINESS, CONSUMER SERVICES AND HOUSING AGENCY

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
January 17, 2023
Aarti Shrivastava, Director
Community Development Department
City of Mountain View
500 Castro Street, PO Box 7540
Mountain View, CA 94039
Dear Aarti Shrivastava:

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GAVIN NEWSOM, Governor
RE: Mountain View' s 6th Cycle (2023-2031) Subsequent Draft Housing Element Thank you for submitting the City of Mountain View' s ( City) revised draft housing element received for review on November 17, 2022, along with revisions received on January 4, 2023. Pursuant to Government Code section 65585, subdivision ( b), the California Department of Housing and Community Development ( HCD) is reporting the results of its review. Our review was facilitated by conversations on December 15, 2022, December 20, 2022 and January 4, 2023 with Ellen Yau, Senior Planner, Erica Anderson, Advanced Planning Manager, Beverly Choi, Community Planning Program Manager, Micaela Hellman- Tincher, Housing Neighborhood Services Manager, and BAE Consultant Stephanie Hagar. In addition, HCD considered comments from Mehruss Ahi, David Watson, Salim Damerdji, Kevin Ma, Daniel Shane, Mountain View YIMBY, League of Women Voters, Anna Marie Morales, Susan Morales, James Kuszmaul, Mountain View Chamber of Commerce, and Karen Bricker pursuant to Government Code section 65585, subdivision ( c).

The revised draft element addresses most statutory requirements outlined in our September 29, 2022 review; however, additional revisions will be necessary to comply with State Housing Element Law (Article 10. 6 of the Gov. Code). The following describes revisions needed to comply with State Housing Element Law.

1. Affirmatively furthering] fair housing in accordance with Chapter 15 commencing with Section 8899. 50) of Division 1 of Title 2... shall include an assessment of fair housing in the jurisdiction. ( Gov. Code, § 65583, subd. c) ( 10) (A).)
Promote and affirmatively further fair housing opportunities and promote housing throughout the community or communities for all persons regardless of race, religion, sex, marital status, ancestry, national origin, color, familial status, or disability, and other characteristics. ( Gov. Code, § 65583, subd. ( c)( 5).) Resolution No. 18781

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Site Inventory: While the element was revised starting on page 331 to provide extensive analysis of the sites inventory and the reasoning behind the distribution of sites to meet the city's Regional Housing Needs Allocation ( RHNA) for lower income, the analysis does not address the impacts on patterns of disproportionate housing needs, particularly in relation to displacement. For example, 87 East Evelyn Ave is a " safe parking" area and includes those living in Recreational Vehicles ( RV). The element could include a discussion of how the City will address the displacement of these residents.

Additionally, the site inventory should be re- evaluated as a whole to ensure AFFH based on the revisions requested in Finding A2 and reaffirm that identified sites for lower -income households are not concentrated in any areas of the City.

The element should include analysis to support these conclusions, including the number of units per site by income group for each of the AFFH categories relative to the existing patterns ( number of households), impacts on patterns of disproportionate housing needs ( e. g., overpayment, overcrowding, displacement) and expanding on the reasoning of the distribution of the RHNA for lower -income households. Further, if the inventory does isolate the RHNA for lower -income households in central areas, the element must have commensurate programs with place -based strategies for community revitalization and new opportunities in higher opportunity and higher income areas ( beyond RHNA) to result in an equitable quality of life and affirmatively further fair housing throughout the City.

Programs: Depending upon the results of this analysis, the City may need to revise or add programs. For example, depending on how concentrations of lower -income sites shift with new sites moving from the pipeline into the sites inventory, to promote mobility, the City should consider adding concrete objectives and metrics to Program 1. 4 ( Religious and Community Assembly Sites for Housing), as it is a key program in adding affordable units to wealthier, higher resource areas south of El Camino Real.

2. An inventory of land suitable and available for residential development, including vacant sites and sites having realistic and demonstrated potential for redevelopment during the planning period to meet the locality's housing need for a designated income level, and an analysis of the relationship of zoning and public facilities and services to these sites. ( Gov. Code, § 65583, subd. ( a)( 3).) Identify actions that will be taken to make sites available during the planning period with appropriate zoning and development standards and with services and facilities to accommodate that portion of the city's or county's share of the regional housing need for each income level that could not be accommodated on sites identified in the inventory completed pursuant to paragraph ( 3) of subdivision ( a) without rezoning, and to comply with the requirements of Government Code section 65584. 09. ( Gov. Code, § 65583, subd. ( c)( 1).) Resolution No. 18781

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Progress in Meeting the RHNA: While the element was revised extensively to clarify how affordability was determined for units affordable to very low- income and low- income households that have been built or are under construction or approved; there are a number of "pending" projects listed in Table 60 on pg. 322 as pipeline projects that do not appear to have actually submitted any type of project application. As stated in HCD' s prior review, the element must demonstrate pipeline units are expected to be constructed within the planning period. The current draft element does not provide sufficient evidence to demonstrate that the units assigned to 89 W. El Camino Real, 96 W. El Camino Real, 87 E. Evelyn Avenue, 67 E. Evelyn Avenue, 1012 Linda Vista Avenue, or Pear Avenue are current projects under consideration that will be constructed in the planning period. In addition, while the element has been revised to provide additional information on the Middlefield Park Master Plan and North Bayshore Master Plan, master plans are counted in the proposed pipeline projects in Table 60 on page 324 without indication if there are actual pending applications to develop housing units in either master plan area. The element must therefore clarify whether these are proposed projects under current consideration ( e. g. submitted application or similar evidence) and describe the stage of the entitlement process. Any sites that are not part of a currently proposed project should be moved to the sites inventory with accompanying analysis to demonstrate the development potential within the planning period including demonstration of realistic capacity pursuant to Government Code section 65583. 2, subdivision ( c), and if sites have existing uses, analysis of the suitability of the nonvacant sites pursuant to Government Code section 65583. 2, subdivision ( g).

In addition, specific analysis and actions may be necessary if the housing element relies upon nonvacant sites to accommodate more than 50 percent of the RHNA for lower -income households. For your information, the housing element must demonstrate existing uses are not an impediment to additional residential development and will likely discontinue in the planning period. ( Gov.

Code, § 65583. 2, subd. ( g)( 2).) Absent findings ( e. g., adoption resolution) based on substantial evidence, the existing uses will be presumed to impede additional residential development and will not be utilized toward demonstrating adequate sites to accommodate the RHNA.

Electronic Sites Inventory: For your information, pursuant to Government Code section 65583. 3, the City must submit an electronic sites inventory with its adopted housing element. The City must utilize standards, forms, and definitions adopted by HCD. Please see HCD' s housing element webpage at https:// www. hcd. ca. gov/ planning- and- community-development/ housing- elements for a copy of the form and instructions. The City can reach out to HCD at sitesinventory@hcd. ca.gov for technical assistance.

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Programs: the element does not include a complete site analysis; therefore, the adequacy of sites and zoning were not established. Based on the results of a complete sites inventory and analysis, the City may need to add or revise programs to address a shortfall of sites.

3. Local governments shall make a diligent effort to achieve public participation of all economic segments of the community in the development of the Housing Element, and the element shall describe this effort. ( Gov. Code, § 65583, subd. (c) (9).)
While the City clearly made efforts to include the public through workshops and surveys and employed additional methods for public outreach efforts during the initial housing element public participation process, HCD has received public comment voicing concerns that the outreach process during subsequent draft review periods did not diligently include all segments of the community, particularly for non- English speaking members of the community. Public participation in the development, adoption and implementation of the housing element is essential to effective housing planning. Throughout the housing element process, the City should continue to engage the community, including organizations that represent lower -income and special needs households, by making information regularly available and considering and incorporating comments where appropriate. HCD has received comments with many meaningful suggestions related to program timing, program commitment and other issues related to the sites inventory and AFFH, and we encourage the City to consider these comments.

Please be aware, any revisions to the element must be posted on the local government' s website and to email a link to all individuals and organizations that have previously requested notices relating to the local government's housing element at least seven days before submitting to HCD.

The element will meet the statutory requirements of State Housing Element Law once it has been revised and adopted, if necessary, 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 (January 31, 2023), then any rezoning to make prior identified sites available or accommodate the regional housing needs allocation shall be completed no later than one year from the statutory deadline pursuant to Government Code sections 65583, subdivision ( c) 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 Resolution No. 18781

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element within one year from the statutory deadline, the element cannot be found in substantial compliance until these rezones are completed.

Several federal, state, and regional funding programs consider housing element compliance as an eligibility or ranking criteria. For example, the CalTrans Senate Bill SB) 1 Sustainable Communities grant; the Strategic Growth Council and HCD' s Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities programs; and HCD' s Permanent Local Housing Allocation consider housing element compliance and/ or annual reporting requirements pursuant to Government Code section 65400. With a compliant housing element, the City will meet housing element requirements for these and other funding sources.

For your information, some general plan element updates are triggered by housing element adoption. HCD reminds the City to consider timing provisions and welcomes the opportunity to provide assistance. For information, please see the Technical Advisories issued by the Governor' s Office of Planning and Research at:
https:// www. opr. ca. gov/ planning/ general- plan/ quidelines. html.

HCD appreciates the hard work and dedication of the City's housing element team provided during the course of our review. We are committed to assisting the City in addressing all statutory requirements of State Housing Element Law. If you have any questions or need additional technical assistance, please contact Reid Miller, of our staff, at Reid. Miller@hcd. ca. gov.

Sincerely,
Paul McDougall
Senior Program Manager
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1. Affirmatively Further Fair Housing
Site Inventory: While the element was revised starting on page The City has revised Program 4. 5 ( Partnerships with Affordable Housing Developers) to include a discussion of how the City will provide transition planning and support for RV dwellers at the interim safe parking program at 87 East Evelyn Ave. See pages 54- 55
The City has also revised program 3. 2 ( Displacement Prevention and Mitigation) to include additional actions to address displacement. See pages 49- 50.
331 to provide extensive analysis of the sites inventory and the reasoning behind the distribution of sites to meet the city' s Regional Housing Needs Allocation ( RHNA) for lower income, the analysis does not address the impacts on patterns of disproportionate housing needs, particularly in relation to displacement. For example, 87 East Evelyn Ave is a " safe parking" area and includes those living in Recreational Vehicles RV). The element could include a discussion of how the City will address the displacement of these residents.

Site Inventory: Additionally, the site inventory should be re- The City has re- evaluated the AFFH implications of the site inventory based on all revisions that are included in the March 2023 revised document. This revised analysis is included in " Evaluation of Sites Inventory Through the Lens of AFFH" section on pages 343- 357.

While the findings from the revised analysis of the AFFH implications of the site inventory were the same as those that were described in the prior draft, the City has nonetheless made substantial revisions to the Housing Element programs in a manner that will help to affirmatively further fair housing.

These changes include but are not limited to:

Adding additional metrics and objectives for Program 1. 4 ( Religious and Community Assembly Sites for Housing)
Revisions to Program 1. 7 ( Monitor and Promote Accessory Dwelling Units, Junior Accessory Dwelling Units, and SB9 Developments) that include increasing the objective related to the number of ADUs/ JADUs/ SB9 developments to be constructed
Revisions to Program 1. 3 ( Review and Update Ordinance and Precise Plan Residential Standards) to include a review of R2 zoned properties to either allow development similar to SB9 or integrate the sites into the R3 zone.

Revisions to Program 4. 5 ( Partnerships with Affordable Housing Developers) to include the development of additional affordable housing units Downtown.

These programs help to increase access to opportunity by facilitating the production of affordable housing in high - opportunity areas. See the Housing Programs section beginning on page 33.
evaluated as a whole to ensure AFFH based on the revisions requested in Finding A2 and reaffirm that identified sites for lower -income households are not concentrated in any areas of the City. The element should include analysis to support these conclusions, including the number of units per site by income group for each of the AFFH categories relative to the existing patterns ( number of households), impacts on patterns of disproportionate housing needs ( e. g., overpayment,
overcrowding, displacement) and expanding on the reasoning of the distribution of the RHNA for lower -income households.

Further, if the inventory does isolate the RHNA for lower -income households in central areas, the element must have
commensurate programs with place -based strategies for
community revitalization and new opportunities in higher opportunity and higher income areas ( beyond RHNA) to result in an equitable quality of life and affirmatively further fair housing throughout the City.

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Programs: Depending upon the results of this analysis, the City Refer to the response above. may need to revise or add programs. For example, depending on how concentrations of lower - income sites shift with new sites moving from the pipeline into the sites inventory, to promote mobility, the City should consider adding concrete objectives and metrics to Program 1. 4 ( Religious and Community
Assembly Sites for Housing), as it is a key program in adding affordable units to wealthier, higher resource areas south of El Camino Real.

2. Site Inventory and Analysis
Progress in Meeting the RHNA: While the element was revised In accordance with this comment, the City has removed several sites from the pending projects list and moved these sites to the sites inventory. See changes to the Housing Sites Analysis and Inventory (Appendix E) beginning on page 286.
extensively to clarify how affordability was determined for units affordable to very low-income and low- income households that have been built or are under construction or approved; there are a number of "pending" projects listed in Table 60 on pg. 322 as pipeline projects that do not appear to have actually submitted any type of project application. As stated in HCD' s prior review, the element must demonstrate pipeline units are expected to be constructed within the planning period. The current draft element does not provide sufficient evidence to demonstrate that the units assigned to 89 W. El Camino Real, 96 W. El Camino Real, 87 E. Evelyn Avenue, 67 E. Evelyn Avenue, 1012 Linda Vista Avenue, or Pear Avenue are current projects under
consideration that will be constructed in the planning period. In addition, while the element has been revised to provide additional information on the Middlefield Park Master Plan and North Bayshore Master Plan, master plans are counted in the proposed pipeline projects in Table 60 on page 324 without indication if there are actual pending applications to develop housing units in either master plan area. The element must therefore clarify whether these are proposed projects under current consideration ( e. g. submitted application or similar evidence) and describe the stage of the entitlement process.

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have existing uses, analysis of the suitability of the nonvacant sites pursuant to Government Code section 65583. 2,
subdivision ( g).

Progress in Meeting the RHNA: In addition, specific analysis and Due to the changes in the site inventory that are noted above, the housing element now relies on nonvacant sites to accommodate more than 50 percent of the RHNA for lower -income households. Based on this comment and subsequent conversations with HCD, the City has revised the " Suitability of Non - Vacant Sites" subsection of the Housing Sites Analysis and Inventory Appendix ( Appendix E). See pages 307- 317
actions may be necessary if the housing element relies upon nonvacant sites to accommodate more than 50 percent of the RHNA for lower -income households. For your information, the housing element must demonstrate existing uses are not an impediment to additional residential development and will likely discontinue in the planning period. ( Gov. Code, § 65583. 2, subd. g)( 2).) Absent findings ( e. g., adoption resolution) based on substantial evidence, the existing uses will be presumed to impede additional residential development and will not be utilized toward demonstrating adequate sites to accommodate the RHNA.

Electronic Sites Inventory: For your information, pursuant to Noted; the City is submitting an electronic sites inventory with the adopted Government Code section 65583. 3, the City must submit an housing element. electronic sites inventory with its adopted housing element. The City must utilize standards, forms, and definitions adopted by HCD. Please see HCD' s housing element webpage at
https:// www. hcd. ca. gov/ planning- and- communitydevelopment/ housing- elements for a copy of the form and instructions. The City can reach out to HCD at
sitesinventory@hcd. ca. gov for technical assistance.

Programs: the element does not include a complete site Revisions to the site inventory did not lead to shortfall of sites. Therefore no analysis; therefore, the adequacy of sites and zoning were not programs are need to address a shortfall. established. Based on the results of a complete sites inventory and analysis, the City may need to add or revise programs to address a shortfall of sites.

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3. Public Participation
While the City clearly made efforts to include the public through The City has continued to conduct outreach to obtain community input workshops and surveys and employed additional methods for throughout the Housing Element process, including while revising the public outreach efforts during the initial housing element public Housing Element document to respond to HCD' s comment letter. This has participation process, HCD has received public comment voicing included, but has not been limited to, targeted outreach to non- English concerns that the outreach process during subsequent draft speaking members of the community. In addition, the City has released review periods did not diligently include all segments of the translations of Chapters 1- 4 of the Housing Element document concurrent community, particularly for non- English speaking members of with the release of the English language version of the document. These the community. Public participation in the development, adoption outreach activities are summarized in the " Public Participation" section within and implementation of the housing element is essential to effective housing planning. Throughout the housing element process, the City should continue to engage the community, including organizations that represent lower -income and special Chapter 1 of the Housing Element Update. See pages 4- 20.

In addition, the City has made substantial changes to Housing Element programs based on consideration of public comments received in writing and needs households, by making information regularly available in meetings with various community groups, including community members and considering and incorporating comments where appropriate. with limited -English proficiency. These changes are summarized on pages HCD has received comments with many meaningful suggestions related to program timing, program commitment and other issues related to the sites inventory and AFFH, and we
19- 20 and are shown in full in the Housing Plan chapter on pages 33- 62.

All revisions to the Housing Element Update have been posted on the City' s encourage the City to consider these comments. website and a link has been emailed to all individuals and organizations that have previously requested notices relating to the City' s Housing Element at Please be aware, any revisions to the element must be posted on the local government' s website and to email a link to all individuals and organizations that have previously requested notices relating to the local government' s housing element at least seven days before submitting to HCD.
least seven days before submitting to HCD.

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Exhibit C
Conformance of Housing Element with State Law Requirements, Article 10. 6 [ 65580 — 65589. 11]

GOVERNMENT CODE PROVISION HOUSING ELEMENT COMPLIANCE
Section 65583
The housing element shall consist of an
identification and analysis of existing and
projected housing needs and a statement of
goals, policies, quantified objectives, financial
resources, and scheduled programs for the
preservation, improvement, and development of
housing.

Identification and analysis of existing and
projected housing needs
Appendix B: Housing Needs Assessment
Appendix C: Projected Housing Needs
A statement of goals, policies, quantified
objectives
Chapter 3: Housing Plan; Section:

Housing Goals and Policies
Chapter 4: Quantified Objectives
Financial resources
Chapter 3: Housing Plan; Section:

Housing Programs
Scheduled programs
Chapter 3: Housing Plan; Section:

Housing Programs
The housing element shall identify adequate sites
for housing, including rental housing, factory -
built housing, mobilehomes, and emergency
shelters, and shall make adequate provision for
the existing and projected needs of all economic
segments of the community.

Appendix E: Housing Sites Analysis and Inventory
The element shall contain all of the following:
a) An assessment of housing needs and an
inventory of resources and constraints relevant to
the meeting of these needs. The assessment and
inventory shall include all of the following:

See below
a)( 1) An analysis of population and employment
trends and documentation of projections
Appendix B: Housing Needs Assessment; Section:

Population and Household Characteristics;
Subsection: Population
Appendix B: Housing Needs Assessment; Section:

Economic and Employment Characteristics
and
Appendix C: Projected Housing Needs; Section:

Regional Housing Needs Allocation
a)( 1) A quantification of the locality' s existing
and projected housing needs for all income
levels, including extremely low income
households, as defined in subdivision ( b) of
Appendix C: Projected Housing Needs; Section:

Regional Housing Needs Allocation
and
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Section 50105 and Section 50106 of the Health
and Safety Code. These existing and projected
needs shall include the locality' s share of the
regional housing need in accordance with Section
65584. Local agencies shall calculate the subset
of very low income households allotted under
Section 65584 that qualify as extremely low
income households. The local agency may either
use available census data to calculate the
percentage of very low income households that
qualify as extremely low income households or
presume that 50 percent of the very low income
households qualify as extremely low income
households. The number of extremely low
income households and very low income
households shall equal the jurisdiction' s
allocation of very low income households
pursuant to Section 65584.

Appendix C: Projected Housing Needs; Section:

Housing Needs for Extremely Low- income
Households
a)( 2) An analysis and documentation of
household characteristics, including level of
payment compared to ability to pay,
Appendix B: Housing Needs Assessment; Section:

Housing Costs and Affordability; Subsections:

Residential Home Sale Prices, Residential Rents,
and Housing Cost Burden
a)( 2) housing characteristics, including
overcrowding, and
Appendix B: Housing Needs Assessment; Section:

Housing Costs and Affordability;
Subsection: Overcrowding
a)( 2) housing stock condition. Appendix B: Housing Needs Assessment; Section:

Housing Stock Characteristics
a)( 3) An inventory of land suitable and available
for residential development, including vacant
sites and sites having realistic and demonstrated
potential for redevelopment during the planning
period to meet the locality' s housing need for a
designated income level, and an analysis of the
relationship of zoning and public facilities and
services to these sites, and an analysis of the
relationship of the sites identified in the land
inventory to the jurisdiction' s duty to
affirmatively further fair housing.

Appendix E: Housing Sites Analysis and Inventory
a)( 4)( A) The identification of a zone or zones
where emergency shelters are allowed as a
permitted use without a conditional use or other
discretionary permit. The identified zone or zones
shall include sufficient capacity to accommodate
the need for emergency shelter identified in
paragraph ( 7), except that each local government
Appendix D: Housing Constraints; Section:

Governmental Constraints; Subsection:

Emergency Shelters
Appendix E: Housing Sites Analysis and Inventory;
Section: Sites for Emergency Shelters
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shall identify a zone or zones that can
accommodate at least one year-round emergency
shelter.

Chapter 3: Housing Plan; Section: Housing
Programs; Program 1. 1
AB2339 is not applicable because the last first
draft was submitted on July 1, 2022 and the last
draft was submitted on January 4, 2023.

However, the City is voluntarily complying with
these requirements in the sections noted above.
a)( 4)( A) lithe local government cannot identify a
zone or zones with sufficient capacity, the local
government shall include a program to amend its
zoning ordinance to meet the requirements of
this paragraph within one year of the adoption of
the housing element. The local government may
identify additional zones where emergency
shelters are permitted with a conditional use
permit.

Chapter 3: Housing Plan; Section: Housing
Programs; Program 1. 1
AB2339 is not applicable because the last first
draft was submitted on January 4, 2023 and the
last draft was submitted on November 18, 2022.

However, the City is voluntarily complying with
these requirements in the sections noted above.
a)( 4)(A) The local government shall also
demonstrate that existing or proposed permit
processing, development, and management
standards are objective and encourage and
facilitate the development of, or conversion to,
emergency shelters.

Appendix D: Housing Constraints; Section:

Governmental Constraints; Subsection:

Emergency Shelters
a)( 4)( A) Emergency shelters may only be subject
to those development and management
standards that apply to residential or commercial
development within the same zone except that a
local government may apply written, objective
standards that include all of the following:
i) The maximum number of beds or persons
permitted to be served nightly by the facility.
ii) Sufficient parking to accommodate all staff
working in the emergency shelter, provided that
the standards do not require more parking for
emergency shelters than other residential or
commercial uses within the same zone.
iii) The size and location of exterior and interior
onsite waiting and client intake areas.
iv) The provision of onsite management.
v) The proximity to other emergency shelters,
provided that emergency shelters are not
required to be more than 300 feet apart.
vi) The length of stay.
vii) Lighting.
viii) Security during hours that the emergency
shelter is in operation.

Appendix D: Housing Constraints; Section:

Governmental Constraints; Subsection:

Emergency Shelters
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a)( 4)( B) The permit processing, development,
and management standards applied under this
paragraph shall not be deemed to be
discretionary acts within the meaning of the
California Environmental Quality Act ( Division 13
commencing with Section 21000) of the Public
Resources Code).

Appendix D: Housing Constraints; Section:

Governmental Constraints; Subsection:

Emergency Shelters
Chapter 3: Housing Plan; Section: Housing
Programs; Program 1. 1
a)( 4)( C) A local government that can
demonstrate to the satisfaction of the
department the existence of one or more
emergency shelters either within its jurisdiction
or pursuant to a multijurisdictional agreement
that can accommodate that jurisdiction' s need
for emergency shelter identified in paragraph ( 7)
may comply with the zoning requirements of
subparagraph ( A) by identifying a zone or zones
where new emergency shelters are allowed with
a conditional use permit.

Not Applicable; Mountain View has identified a
zone where emergency shelters are allowed by
right
a)( 4)( D) A local government with an existing
ordinance or ordinances that comply with this
paragraph shall not be required to take additional
action to identify zones for emergency shelters.

The housing element must only describe how
existing ordinances, policies, and standards are
consistent with the requirements of this
paragraph.

Appendix D: Housing Constraints; Section:

Governmental Constraints; Subsection:

Emergency Shelters
Chapter 3: Housing Plan; Section: Housing
Programs; Program 1. 1
a)( 5) An analysis of potential and actual
governmental constraints upon the maintenance,
improvement, or development of housing for all
income levels, including the types of housing
identified in paragraph ( 1) of subdivision ( c), and
Appendix D: Housing Constraints; Section:

Governmental Constraints; Subsection: Provisions
for a Variety of Housing Types
a)( 5) for persons with disabilities as identified in
the analysis pursuant to paragraph ( 7),
Appendix D: Housing Constraints; Section:

Governmental Constraints; Subsection:

Constraints for Persons with Disabilities
a)( 5) including land use controls, Appendix D: Housing Constraints; Section:

Governmental Constraints; Subsections: Land Use
Designations and Zoning
a)( 5) building codes and their enforcement, Appendix D: Housing Constraints; Section:

Governmental Constraints; Subsection: Codes
and Enforcement
a)( 5) site improvements, Appendix D: Housing Constraints; Section:

Governmental Constraints; Subsection: On- and
Off -Site Improvements
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a)( 5) fees and other exactions required of
developers,
Appendix D: Housing Constraints; Section:

Governmental Constraints; Subsection: Fees &
Exactions
a)( 5) local processing and permit procedures, Appendix D: Housing Constraints; Section:

Governmental Constraints; Subsection:

Processing and Permit Procedures
a)( 5) and any locally adopted ordinances that
directly impact the cost and supply of residential
development.

Appendix D: Housing Constraints; Section:

Governmental Constraints; Subsections:

Inclusionary Housing, and Park Dedication
a)( 5) The analysis shall also demonstrate local
efforts to remove governmental constraints that
hinder the locality from meeting its share of the
regional housing need in accordance with Section
65584
Appendix D: Housing Constraints; Section:

Governmental Constraints; Subsections:

Cumulative Impacts of Governmental Constraints
a)( 5) and from meeting the need for housing for
persons with disabilities, supportive housing,
transitional housing, and emergency shelters
identified pursuant to paragraph ( 7).

Appendix D: Housing Constraints; Section:

Governmental Constraints; Subsection: Land Use
Designations and Zoning and Provisions for a
Variety of Housing Types —Transitional and
Supportive Housing
and
Chapter 3: Housing Plan; Section: Housing
Programs; Programs: 2. 1, 3. 1, 4. 3
a)( 6) An analysis of potential and actual
nongovernmental constraints upon the
maintenance, improvement, or development of
housing for all income levels, including the
availability of financing,
Appendix D: Housing Constraints; Section: Non -
Governmental Constraints
a)( 6) the price of land, Appendix D: Housing Constraints; Section: Non - Governmental Constraints; Subsection: Land
Costs
a)( 6) the cost of construction, Appendix D: Housing Constraints; Section: Non - Governmental Constraints; Subsection:

Construction Costs
a)( 6) the requests to develop housing at
densities below those anticipated in the analysis
required by subdivision ( c) of Section 65583. 2,
Appendix D: Housing Constraints; Section: Non -
Governmental Constraints; Subsection: Requests
to Develop Housing Below the Densities
Identified in the Sites Inventory
a)( 6) and the length of time between receiving
approval for a housing development and
submittal of an application for building permits
for that housing development that hinder the
Appendix D: Housing Constraints; Section: Non -
Governmental Constraints; Subsection: Time
Between Approval and Building Permits
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construction of a locality' s share of the regional
housing need in accordance with Section 65584.
a)( 6) The analysis shall also demonstrate local
efforts to remove nongovernmental constraints
that create a gap between the locality' s planning
for the development of housing for all income
levels and the construction of that housing.

Appendix D: Housing Constraints; Section:

Governmental Constraints
a)( 7) An analysis of any special housing needs,
such as those of the
See below
a)( 7) elderly; Appendix B: Housing Needs Assessment; Section:

Housing and Special Needs Population;
Subsection: Seniors
a)( 7) persons with disabilities, including a
developmental disability, as defined in Section
4512 of the Welfare and Institutions Code;
Appendix B: Housing Needs Assessment; Section:

Housing and Special Needs Population;
Subsection: People with Disabilities
a)( 7) large families; Appendix B: Housing Needs Assessment; Section:

Housing and Special Needs Population;
Subsection: Large Households
a)( 7) farmworkers; Appendix B: Housing Needs Assessment; Section:

Housing and Special Needs Population;
Subsection: Farmworkers
a)( 7) families with female heads of households; Appendix B: Housing Needs Assessment; Section:

Housing and Special Needs Population;
Subsection: Female - Headed Households with
Children
a)( 7) and families and persons in need of
emergency shelter.

Appendix B: Housing Needs Assessment; Section:

Housing and Special Needs Population;
Subsection: Homelessness
a)( 7) The need for emergency shelter shall be
assessed based on the capacity necessary to
accommodate the most recent homeless point -
in -time count conducted before the start of the
planning period, the need for emergency shelter
based on number of beds available on a yearround and seasonal basis, the number of shelter beds that go unused on an average monthly basis
within a one-year period, and the percentage of
those in emergency shelters that move to
permanent housing solutions.

Appendix E: Housing Sites Analysis and Inventory;
Section: Sites for Emergency Shelters
a)( 7) The need for emergency shelter may be
reduced by the number of supportive housing
units that are identified in an adopted 10-year
Appendix E: Housing Sites Analysis and Inventory;
Section: Sites for Emergency Shelters
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plan to end chronic homelessness and that are
either vacant or for which funding has been
identified to allow construction during the
planning period.
a)( 7) An analysis of special housing needs by a
city or county may include an analysis of the
need for frequent user coordinated care housing
services.

Not Applicable
a)( 8) An analysis of opportunities for energy
conservation with respect to residential
development. Cities and counties are encouraged
to include weatherization and energy efficiency
improvements as part of publicly subsidized
housing rehabilitation projects. This may include
energy efficiency measures that encompass the
building envelope, its heating and cooling
systems, and its electrical system.

Chapter 3: Housing Plan; Section: Housing
Programs; Program: 1. 13
a)( 9) An analysis of existing assisted housing
developments that are eligible to change from
low-income housing uses during the next 10
years due to termination of subsidy contracts,
mortgage prepayment, or expiration of
restrictions on use. " Assisted housing
developments," for the purpose of this section,
shall mean multifamily rental housing that
receives governmental assistance under federal
programs listed in subdivision ( a) of Section
65863. 10, state and local multifamily revenue
bond programs, local redevelopment programs,
the federal Community Development Block Grant
Program, or local in -lieu fees. "Assisted housing
developments" shall also include multifamily
rental units that were developed pursuant to a
local inclusionary housing program or used to
qualify for a density bonus pursuant to Section
65915.

Appendix B: Housing Needs Assessment; Section:

Housing Costs and Affordability; Subsection:

Assisted Housing At Risk of Conversion
a)( 9)( A) The analysis shall include a listing of
each development by project name and address,
the type of governmental assistance received, the
earliest possible date of change from low-income
use, and the total number of elderly and
nonelderly units that could be lost from the
locality' s low- income housing stock in each year
during the 10- year period. For purposes of state
and federally funded projects, the analysis
required by this subparagraph need only contain
information available on a statewide basis.

Appendix B: Housing Needs Assessment; Section:

Housing Costs and Affordability; Subsection:

Assisted Housing At Risk of Conversion; Table 15:

Inventory of Assisted Affordable Housing Units,
2021
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a)( 9)( B) The analysis shall estimate the total cost
of producing new rental housing that is
comparable in size and rent levels, to replace the
units that could change from low- income use,
and an estimated cost of preserving the assisted
housing developments. This cost analysis for
replacement housing may be done aggregately
for each five- year period and does not have to
contain a project -by -project cost estimate.

Not applicable — The existing assisted affordable
units in Mountain View do not have affordability
terms that will expire in the next ten years.
a)( 9)( C) The analysis shall identify public and
private nonprofit corporations known to the local
government that have legal and managerial
capacity to acquire and manage these housing
developments.

Not applicable — The existing assisted affordable
units in Mountain View do not have affordability
terms that will expire in the next ten years.
a)( 9)( D) The analysis shall identify and consider
the use of all federal, state, and local financing
and subsidy programs that can be used to
preserve, for lower income households, the
assisted housing developments, identified in this
paragraph, including, but not limited to, federal
Community Development Block Grant Program
funds, tax increment funds received by a
redevelopment agency of the community, and
administrative fees received by a housing
authority operating within the community. In
considering the use of these financing and
subsidy programs, the analysis shall identify the
amounts of funds under each available program
that have not been legally obligated for other
purposes and that could be available for use in
preserving assisted housing developments.

Not applicable — The existing assisted affordable
units in Mountain View do not have affordability
terms that will expire in the next ten years.
b) ( 1) A statement of the community' s goals,
quantified objectives, and policies relative to
affirmatively furthering fair housing and to the
maintenance, preservation, improvement, and
development of housing.

Chapter 3: Housing Plan; Section: Housing Goals
and Policies
and
Chapter 4: Quantified Objectives
2) It is recognized that the total housing needs
identified pursuant to subdivision ( a) may exceed
available resources and the community' s ability
to satisfy this need within the content of the
general plan requirements outlined in Article 5
commencing with Section 65300). Under these
circumstances, the quantified objectives need
not be identical to the total housing needs. The
quantified objectives shall establish the
maximum number of housing units by income
category, including extremely low income, that
Chapter 4: Quantified Objectives; Sections:

Construction, Rehabilitation and Conservation
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can be constructed, rehabilitated, and conserved
over a five-year time period.
c) A program that sets forth a schedule of
actions during the planning period, each with a
timeline for implementation, that may recognize
that certain programs are ongoing, such that
there will be beneficial impacts of the programs
within the planning period, that the local
government is undertaking or intends to
undertake to implement the policies and achieve
the goals and objectives of the housing element
Chapter 3: Housing Plan; Section: Housing
Programs
c) through the administration of land use and
development controls,
Chapter 3: Housing Plan; Section: Housing
Programs
c) the provision of regulatory concessions and
incentives,
Chapter 3: Housing Plan; Section: Housing
Programs
c) the utilization of appropriate federal and state
financing and subsidy programs when available,
Chapter 3: Housing Plan; Section: Housing
Programs
c) and the utilization of moneys in a low- and
moderate -income housing fund of an agency if
the locality has established a redevelopment
project area pursuant to the Community
Redevelopment Law ( Division 24 ( commencing
with Section 33000) of the Health and Safety
Code).

Chapter 3: Housing Plan; Section: Housing
Programs
Note: " Local Housing Funds" includes the City' s
Successor Housing Agency Fund
In order to make adequate provision for the housing needs of all economic segments of the community, the program shall do all of the following:
c)( 1) Identify actions that will be taken to make
sites available during the planning period with
appropriate zoning and development standards
and with services and facilities to accommodate
that portion of the city' s or county' s share of the
regional housing need for each income level that
could not be accommodated on sites identified in
the inventory completed pursuant to paragraph
3) of subdivision ( a) without rezoning, and to
comply with the requirements of Section
65584. 09.

Not Applicable; the City is able to accommodate
its share of the regional housing needs allocation
for each income level without rezoning.
c)( 1) Sites shall be identified as needed to
affirmatively further fair housing
c)( 1) and to facilitate and encourage the
development of a variety of types of housing for
all income levels, including multifamily rental
housing,
c)( 1) factory -built housing,
c)( 1) mobilehomes,
c)( 1) housing for agricultural employees,
c)( 1) supportive housing,
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c)( 1) single -room occupancy units,
c)( 1) emergency shelters,
c)( 1) and transitional housing.
c)( 1)( A) Where the inventory of sites, pursuant
to paragraph ( 3) of subdivision ( a), does not
identify adequate sites to accommodate the need
for groups of all household income levels
pursuant to Section 65584, rezoning of those
sites, including adoption of minimum density and
development standards, for jurisdictions with an
eight -year housing element planning period
pursuant to Section 65588, shall be completed no
later than three years after either the date the
housing element is adopted pursuant to
subdivision ( f) of Section 65585 or the date that
is 90 days after receipt of comments from the
department pursuant to subdivision ( b) of
Section 65585, whichever is earlier, unless the
deadline is extended pursuant to subdivision ( f).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, for a local
government that fails to adopt a housing element
that the department has found to be in
substantial compliance with this article within
120 days of the statutory deadline in Section
65588 for adoption of the housing element,
rezoning of those sites, including adoption of
minimum density and development standards,
shall be completed no later than one year from
the statutory deadline in Section 65588 for
adoption of the housing element.

Not Applicable; the City is able to accommodate
its share of the regional housing needs allocation
for each income level without rezoning.
c)( 1)( B) Where the inventory of sites, pursuant
to paragraph ( 3) of subdivision ( a), does not
identify adequate sites to accommodate the need
for groups of all household income levels
pursuant to Section 65584, the program shall
identify sites that can be developed for housing
within the planning period pursuant to
subdivision ( h) of Section 65583. 2. The
identification of sites shall include all
components specified in Section 65583. 2. Note:

Please see Section 65583. 2 regarding the land
inventory and conformance with subdivision ( h).

Not Applicable; the City is able to accommodate
its share of the regional housing needs allocation
for each income level without rezoning.
c)( 1)( C) Where the inventory of sites pursuant to
paragraph ( 3) of subdivision ( a) does not identify
adequate sites to accommodate the need for
farmworker housing, the program shall provide
for sufficient sites to meet the need with zoning
Appendix B: Housing Needs Assessment; Section:

Housing and Special Needs Population;
Subsection: Farmworkers and Farmworker
Housing Needs and Resources
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that permits farmworker housing use by right,
including density and development standards
that could accommodate and facilitate the
feasibility of the development of farmworker
housing for low- and very low income
households.
c)( 2) Assist in the development of adequate
housing to meet the needs of extremely low, very
low, low-, and moderate -income households.

Chapter 3: Housing Plan; Section: Housing
Programs; Programs: 1. 2, 1. 4, 2. 1, 2. 4, 2. 6, 4. 3,

4. 4, 4. 5
c)( 3) Address and, where appropriate and legally
possible, remove governmental and
nongovernmental constraints to the
maintenance, improvement, and development of
housing, including housing for all income levels
Chapter 3: Housing Plan; Section: Housing
Programs
c)( 3) and housing for persons with disabilities.

The program shall remove constraints to, and
provide reasonable accommodations for housing
designed for, intended for occupancy by, or with
supportive services for, persons with disabilities.

Chapter 3: Housing Plan; Section: Housing
Programs; Programs: 2. 1, 2. 3
c)( 3) Transitional housing and supportive
housing shall be considered a residential use of
property and shall be subject only to those
restrictions that apply to other residential
dwellings of the same type in the same zone.

Appendix D: Housing Constraints; Section:

Governmental Constraints; Subsection: Land Use
Designations and Zoning and Provisions for a
Variety of Housing Types — Transitional and
Supportive Housing
and
Chapter 3: Housing Plan; Section: Housing
Programs; Program: 3. 1
c)( 3) Supportive housing, as defined in Section
65650, shall be a use by right in all zones where
multifamily and mixed uses are permitted, as
provided in Article 11 ( commencing with Section
65650).

Appendix D: Housing Constraints; Section:

Governmental Constraints; Subsection: Land Use
Designations and Zoning and Provisions for a
Variety of Housing Types —Transitional and
Supportive Housing
and
Chapter 3: Housing Plan; Section: Housing
Programs; Programs: 2. 1, 3. 1, 4. 3
c)( 4) Conserve and improve the condition of the
existing affordable housing stock, which may
include addressing ways to mitigate the loss of
dwelling units demolished by public or private
action.

Chapter 3: Housing Plan; Section: Housing
Programs; Programs: 1. 5, 3. 2
c)( 5) Promote and affirmatively further fair
housing opportunities and promote housing
throughout the community or communities for
all persons regardless of race, religion, sex,
marital status, ancestry, national origin, color,
familial status, or disability, and other
characteristics protected by the California Fair
Chapter 3: Housing Plan; Section: Housing
Programs; Programs: 2. 6 and other programs
with an " AFFH Program" label
and
Appendix B: Housing Needs Assessment; Section:

Fair Housing Issues and Contributing Factors
and
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Employment and Housing Act (Part 2. 8
commencing with Section 12900) of Division 3 of
Title 2), Section 65008, and any other state and
federal fair housing and planning law.

Appendix E: Housing Sites Analysis and Inventory;
Section: Introduction; Subsection: Affirmatively
Furthering Fair Housing
and
Appendix E: Housing Sites Analysis and Inventory;
Section: Evaluation of Sites Inventory Through
the Lens of AFFH
c)( 6) Preserve for lower income households the
assisted housing developments identified
pursuant to paragraph ( 9) of subdivision ( a).

Not applicable — The existing assisted affordable
units in Mountain View do not have affordability
terms that will expire in the next ten years
c)( 6) The program for preservation of the
assisted housing developments shall utilize, to
the extent necessary, all available federal, state,
and local financing and subsidy programs
identified in paragraph ( 9) of subdivision ( a),
except where a community has other urgent
needs for which alternative funding sources are
not available.

Not applicable — The existing assisted affordable
units in Mountain View do not have affordability
terms that will expire in the next ten years
c)( 6) The program may include strategies that
involve local regulation and technical assistance.

Not applicable — The existing assisted affordable
units in Mountain View do not have affordability
terms that will expire in the next ten years
c)( 7) Develop a plan that incentivizes and
promotes the creation of accessory dwelling units
that can be offered at affordable rent, as defined
in Section 50053 of the Health and Safety Code,
for very low, low-, or moderate -income
households. For purposes of this paragraph,
accessory dwelling units" has the same meaning
as " accessory dwelling unit" as defined in
paragraph ( 4) of subdivision ( i) of Section
65852. 2.\
Chapter 3: Housing Plan; Section: Housing
Programs; Programs: 1. 7, 2. 2
c)( 8) Include an identification of the agencies
and officials responsible for the implementation
of the various actions and the means by which
consistency will be achieved with other general
plan elements and community goals.

Chapter 3: Housing Plan; Section: Housing
Programs
c)( 9) Include a diligent effort by the local
government to achieve public participation of all
economic segments of the community in the
development of the housing element, and the
program shall describe this effort.

Chapter 1: Introduction; Section: Public
Participation
c)( 10)( A) Affirmatively further fair housing in
accordance with Chapter 15 ( commencing with
Section 8899. 50) of Division 1 of Title 2. The
program shall include an assessment of fair
See below
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housing in the jurisdiction that shall include all of
the following components:
c)( 10)( A)( i) A summary of fair housing issues in
the jurisdiction
Appendix B: Housing Needs Assessment; Section:

Assessment of Fair Housing; Subsection: Fair
Housing Issues and Contributing Factors
c)( 10)( A)( i) and an assessment of the
jurisdiction' s fair housing enforcement and fair
housing outreach capacity.

Appendix B: Housing Needs Assessment; Section:

Assessment of Fair Housing; Subsection: Fair
Housing Enforcement and Outreach
c)( 10)( A)( ii) An analysis of available federal,
state, and local data and knowledge to identify
integration and segregation patterns and trends,
Appendix B: Housing Needs Assessment; Section:

Assessment of Fair Housing; Subsection:

Integration and Segregation Patterns and Trends
c)( 10)( A)( ii) racially or ethnically concentrated
areas of poverty and affluence,
Appendix B: Housing Needs Assessment; Section:

Assessment of Fair Housing; Subsection: Racially
and Ethnically Concentrated Areas of Poverty and
Racially and Ethnically Concentrated Areas of
Affluence
c)( 10)( A)( ii) disparities in access to opportunity, Appendix B: Housing Needs Assessment; Section:

Assessment of Fair Housing; Subsection:

Disparities in Access to Opportunity
c)( 10)( A)( ii) and disproportionate housing needs, Appendix B: Housing Needs Assessment; Section:

Assessment of Fair Housing; Subsection:

Disproportionate Housing Needs and
Displacement Risk
c)( 10)( A)( ii) including displacement risk. Appendix B: Housing Needs Assessment; Section:

Assessment of Fair Housing; Subsection:

Disproportionate Housing Needs and
Displacement Risk
c)( 10)( A)( ii) The analysis shall identify and
examine such patterns, trends, areas, disparities,
and needs, both within the jurisdiction.

Appendix B: Housing Needs Assessment; Section:

Assessment of Fair Housing; Subsection:

Integration and Segregation Patterns and Trends
c)( 10)( A)( ii) and comparing the jurisdiction to
the region in which it is located, based on race
and other characteristics protected by the
California Fair Employment and Housing Act ( Part

2. 8 ( commencing with Section 12900) of Division
3 of Title 2) and Section 65008.

Appendix B: Housing Needs Assessment; Section:

Assessment of Fair Housing; Subsection:

Integration and Segregation Patterns and Trends
c)( 10)( A)( iii) An assessment of the contributing
factors, including the local and regional historical
origins
Appendix B: Housing Needs Assessment; Section:

Assessment of Fair Housing; Subsection: Fair
Housing Issues and Contributing Factors
c)( 10)( A)( iii) and current policies and practices,
for the fair housing issues identified under
clauses ( i) and ( ii).

Appendix B: Housing Needs Assessment; Section:

Assessment of Fair Housing
c)( 10)( A)( iv) An identification of the jurisdiction' s fair housing priorities and goals, giving highest
priority to those factors identified in clause ( iii)
that limit or deny fair housing choice or access to
Appendix B: Housing Needs Assessment; Section:

Fair Housing Issues and Contributing Factors
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opportunity, or negatively impact fair housing or
civil rights compliance,
c)( 10)( A)( iv) and identifying the metrics and
milestones for determining what fair housing
results will be achieved.

Appendix B: Housing Needs Assessment; Section:

Assessment of Fair Housing
and
Chapter 3: Housing Plan; Section: Housing
Programs
c)( 10)( A)( v) Strategies and actions to implement
those priorities and goals, which may include, but
are not limited to, enhancing mobility strategies
Appendix B: Housing Needs Assessment; Section:

Assessment of Fair Housing
and
Chapter 3: Housing Plan; Section: Housing
Programs; Programs: 1. 6, 1. 7, 2, 2
c)( 10)( A)( v) and encouraging development of
new affordable housing in areas of opportunity,
Appendix B: Housing Needs Assessment; Section:

Assessment of Fair Housing
and
Chapter 3: Housing Plan; Section: Housing
Programs; Programs: 1. 4, 1. 6, 1. 7, 2, 2
c)( 10)( A)( v) as well as place -based strategies to
encourage community revitalization, including
preservation of existing affordable housing,
Appendix B: Housing Needs Assessment; Section:

Assessment of Fair Housing
and
Chapter 3: Housing Plan; Section: Housing
Programs; Programs: 1. 5, 1. 12, 2. 5, 3. 1, 3. 2
c)( 10)( A)( v) and protecting existing residents
from displacement.

Appendix B: Housing Needs Assessment; Section:

Assessment of Fair Housing
and
Chapter 3: Housing Plan; Section: Housing
Programs; Programs: 1. 5, 1. 12, 2. 5, 3. 1, 3. 2
c)( 10)( B) A jurisdiction that completes or revises
an assessment of fair housing pursuant to
Subpart A ( commencing with Section 5. 150) of
Part 5 of Subtitle A of Title 24 of the Code of
Federal Regulations, as published in Volume 80 of
the Federal Register, Number 136, page 42272,
dated July 16, 2015, or an analysis of
impediments to fair housing choice in accordance
with the requirements of Section 91. 225 of Title
24 of the Code of Federal Regulations in effect
before August 17, 2015, may incorporate relevant
portions of that assessment or revised
assessment of fair housing or analysis or revised
analysis of impediments to fair housing into its
housing element.

Appendix B: Housing Needs Assessment; Section:

Assessment of Fair Housing
c)( 10)( C) The requirements of this paragraph
shall apply to housing elements due to be revised
pursuant to Section 65588 on or after January 1,
2021.

Appendix B: Housing Needs Assessment; Section:

Assessment of Fair Housing
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d)( 1) A local government may satisfy all or part
of its requirement to identify a zone or zones
suitable for the development of emergency
shelters pursuant to paragraph ( 4) of subdivision
a) by adopting and implementing a
multijurisdictional agreement, with a maximum
of two other adjacent communities, that requires
the participating jurisdictions to develop at least
one year-round emergency shelter within two
years of the beginning of the planning period.
d)( 2) The agreement shall allocate a portion of
the new shelter capacity to each jurisdiction as
credit toward its emergency shelter need, and
each jurisdiction shall describe how the capacity
was allocated as part of its housing element.
d)( 3) Each member jurisdiction of a
multijurisdictional agreement shall describe in its
housing element all of the following:
d)( 3)( A) How the joint facility will meet the
jurisdiction' s emergency shelter need.
d)( 3)( B) The jurisdiction' s contribution to the
facility for both the development and ongoing
operation and management of the facility.
d)( 3)( C) The amount and source of the funding
that the jurisdiction contributes to the facility.
d)( 4) The aggregate capacity claimed by the
participating jurisdictions in their housing
elements shall not exceed the actual capacity of
the shelter.

Not Applicable — Mountain View has identified
zones suitable for the development of an
emergency shelter and therefore has not
adopted or implemented a multijurisdictional
agreement to satisfy its requirement to identify a
zone or the development of emergency shelters
e) Except as otherwise provided in this article,
amendments to this article that alter the
required content of a housing element shall apply
to both of the following:

AB 2339, with an effective date of January 1,
2023, is not applicable to Mountain View, per
below. However, the City is voluntarily complying
with the AB 2339 requirements.
1) A housing element or housing element
amendment prepared pursuant to subdivision ( e)
of Section 65588 or Section 65584. 02, when a
city, county, or city and county submits a draft to
the department for review pursuant to Section
65585 more than 90 days after the effective date
of the amendment to this section.

The last draft was submitted to HCD on January
4, 2023, before 90 days after the effective date.

However, the City is voluntarily complying with
the AB 2339 requirements.
2) Any housing element or housing element
amendment prepared pursuant to subdivision ( e)
of Section 65588 or Section 65584. 02, when the
city, county, or city and county fails to submit the
first draft to the department before the due date
specified in Section 65588 or 65584. 02.

The first draft was submitted to HCD on July 1,
2022, before the due date specified in Section
65588 or 65584. 02. However, the City is
voluntarily complying with the AB 2339
requirements.

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f) — (j): Not applicable Not applicable
Section 65583. 1( a)
a) The Department of Housing and Community
Development, in evaluating a proposed or
adopted housing element for substantial
compliance with this article, ... may also allow a
city or county to identify sites for accessory
dwelling units based on the number of accessory
dwelling units developed in the prior housing
element planning period whether or not the units
are permitted by right, the need for these units in
the community, the resources or incentives
available for their development, and any other
relevant factors, as determined by the
department.

Appendix E: Housing Sites Analysis and Inventory;
Section: Sites Inventory; Subsection: Unit
Capacity by Project Type
b) Sites that contain permanent housing units
located on a military base undergoing closure or
conversion as a result of action pursuant to the
Defense Authorization Amendments and Base
Closure and Realignment Act ( Public Law 100-
526), the Defense Base Closure and Realignment
Act of 1990 ( Public Law 101- 510), or any
subsequent act requiring the closure or
conversion of a military base may be identified as
an adequate site if the housing element
demonstrates that the housing units will be
available for occupancy by households within the
planning period of the element. No sites
containing housing units scheduled or planned
for demolition or conversion to nonresidential
uses shall qualify as an adequate site.

Not applicable — no military base undergoing
closure exists in the City
c) generally, which allows RHNA credit for
conversion of non -affordable to affordable
housing and for preservation of existing
affordable housing at risk of loss
Not applicable — the City is not using this section
for RHNA credit
Section 65583. 2
a) A city' s or county' s inventory of land suitable
for residential development pursuant to
paragraph ( 3) of subdivision ( a) of Section 65583
shall be used to identify sites throughout the
community, consistent with paragraph ( 10) of
subdivision ( c) of Section 65583,
Appendix E: Housing Sites Analysis and Inventory;
Section: Sites Inventory
and
Appendix E: Housing Sites Analysis and Inventory;
Section: Evaluation of Sites Inventory Through
the Lens of AFFH
a) that can be developed for housing within the
planning period and that are sufficient to provide
for the jurisdiction' s share of the regional housing
need for all income levels pursuant to Section
65584. As used in this section, " land suitable for
Appendix E: Housing Sites Analysis and Inventory;
Section: Sites Inventory; Subsection: Suitability of
Non - Vacant Sites
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residential development" includes all of the
following sites that meet the standards set forth
in subdivisions ( c) and ( g):
a)( 1) Vacant sites zoned for residential use. Appendix E: Housing Sites Analysis and Inventory; Section: Sites Selection Process; Subsection:

General Site Evaluation Considerations
a)( 2) Vacant sites zoned for nonresidential use
that allows residential development.

Appendix E: Housing Sites Analysis and Inventory;
Section: Sites Selection Process; Subsection:

General Site Evaluation Considerations
a)( 3) Residentially zoned sites that are capable of
being developed at a higher density, including
sites owned or leased by a city, county, or city
and county
Appendix E: Housing Sites Analysis and Inventory;
Section: Sites Selection Process; Subsection:

General Site Evaluation Considerations
and
Appendix E: Housing Sites Analysis and Inventory;
Section: Sites Inventory; Subsection: Suitability of
Non -Vacant Sites
a)( 4) Sites zoned for nonresidential use that can
be redeveloped for residential use, and for which
the housing element includes a program to
rezone the site, as necessary, rezoned for, to
permit residential use, including sites owned or
leased by a city, county, or city and county.

Not applicable — there are adequate sites without
requiring a program to rezone
b) The inventory of land shall include all of the
following:

See below
b)( 1) A listing of properties by assessor parcel
number.

Appendix E: HCD Sites Inventory Table A
b)( 2) The size of each property listed pursuant to
paragraph ( 1), and the general plan designation
and zoning of each property.

Appendix E: HCD Sites Inventory Table A
b)( 3) For nonvacant sites, a description of the
existing use of each property.

Appendix E: HCD Sites Inventory Table A
b)( 3) If a site subject to this paragraph is owned
by the city or county, the description shall also
include whether there are any plans to dispose of
the property during the planning period and how
the city or county will comply with Article 8
commencing with Section 54220) of Chapter 5 of
Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5.

Not applicable — no publicly -owned sites in the
inventory
b)( 4) A general description of any environmental
constraints to the development of housing within
the jurisdiction, the documentation for which has
been made available to the jurisdiction. This
information need not be identified on a sitespecific basis.

Appendix D: Housing Constraints; Section:

Environmental Constraints
and
Appendix E: Housing Sites Analysis and Inventory;
Section: Sites Selection Process; Subsection:

General Site Evaluation Considerations
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b)( 5)( A) A description of existing or planned
water, sewer, and other dry utilities supply,
including the availability and access to
distribution facilities.

Appendix E: Housing Sites Analysis and Inventory;
Section: Sites Selection Process; Subsection:

General Site Evaluation Considerations
b)( 5)( B) Parcels included in the inventory must
have sufficient water, sewer, and dry utilities
supply available and accessible to support
housing development or be included in an
existing general plan program or other
mandatory program or plan, including a program
or plan of a public or private entity providing
water or sewer service, to secure sufficient water,
sewer, and dry utilities supply to support housing
development. This paragraph does not impose
any additional duty on the city or county to
construct, finance, or otherwise provide water,
sewer, or dry utilities to parcels included in the
inventory.

Appendix E: Housing Sites Analysis and Inventory;
Section: Sites Selection Process; Subsection:

General Site Evaluation Considerations
b)( 6) Sites identified as available for housing for
above moderate -income households in areas not
served by public sewer systems. This information
need not be identified on a site -specific basis.

Not applicable — all areas served by public sewer
systems
b)( 7) A map that shows the location of the sites
included in the inventory, such as the land use
map from the jurisdiction' s general plan, for
reference purposes only.

Appendix E: Housing Sites Analysis and Inventory;
Section: Sites Inventory
c) Based on the information provided in
subdivision ( b), a city or county shall determine
whether each site in the inventory can
accommodate the development of some portion
of its share of the regional housing need by
income level during the planning period, as
determined pursuant to Section 65584. The
inventory shall specify for each site the number
of units that can realistically be accommodated
on that site and whether the site is adequate to
accommodate lower income housing, moderate -
income housing, or above moderate -income
housing.

Appendix E: Housing Sites Analysis and Inventory;
Section: Realistic Capacity Evaluation
and
Appendix E: Housing Sites Analysis and Inventory;
Section: Mixed -Use Areas
and
Appendix E: Housing Sites Analysis and Inventory;
Section: Sites Inventory; Subsection: Unit
Capacity by Project Type
c) A nonvacant site identified pursuant to
paragraph ( 3) or (4) of subdivision ( a) in a prior
housing element and a vacant site that has been
included in two or more consecutive planning
periods that was not approved to develop a
portion of the locality' s housing need shall not be
deemed adequate to accommodate a portion of
the housing need for lower income households
Not applicable — sites used in a previous Housing
Element have been rezoned since adoption of the
previous Element
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that must be accommodated in the current
housing element planning period unless the site
is zoned at residential densities consistent with
paragraph ( 3) of this subdivision and the site is
subject to a program in the housing element
requiring rezoning within three years of the
beginning of the planning period to allow
residential use by right for housing developments
in which at least 20 percent of the units are
affordable to lower income households. An
unincorporated area in a nonmetropolitan county
pursuant to clause ( ii) of subparagraph ( B) of
paragraph ( 3) shall not be subject to the
requirements of this subdivision to allow
residential use by right.
c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, for a local
government that fails to adopt a housing element
that the department has found to be in
substantial compliance with state law within 120
days of the statutory deadline in Section 65588
for adoption of the housing element, rezoning
pursuant to this subdivision shall be completed
no later than one year from the statutory
deadline in Section 65588 for adoption of the
housing element.

Not applicable — there are adequate sites without
needing to rezone
c) The analysis shall determine whether the
inventory can provide for a variety of types of
housing, including multifamily rental housing,
Appendix D: Housing Constraints; Section:

Governmental Constraints; Subsection: Land Use
Designations and Zoning
c) factory -built housing, mobilehomes, Appendix D: Housing Constraints; Section:

Governmental Constraints; Subsection: Mobile
Homes and Factory -Built Housing
c) housing for agricultural employees, supportive
housing,
Appendix D: Housing Constraints; Section:

Governmental Constraints; Subsection: Employee
Housing
c) single - room occupancy units, Appendix D: Housing Constraints; Section:

Governmental Constraints; Subsection: Efficiency
Studios/ SROs
c) emergency shelters, and Appendix D: Housing Constraints; Section:

Governmental Constraints; Subsection:

Emergency Shelters
c) transitional housing Appendix D: Housing Constraints; Section:

Governmental Constraints; Subsection:

Transitional and Supportive Housing
c) and whether the inventory affirmatively
furthers fair housing .

Appendix E: Housing Sites Analysis and Inventory;
Section: Evaluation of Sites Inventory Through
the Lens of AFFH
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c) The city or county shall determine the number
of housing units that can be accommodated on
each site as follows:

See below
c)( 1) If local law or regulations require the
development of a site at a minimum density, the
department shall accept the planning agency' s
calculation of the total housing unit capacity on
that site based on the established minimum
density. lithe city or county does not adopt a law
or regulation requiring the development of a site
at a minimum density, then it shall demonstrate
how the number of units determined for that site
pursuant to this subdivision will be
accommodated.

Appendix E: Housing Sites Analysis and Inventory;
Section: Realistic Capacity Evaluation
and
Appendix E: Housing Sites Analysis and Inventory;
Section: Mixed -Use Areas
and
Appendix E: Housing Sites Analysis and Inventory;
Section: Sites Inventory; Subsection: Unit
Capacity by Project Type
c)( 2) The number of units calculated pursuant to
paragraph ( 1) shall be adjusted as necessary,
based on the land use controls and site
improvements requirement identified in
paragraph ( 5) of subdivision ( a) of Section 65583,
Appendix E: Housing Sites Analysis and Inventory;
Section: Realistic Capacity Evaluation
c)( 2) the realistic development capacity for the
site,
Appendix E: Housing Sites Analysis and Inventory;
Section: Realistic Capacity Evaluation
c)( 2) typical densities of existing or approved
residential developments at a similar affordability
level in that jurisdiction,
Appendix E: Housing Sites Analysis and Inventory;
Section: Realistic Capacity Evaluation
c)( 2) and on the current or planned availability
and accessibility of sufficient water, sewer, and
dry utilities.

Not applicable — all areas served by utilities
c)( 2)( A) A site smaller than half an acre shall not
be deemed adequate to accommodate lower
income housing need unless the locality can
demonstrate that sites of equivalent size were
successfully developed during the prior planning
period for an equivalent number of lower income
housing units as projected for the site or unless
the locality provides other evidence to the
department that the site is adequate to
accommodate lower income housing.

Appendix E: Housing Sites Analysis and Inventory;
Section: Sites Selection Process; Subsection:

General Site Evaluation Considerations
c)( 2)( B) A site larger than 10 acres shall not be
deemed adequate to accommodate lower
income housing need unless the locality can
demonstrate that sites of equivalent size were
successfully developed during the prior planning
period for an equivalent number of lower income
housing units as projected for the site or unless
the locality provides other evidence to the
department that the site can be developed as
lower income housing.

Appendix E: Housing Sites Analysis and Inventory;
Section: Sites Selection Process; Subsection:

General Site Evaluation Considerations
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c)( 2)( B) For purposes of this subparagraph, " site"
means that portion of a parcel or parcels
designated to accommodate lower income
housing needs pursuant to this subdivision.

Appendix E: Housing Sites Analysis and Inventory;
Section: Sites Selection Process; Subsection:

General Site Evaluation Considerations
c)( 2)( C) A site may be presumed to be realistic
for development to accommodate lower income
housing need if, at the time of the adoption of
the housing element, a development affordable
to lower income households has been proposed
and approved for development on the site.

Appendix E: Housing Sites Analysis and Inventory;
Section: Sites Inventory; Subsection: Unit
Capacity by Project Type
c)( 3) For the number of units calculated to
accommodate its share of the regional housing
need for lower income households pursuant to
paragraph ( 2), a city or county shall do either of
the following:

See below
c)( 3)( A) Provide an analysis demonstrating how
the adopted densities accommodate this need.

The analysis shall include, but is not limited to,
factors such as market demand, financial
feasibility, or information based on development
project experience within a zone or zones that
provide housing for lower income households.

Not applicable - used ( B)
c)( 3)( B) The following densities shall be deemed
appropriate to accommodate housing for lower
income households:
i) For an incorporated city within a
nonmetropolitan county and for a
nonmetropolitan county that has a micropolitan
area: sites allowing at least 15 units per acre.
ii) For an unincorporated area in a
nonmetropolitan county not included in clause
i): sites allowing at least 10 units per acre.
iii) For a suburban jurisdiction: sites allowing at
least 20 units per acre.
iv) For a jurisdiction in a metropolitan county:
sites allowing at least 30 units per acre.

Appendix E: Housing Sites Analysis and Inventory;
Section: Realistic Capacity Evaluation
Mountain View is in a metropolitan county so
sites must allow at least 30 units per acre.
4)( A) For a metropolitan jurisdiction: See below
4)( A)( i) At least 25 percent of the jurisdiction' s
share of the regional housing need for moderateincome housing shall be allocated to sites with zoning that allows at least 4 units of housing, but
not more than 100 units per acre of housing.

Appendix E: Housing Sites Analysis and Inventory;
Section: Realistic Capacity Evaluation
4)( A)( ii) At least 25 percent of the jurisdiction' s
share of the regional housing need for above
moderate -income housing shall be allocated to
sites with zoning that allows at least 4 units of
housing.

Appendix E: Housing Sites Analysis and Inventory;
Section: Realistic Capacity Evaluation
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B) The allocation of moderate -income and above
moderate -income housing to sites pursuant to
this paragraph shall not be a basis for the
jurisdiction to do either of the following:
i) Deny a project that does not comply with the
allocation.
ii) Impose a price minimum, price maximum,
price control, or any other exaction or condition
of approval in lieu thereof. This clause does not
prohibit a jurisdiction from imposing any price
minimum, price maximum, price control,
exaction, or condition in lieu thereof, pursuant to
any other law.
iii) The provisions of this subparagraph do not
constitute a change in, but are declaratory of,
existing law with regard to the allocation of sites
pursuant to this section.

Noted
C) This paragraph does not apply to an
unincorporated area.

Noted; Mountain View is not an unincorporated
area.

D) For purposes of this paragraph: See below
i) " Housing development project" has the same
meaning as defined in paragraph ( 2) of
subdivision ( h) of Section 65589. 5.

Noted
ii) " Unit of housing" does not include an
accessory dwelling unit or junior accessory
dwelling unit that could be approved pursuant to
Section 65852. 2 or Section 65852. 22 or through a
local ordinance or other provision implementing
either of those sections. This paragraph shall not
limit the ability of a local government to count
the actual production of accessory dwelling units
or junior accessory dwelling units in an annual
progress report submitted pursuant to Section
65400 or other progress report as determined by
the department.

Noted
E) Nothing in this subdivision shall preclude the
subdivision of a parcel, provided that the
subdivision is subject to the Subdivision Map Act
Division 2 ( commencing with Section 66410)) or
any other applicable law authorizing the
subdivision of land.

Noted
d) For purposes of this section, a metropolitan
county, nonmetropolitan county, and
nonmetropolitan county with a micropolitan area
shall be as determined by the United States
Census Bureau. A nonmetropolitan county with a
micropolitan area includes the following
Mountain View is in a metropolitan county
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counties: Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino,
Nevada, Tehama, and Tuolumne and other
counties as may be determined by the United
States Census Bureau to be nonmetropolitan
counties with micropolitan areas in the future.
e) ( 1) Except as provided in paragraph ( 2), a
jurisdiction shall be considered suburban if the
jurisdiction does not meet the requirements of
clauses ( i) and ( ii) of subparagraph ( B) of
paragraph ( 3) of subdivision ( c) and is located in a
Metropolitan Statistical Area ( MSA) of less than
2, 000, 000 in population, unless that jurisdiction' s
population is greater than 100, 000, in which case
it shall be considered metropolitan. A county, not
including the City and County of San Francisco,
shall be considered suburban unless the county is
in an MSA of 2, 000, 000 or greater in population
in which case the county shall be considered
metropolitan.

Mountain View is in a metropolitan county, not
suburban
2)( A)( i) Notwithstanding paragraph ( 1), if a
county that is in the San Francisco -OaklandFremont California MSA has a population of less than 400,000, that county shall be considered
suburban. If this county includes an incorporated
city that has a population of less than 100, 000,
this city shall also be considered suburban. This
paragraph shall apply to a housing element
revision cycle, as described in subparagraph ( A)
of paragraph ( 3) of subdivision ( e) of Section
65588, that is in effect from July 1, 2014, to
December 31, 2028, inclusive.

Mountain View is in a metropolitan county, not
suburban
2)( A)( ii) A county subject to this subparagraph
shall utilize the sum existing in the county' s
housing trust fund as of June 30, 2013, for the
development and preservation of housing
affordable to low- and very low income
households.

Not Applicable — only applicable to counties
2)( B) A jurisdiction that is classified as suburban
pursuant to this paragraph shall report to the
Assembly Committee on Housing and Community
Development, the Senate Committee on Housing,
and the Department of Housing and Community
Development regarding its progress in developing
low- and very low income housing consistent
with the requirements of Section 65400. The
report shall be provided three times: once, on or
before December 31, 2019, which report shall
address the initial four years of the housing
Not applicable — Mountain View is not suburban
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element cycle, a second time, on or before
December 31, 2023, which report shall address
the subsequent four years of the housing
element cycle, and a third time, on or before
December 31, 2027, which report shall address
the subsequent four years of the housing
element cycle and the cycle as a whole. The
reports shall be provided consistent with the
requirements of Section 9795.
f) Ajurisdiction shall be considered metropolitan
if the jurisdiction does not meet the
requirements for " suburban area" above and is
located in an MSA of 2, 000, 000 or greater in
population, unless that jurisdiction' s population is
less than 25, 000 in which case it shall be
considered suburban.

Mountain View is considered metropolitan
g)( 1) For sites described in paragraph ( 3) of
subdivision ( b) [ non -vacant sites], the city or
county shall specify the additional development
potential for each site within the planning period
and shall provide an explanation of the
methodology used to determine the
development potential.

Appendix E: Housing Sites Analysis and Inventory;
Section: Realistic Capacity Evaluation
and
Appendix E: Housing Sites Analysis and Inventory;
Section: Mixed -Use Areas
and
Appendix E: Housing Sites Analysis and Inventory;
Section: Sites Inventory; Subsection: Unit
Capacity by Project Type
g)( 1) The methodology shall consider factors
including the extent to which existing uses may
constitute an impediment to additional
residential development,
Appendix E: Housing Sites Analysis and Inventory;
Section: Sites Inventory; Subsection: Suitability of
Non -Vacant Sites
g)( 1) the city' s or county' s past experience with
converting existing uses to higher density
residential development,
Appendix E: Housing Sites Analysis and Inventory;
Section: Sites Inventory; Subsection: Suitability of
Non -Vacant Sites
g)( 1) the current market demand for the existing
use,
Appendix E: Housing Sites Analysis and Inventory;
Section: Sites Inventory; Subsection: Suitability of
Non -Vacant Sites
g)( 1) an analysis of any existing leases or other
contracts that would perpetuate the existing use
or prevent redevelopment of the site for
additional residential development,
Appendix E: Housing Sites Analysis and Inventory;
Section: Sites Inventory; Subsection: Suitability of
Non -Vacant Sites
g)( 1) development trends, Appendix E: Housing Sites Analysis and Inventory; Section: Sites Inventory; Subsection: Suitability of
Non -Vacant Sites
g)( 1) market conditions, Appendix E: Housing Sites Analysis and Inventory; Section: Sites Inventory; Subsection: Suitability of
Non -Vacant Sites
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g)( 1) and regulatory or other incentives or
standards to encourage additional residential
development on these sites.

Appendix E: Housing Sites Analysis and Inventory;
Section: Sites Inventory; Subsection: Suitability of
Non -Vacant Sites
g)( 2) In addition to the analysis required in
paragraph ( 1), when a city or county is relying on
nonvacant sites described in paragraph ( 3) of
subdivision ( b) to accommodate 50 percent or
more of its housing need for lower income
households, the methodology used to determine
additional development potential shall
demonstrate that the existing use identified
pursuant to paragraph ( 3) of subdivision ( b) does
not constitute an impediment to additional
residential development during the period
covered by the housing element. An existing use
shall be presumed to impede additional
residential development, absent findings based
on substantial evidence that the use is likely to be
discontinued during the planning period.

Appendix E: Housing Sites Analysis and Inventory;
Section: Sites Inventory; Subsection: Suitability of
Non -Vacant Sites
g)( 3) Notwithstanding any other law, and in
addition to the requirements in paragraphs ( 1)
and ( 2), sites that currently have residential uses,
or within the past five years have had residential
uses that have been vacated or demolished, that
are or were subject to a recorded covenant,
ordinance, or law that restricts rents to levels
affordable to persons and families of low or very
low income, subject to any other form of rent or
price control through a public entity' s valid
exercise of its police power, or occupied by low or
very low income households, shall be subject to a
policy requiring the replacement of all those
units affordable to the same or lower income
level as a condition of any development on the
site. Replacement requirements shall be
consistent with those set forth in paragraph ( 3) of
subdivision ( c) of Section 65915.

Not applicable — the sites inventory does not
include any existing residential uses
h) The program required by subparagraph ( A) of
paragraph ( 1) of subdivision ( c) of Section 65583
shall accommodate 100 percent of the need for
housing for very low and low-income households
allocated pursuant to Section 65584 for which
site capacity has not been identified in the
inventory of sites pursuant to paragraph ( 3) of
subdivision ( a) on sites that shall be zoned to
permit owner -occupied and rental multifamily
residential use by right for developments in
which at least 20 percent of the units are
Not applicable — the sites inventory can
accommodate 100 percent of the need for
housing for very low and low- income households
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affordable to lower income households during
the planning period.
h) These sites shall be zoned with minimum
density and development standards that permit
at least
Not applicable — the sites inventory can
accommodate 100 percent of the need for
housing for very low and low-income households
h) 16 units per site at a density of at least 16
units per acre in jurisdictions described in clause
i) of subparagraph ( B) of paragraph ( 3) of
subdivision ( c),
Not applicable — the sites inventory can
accommodate 100 percent of the need for
housing for very low and low-income households
h) shall be at least 20 units per acre in
jurisdictions described in clauses ( iii) and ( iv) of
subparagraph ( B) of paragraph ( 3) of subdivision
c)
Not applicable — the sites inventory can
accommodate 100 percent of the need for
housing for very low and low-income households
h) and shall meet the standards set forth in
subparagraph ( B) of paragraph ( 5) of subdivision
b).

Not applicable — the sites inventory can
accommodate 100 percent of the need for
housing for very low and low-income households
h) At least 50 percent of the very low and lowincome housing need shall be accommodated on sites designated for residential use and for which
nonresidential uses or mixed uses are not
permitted, except that a city or county may
accommodate all of the very low and low-income
housing need on sites designated for mixed uses
if those sites allow 100 percent residential use
and require that residential use occupy 50
percent of the total floor area of a mixed -use
project.

Not applicable — the sites inventory can
accommodate 100 percent of the need for
housing for very low and low-income households
i) For purposes of this section and Section
65583, the phrase " use by right" shall mean that
the local government' s review of the owneroccupied or multifamily residential use may not require a conditional use permit, planned unit
development permit, or other discretionary local
government review or approval that would
constitute a " project" for purposes of Division 13
commencing with Section 21000) of the Public
Resources Code. Any subdivision of the sites shall
be subject to all laws, including, but not limited
to, the local government ordinance implementing
the Subdivision Map Act.

Not applicable — the sites inventory can
accommodate 100 percent of the need for
housing for very low and low-income households
i) A local ordinance may provide that " use by
right" does not exempt the use from design
review. However, that design review shall not
constitute a " project" for purposes of Division 13
commencing with Section 21000) of the Public
Resources Code.

Not applicable — the sites inventory can
accommodate 100 percent of the need for
housing for very low and low-income households
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i) Use by right for all rental multifamily Not applicable — the sites inventory can residential housing shall be provided in accommodate 100 percent of the need for accordance with subdivision ( f) of Section housing for very low and low-income households 65589. 5.
j) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Not applicable — Mountain View is not in this section, within one- half mile of a Sonoma- Marin location Area Rail Transit station, housing density
requirements in place on June 30, 2014, shall
apply.

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6th Cycle Housing Element
2023-2031
March 2023 Public Review Draft
Resolution No. 18781

CITY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW
6th Cycle Housing Element
2023-2031
March 2023 Public Review Draft
Resolution No. 18781

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1
Organization of the Housing Element 3
Consistency with the General Plan 3
Public Participation 4
CHAPTER 2: REVIEW OF PRIOR HOUSING ELEMENT 21
Regional Housing Needs Allocation ( RHNA) 22
Quantified Objectives 23
Progress in Implementing 2015 to 2023 Housing Element Programs 23 Effectiveness of the 2015 to 2023 Housing Element 23
Appropriateness of 5th Cycle Programs for Inclusion in 6th Cycle Housing Element Update 26 CHAPTER 3: HOUSING PLAN 29
Summary of Major Actions to be Continued in the Sixth Housing Element Cycle 29 Housing Goals and Policies 30
Housing Programs 33
CHAPTER 4: QUANTIFIED OBJECTIVES 63
Construction 64
Rehabilitation 65
Conservation 65
APPENDIX A: IMPLEMENTATION STATUS OF 5TH CYCLE HOUSING ELEMENT PROGRAMS.... 66 APPENDIX B: HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT 77
Summary of Findings 78
Note on Data Sources 80
Population and Household Characteristics 81
Economic and Employment Characteristics 93
Housing Stock Characteristics 98
Housing Costs and Affordability 105
Housing and Special Needs Populations 120
Assessment of Fair Housing 141
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Fair Housing Issues and Contributing Factors 233
APPENDIX C: PROJECTED HOUSING NEEDS 236
Regional Housing Needs Allocation ( RHNA) 237
Housing Needs for Extremely Low -Income Households 237
APPENDIX D: HOUSING CONSTRAINTS 239
Governmental Constraints 240
Non -Governmental Constraints 278
Environmental Constraints 281
APPENDIX E: HOUSING SITES ANALYSIS AND INVENTORY 284
Introduction 285
Sites Selection Process 289
Realistic Capacity Evaluation 296
Mixed -Use Areas 302
Evaluation of Sites to Accommodate Varied Income Levels 303 Sites Inventory 304
Evaluation of Sites Inventory Through the Lens of AFFH 328 Local Data and Knowledge 340
Summary of Conclusions and Approach to Policies and Programs 341 HCD Sites Inventory Spreadsheets 342
Sites for Emergency Shelters 350
APPENDIX F: SUMMARY OF PUBLIC INPUT 352
APPENDIX G: CITY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW MULTI -FAMILY HOUSING VIOLATION CHECKLIST 380 APPENDIX H: ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF GOVERNMENTAL REQUIREMENTS 385 Resolution No. 18781

Table 1: Sixth Cycle Quantified Objectives for New Construction, Rehabilitation, and Conservation 65
Table 2: Population Growth Trends 81
Table 3: Household Growth Trends 82
Table 4: Population by Age, 2010-2019 82
Table 5: Tenure by Housing Type 85
Table 6: Household Income Level by Tenure 87
Table 7: Examples of Low Wage Occupations 88
Table 8: Housing Cost Burdens for Extremely Low Income Households, City of Mountain View 90 Table 9: Extremely Low -Income Households by Race and Ethnicity, City of Mountain View 91 Table 10: Housing Problems by Race and Ethnicity for ELI Households, Mountain View 92 Table 11: Housing Permitting 102
Table 12: Home Values of Owner -Occupied Units 106
Table 13: Monthly Contract Rents for Renter -Occupied Units 108 Table 14: Market -Rate Multifamily Rent Summary, Q3 2021 109 Table 15: Inventory of Assisted Affordable Housing Units, 2021 118 Table 16: Assisted Units at Risk of Conversion 119
Table 17: Population with Developmental Disabilities by Age 129 Table 18: Population with Developmental Disabilities by Residence 130 Table 19: Point -In -Time Count, 2015- 2019 132
Table 20: Students in Local Public Schools Experiencing Homelessness 135 Table 21: Mountain View Vehicles in Public Right -of -Way ( PROW), 2017-2020 135 Table 22: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, and Hunting Employment in Mountain View, 2019137 Table 23: Migrant Worker Student Population 138 Table
24: FHEO Fair Housing Complaints by Resolution Type, 2013- 2020 142 Table 25: DFEH Fair Housing Complaints, 2018- 2020 143 Table
26: Mountain View Population by Race and Ethnicity, 2000 - 2020 146 Table 27: Dissimilarity Index, Mountain View, 2010 and 2020 148 Table 28: Isolation Index, Mountain View, 2010 and 2020 149 Table 29: Household Income Distribution and Median Income, 2015- 2019 179 Table 30: Poverty by Race and Ethnicity, City of Mountain View, 2015- 2019 188 Table 31: Distribution of Homeowners by Race/ Ethnicity, Mountain View and San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties 218 Table
32: Housing Problems Rate by Race/ Ethnicity, Mountain View 220 Table 33: Severe Housing Problems Rate by Race/ Ethnicity, Mountain View 220 Table 34: Housing Cost Burdens by Income Bracket and Tenure, City of Mountain View 231 Table 35: Regional Housing Needs Allocation 237 Table
36: Off - Street Parking Requirements 249 Table
37: Estimated Residential Development Impact Fees 255 iii Resolution No. 18781

Table 38: Base and Maximum FAR for Select Precise Plans 265 Table 39: Typical Processing Procedures by Project Type 268 Table 40: Recent Multi -family Developments in Mountain View 270 Table 41: Mountain View Mobile Home Parks 274
Table 42: Mountain View' s Regional Housing Needs Allocation 286 Table 43: Mountain View Summary of Residential Capacity Compared to 6th Cycle RHNA by Income 287
Table 44: Consolidated Sites 294
Table 45: Precedent Projects List 298
Table 46: Realistic Density Assumptions - Non -Rezoning 300 Table 47: Realistic Density Assumptions - Rezoning 301
Table 48: Affordability Assumptions 304
Table 49: Sites Inventory Summary 304
Table 50: Non - Residential Previous Uses on Select Precedent and Pipeline Projects 306 Table 51: Capacity Discount on Multi -tenant Opportunity Sites 310 Table 52: Approved/ Under Construction Pipeline Projects Summary by Project Address 315 Table 53: Approved/ Under Construction Pipeline Projects Summarized by Neighborhood317 Table 54: Approved/ Under Construction Pipeline Projects Summarized by Precise Plan 317 Table 55: Proposed Pipeline Projects Summary by Address 319 Table 56: Proposed Pipeline Projects Summarized by Neighborhood 320 Table 57: Proposed Pipeline Projects Summarized by Precise Plan 320 Table 58: Proposed Pipeline Projects ( Rezoning) Summarized by Project Address 321 Table 59: Status and Expected Timeline of Major Proposed Affordable Developments 322 Table 60: Opportunity Sites Summary by Neighborhood 324 Table 61: Opportunity Sites Summary by Precise Plan 324 Table 62: Rezoned Opportunity Site Summarized by Designation 327 Table 63: Accessory Dwelling Units Permitted in Prior Housing Element Cycle 327 Table 64: Accessory Dwelling Units Projected Over the Planning Period 328 Table 65: Distribution ofthe Sites Inventory by Block Group Racial and Ethnic Composition, Excluding the North Bayshore Area 331 Table
66: Distribution ofthe Sites Inventory by Census Tract Low- and Moderate - Income Composition, Excluding the North Bayshore Area 333 Table
67: Site Inventory Distribution of Low- and Moderate - Income Units, North Bayshore Area 334 Table
68: Site Inventory Distribution by TCAC/ HUD Opportunity Area, Excluding the North Bayshore Area 337 Table
69: Site Inventory Distribution by Education Domain Score 339 Table 70: Need for Emergency Shelters 350 Table
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Figure 1: Population by Race, 2000-2020 83
Figure 2: Household Tenure 84
Figure 3: Tenure by Housing Type 85
Figure 4: Households by Household Income Level 86
Figure 5: Resident Employment by Industry 93
Figure 6: Jobs in Mountain View 95
Figure 7: Ratio of Jobs to Workers, by Wage Group 96
Figure 8: Jobs -Household Ratio 97
Figure 9: Housing Units by Type, 2010- 2020 99
Figure 10: Housing Units by Year Structure Built 100
Figure 11: Vacant Units by Type 101
Figure 12: Substandard Housing Issues 104
Figure 13: Zillow Home Value Index ( ZHVI) 105
Figure 14: Median Contract Rent 107
Figure 15: Cost Burden by Income Level 110
Figure 16: Cost Burden by Tenure 111
Figure 17: Cost Burden by Household Size 112
Figure 18: Cost -Burdened Senior Households by Income Level 113 Figure 19: Overcrowding by Severity 114
Figure 20: Overcrowding by Tenure and Severity 115
Figure 21: Overcrowding by Income Level and Severity 116 Figure 22: Household Size by Tenure 120
Figure 23: Housing Units by Number of Bedrooms 121
Figure 24: Household Type 122
Figure 25: Female -Headed Households by Poverty Status 124 Figure 26: Senior Households by Income and Tenure 125
Figure 27: Population by Disability Status 127
Figure 28: Disability by Type 128
Figure 29: Homelessness by Household Type & Shelter Status, Santa Clara County 133 Figure 30: Characteristics for the Population Experiencing Homelessness, Santa Clara County 134
Figure 31: Farm Operations and Farm Labor by County, Santa Clara County 139 Figure 32: Population with Limited English Proficiency 140 Figure 33: Census Block Groups by% Non -White, Mountain View 153 Figure 34: Census Block Groups by% Non -White, San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties 154 Figure 35: Census Block Groups by% Non -Hispanic White, Mountain View 155 Figure 36: Census Block Groups by% Non -Hispanic White, San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties 156
Figure 37: Census Block Groups by% Hispanic or Latino, Mountain View 157 Resolution No. 18781

Figure 38: Census Block Groups by% Hispanic or Latino, San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties 158
Figure 39: Census Block Groups by Non -Hispanic Black, Mountain View 159 Figure 40: Census Block Groups by Non -Hispanic Black, San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties 160
Figure 41: Census Block Groups by% Non -Hispanic Asian, Mountain View 161 Figure 42: Census Block Groups by% Non -Hispanic Asian, San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties 162
Figure 43: Census Block Groups by% Non -Hispanic Pacific Islander, Mountain View 163 Figure 44: Census Block Groups by% Non - Hispanic Pacific Islander, San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties 164
Figure 45: Census Block Groups by% Non -Hispanic Native American, Mountain View 165 Figure 46: Census Block Groups by% Non -Hispanic Native American, San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties 166
Figure 47: Census Block Groups by% Non -Hispanic Other Race Alone, Mountain View 167 Figure 48: Census Block Groups by% Non - Hispanic Other Race Alone, San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties 168
Figure 49: Census Block Groups by% Non - Hispanic Persons of Two or More Races, Mountain View 169
Figure 50: Census Block Groups by% Non - Hispanic Persons of Two or More Races, San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties 170
Figure 51: Population with a Disability by Census Tract, Mountain View 172 Figure 52: Population with a Disability by Census Tract, San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties 173
Figure 53:% of Children in Married - Couple Households, 2015- 2019, Mountain View 175 Figure 54:% of Children in Married - Couple Households, 2015- 2019, San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties 176
Figure 55:% of Children in Single - Female Headed Households, Mountain View 177 Figure 56:% of Children in Single - Female Headed Households, San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties 178
Figure 57: Distribution of Median Household Income by Block Group, Mountain View 181 Figure 58: Distribution of Median Household Income by Block Group, San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties 182
Figure 59:% of Low to Moderate Income Population by Census Tract, Mountain View 183 Figure 60:% of Low to Moderate Income Population by Census Tract, San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties 184
Figure 61: Poverty Status by Census Tract, Mountain View 185 Figure 62: Poverty Status by Census Tract, San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties 186 Figure 63: Racially and Ethnically Concentrated Areas of Poverty, San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties 187
Figure 64: Distribution of Non -Hispanic White Population by Median Income, City of Mountain View 190
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Figure 65: Distribution of Non -Hispanic White Population by Median Income, San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties 191
Figure 66: 2021 TCAC/ HCD Opportunity Map by Census Tract, Mountain View 193 Figure 67: 2021 TCAC/ HCD Opportunity Map by Census Tract, San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties 194
Figure 68: School Boundaries Map for the Mountain View Whisman School District 195 Figure 69: Elementary School Boundaries Map for the Los Altos School District 196 Figure 70: Junior High School Boundaries Map for the Los Altos School District 197 Figure 71: Mountain View Whisman Elementary School Student Enrollment by Race/ Ethnicity, 2020- 21 199
Figure 72: Los Altos Elementary School Student Enrollment by Race/ Ethnicity, 2020-21 200 Figure 73: Mountain View Middle/ Junior High School Student Enrollment by Race/ Ethnicity, 2020- 21 201
Figure 74: Mountain View High School Student Enrollment by Race/ Ethnicity, 2020-21 202 Figure 75: TCAC Education Domain Score, Mountain View 204 Figure 76: TCAC Education Domain Score, San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties 205 Figure 77: Jobs Proximity Index Score, Mountain View 207 Figure 78: Jobs Proximity Index Score, San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties 208 Figure 79: VTA System Map 210
Figure 80: Caltrain System Map 211
Figure 81: % of Income to Housing + Transportation for a Typical Moderate - Income Household in Mountain View 213
Figure 82: % of Income to Housing + Transportation for a Typical Moderate - Income Household in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties 214
Figure 83: Areas of High Pollution in Mountain View 216 Figure 84: Areas of High Pollution in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties 217 Figure 85: Disposition of Home Loans by Race/ Ethnicity in Mountain View, 2020 219 Figure 86: Overpayment by Renters, Mountain View 222
Figure 87: Overpayment by Homeowners, Mountain View 223 Figure 88: Overpayment by Renters, San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties 224 Figure 89: Overpayment by Homeowners, San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties 225 Figure 90: Overcrowded Households, Mountain View 227
Figure 91: Overcrowded Households, San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties 228 Figure 92: Latinx Share of General and Homeless Populations, Santa Clara County 229 Figure 93: Racial Group Share of General and Homeless Populations, Santa Clara County 230 Figure 94: Housing Cost Burden by Race/ Ethnicity, Mountain View 232 Figure 95: Housing Sites Overview 313
Figure 96: Pipeline Projects 318
Figure 97: Summary of Opportunity Sites 325
Figure 98: Housing Sites by Share of Non -White Population 332 Figure 99: Housing Sites by Share of Low- and Moderate - Income Households 335 Figure 100: Housing Sites by TCAC Opportunity Score 338 vii
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CITY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW

HOUSING ELEMENT

CHAPTER
1 Introduction
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The City of Mountain View' s Sixth Cycle Housing Element provides a policy framework and implementation plan for addressing housing needs in Mountain View over the 2023 to 2031 Housing Element planning period. The Housing Element is a required component of the City' s General Plan and must be completed in accordance with requirements under State law and is also a reflection of local needs and priorities related to housing.

The City of Mountain View has a strong history of promoting the production and preservation of a range of housing types beyond the minimum requirements of State Housing Element Law. Mountain View' s elected and appointed officials have a reputation for providing strong support for affordable housing development and the City regularly provides financial support for affordable housing projects. Many members of the community and local advocacy groups are also supportive of both market -rate and affordable housing production.

During the Fifth Housing Element Update Cycle, the City supported ambitious housing production and the creation and preservation of affordable housing, including the following:

The City adopted rezonings to increase the City' s total residential development capacity by over 20, 000 units- 60 percent of the number of existing residential units in Mountain View.

The City has a long- standing inclusionary ordinance to ensure that new residential developments provide affordable housing in addition to market -rate units. During the Fifth Housing Element Update Cycle, Mountain View adopted updates to the ordinance to increase the number of inclusionary affordable units in a development, resulting in hundreds of new lower- and moderate - income units, while adopting a flexible alternative to on -site units that allows developers to accommodate the requirement in ways that advance City housing goals and exceed minimum affordability requirements.

The City also developed partnerships with Santa Clara County and affordable housing developers to create hundreds of affordable units, including units for veterans, people with disabilities, families, and other special -needs populations.

Through a 2016 voter -approved measure, the City established rent stabilization to protect renters from significant rent increases and in October of 2021, the City Council extended rent stabilization benefits to residents of mobile home parks.

The City also adopted development impact fee exemptions for affordable housing and adopted modifications to the park land dedication fee to allow alternative compliance through Privately Owned, Publicly Accessible ( POPA) open areas and create predictability and transparency by calculating the fee basis every year and setting the fee at the time of application submittal.

To improve the development review process, the City began utilizing " EIR consistency checklists" in Precise Plan areas, a streamlined CEQA procedure that provides more legal protections than a categorical exemption at lower cost and in less time than an initial study.

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of this complex state law, which has reduced uncertainty and staff review times of density bonus projects.

Mountain View' s Housing Element functions within the context of the broader San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley setting, where a dynamic economy and robust job growth create strong demand for housing, while a constrained supply of land, high construction costs, and other factors constrain the supply of housing. This creates challenges for providing an adequate supply of housing that is accessible to all economic segments of the community.

Organization of the Housing Element
Following this introduction, the Housing Element includes the following major components:

Chapter 2: Review of Prior Housing Element. A review of the 2015- 2023 Housing Element, including an analysis of the effectiveness and appropriateness of each program established for the previous housing element planning period.

Chapter 3: Housing Plan. A series of goals, policies, and programs to address the City' s housing needs.

Chapter 4: Quantified Objectives. An estimate of the anticipated and potential housing development during the planning period, including units assisted through programs; Appendices: A series of appendices containing background details and technical analysis are included at the end of this document. These include:

A. Implementation Status of 5th Cycle Housing Element Programs B. Housing Needs Assessment
C. Projected Housing Needs
D. Housing Constraints
E. Housing Sites Analysis and inventory
F. Summary of Public Input
G. City of Mountain View Multi -Family Housing Violation Checklist H. Economic Analysis of Governmental Constraints
Consistency with the General Plan
State Law requires that General Plan elements be " integrated, internally consistent and compatible statement of policies." This implies that all elements have equal legal status and no one element is subordinate to any other element. The Housing Element must be consistent with land use goals and policies set forth in the Land Use Element, and closely coordinated with the Mobility Element of the City' s General Plan, among others. For the 2023- 2031 planning period, the City will ensure consistency between the Housing Element and other General Plan Elements as outlined in Program

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will review the other General Plan elements and identify and undertake any updates needed to achieve General Plan consistency.

Public Participation
The process for preparing the City of Mountain View 2023-2031 Housing Element Update included a multifaceted approach to obtain input from the general public, a broad range of stakeholders, and City decision makers. Community engagement opportunities included virtual community meetings, in -person pop- up events, focus groups, solicitation of feedback through a community feedback form, individualized presentations to various community groups, and public meetings with the City' s Environmental Planning Commission ( EPC) and City Council. The City' s consultant team created a dedicated website for the Housing Element Update and the City also provided updates to the public via social media, and the " City Hall Connection" and " The View" newsletters. The outreach process for the Housing Element Update actively sought input from underrepresented groups. Efforts to make the outreach process inclusive included translation during meetings and translation of written materials to increase accessibility to members of the community with limited English proficiency. In addition, stakeholders that were targeted for focus groups included individuals that work with nonEnglish -speaking populations, persons with disabilities, persons experiencing homelessness, and seniors. The outreach process also included a range of types of activities, including scheduled meetings and workshops, City staff attendance at community events to involve members of the public that might not attend a community meeting, and opportunities to provide extensive feedback online. Providing a wide variety of mechanisms for members of the public to provide input was a key focus in the outreach process, with an emphasis on reaching broad segments of the community.

Input from the public participation process was incorporated into the housing needs assessment, assessment of fair housing, analysis of constraints on housing production, housing plan, and sites inventory portions of Mountain View' s 2023- 2031 Housing Element Update.

Social Media
The City used social media to publicize information about the Housing Element Update, including information regarding opportunities for the public to provide input. Social media engagement included five Twitter posts, five Facebook posts, and three posts on Nextdoor between April 28, 2021 and March 7, 2022. City staff conducted Spanish -language outreach and outreach to the Latinx community by sharing information on WhatsApp and WeChat platforms for several groups, including Embajadores Mountain View (62 members), 2021 Academia ( 18 members), Amigos de Listos ( 117 members), Padres de Mistral ( 170 members), Padres de Castro ( 56 members), and Anuncios Comunitarios ( 60 members). City staff used this outreach to encourage community members to attend meetings and review public review drafts of the Housing Element document, identify other active groups to engage in the process, create a bridge between existing groups and the community at large, and build trust between the City and the community. This outreach occurred throughout the duration of the Housing Element process.

City Hall Connection Newsletter
City Hall Connection is a bimonthly e- newsletter that features updates about City of Mountain View events, news, and information, along with a local COVID- 19 briefing. The City began publishing the eDRAFT Mountain View Housing Element I Introduction Resolution No. 18781

newsletter in March 2021. City Hall Connection has approximately 3,880 current subscribers.

Seven editions of City Hall Connection included articles or upcoming meeting information related to the Housing Element Update between April 28, 2021 and December 22, 2021.

The View Newsletter
The View is Mountain View' s semi- annual publication, which magazine provides news on major projects and plans and initiatives in the community with two editions - one edition for Fall/ Winter and the other for Spring/ Summer. The View is mailed to all residential addresses and businesses and Mountain View and is available online. Information about the Housing Element Update was included in both editions in 2021 and 2022 of The View newsletter.

Housing Element Website
At the outset of the Housing Element preparation process, the City' s consultant team created a dedicated website for the Housing Element Update at mvhousingelement. org. The website has been continuously updated throughout the update process to provide the public with educational resources along with draft materials for public review. The website also provides information on opportunities for public engagement, allows the public to submit comments via an online comment form, and enables the public to sign up for emails to receive information about important events and other updates related to the Housing Element. The Housing Element website is available in 11 languages. As of March 24, 2022, the website had received 2, 500 total visits and 1, 700 unique visitors.

Stakeholder Focus Groups
In April and May 2021, the City' s consultant team held a series of virtual focus groups with a broad range of stakeholders to obtain input on the Housing Element Update. The focus group sessions included a brief overview of the Housing Element process, followed by a guided discussion focused on encouraging stakeholders to provide thoughts on housing needs and priorities in Mountain View.

Focus group attendees included affordable housing developers, market -rate housing developers, local service providers, major local employers, and members of community -centered organizations and local advocacy groups. In total, the consultant team held six focus group sessions with a total of 24 attendees. The consultant team and City staff also held individual follow-up calls with some stakeholders who were unable to attend the scheduled focus group dates.

Summary of Input Received from Affordable Housing Developers: Participants expressed appreciation that the Mountain View City Council supports affordable housing efforts and is willing to make a financial commitment to meet housing goals. Participants noted that the challenges related to residential development in Mountain View include multiple and conflicting development standards, poor coordination between City departments, a lack of streamlining of the entitlement process, a need for additional coordination between the City and County to align funding priorities, a need for more City staff to review projects, process requirements that tie the process for getting approval for funding to the process for getting entitlements, high land and construction costs, and community opposition due to concerns about overflow parking impacting existing residents.

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Summary of Input Received from Market -Rate Housing Developers: Participants stated that Mountain View' s form -based zoning and precise plans with clear design and guidelines are helping to facilitate residential development in Mountain View. Challenges to development that were cited include land and construction costs, the cost of City fees, the City' s parking requirements and a lack of options for unbundling parking, the 25 percent BMR requirement for townhomes and rowhomes, and public opposition to higher -density projects. In addition, participants cited challenges with the approvals process, including the timeline for the approvals process, subjective criteria for approvals, and a lack of certainty in the process. Participants suggested that the City re- evaluate its parking policies, hire more staff, and add certainty and consistency to the design review process.

Summary of Input Received from Local Service Providers: Participants stated there is good communication between service providers and City staff and noted that the City has had successes in efforts to address homelessness, including a Homekey interim housing community and a partnership with the County to convert the Crestview Hotel to residential use. Participants also noted that there is an ongoing need to address the needs of individuals and families that are experiencing homelessness and those that may be at risk of homelessness, and that there are many families that are doubled up with multiple families in one home due to affordability issues. Participants also noted a need for more affordable housing, childcare services, and senior housing. In addition, participants stated that some individuals do not access benefits due to fear, shame or a lack of knowledge regarding eligibility. This group recommended that the City coordinate with Santa Clara County to finance affordable housing.

Summary of Input from Local Advocacy Groups: Participants stated that the City has done well in terms of supporting housing in general, additional density, and ADUs. Participants expressed support for several ongoing City policies and initiatives, including reviewing R3 development standards, the 25 percent BMR requirement for townhomes and rowhomes, commercial linkage fees for affordable housing, the City' s work on the Homekey project, safe RV parking, and the Crestview hotel project. Participants stated that there are needs for missing middle and workforce housing, three -bedroom apartments for families, universal design for an aging population, and mixed -use design for walkable neighborhoods. Recommendations from participants included supporting transitional, supportive, and permanent housing; mitigating displacement; conducting more outreach to renters facing displacement to make them aware of their right to relocation benefits; preserving deed -restricted units; educating the public about upzoning and addressing fear of change; adopting a local ordinance to extend SB 330 protections; and encouraging a mix of housing types.

Summary of Input from Community - Centered Organizations: Participants expressed support for several ongoing City policies and initiatives, including recent changes to strengthen the inclusionary ordinance, adoption of rent stabilization, and eviction defense funding enacted by the Rental Housing Committee ( RHC), Participants also stated that there is a need for more affordable units, housing for vulnerable populations such as persons with disabilities and unhoused persons, and tenant education regarding tenant protections. Participants stated that many lower -income households are at risk of displacement. Participants recommended providing funding to rehabilitate multifamily rental units to prevent units from getting sold and redeveloped, City acquisition of vacant DRAFT Mountain View Housing Element I Introduction
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homes and empty lots, increasing inclusionary requirements to 20 percent, streamlining the process for ADUs, providing more common space and high -density housing, streamlining the permitting process for ADUs, addressing needs among those living in semi -permanent housing and mobile homes, providing storage for unhoused populations, and providing more safe parking programs.

Summary of Input from Major Local Employers: Participants stated support for City efforts to address housing needs and concern over the ongoing regional housing affordability crisis.

Participants reported that people continue to move further away from their jobs due to a mismatch between salaries and rents. Participants stated that the community needs workers at all income levels and that it is becoming more difficult to recruit and retain workers, especially for roles that require in -person collaboration as well as hospital and other essential service workers. However, some participants also noted that the Bay Area continues to have prestige and status that attracts people to the area and Silicon Valley continues to have a pool of labor that makes it attractive to tech companies. Participants noted Mountain View' s CalTrain station as an amenity for commuting workers. Participants recommended more housing and higher densities, especially in the downtown area; expanding rent stabilization to new units; and improve public transit infrastructure, bike lanes, and pedestrian trails.

Farmer' s Market Pop- up Events
On August 19, 2021 and September 2, 2021, City staff attended the Thursday Farmer' s Market in downtown Mountain View to pass out event fliers, talk to residents who had questions about the Housing Element Update, and collect input from the public on housing issues and solutions.

Approximately 20 people approached staff at each of the events. In part, the pop -ups were designed to allow the public to provide input in a casual setting without requiring attendance at a public meeting, with the goal of engaging community members that might not otherwise participate in the public process. The pop -ups also provided an in -person venue for the public to provide input despite the challenges associated with in -person community engagement events due to the Covid pandemic.

Summary of Input Received: Comments received including statements that Mountain View should find enough sites to accommodate five times the number of units called for in the RHNA allocation and that the site inventory needs to take the probability of development into account. Comments expressed support for eliminating parking requirements and setback requirements, lifting height restrictions, and significant increases in density. Commenters advocated for prioritizing renters, creating middle -income housing, and preventing displacement. At least one commenter felt that the R3 zone should allow for retail and office uses to create walkable spaces, while at least one commenter felt that the zoning in the R3 area should not be changed. The City also received questions about how the new housing will be served by parks, water, parking, and schools.

Individually Requested Group Meetings
During the Housing Element preparation process, City staff attended meetings held by various groups upon request to provide information on the Housing Element Update and encourage community members to participate in the process. City staff attended meetings held by Cafecito, the Mountain View Whisman School District English Language Advisory Committee ( DELAC), the DRAFT Mountain View Housing Element I Introduction
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Mountain View Chamber of Commerce Business Issues & Public Policy Committee, the Mountain View Solidarity Fund ( i. e., Fondo de Solidaridad), and Livable Mountain View.

In addition, City staff held several meetings with community groups throughout the Housing Element Update process to discuss the Housing Element Update and specific comments and concerns raised by each group. These included multiple meetings with Mountain View YIMBY, League of Women Voters, SV@Home, and the Mountain View Tenants Coalition.

Summary of Input Received: Comments included concern over displacement due to the redevelopment of rental housing to construct townhomes and rowhomes. In addition, attendees noted that subsidized housing does not serve undocumented residents or those who are paid in cash, and that it can be difficult to qualify without a steady income. Commenters also expressed a need to translate information about the BMR program to Spanish and a lack of awareness among potential program participants about programs that are available to serve them. Comments also included statements about a mismatch between income levels and the type of affordable housing available, both because some residents make too much to qualify for subsidized housing but cannot afford market -rate housing, and because some residents are unable to afford subsidized housing.

There were multiple comments about the complexities of the affordable housing application process and a need to make it more accessible. Comments also included a recommendation that parking reductions be tied to providing affordable housing in a project.

Let's Talk Housing Santa Clara County" Virtual Community Meeting The Santa Clara County Collaborative hosted a series of virtual community meetings to involve residents and interested stakeholders across Santa Clara County. On August 30, 2021, the technical support team for the Collaborative, comprised of Baird + Driskell staff, facilitated this meeting for the cities of Sunnyvale, Milpitas, Santa Clara, and Mountain View. Attendees listened to a general presentation about the Housing Element process and then participated in city -specific breakout rooms. Approximately thirty participants joined the Mountain View breakout room. The event was presented in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese. Additional information about this event and the input received is provided in Appendix F.

Summary of Input Received: Participants expressed that they valued living in Mountain View and expressed appreciation of recent efforts the City has made to boost affordable housing. However, they recognized that there is a substantial imbalance between jobs and housing and that much more is needed. They also shared a desire for more walkable and connected neighborhoods, particularly in neighborhoods with more affordable housing options like rowhouses. Participants identified parking as an inefficient use of land that contributes to pollution and raises rental prices. They expressed the need for the City to preserve mobile homes, as they are one of the few remaining affordable housing options for many immigrant low -wage workers. Other housing challenges they recognized are the lack of housing options for older adults and young people, and the lack of options and services for people who are homeless. Participants pointed out that there often is not enough of an effort to engage young people in housing discussions and suggested the City focus on engaging them as well. Among ideas to address Mountain View' s housing challenges were: promoting DRAFT Mountain View Housing Element I Introduction
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affordable housing opportunities and removing barriers to apply for them, preservation of mobile home parks, a community or tenant opportunity to purchase program, a young adult housing program, and rezoning land for five times the City' s allocated RHNA number to build in a buffer since only 20 percent of the available sites were developed during the last RHNA cycle.

Virtual Community Workshop
On September 23, 2021, the City and consultant team held a virtual community workshop to provide general education on the Housing Element Update and obtain input on housing needs, as well as actions that the City can take to address unmet needs. The City initially planned to conduct a similar workshop in an in -person open house setting, but adjusted to a virtual format because of limitations on in -person gatherings due to the Covid pandemic. The workshop included an overview of the Housing Element process and requirements followed by guided small -group discussions in three breakout rooms, with live interpretation in Mandarin. The workshop was attended by 38 members of the public along with several City staff members and members of the consultant team. Both the English and Mandarin translations of the workshop were posted to the Housing Element webpage.

Additional information about this event and the input received is provided in Appendix F.

Summary of Input Received: When asked about the most critical housing issues in Mountain View, some of the most common responses related to a need for more affordable housing and for more housing at all income levels; a desire to see new housing located near existing housing, jobs, and transit; improving the balance between housing and office space; concern over buildings with three or more stories adjacent to single- family homes, and reducing the time and costs to develop housing.

When asked what Mountain View should do to address housing needs, responses included support for rezoning to allow higher densities, making it easier to develop on infill lots, reducing parking requirements or unbundling parking, and facilitating the production of non- traditional housing types.

In addition, some participants emphasized a need for infrastructure such as roads, parks, sidewalks, transit connectivity, schools, and other services to accompany new housing and expressed concerns that new housing would create parking and traffic congestion issues. Some participants expressed concern about increases in density and stated a preference for limiting the pace of new development. When asked about desirable characteristics for housing in Mountain View over the next ten years, participants cited mitigation or elimination of homelessness; a diverse community; environmentally responsible development, and ensuring that employers pay for infrastructure, housing, transit, and other public services.

Community Feedback Form
From September 23, 2021 through January 2, 2022, the City collected feedback through an online Community Feedback Form, which asked the public to provide input on critical housing issues and actions that the City can take to address these issues. The feedback form was available in English, Spanish, Russian, and Chinese. The online feedback form was made available on the project website and the survey link was shared at community events ( e. g., Monster Bash, Tree Lighting), via social media and community chat groups, published in City publications, and sent to stakeholders and interested parties who signed up for project notifications. Atotal of 343 responses were DRAFT Mountain View Housing Element I Introduction
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received in English, Russian, Spanish, and Chinese. The results from the Community Feedback Form are provided in Appendix F.

Summary of Input Received: The most common responses to the Community Feedback form identified Mountain View' s most critical housing issues to be not enough housing for low- income and middle -income households, not enough housing for unhoused people, and not enough new housing development, though several other items were identified as critical issues ( see Appendix F).

Respondents favored rezoning to allow redevelopment from non- residential to residential uses, rezoning to allow more homes in existing residential areas, and streamlining the City approvals process, along with other actions, to support housing construction. To make housing more affordable, respondents favored providing more funding for affordable housing projects and increasing inclusionary requirements. To provide more housing for residents with special needs, respondents favored requiring more units to include accessibility features and working with housing providers to create more housing for people who are experiencing homelessness. To protect existing residents, respondents favored providing housing for people who are displaced from their homes due to demolition, strengthening protections for mobile home park residents, and strengthening protections for renters. Overall, most responses favored policies that would facilitate the production of affordable housing and housing for populations with special needs, though some respondents stated a preference for limiting growth.

City Council and Environmental Planning Commission Study Sessions The City of Mountain View Environmental Planning Commission ( EPC) addressed the Housing Element Update during study sessions on October 20, 2021; February 16, 2022; May 18, 2022; and November 16, 2022. The Mountain View City Council addressed the Housing Element Update during study sessions held on November 16, 2021; March 8, 2022; June 14, 2022; and December 13, 2022. During the City Council and EPC study sessions, City staff and the consultant team provided information on the Housing Element Update process and requirements, presented draft goals and policies, and discussed the draft Housing Element. City staff and the consultant team responded to questions and received feedback and direction from the City Council and EPC. The City Council and EPC study sessions also provided an opportunity for the general public to comment on the Housing Element Update. City Council and EPC meetings were held in a virtual format due to Covid restrictions.

Summary of Input Received: The following list provides a summary of public comments provided to the City Council and EPC prior to the release of the public review draft of the Housing Element Update. Comments received during the 38- day public review period for the public review draft are provided in the following subsection. Prior to release of the draft Housing Element Update to the public, comments received during City Council and EPC meetings and in letters to the City Council and EPC prior to meetings generally covered the following topics:

Support for additional density and construction of additional residential units ( both affordable and market rate)
Consider affordable housing opportunities Citywide, such as in neighborhoods around downtown or other commercial areas ( e. g., CN, CO Zones).

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Concerns about using the R3 Zoning Update to meet RHNA due to:
o Development standards inconsistent with neighborhood scale; o
Increase of affordable versus market -rate housing imbalance; and o Increase of displaced residents and loss of CSFRA- covered units.

Concerns about housing affordability and displacement
Focus RHNA sites in precise plan areas.

Reexamine fees ( e. g., park fees).

Encourage preservation of naturally affordable housing ( possibly through R3 Zoning Update).

Consider sites near amenities like parks and transit.

Support streamlined process to provide predictability, to shorten timelines, and to reduce the overall costs for both developers and residents.

Increase City staffing to shorten the entitlement process.

Conduct more outreach to Mountain View residents from different segments of the community to get meaningful input.

Reduce or eliminate parking requirements, impose parking maximums, and unbundle parking.

Focus on a strategic approach to funding affordable housing.

Develop a local no -net -loss policy for rent -controlled units.

Expand the Eviction Protection Program.

Invest in community -owned housing, e. g., community land trust or tenant/ community option to purchase act (TOPA/ COPA).

Create a portal for residents to find and apply for all affordable housing units in Mountain View.

Expand safe parking and rapid re -housing support.

Increase protections for COVID impacts and enact special housing protections for essential workers.

Enact protections against special offers to fill a vacancy that leads to future rent increases in excess of increases allowed under the City' s Rent Stabilization Ordinance.

Enhance the ADU program with design, permitting, and financing assistance.

Consider unique programs for longer leases on transitional/ supportive housing.

Concerns that the draft site inventory was insufficient in producing enough affordable housing; did not include any rezonings, thus maintaining status quo.

Rezone to accommodate more units than needed to meet the RHNA.

Concerns that the site inventory relies too heavily on the North Bayshore and East Whisman plan areas.

Requests that the site inventory include sites south of El Camino Real to affirmatively further fair housing.

Concerns that specific sites in the draft site inventory could not realistically be developed with residential units during the planning period.

Support Pro -Housing Designation application but should not drive housing policy.

Do not rezone for more units than necessary.

Do not reduce parking requirements or developer fees.

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Ensure that infrastructure and public services ( e. g., schools, roads, water, parks, retail, bike/ pedestrian improvements) can support growth.

Concerns about the possibility that the Mountain View Whisman School District might establish a Community Facilities District that could increase the cost of housing.

First Public Review Draft and 36-Day P iblic Review Period On May 9, 2022, the City published the draft Housing Element Update for public review on the project website ( www. MVHousingElement. org). In addition to the full English language version, the City published the Housing Plan chapter of the document translated into both Spanish and Chinese.

The public comment period ran through June 14, 2022, which was the date of the City Council study session on the draft Housing Element. During the public comment period, comments were submitted in writing to the EPC and City Council in advance of study sessions on May 18, 2022 and June 14, 2022. Public comments were also provided during each study session. Comments received during the public comment period covered a range of topics, and included:

Comments regarding missing or inadequate analysis on specific topics included comments on the lack of an analysis of the Los Altos School District in the Access to Education section. inadequate analysis of the impact of cumulative fees as a potential governmental constraint, inadequate analysis of the impact of development review times, and inadequate reporting on the input from the public participation process and how this input informed the Housing Element Update.

Comments on the sites inventory included that the assumptions regarding the redevelopment of sites are unrealistic ( e. g., opportunity sites generally and land dedications in North Bayshore and East Whisman specifically), and that the sites inventory does not have enough sites south of El Camino Real. Comments also included requests for inclusion of specific sites and removal of other sites from the sites inventory.

General comments on the goals, policies, and programs included comments that the programs are too vague, include noncommittal language, and lacked specific actions and timelines.

Comments related to development standards included suggestions to reduce parking requirements or unbundle parking, permit emergency shelters in more zones, rezone to allow additional density, exclude parking from FAR calculations, and remove the one -acre minimum site size from the R4 zoning guidelines.

Comments related to the development review and approvals process included suggestions that the City implement additional actions to streamline development and reduce permitting times. Many of these comments focused the findings and recommendations from a study that the City recently conducted to identify process improvements in the development review and approvals process ( i. e., the Matrix Study). Recommended actions also included reducing discretionary review processes, improving clarity of requirements, providing support for innovative construction practices, and prioritizing processing for affordable housing projects.

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Comments related to development fees and the cost of City requirements included suggestions to reduce City fees for residential development, many of which focused on reducing park land fees.

Conversely, some comments also requested that the City not reduce park land fees to ensure that new development pays for the need for new parks. Some comments also cited the potential CFD for the Mountain View Whisman School District as a constraint. Comments also included recommendations that the City ensure that the inclusionary ordinance maximize affordable unit production while avoiding discouraging new residential construction.

Comments related to displacement included suggestions that the City add additional programs to mitigate displacement, such as a COPA or TOPA, a local ordinance to extend provisions of SB 330, a no net loss policy for rent controlled units, an expansion of the Eviction Protection Program, an increase in relocation assistance, additional protections for residents impacted by Covid, special protections for essential workers, protections against misrepresentation of special offers to fill a vacancy, additional education regarding tenant rights, and a moratorium on rent increases.

Comments also included suggestions to apply displacement mitigation measures such as a COPA or TOPA to mobile home residents in addition to other residents.

Comments related to affordable housing funding included suggestions that the City adopt a real estate transfer tax to support subsidized housing.

Comments related to services and public improvements to accompany residential growth included suggestions that new residential development be accompanied by parks, roads, schools, bicycle and pedestrian facilities, and other infrastructure. In addition, some comments requested that the City preserve existing local -serving commercial uses in the Village Centers. Other comments included suggestions related to incorporating the natural environment into new development and preserving trees, enhancing highway vegetation barriers, and other suggestions related to the environmental impacts of new residential development.

Comments related to jobs/ housing imbalance included suggestions that the City increase the Housing Impact Fee or tie approvals for the construction of new office development to the production of housing.

Other comments related to programs included suggestions to add additional safe parking sites, create a citywide portal for finding and applying for affordable housing, support Community Land Trusts and Community Development Corporations, provide financial assistance to homeowners constructing ADUs/ JADUs, and support SB 9 lot -splits.

HCD 90-Day Review Period, July 1 through September 29, 2022 ( First HCD Review Draft) The City of Mountain View submitted the draft Housing Element Update to HCD for HCD' s 90- day review on July 1st, 2022. The draft that was submitted to HCD incorporated significant edits to respond to comments from the public that were received during the 36- day review period described above. This draft was provided on the City' s website for public review. The Housing Plan Chapter of DRAFT Mountain View Housing Element I Introduction
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the revised draft was translated into Spanish and Chinese and the translated versions were also provided on the City' s website. HCD received comments from the public on the draft Housing Element Update, which HCD provided to City staff at the end of the 90-day review period. Many of the comments from the public that were submitted to HCD were submitted prior to the HCD review period, including letters that were submitted prior to the release of the first public review draft of the Housing Element Update and during the 36- day public review period for the Housing Element Update. Most of these letters were also submitted directly to the City of Mountain View prior to or during the 36- day public review period, and therefore many of these comments are captured in the subsections above and helped to inform the draft Housing Element that was submitted to HCD on July lst, 2022. In addition to comments sent to HCD, the City of Mountain View received comments from the public during the 90-day review period. During this time, City staff continued to meet with various groups to discuss the draft Housing Element, including Mountain ViewYIMBY, Residents in Blossom Valley Area, the Santa Clara County Equity Advisory Group ( EAG) Subcommittee, SV@Home, and Mountain View Coalition for Sustainable Planning and Greenspaces MV. Comments received by HCD and the City covered a range of topics and included:

Comments related to the site inventory included statements that that the number of units that will be built on Housing Element sites will be lower than projected in the site inventory, that approved and pending projects will not be constructed during the planning period, and that the site inventory did not adequately address AFFH considerations. Other comments requested that the City not add more sites and expressed concern that the Housing Element plans for too much housing. In addition, some comments expressed concern that redevelopment in Village Centers would result in a loss of retail space and requested that the City ensure that retail space in the Village Centers is retained or replaced.

Comments related to the programs included requests for new or modified programs to:

Incentivize ADU production
Address constraints to residential development
Streamline the development approvals process and improve transparency of requirements Reduce parking requirements, require unbundled parking, support active transportation, and implement transportation demand management ( TDM) measures to reduce development costs
Prevent displacement
Address needs among unhoused populations, including addressing housing needs among RV and car dwellers, removing restrictions on RV parking, and expanding rapid re -housing assistance
Improve protections for mobile home park residents
Add a local density bonus program
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Ensure outreach is ongoing and includes providing information and receiving input, particularly those in underrepresented groups
Second Public Review Draft & Second HCD Review Draft
On November 10, 2022, the City published the revised draft Housing Element Update with edits to respond to HCD' s comments for public review on the project website ( www. MVHousingElement. org).

The City published a version of the revised draft with redlined changes to show all changes to the prior public draft as well as a matrix identifying how the document was edited to respond to each of HCD' s comments. Upon making the draft available for public review, the City sent an email with a link to the revised draft to all individuals and organizations that had requested notices relating to the City' s Housing Element.

The document was available for public review for seven days before the City submitted the revised draft to HCD, as required by State Law. The document also remained available on the City' s website for the remainder of the Housing Element Update process and the City continued to receive and consider public comments on the document after the close of the mandated seven- day public review period. During the public review period, three public comment letters were submitted to City staff and the EPC in advance of a study session on November 16, 2022. Though members of the public attended the November 16, 2022 study session, no members of the public chose to make verbal public comments.

Following the seven- day public review period, the City re -submitted the draft Housing Element Update to HCD on November 18, 2022 for a 60- day HCD review period. During the 60- day HCD review period, the City Council held a study session on the draft Housing Element, during which some members of the public made verbal public comments, which are summarized below. The City also published the Housing Plan chapter of the document translated into Spanish and Chinese during this period and continued to accept and consider all public comments that were submitted during HCD' s review. During this time, City staff continued to meet with various groups to discuss the draft Housing Element, including the Mountain View Tenants Coalition and Chamber of Commerce.

Comments received on the second public review draft of the Housing Element Update during the seven- day public review period and HCD' s 60-day review period included:

Comments related to the site inventory included comments stating that the Housing Element did not provide enough evidence that housing will be built in accordance with the site inventory or provide enough evidence that non -vacant sites will be redeveloped with housing. Comments also requested the addition of specific sites to the inventory to reduce City discretion over potential future development of housing on those sites. One property owner submitted a letter requesting that their property be removed from the site inventory because they did not plan to develop the site with housing. Other comments requested removal of specific pipeline projects due to a lack of interest on the part of the project applicant in moving forward with the development process. Commenters also expressed that there were not enough housing sites in predominately White neighborhoods and that the shortage of sites in these areas would have negative impacts on the City' s ability to DRAFT Mountain View Housing Element I Introduction
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affirmatively further fair housing. Some commenters also requested that City remove projects from the inventory that are already completed, even if these units can be counted toward meeting the City' s sixth cycle RHNA according to HCD guidance.

Comments related to programs stated that the programs should include more specificity and that timelines for programs should be shortened to occur sooner in the planning period. Comments requested that the City commit to higher allowable densities on religious sites, reductions or elimination of parking requirements for market -rate projects, density increases in Downtown, a reduction in the rent ceiling for renters in mobile home parks, addressing needs among residents living in RVs, providing amenities and facilities that support wellness within affordable housing developments, and more specific actions and outcomes related to reducing Park Land Dedication fees and development streamlining.

Third Public Review Draft and Third HCD Review Draft
During the 60- day review period for the second HCD review draft of the Housing Element Update, HCD held a meeting with City staff and provided the City with preliminary comments on the draft.

The City revised the draft with changes based on HCD' s preliminary comments and released the revised draft (the third public review draft) to the public on December 22, 2022. Following a 13- day public review period, the City submitted a revised draft to HCD (the third HCD review draft) on January 4, 2023. This was within the 60-day HCD review period for the second HCD draft and was reviewed by HCD as part of the same 60-day review period.

The City also published the Housing Plan chapter of the Housing Element Update translated into Spanish and Chinese. Because the translated versions were released later than the English - language version, in January 2023 the City sent notifications through WeChat and WhatsApp and direct emails, to several groups that represent community members with limited English proficiency to encourage individuals and groups to review the draft Housing Element and ensure that members of these groups and the community at -large were aware that the City was continuing to accept comments on the draft. Groups that were directly contacted included Fondo de Solidaridad, Mountain View Tenants' Coalition, DELAC, and Cafecito. The City also continued to hold and attend meetings with community groups that included Mountain View YIMBY, SV@Home, League of Women Voters, the Mountain View Tenants' Coalition, Cafecito and Reach Potential Movement, and Livable Mountain View to obtain input on the draft during January and February 2023.

Public comments on the third public and HCD review drafts included:

Comments related to the site inventory included concerns that some of the pipeline projects should instead be removed from the pipeline projects list, with those sites to be included in the opportunity sites list instead. Other comments expressed a need for more sites south of El Camino Real and in transit -accessible areas Downtown. Some comments requested that additional sites be added to the inventory, including City -owned lots, R2 sites with development potential based on SB 10 allowances, and " back pocket" sites. Comments also recommended replacements for the back DRAFT Mountain View Housing Element I Introduction
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pocket sites listed in Program 1. 11 ( No Net Loss of Housing Element Sites) to address any future shortfall.

Comments related to programs included the following:

Move timelines to complete some programs earlier in the planning period.

Add more specific commitments to programs related to displacement such as replacement requirements and community ownership models ( COPA, TOPA, CLTs).

Programs do not do enough to affirmatively further fair housing by providing housing opportunities in predominately White areas south of El Camino Real Programs should do more to address needs among residents living in RVs and other vehicles.

Some comments expressed support for rezonings to increase residential capacity, while others expressed opposition to these changes.

Eliminate parking requirements for all residential developments while others expressed the exemption should only apply to affordable housing developments.

Revise program 1.3 to include ensuring economic feasibility, address potential constraints to development in R3 areas, and allow Bonus FAR provisions in R3 areas to be approved ministerially.

Increase the typical expected densities shown in Program 1. 4 ( Religious and Community Assembly Sites for Housing) while others have indicated that the densities are appropriate as a baseline.

Revise program 1.8 ( Park Land Ordinance Update) to include maintaining park land standards and change the method for calculating the in -lieu fee.

Add a program to review all fees on residential development and cap total fees on residential developments.

Add a program to require annual review of Gatekeeper applications and expand the scope of exemptions from the Gatekeeper process.

Add metrics and milestones to Program 2. 6 ( Affirmatively Further Fair Housing) based on the number of affordable units constructed south of ECR and in each of the elementary school attendance boundaries.

Add additional actions to streamline residential development approvals.

Add additional actions for shelters specifically servicing women and children of domestic violence
Encourage on -site or nearby amenities that serve a broad range of resident needs and community - building opportunities ( such as childcare) for affordable housing developments Revise program 1.9 (BMR review) to include programmatic changes to increase accessibility of BMR units by reevaluating the applicability of AMI thresholds and eliminating some application requirements such as social security numbers Comments related to the outreach process included that the public review process had not provided enough of an opportunity for residents with limited English proficiency to review and comment on the DRAFT Mountain View Housing Element I Introduction
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document, and that the City should increase outreach to and engagement of renters and ethnic communities by providing presentations in native languages with English interpretations.

Incorporation ofInput into the Housing Element Update
Mountain View' s Housing Element Update includes programs and analysis that respond to many of the issues that were raised during the public outreach process. Much of the data in the Housing Needs Assessment, including the Assessment of Fair Housing, is consistent with input received during the public engagement process that highlighted high housing costs and displacement risk as critical housing issues in Mountain View, as well as the disproportionate impact that these issues have on people of color, seniors, people with disabilities, and other special - needs groups. The Housing Element responds to these needs through programs that will facilitate the production of affordable housing, including Programs 1. 2, 1. 4, 1. 6, 1. 7, 1. 9, 1. 10, 1. 11, 2. 1, 2. 2, 4. 1, 4. 2, 4. 3, 4. 4 and 4. 5, as well as programs that will mitigate displacement, including Programs 1. 5, 1. 12, 3. 1, 3. 2,

4. 2, and 4. 4. In addition, Programs 4. 2, 4. 3, and 4. 6 address the impacts that the jobs -housing imbalance has on housing costs.

In addition, the Housing Element includes several programs that will mitigate constraints on housing production that were identified through the public participation process. These include but are not limited to Program 1. 2, which will eliminate minimum parking requirements for residential in transit - oriented areas and 100% affordable projects as well as in other cases, Program 1. 3, which includes various actions to address potential constraints related to development standards, Program 1. 8, which will revise the park land dedication requirements, Program 1. 9, which will assess the City' s BMR housing requirements, and Program 4. 1, which will streamline the approvals process. It should be noted that public comments related to each of these items were somewhat mixed. For example, while some commenters advocated for reducing parking requirements, others stressed the importance of maintaining parking standards. In addition, many comments cited park land dedication requirements as a constraint to development, while others stressed the importance of ensuring that new development is accompanied by parks to serve new residents. Similarly, while some comments cited the City' s inclusionary requirements as a potential constraint, others noted its importance in generating affordable housing units in Mountain View or advocated for increasing the inclusionary requirements.

The sites inventory portion of the Housing Element Update also responds to input received during the public engagement process. Some specific sites were removed from the inventory in response to input from property owners and the general public that redevelopment was unlikely on those sites.

The City is undertaking a voluntary rezoning effort concurrent with the Housing Element Update to increase the capacity in the sites inventory and include additional sites throughout the City, including south of El Camino Real, even though the inventory can reasonably achieve the RHNA without these rezonings. While there are still fewer sites south of El Camino Real compared to the remainder of the City, the site inventory identifies all sites south of El Camino Real with a reasonable likelihood of generating affordable units consistent with HCD guidance regarding likelihood and viability of redevelopment with affordable units. In addition, the Housing Element identifies additional programs to further increase the potential of affordable unit production south of El Camino Real, which are not DRAFT Mountain View Housing Element I Introduction
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reflected in the inventory. These programs include Program 1.4, which will allow affordable multifamily housing in the R1 district when constructed in conjunction with non- profit religious and community assembly uses on large sites, and Programs 1.6, 1. 7, and 2. 2, which will facilitate ADU production and SB9 projects.

Following the 36- day public review period, the Housing Element Update was edited to respond to many of the key comments that were received during the public review period. Additional analysis was included to provide an assessment of the Los Altos School District in terms of providing access to education. The Housing Constraints appendix was revised to include additional analysis on the cumulative impact of development fees, the cumulative impact of development standards, and the impact of permit processing procedures. Information was added throughout the document to provide additional information on the input received through the public engagement process and how that input relates to the programs, sites, and analysis that is provided in the Housing Element.

In addition, sites that were found to be unlikely to be developed with residential uses were removed from the sites inventory. Most of the programs in the Housing Element Update were also revised to provide more specificity and more clear timelines and objectives.

In addition, substantial edits were made to the Housing Element Update following receipt of HCD' s comments on each of the drafts that were provided for HCD review, many of which respond to comments received from the public. Key changes that relate to input received during the public participation process include:

Changes to the site inventory, including additional analysis of non -vacant sites, additional analysis regarding pipeline projects to demonstrate that pending projects in the inventory are anticipated to be completed during the planning period, reductions in the estimated capacity for some sites, moving some sites from the pipeline inventory to the opportunity sites inventory, and including areas identified in program 1. 11 ( No Net Loss) into the inventory.

Added analysis regarding racial and ethnic differences between schools and disparities in education scores, including connecting the findings from the analysis to the site inventory and Housing Element programs.

Added analysis related to the AFFH implications of the sites inventory and strengthened programs to facilitate housing development in high -opportunity areas and areas where nonWhite populations and lower -income households are currently underrepresented.

Added analysis of fees and development standards and strengthened programs that address potential constraints related to fees and development standards.

Revised programs to better facilitate ADU production ( 1. 7 and 2. 2), including adding a pilot ADU and SB9 financial incentives program ( 2. 2).

Added new programs and revised existing programs that address constraints related to development standards, City fees, and the development approvals process ( 1. 1, 1. 2, 1. 3,

1.8, and 4. 1), including adding new programs and adding more meaningful and concrete objectives, metrics, and timeframes to existing programs. These changes include the addition of programs to eliminate minimum parking standards for residential in transit - oriented areas and affordable housing projects as well as other cases ( 1. 2), update development standards to ensure the projects can meet allowed densities, refine other DRAFT Mountain View Housing Element I Introduction
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polices including Heritage tree preservation and Public Works requirements, and adopt a TDM ordinance that will allow for reduced parking for projects that implement TDM, provide additional gatekeeper request opportunities, review R2 zones to increase densities ( 1.3), and continue to implement the 2021 Development Review Assessment (" Matrix Study") ( 4. 1).

Increased the effect of programs on affirmatively furthering fair housing, including a focus on R2 zones in high opportunity areas ( 1. 3), separately tracking no net loss of lower income units in high opportunity areas ( 1. 11), and objectives to build affordable housing south of El Camino Real ( 1. 4) and Downtown ( 4. 5).

Enhanced the objectives, metrics, and milestones for programs that address the needs of unhoused populations ( 2. 1 and 3. 1).

Enhanced programs to prevent displacement ( 1.5, 1.12, 3.2), including adding more meaningful and concrete objectives, metrics, and timeframes and including mobile homes in displacement prevention programs.

Strengthened Program 2. 4 to make the affordable housing application process more inclusive and equitable.

Added new programs and strengthened existing programs to address housing needs among people with disabilities, including those with developmental disabilities ( 1. 1, 2. 1, and 2. 3).

Strengthened existing programs ( 1. 9, 2. 4, 2. 5, 3. 1, 3. 2, 4. 5, 4. 7) to address comments from tenants and Spanish- speaking groups, including better communication to displaced residents, better protections from landlord retaliation, reduced affordable housing application requirements and others.

The City intends to consider other specific actions that were requested by members of the public but that are not explicitly included in the Housing Plan chapter of this Housing Element Update. Many of these actions will require further analysis by City staff, additional public engagement, and consideration by City Council before the City can define specific future outcomes, and therefore are not included in the Housing Plan at the level of specificity that some of the public comments requested. For example, the City initiated the public engagement process for the City' s displacement response strategy before completing this Housing Element Update. The process for the displacement response strategy will continue after the Housing Element Update is adopted and will include an evaluation of COPA/ TOPA and other specific actions requested by community members through the Housing Element Update process.

In addition, the City conducted additional public outreach in response to public comments and comments from HCD. This included holding meetings with groups that submitted public comments and sending additional notifications to groups representing residents with limited English proficiency to encourage residents with limited English proficiency to review and comment on draft materials.

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The City of Mountain View adopted its 5th Cycle Housing Element for the 2015 to 2023 time period on October 14, 2014. The 2015- 2023 Housing Element was built around seven goals, as follows:

Goal 1: Support the production of new housing units serving a broad range of household types and incomes.

Goal 2: Provide assistance to households at different income levels to address their housing needs.

Goal 3: Conserve and improve Mountain View' s housing stock.

Goal 4: Address, remove, or mitigate constraints to housing production.

Goal 5: Support fair and equal housing opportunities for all segments of the community.

Goal 6: Promote environmentally sensitive and energy -efficient residential development, remodeling, and rehabilitation.

Goal 7: Maintain an updated Housing Element that is monitored, reviewed, and effectively implemented.

Each goal had a set of supporting policies and corresponding implementation programs.

Regional Housing Needs Allocation ( RHNA)
In addition to reflecting local needs and priorities, the 2015- 2023 Housing Element also incorporated the City' s 5th Cycle Regional Housing Needs Allocation ( RHNA), which identified the number of new housing units for which the City was required to provide sufficient sites for construction. The City' s 5th Cycle RHNA was as follows:

Income
Category
Above
Moderate
Number of
Units
814 492 527 1, 093 2, 926
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Quantified Objectives
Considering its available resources and the constraints in the local housing market, the City of Mountain View established the following quantified objectives for the construction, rehabilitation, and conservation/ preservation of housing units for the 2015 to 2023 Housing Element:

Income
Category
Extremely
Low
Low Moderate
Above
Moderate
Construction
Rehabilitation
Conservation
75 60
0 175
360
809
20 50
497
45 0
0 1, 000
0 0
1, 315
470
1, 306
Progress in Implementing 2015 to 2023 Housing Element Programs The City of Mountain View has made good progress in implementing its programs from the 5th Cycle Housing Element. Appendix A contains a summary of the implementation status of each of the 2015 to 2023 Housing Element' s implementation programs, as reported in the City' s 2021 Annual Progress Report to the State Department of Housing and Community Development.

Effectiveness of the 2015 to 2023 Housing Element
Overall, the 2015 to 2023 Housing Element was effective in guiding achievement of the City of Mountain View' s housing goals and objectives. In particular, the City issued building permits for 4, 270 housing units between 2015 and 2021, exceeding not only the total unit count for its quantified objective for new construction ( 1, 315 total units) but also exceeding its overall RHNA 2, 926 total units). Following is a breakdown of units permitted between 2015 and 2021:

Income
Category
Extremely
Low Very Low Moderate
Above
Moderate
Construction
Permits
72 146 196 18 4, 060 4, 492
of RHNA
Permitted

26. 8% 39. 8% 3. 4% 371% N/ A
Considering below market rate units already permitted and units in the housing development pipeline, the City will likely meet or exceed its quantified construction objectives for all income categories. As of March 2022, a total of 2, 712 net new residential units had recently been approved but were not yet under construction and 2, 072 net new units were under entitlement review.

Although the effectiveness of the Housing Element is not solely judged by housing production in relation to the City' s RHNA numbers, it is instructive to see that while the City has issued permits for above moderate - income units that were 371. 0% of its RHNA for that income category through 2021, the number of permits issued for the other income categories is still significantly below the RHNA numbers. The City has issued permits for very low-income units that is 26. 8% of its RHNA, permits DRAFT Mountain View Housing Element I Review of Prior Housing Element Resolution No. 18781

for low-income units that are 39. 8% of its RHNA, and permits for moderate -income units that are just

3. 4% of its RHNA. The overall production numbers reflect the strong demand for housing in Mountain View and the City' s ability to work with the developer community to deliver new housing units in response to that demand. At the same time, the fact that the permit activity for above moderate -income units (i. e., market rate units) exceeds the RHNA targets and the permit activity for housing units serving moderate incomes and below ( i. e., below market rate units) reflects the limited resources available to develop subsidized housing that can meet the needs of moderate- and lower - income households and the fact that the market does not produce affordable housing on its own. As a result, cities are forced to create programs such as fee programs ( which generate revenues for the City to finance affordable housing) or BMR programs ( which require developers to include affordable housing in their projects). It is notable, but not surprising, that the City has made the least progress on production relative to its RHNA for moderate - income housing, since there are few sources of subsidy for moderate -income housing. Most state, federal, and regional subsidy programs target households at or below the low- income level, and the market price for newly developed units for sale or rent in Mountain View generally is not low enough to be considered affordable to moderate income households.

Progress in Rehabilitation
For housing rehabilitation, the City has also been successful in using federal CDBG and HOME funding to help rehabilitate Tyrella Gardens, Shorebreeze, The Fountains, Ginzton Terrace, and a major rehabilitation of the Sierra Vista I family apartments. In total, these projects include 314 very low- income units and 107 low- income units.

Income
Category
Extremely
Low
Very Low Moderate
Above
Moderate
Total
Rehabilitation 0 314 107 0 0 421
Progress in Preserving Affordable Units
Since the City has not had to act to assist in the preservation of any subsidized housing units that were at -risk of converting to market rates in the 2015 to 2023 planning period, no such conversions occurred during the planning period. Furthermore, the City took steps to protect many households by enacting the Community Stabilization and Fair Rent Act ( CSFRA), which was approved by local voters on November 8, 2016, and the Mobilehome Rent Stabilization Ordinance ( MHRSO), which the City Council enacted on September 28, 2021. Prior to the implementation of the State Housing Crisis Act of 2019 ( SB 330; Government Code section 66300), several buildings with rent stabilized units were demolished and replaced with fewer units, mostly for sale units at market rate prices, creating challenges for preserving CSFRA units in Mountain View. Some affordable housing advocates that participated in the initial phases of the public engagement process for the Housing Element Update recommended that the City extend the provisions of SB 330 past its initial expiration date of 2025 by adopting a comparable local ordinance. SB 330 has since been extended by the State until January 1, 2030. In addition, the City continues to regulate the conversion of multifamily rental units to condominiums and also updated its Tenant Relocation Assistance Ordinance ( TRAO) to expand DRAFT Mountain View Housing Element I Review of Prior Housing Element Resolution No. 18781

assistance to tenants who have household incomes up to $ 5, 000 above 120% of area median income, to expand the types of properties that must comply with the TRAO, and to include First Right of Return benefits to displaced residents. The City has passed the Mobile Home Rent Stabilization Ordinance in 2021. In 2022, the TRAO was modified again to extend the protections to mobile home tenants.

Effectiveness in Meeting the Housing Needs of Special Needs Populations During the 2015- 2023 Housing Element period, the City of Mountain View was successful in implementing multiple Housing Element programs to address housing needs among special needs households.

In 2013, the City Council approved a development for 27 studios for persons with developmental disabilities at 1585 West El Camino Real, which is located on a high -frequency transit route. This project completed construction in September 2015. Palo Alto Housing also received a funding appropriation in the amount of $8 million to develop 67 studio units, a portion of which are reserved for veterans, at 1701 West El Camino Real. In 2019, the City approved 950 W El Camino, a 71-unit project that will provide 15 units for developmentally disabled adults. The City also expects several pipeline projects with set -asides for permanent supportive housing to provide units for special needs populations.

The City of Mountain View is an active participant in the creation of new transitional and supportive housing facilities to address homelessness, through regional collaboration and cooperation with nonprofit agencies, housing developers, and other jurisdictions. Throughout the 2015- 2023 planning period, City staff attended quarterly meetings held by the CDBG Coordinators group in addition to meetings with nonprofit agencies and developers to identify possible projects that could be implemented in future years. The City currently supports, and will continue to provide oversight for, two transitional homes located within the City: ( 1) Alice Avenue Transitional Home, which serves up to five formerly homeless persons; and ( 2) Quetzal House, a local youth shelter and transitional home operated by the Bill Wilson Center that serves about 40 to 50 homeless youth annually. In an effort to further help end chronic homelessness, the City has funded the San Antonio Place Efficiency Studios that include 10 units for persons transitioning out of homelessness. The City continues to look for opportunities to fund supportive housing units within the City in new affordable developments. As part of the City' s comprehensive response to the COVID- 19 pandemic, the City Council approved over $ 3. 8 million composed of various funding sources for the City' s COVID- 19 rent relief program, administered by Community Services Agency ( CSA). In 2022, the City entered into an agreement with the County to leverage $ 80 million in County 2016 Measure A funds for various housing sites with permanent supportive and rapid rehousing units in the City, for up to 200 units.

In 2020, the City applied with LifeMoves to the State Project HomeKey Program to rapidly deploy modular units to provide interim housing for unhoused seniors and families who may be particularly vulnerable to COVID- 19. The project was awarded $ 11. 95 million in capital funds and $ 2. 4 million in operating funds. In 2021, Mountain View City Council reserved CDBG and HOME funds to support the conversion of the Crestview Hotel into permanent housing, largely for families and individuals at DRAFT Mountain View Housing Element I Review of Prior Housing Element Resolution No. 18781

risk of homelessness or experiencing homelessness. The City also supported the County' s application for state funds for this project. The hotel conversion will make it possible to make units available more quickly and affordably.

In 2019, Council adopted a safe parking ordinance that establishes health and safety guidelines for safe parking facilities in the City. In 2020, the City opened two public parking lots as safe parking sites and financially supported operations at a third safe parking site.

The City has also supported the production of affordable housing for large family households. In 2018, MidPen Housing received entitlements for to add an additional 50 affordable units, ranging from studios to three -bedroom units, on the project site located at 460 North Shoreline Boulevard.

ROEM Development Corporation included 45 two - bedroom and 15 three -bedroom units for its Evelyn Family Apartments located at 779 East Evelyn Avenue, which opened early 2019. Several of the housing developments in the City' s development pipeline include units for large households.

Mountain View' s housing stock also includes a number of options for senior households. There are 16 small assisted facilities for seniors in the City with a total capacity of 152 beds. In addition to the smaller facilities available, there are also six subsidized rental properties in the City with a total of 704 units. These larger complexes have units with one- to two -bedroom apartments and have deed restrictions to ensure affordability. In 2013, the City Council updated the Zoning Ordinance, adding senior facilities to the list of projects eligible for a Planned Unit Development, to allow more development flexibility. In 2016, the City spent approximately $ 1 million in CDBG and $ 185, 000 in HOME funds on green and sustainable rehabilitation at two subsidized apartment complexes for lower -income seniors: Ginzton Terrace Apartments ( 107) units and The Fountains Apartments ( 124 units). In 2021, the City Council approved a Mobile Home Rent Stabilization program to regulate rent increases in Mobile Home Parks. Mobile homes tend to provide an important source of affordable housing for seniors.

The City continues to work with various partners, including nonprofit developers, the County, and the Housing Authority, to determine potential opportunities to develop affordable housing, including housing for extremely low-income households and households with special needs.

Appropriateness of 5th Cycle Programs for Inclusion in 6th Cycle Housing Element Update
Many of the 5th Cycle Housing Element' s programs were effective and remain relevant as the City moves into the 6th Cycle. Public input during the Housing Element Update process did not call for elimination of any 5th Cycle Housing Element programs. Rather, a streamlined programs list facilitates ongoing implementation, tracking, and reporting. Only a limited number of 5th Cycle Housing Element programs were completely eliminated from the 6th Cycle Housing Element ( i. e., not carried over as -is or revised and/ or consolidated in 6th Cycle program); however, as noted below, elements of some of these eliminated programs are reflected in 6th Cycle programs.

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The City deleted Program 1. 5, Lot Consolidation, because the City determined that there is relatively limited opportunity for lot consolidation to assist with housing production in the 6th Cycle and resources should be focused on other programs.

The City deleted Program 3. 3, Opportunities for Rehabilitation, because the City had included rehabilitation activities in its Notice of Funding Availability ( NOFA) for affordable housing during the 5th Cycle but received no applications and instead is focusing those resources on new housing unit production. Rehabilitation of naturally occurring ( i. e., non -regulated) affordable housing is included as part of 6th Cycle Housing Element Program 3. 2, Displacement Prevention and Mitigation.

The City deleted Program 3. 6, Preservation of Subsidized Housing Stock, because the City has no subsidized affordable housing units at -risk of conversion to market rate in the next ten years. Preservation of naturally occurring ( i. e., non -regulated) affordable housing is included as part of 6th Cycle Housing Element Program 3. 2, Displacement Prevention and Mitigation.

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The Housing Plan is the core of the Mountain View Housing Element, as it lays out the City' s housing goals; the policies that will guide City actions to achieving those goals; and the programs that the City will implement in the 2023 to 2031 Housing Element Planning period to work toward its goals.

Summary of Major Actions to be Continued in the Sixth Housing Element Cycle In addition to the Housing Plan presented in this chapter, the City of Mountain View continues to implement a number of actions that the City initiated during the Fifth Housing Element Cycle that have significantly increased residential development capacity, facilitated the production and preservation of affordable housing, and removed constraints on residential development. These actions include:

Zoning to Accommodate Residential Development. During the Fifth Housing Element Update Cycle, Mountain View adopted zoning to allow high -density residential in the San Antonio, North Bayshore, and East Whisman Precise Plan Areas, creating capacity for over 15, 000 units. The North Bayshore and East Whisman areas have local density bonus programs that incentivize the creation of thousands of affordable units with allowances for doubling to more than quadrupling the " base" densities. The City also increased densities along El Camino Real and San Antonio Road, facilitating creation of over 2, 000 units and creating capacity for thousands more. In addition, the City approved one- off residential development rezonings that are creating thousands of new units. The overall effect of these changes is an increase in housing opportunity equal to more than 60 percent of existing units and twice the City' s 6th cycle RHNA. This growth is focused in areas with access to transit, jobs and services and in areas with the greatest opportunity for redevelopment of aging suburban malls and industrial parks and the lowest risk of residential displacement.

Job -Housing Balance Policies. Mountain View' s East Whisman Precise Plan includes a Jobs - Housing Linkage requirement that requires residential development to accompany any new office development over 0. 4 FAR ( approximately the current intensity of office in the area), with the effect that no more than approximately 30 percent of any such development can be net new office. Developers of nonresidential projects are required to provide a Jobs -Housing Linkage Plan with a phasing or housing delivery plan that proposes how the project applicant will facilitate residential development in the Precise Plan Area. The intent of this requirement is to ensure that any new office development is accompanied by residential development to foster a more balanced jobs -housing mix. The North Bayshore Precise Plan has a similar policy, and it can be a template for future policies in other jobs -rich areas.

Production and Preservation of Affordable Housing. Mountain View adopted updates to the City' s Below Market Rate ( BMR) housing program to increase the number of inclusionary affordable units in a development, resulting in hundreds of new lower- and moderate -income units. At the same time, the City also adopted a flexible alternative to on -site units that allows developers to accommodate BMR requirement in ways that advance City housing goals and exceed minimum affordability requirements. The City also developed partnerships with Santa Clara County and affordable housing developers to create hundreds of affordable DRAFT Mountain View Housing Element I Housing Plan
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units, including units for veterans, people with disabilities, families, and other special -needs populations. In addition, the City adopted a City-wide rent -stabilization ordinance, which applies to multifamily rental units as well as mobile homes.

Fee Adjustments. The City adopted exemptions from development impact fees for affordable housing. The City also adopted modifications to the park land dedication fee, to allow alternative compliance through Privately Owned, Publicly Accessible ( POPA) open areas, which count to both private and public open space requirements. The City also modified the park land dedication fee to create predictability and transparency by calculating the fee basis every year and setting the fee amount at the time of application submittal.

Development Review Process Improvements. Mountain View began using " EIR consistency checklists" in Precise Plan areas, a streamlined CEQA procedure that provides more legal protections than a categorical exemption, at lower cost and in less time than an initial study.

In addition, the City utilized SB35 ministerial streamlining for multiple affordable housing developments. The City also prepared Density Bonus Guidelines to facilitate developer understanding of this complex state law, which has reduced uncertainty and staff review times for density bonus projects.

Because the City initiated these actions during the last Housing Element Update Cycle, the ongoing implementation of these actions is not reflected in the Sixth Cycle housing programs shown below.

However, these ongoing actions continue to have a meaningful impact on addressing the City' s housing needs.

Housing Goals and Policies
This section articulates each of Mountain View' s housing goals. A series of supporting policies accompanies each goal. Along with other goals and policies contained in other elements of the General Plan, City decision -makers and City staff will use these goals and policies to guide their work in administering their duties. In particular, housing developments and other projects affecting housing within Mountain View must be consistent with these goals and polices.

Goal 1: An increase in the quantity and diversity of housing options, focusing on active nodes, and walkable neighborhoods with amenities and services.

To achieve this goal, the City will address, remove, or mitigate constraints to housing production, produce new affordable units, and preserve existing housing units.

Policies:

1. 1. Ensure that adequate residential land is available to accommodate the City' s RHNA, with special focus on Precise Plan areas near transit, employment centers, and services.

1. 2. Encourage a mix of housing types, at a range of densities, that serves a diverse population, including rental and ownership units serving both young and mature families, singles, young professionals, single -parent households, seniors, and both first-time and move -up buyers, at a broad range of incomes, through development policies and City -subsidized affordable housing.

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1. 3. Maintain or improve the character and quality of neighborhoods through upgrades to existing developments, sensitively designed new developments, improved streetscapes, and better access to schools, parks, goods, services, jobs, transportation, and other needs.

1. 4. Maintain and improve housing to meet health, safety, fire, and other applicable codes and standards.

1. 5. Periodically evaluate the City' s development standards, review processes and, if necessary, remove unnecessary barriers to quality housing for all income levels.

1.6. Provide incentives, such as reduced parking standards and/ or reductions in other development standards and fees, to facilitate the development of housing that is affordable to lower- and moderate -income households.

1. 7. Support environmentally sustainable practices in all aspects of residential development, including energy and water efficiency.

1. 8. Pursue innovative housing options to better meet the needs of the community, such as land trusts, middle -income housing, shared ownership models, innovative construction, and more.

Goal 2: An inclusive and equitable community with available and accessible housing assistance To achieve this goal, the City will facilitate the development and preservation of affordable housing and support fair and equal opportunities for all segments of the community.

Policies:

2. 1. Initiate and maintain programs to assist extremely low-, very low-, low-, and moderate -income households in accessing affordable rental and ownership units

2. 2. Continue efforts to develop culturally competent outreach programs to connect residents to anti - displacement programs and affordable housing resources.

2. 3. Give priority for affordable housing to persons who live or work in Mountain View whenever legally feasible.

2. 4. Continue efforts to communicate effectively on affordable housing efforts so that building an inclusive community is widely championed.

2. 5. Support programs to address discrimination and other fair housing issues in the sale, rental, and development of housing.

2. 6. Support mediation programs between housing providers and tenants.

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2. 7. Encourage and support the maintenance/ preservation and development of affordable housing that serves low-income households, seniors, individuals with developmental, intellectual, or physical disabilities, the homeless, larger households, historically underserved communities, and other special -needs populations.

Goal 3: A comprehensive s lite of housing opportunities and services to prevent, respond to, and address displacement and homelessness
To achieve this goal, the City will seek funding and partnerships to increase resources towards the prevention of displacement and address the housing needs of people experiencing homelessness.

Policies:

3. 1. Support a range of housing solutions and assistance, such as congregate shelter, safe parking, interim housing, and permanent housing, along with a pathway for individuals to get the housing they need.

3. 2. Provide responsive assistance and referrals for community resources, access, case management, and basic services ( food and other items).

3. 3. Coordinate with the County, community -based organizations, nonprofits, faith, and intergovernmental partners to assist the homeless.

3. 4. Support housing solutions and resources for lower- and moderate - income residents displaced by development, rent increases, and other factors.

3. 5. Strive to preserve affordable housing opportunities such as CSFRA units, mobile homes, and deed -restricted units.

3. 6. Keep households at risk of homelessness housed such as with emergency rental assistance and fair -housing services.

Goal 4: A City that is an effective steward of housing solutions through funding, advocacy, partnerships, and community outreach and engagement
To achieve this goal, the City will pursue local housing funding, and work with partners to create additional housing opportunities, and otherwise support efforts that help implement the City' s housing goals and policies.

Policies:

4. 1. Advocate for additional State, regional, and private funding for affordable housing and affordable housing programs.

4. 2. Promote and support State and local programs for energy conservation and renewable energy system installation in existing homes.

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4. 3 Promote water conservation and stormwater controls, including rainwater capture systems for homes, incentives to promote stormwater control/ site design features and water wise landscaping.

4. 4. Solicit community and stakeholder feedback on housing issues and the effectiveness of Housing Element program implementation.

4. 5. Build partnerships to increase the availability of City resources in producing housing and providing services.

Housing Programs
To work towards achieving the four Goals and implementing the Policies presented above, the Housing Element includes a series of Programs that identify specific actions that the City of Mountain View will take during the Housing Element planning period. These programs include a mixture of programs carried over from the 5th Cycle Housing Element that were deemed still relevant, 5th Cycle Programs that have been modified to address current opportunities and challenges, and new programs. The programs are formulated to respond to findings from the Housing Needs Assessment, including the Assessment of Fair Housing (see Appendix B), the Constraints Analysis see Appendix D), as well as input received from housing stakeholders and the general public, and direction from the Environmental Planning Commission and the City Council.

Each program below includes: a statement of its objective( s); a description of the actions the City will take, specific timeframes for implementation within the Housing Element planning cycle; the City department responsible for implementation; and the targeted source of funding to support implementation.

1. 1 Zoning Ordinance Update for Consistency with State Laws Update the Zoning Ordinance to address consistency with the following State laws and HCD guidance:
a) Add provisions for Low -Barrier Navigation Centers in compliance with AB 101 ( 2019) b) Add provisions for Employee Housing in compliance with Health and Safety Code, § 17000 et seq)
c) Add provisions to allow mobilehome parks in all residential zones in compliance with Government Code 65852. 7
d) Amend ordinance to add definition of residential care homes and allow residential care homes as a permitted use regardless of the number of residents. e) Amend ordinance to remove unnecessary findings associated with Reasonable Accommodation permits to remove constraints to housing for special needs populations Program 2. 3)
f) Amend ordinance and/ or applicable precise plan( s) to allow emergency shelters by right consistent with AB2339. At minimum, this will include the El Camino Real Precise Plan consistent with the analysis provided in the sites inventory, Appendix E).

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g) Ensure zoning and general plan for all sites is consistent with the Housing Element site inventory and pipeline projects. The following areas will be rezoned, even though they cover more parcels than the site inventory:
a. Leong Drive and Fairchild Drive properties at the west end of the Evendale Precise Plan ( up to at least 43 DU/ ac) - the rezoning will also identify which sites will have required neighborhood commercial
b. 1702 Miramonte, 777 Cuesta Drive, and 1949 Grant Road ( up to a least 30 DU/ ac) c. Moffett Boulevard ( up to at least 1. 85 FAR, approximately 72 DU/ ac) - the rezoning will also identify which sites will have required neighborhood commercial d. 677- 699 Calderon Ave ( up to at least 30 DU/ ac) - with required neighborhood commercial
e. Mountain View Transit Center ( up to at least 75 DU/ ac) -- in addition, the City will continue to work with and facilitate Caltrain in the development of residential on this site, possibly with other uses
Objectives and Metrics:

Update the Zoning Ordinance as needed to fully accommodate the City's 6th Cycle RHNA.

Update the Zoning Ordinance to be consistent with recent legislation, Government Code and Health and Safety Code regulations.

Milestone and Timeframe:

Adopt zoning updates for AB 2339 by March 31, 2024
Adopt general zoning updates by December 31, 2024
Adopt zoning updates needed for any sites included in the sites inventory by December 31, 2025. If a pipeline rezoning project is not approved by this date, those units will be removed from the buffer. If there is no buffer remaining, then additional sites will be identified through the " no net loss" process.

Adopt zoning updates annually as necessary to respond to future changes in State law ongoing).

Responsibility: Planning Division
Potential Funding: Development Services Fund ( DSF) and General Fund AFFH Program: Housing Mobility

1. 2 Eliminate Minimum Parking Standards for Residential in Transit -Oriented Areas, Affordable Housing Developments, and Other Cases
Codify exemptions to parking standards for:
a) 100% affordable housing developments.
b) Residential developments throughout the El Camino Real, San Antonio, Downtown and East Whisman Precise Plans, as well as the Moffett Boulevard General Plan Change Area c) Projects meeting enhanced transportation demand management criteria as determined by the City' s TDM ordinance
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Objectives and Metrics
Streamline review by reducing studies and uncertainty and facilitate 100% affordable housing developments by eliminating parking standards
Reduce constraints on residential development in transit -oriented areas and with enhanced transportation demand management programs
Milestones and Timeframe
Update zoning ordinance and ( if necessary) zoning or Precise Plan amendments by December 31, 2024.

Adopt the enhanced transportation demand management criteria by December 31, 2026.

Responsibility: Planning Division and Public Works Department Potential Funding: Development Services Fund ( DSF)
AFFH Program: Housing Mobility

1. 3 Review and Update Ordinance and Precise Plan Residential Standards Review development standards to ensure they reflect contemporary building types, improve ease of implementation and improve consistency across districts. a) Ensure development projects can meet their allowed densities. Conduct a development prototype study, update definitions as necessary for consistency between plans and districts, and revise multifamily development standards in major districts ( including R3) and Precise Plans to ensure projects can meet their allowed density. Economic feasibility and the cumulative effects of standards will be inputs in the reduction of standards. Where appropriate, calibrate standards to lot size. Focus on standards with the greatest feasibility impacts on underutilized sites, such as open area, parking, and building coverage. b) Compile, evaluate and refine requirements outside the Zoning Ordinance, including Heritage tree preservation and Public Works standards and requirements c) Ensure that zoning code is updated to reflect densities and other standards as required by state law ( e. g., SB 478)
d) Adopt a TDM Ordinance that provides clear requirements for residential trip reduction across all precise plans and zoning districts and update precise plans as needed. Through the ordinance, study the cost of TDM requirements on typical residential developments, and allow residential developers to meet TDM goals through lower -cost options. Update the zoning ordinance to allow residential parking reductions for projects that implement TDM and exempt parking requirements from projects meeting enhanced TDM criteria ( Program

1.2).
e) Study live -work as an allowed residential use near retail areas, major corridors and other viable locations
f) Identify additional Gatekeeper exemptions for residential projects based on location, size, affordability and other policy goals
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g) Hold at least one Gatekeeper meeting per year, which may be limited to residential or residential mixed -use projects only, creating greater opportunities for project -specific rezonings
h) Conduct a review of R2 zoned properties. For all properties, either allow development similar to SB9, or integrate the sites into the R3 zone. Sites selected to integrate into the R3 zone should be based on affirmatively furthering fair housing, access to transit, schools and services and other policy goals.

Objectives and Metrics
Streamline the development review process by updating definitions for standards such as height, open area, common usable open area, floor area ratio, personal storage, pavement coverage and building coverage, and ensuring definitions are consistent with contemporary building types and across the Zoning Ordinance and Precise Plans.

Reduce government constraints in multifamily zoning districts ( R3, R4, CRA) and four Precise Plans ( El Camino Real, San Antonio, North Bayshore and East Whisman) by ensuring that projects can build up to their allowed density, and by reducing standards that have the greatest feasibility impacts on underutilized sites
Reduce government constraints by allowing reduced parking for projects that implement TDM.

Expand small business access and opportunities by creating live -work spaces in appropriate residential areas
Increase residential zoning capacity in the R2 zone in locations that further access and fair housing goals.

Create increased opportunities for project -specific rezonings through the Gatekeeper process Milestones and Timeframe
Hold an annual Gatekeeper meeting, which may be limited or focused on residential or residential mixed -use projects at Council discretion, and begin accepting Gatekeeper applications before June 30, 2024
Conduct prototype study and evaluate standards outside the Zoning Ordinance by June 30, 2025
Update Zoning Ordinance and Precise Plans to reflect reduced standards and live -work by December 31, 2025
Adopt a Citywide TDM ordinance by December 31, 2026
Responsibility: Planning Division, Community Services Department and Public Works Department Potential Funding: Development Services Fund ( DSF)
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1. 4 Religious and Community Assembly Sites for Housing Religious and community assembly sites are typically larger sites and are located throughout the City, with several in the City' s highest opportunity neighborhoods. This program would allow affordable multifamily housing on these sites.

Objectives and Metrics:

Create more affordable housing in the City' s highest opportunity neighborhoods by allowing deed -restricted affordable multifamily housing on non -Historic, non- profit, religious and community assembly sites in R zones south of El Camino Real. Typical densities will be based on an analysis of viable affordable housing prototypes
Goal of at least 65 units proposed on religious/ institutional sites south of El Camino Real by 2027.

Incentivize such development through ongoing actions, such as outreach, funding and promotional materials
Milestone and Timeframe:

Complete zoning amendments by December 31, 2024, including a density analysis for viable affordable housing projects, outreach to affordable housing developers, non- profit and advocacy organizations and religious and community assembly properties; development of standards and incentives; and creation of ongoing monitoring and promotional materials.

If the goal of 65 units is not met, or if those units do not proceed, the City will conduct further outreach to these sites and affordable housing developers to determine policies that would better encourage these projects and address government constraints. The City will either adopt these policies or other policies that reduce constraints on affordable housing south of the El Camino Real Precise Plan.

Responsibility: Planning Division
Potential Funding: Development Services Fund
AFFH Program: Access to Opportunity

1.5 Non -conforming R1 and R2 Multifamily Developments
Update the Zoning Ordinance to allow replacement of multifamily development in the R1 and R2 districts with non -conforming density to preserve units above the allowed density in the underlying zone
Objectives and Metrics:

Allow more flexibility for building upgrades, additions and structural alterations that can prolong the life of the building without reducing the number of units on site Conserve 600 units in multi -family development in R1 and R2 districts where there is currently non -conforming density of residential units
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Milestone and Timeframe:

Inform property owners of the proposed Zoning Ordinance update that would allow them to preserve units by June 30, 2025
Complete Zoning Ordinance update by December 31, 2025
Ongoing monitoring of identified sites in the R1 and R2 where there is non -conforming density of residential units and to evaluate whether intended objectives are being met Responsibility: Planning Division
Potential Funding: Development Services Fund
AFFH Program: Displacement Prevention, Place -Based Strategies

1. 6 SB9 DUO Subdivisions
Update the zoning and subdivision codes to allow two -unit subdivisions of SB9 DU0s ( such as condominiums).

Objectives and Metrics:

Facilitate the creation of middle -income ownership units in the City' s highest opportunity single family neighborhoods through subdivision of DUO developments Create additional economic incentives to build DUOs through subdivision opportunities Address potential operations with 2-unit subdivisions, such as owner conflicts or requests for additions/ modifications
Milestone and Timeframe:

Adopt Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance Amendments by December 31, 2026 Responsibility: Planning Division and Public Works Department Potential Funding: Development Services Fund ( DSF)
AFFH Program: Access to Opportunity

1.7 Monitor and Promote Accessory Dwelling Units, Junior Accessory Dwelling Units and SB9 Developments
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a) Develop an ADU/ JADU/ SB9 Monitoring Survey to collect data from project applicants during the building permit application process in order to enhance the existing tracking of ADUs/ JADUs/ SB9 production with more details such as occupancy status and rent levels at time of occupancy.
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c) Continue to track and monitor the number and rents of ADUs/ JADUs/ SB9 Developments proposed and constructed and the progress of meeting RHNA assumptions of 12 units per year.
d) Participate in the Santa Clara County Collaborative' s development of an ADU Program and Resource Center which includes a countywide ADU website, plans gallery, guidebook, spotlight stories, calculator, and other tools to increase awareness and provide online assistance tools
Objectives and Metrics:

Maintain or increase ADU/ JADU production in typically high -resource single-family neighborhoods where otherwise net new housing units may not occur and improve residential mobility and access to opportunity.

Enable the construction of at least 243 net new units through ADUs/ JADUs/ SB9 during the planning period through promotion, assistance and other tools.

Determine the obstacles affecting affordable ADU/ JADU/ SB9 production through monitoring and data collection and alleviate them as needed
Streamline ADU and SB9 development through pre -approved design resources Milestone and Timeframe:

Implement ADU monitoring survey by December 31, 2024
Update City webpage with resources developed by the Collaborative by December 31, 2023.

Responsibility: Planning Division
Potential Funding: General Fund

1. 8 Park Land Ordinance Update
Complete Phase 2 of the Park Land Dedication Ordinance update and the Parks and Recreation Strategic Plan. Analysis that would support fee reductions could include:

Review of best -practices for parkland acquisition funding Pursuit of grants and other funding sources
Review of the City' s population density assumptions
Opportunities for private development to provide public open space through existing zoning requirements ( e. g., POPAs)
Development incentives and exceptions to standards for public open space Adopt a Nexus Study that incorporates new sources of funding, other opportunities for public open space, and other factors listed above for the adoption of lower residential park in -lieu fees. Prior to the adoption of these fees, reevaluate the cumulative impact of all residential fees.

This responds to input received from market -rate housing developers during the outreach process see Chapter 1: Introduction, Public Participation section).

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Objectives and Metrics: Reduce constraints on residential development by reviewing and revising the park land dedication requirements to maintain access to high quality open space while reducing the financial impact to residential development.

Milestone and Timeframe:

By December 31, 2024, adopt the Parks and Recreation Strategic Plan ( addressing anticipated open space needs and long-term funding strategies) By December 31, 2025, adopt reduced fees, alternate mitigations and/ or other programs to reduce costs on residential.

Responsibility: Community Services Department, Public Works Department and Planning Division Potential Funding: Park Land Dedication Fund and Shoreline Regional Park Community Fund

1.9 BMR Program Review
a) Continue BMR program, as revised in 2019, to include more opportunities for inclusionary units as opposed to fees
b) Review BMR program to evaluate program efficacy and identify potential modifications to improve efficacy based on City goals, including the following as appropriate:

Furthering affordable housing production in Mountain View, including o Across unit types,
o special needs ( including accessible units) and
o affordability levels as compared to City needs
Evaluating whether the BMR program facilitates mobility and access to opportunity and if any improvements could be made to increase mobility and access to opportunity Potential policy changes based on best practices, new laws, or unanticipated program outcomes. This responds to input received from market -rate housing developers during the outreach process (see Chapter 1: Introduction, Public Participation section).

Potential cleanup in guidelines/ policies/ procedures to clarify program requirements/ facilitate program implementation.

Objectives and Metrics:

Increasing the diversity, supply, and affordability of housing. Achieving the BMR objective standard of realizing BMR units on -site and integrated with market -rate units for both rental and ownership projects.

Evaluating best practices and incorporate modifications if any to enhance the efficacy of the program.to fulfill the City' s goals of providing housing to meet a range of housing needs, including housing at a range of affordability levels, sizes, and locations.

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analyze the production of BMR units over the initial three years of the program, as well as associated fees collected or affordable housing created through other alternative mitigation strategies. The report will be presented to the City Council.

Milestone and Timeframe:

Complete the first review of the BMR Phase 2 program against the objectives and present the first review report to City Council in 2023. Implement actions based on the review as directed by City Council.

Complete the second review and present the second review report to City Council in 2028.

Implement actions based on the review as directed by City Council.

Responsibility: Housing and Neighborhoods Division and Planning Division Potential Funding: Local Housing Funds
AFFH Program: Housing Mobility, Access to Opportunity

1.10 Density Bonus
Continue to implement the requirements in the density bonus ordinance for Density Bonus projects that offers bonuses for the provision of affordable housing, depending on the amount and type of subsidized housing provided, consistent with the revised Government Code 65915. In addition, continue to implement the city' s local density bonus programs in the North Bayshore and East Whisman Precise Plans, which offer higher bonuses with the provision of more affordable housing, and the City' s NOFA process, which allows unlimited density bonuses to 100% affordable projects.

Objectives and Metrics:

Ensure City codes and procedures are consistent with State law by monitoring and implementing new State legislation ( such as AB 2334).

Maintain production of units containing affordable housing through the review and approval of projects consistent with the State Density Bonus Law and its local provisions Milestone and Timeframe: Ongoing— every year review State legislation for updates that may affect the City' s Density Bonus program.

Responsibility: Planning Division
Potential Funding: General Fund

1. 11 No Net Loss of Housing Element Sites
Monitor and update the availability of sites to accommodate the remaining unmet RHNA in accordance with No Net Loss rules.

If a shortfall is identified in any income category, identify necessary replacement sites. The City will annually report on projects under review to see if they reduce any buffers below 5%. If they do, the City will initiate a No Net Loss rezoning process.

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Objectives and Metrics:

Ensure adequate capacity for the City' s RHNA by maintaining a list of opportunity sites that accommodates the City' s RHNA and initiating a rezoning process for new sites if the buffer falls below 5 percent, after accounting for development projects under review Separately account for no net loss of lower income capacity in the parts of the City with highest opportunity: south of El Camino Real and near Downtown ( between Mariposa Avenue, El Camino Real, SR- 237, SR-85 and Central Expressway). The lower income capacity of this area shall not fall below 830 units ( 20% fewer than the inventory and pipeline units in this area at adoption).

Milestone and Timeframe:

If the City receives an application for a new construction development project on a housing element site with fewer ( or greater) units at the given income level than shown in the site inventory ( including pipeline sites), those units will be provisionally removed from ( or added to) the inventory. If the project is approved ( building permit approval for ministerial projects), they will be officially removed from (or added to) the inventory.

Annually update and report on the provisional and official inventories. o
If the moderate -income provisional inventory falls below 5 percent buffer, transfer one or more sites from the lower -income provisional inventory to the moderate - income provisional inventory ( prioritizing lowest -opportunity neighborhoods) until the moderate -income provisional inventory is at least 5 percent buffer. o
If the moderate -income official inventory falls below 5 percent buffer, transfer the sites from the lower -income official inventory.
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If the lower -income provisional inventory falls below 5 percent buffer, initiate the no net loss rezoning process.

Make necessary findings on projects that reduce the number of units on Housing Element sites
If the number of units in the official inventory falls below the RHNA, rezone additional sites within six months
Responsibility: Planning Division
Potential Funding: General Fund
AFFH Program: Access to Opportunity
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1. 12 Maintenance of Existing Housing Stock
Utilize existing programs to ensure proper maintenance of the existing housing stock and support rehabilitation of existing housing developments when needed.

Objectives and Metrics:

Respond to housing code violations through the Code Enforcement, CSFRA petition and Multi -family Housing Inspection programs
Enforce CSFRA provisions that limit rent increases and displacement impacts to tenants when violations are found.

Rehabilitation and upgrades at affordable housing developments/ CSFRA units Milestone and Timeframe:

Ongoing implementation and enforcement of Code Enforcement, CSFRA Petition and Multifamily Housing Inspections, utilizing the compliance order process, including landlord penalties
By December 31, 2024, prepare additional outreach and marketing materials to tenants and landlords regarding tenants' rights to habitability and safety without rent increases under the CSFRA
Ongoing assessment and funding of improvements at affordable housing projects Responsibility: Fire Department, Code Enforcement Division, Housing Division, CSFRA Potential Funding: General Fund, housing funds, external funding/ partnerships AFFH Program: Displacement Prevention, Place -Based Strategies

1. 13 Sustainable Housing
a) Implement the City' s various sustainable and green building requirements, including: the City' s Green Building and Reach Codes, the Water Conservation in Landscaping Regulations, Bonus FAR requirements for more sustainable buildings, and others. b) Encourage City Staff to attend conferences, training sessions, and other events to learn and stay informed on new green initiatives and technologies. Hold in- house training sessions to facilitate inter -department cooperation on green building practices.

Objectives and Metrics: Streamline green building review and development of more sustainable cost- effective and energy -efficient) housing.

Milestone and Timeframe:

Ongoing
Training should occur at least two times during the planning cycle Responsibility: Planning and Building Divisions
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2. 1 Subsidize and Support Affordable Housing Programs
Make funding available and support programs that allow for the City to increase the number of affordable housing units for underserved populations, including:

1. Deeper affordability levels such as extremely low income ( ELI) and below

2. Supportive housing, such as rapid rehousing or permanent supportive housing ( PSH), for unhoused community members,

3.. larger units to serve larger households,

4.. people with special needs, including a range of disabilities, and

5.. homeownership programs for lower and middle income residents.

Objectives and Metrics:

Make more housing available to households otherwise left out of the Mountain View housing market, such as whether the calculation of BMR prices/ rents cause a barrier to qualifying for the units because HCD income levels increase faster than the incomes of our residents who seek BMR housing
Mitigate displacement from a range of unit types, including apartments and mobile homes, through community - centered programs, possibly including COPA/ TOPA or community land trusts.

Produce at least 200 supportive housing units for households who have experienced homelessness.

Increase the share of two and three -bedroom units in the City' s affordable housing stock.

Increase the number of ownership opportunities for middle -income households, and market those opportunities to historically excluded populations.

Increase the number of units built for special needs populations and market those units to organizations that support disabilities.

Milestone and Timeframe:

Funding opportunities will be made available ongoing via the City' s NOFA process and other programs.

Ongoing evaluation of needed units for populations with special needs, and funding opportunities through the City' s NOFA process as needed and available Staff will evaluate innovative programs over the housing element period, bringing findings to the Council as appropriate. This will include research as part of the 2022-2024 Breakthrough Grant to identify and implement affordable housing funding programs, displacement response strategy, and outreach/ education/ community building efforts. This may include study sessions on affordable housing and displacement. Once research is complete, if directed to pursue further, develop program with 5 years.

Update Council on the suitability of community land trusts or COPA/ TOPA to address unmet needs. If directed by Council, develop program within 5 years.

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Responsibility: Housing and Neighborhoods Division
Potential Funding: General Fund and local housing funds AFFH Program: Housing Mobility, Access to Opportunity, Displacement Prevention

2. 2 Pilot ADU & SB9 Financial Incentives Program
a) Continue to exempt impact fees to promote the development of ADUs and JADUS b) Pilot a program to partially subsidize the cost of building ADUs and SB9 DUOs ( Dual Urban Opportunities), either deed - restricted at affordable rents or targeted to households that would otherwise be unable to afford them. This program may build on existing regional programs.

Objectives and Metrics
Continue to reduce costs of developing ADUs through exemptions from impact fees.

Support economic feasibility of ADUs and DUOs by making funds available to households who would like to build them but would otherwise not be able to afford to develop these units Increase the supply of naturally -affordable or deed -restricted affordable rental housing in Mountain View through the development of more ADUs and DUOs Decrease pressure on market -rate housing market by increasing density on single- family sites, which are focused on areas of highest opportunity.

Milestones and Timeframe
Perform a needs assessment and identify best practices by December 2025 Develop a pilot program informed by the needs assessment by December 2026 Assess pilot for continuation based on objectives and metrics by December 2028 Responsibility: Planning and Housing Divisions
Potential Funding: Local housing funds, regional sources AFFH Program: Access to Opportunity

2. 3 Reasonable Accommodation
Implement City reasonable accommodations procedures.

Objectives and Metrics: Review and approve requests to modify development standards to reasonably accommodate person with disabilities, including persons with developmental disabilities.

Milestone and Timeframe:

Update Zoning Ordinance to remove requirements or findings associated with Reasonable Accommodation application procedures related to adverse impacts to surrounding properties or uses. ( Program 1. 1)
Produce and make available informational materials on the program by June 30, 2024.

Responsibility: Planning Division
Potential Funding: General Fund
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AFFH Program: Housing Mobility

2. 4 Inclusive and Equitable Affordable Housing Application Processes Review BMR and NOFA application process for inclusivity for language access, technological access, and other options to reduce/ remove barriers and make adjustments to increase inclusivity.

Objectives and Metrics:

Remove barriers to accessing affordable housing.

Observed diverse and robust participation in City affordable housing information sessions, clinics, lotteries, and waitlists.

Milestone and Timeframe:

Increase outreach and technical assistance to facilitate access of underserved communities to affordable housing by removing language, technology, and/ or other barriers. Potential actions include:
o Providing increased in -person affordable housing application availability to overcome technological barriers
o Providing increased interpretation services for potential applicants o Reviewing application processes for unintended barriers ( such as social security numbers)
o Maintaining the single application portal for inclusionary BMR units, and evaluating/ implementing a single application portal for affordable developments if a regional model is developed
Evaluate effectiveness of changes at least once during the planning period to support equitable representation on waitlist and interest lists. Include this evaluation in 2028 BMR review as well.

Responsibility: Housing and Neighborhoods Division
Potential Funding: Local housing funds
AFFH Program: Housing Mobility

2. 5 Mediation and Fair Housing Programs
a) Fund fair housing education, enforcement, and counseling to prevent fair housing violations and help community members understand and assert their rights. b) Provide financial support to mediate housing issues involving City residents, with a focus on tenant/ property owner mediation and eviction prevention.

Objectives and Metrics:

Make information and legal services available to tenants and property owners to support fair housing.

Help tenants and property owners exercise their rights. For example, study ways to ensure tenant access to city resources and address landlord retaliation issues.

Prevent eviction and displacement.

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Maintain the Housing and Eviction Help Center and expand it as demand requires.

Utilize the Multicultural Engagement Program to support access to fair housing programs across languages and cultural groups.

Milestone and Timeframe:

Annually fund fair housing and mediation services
Continuously provide information about tenant and landlord rights.

Target at least one annual outreach/ education event targeted to local residents and one annual outreach/ education event targeted to local property owners and managers.

Evaluate fair housing via self -evaluation process as part of 2028 BMR review.

Responsibility: Housing and Neighborhoods Division
Potential Funding: General Fund and local housing funds AFFH Program: Housing Mobility, Displacement Prevention

2. 6 Affirmatively Further Fair Housing
Continue to prepare and update the City's Assessment of Fair Housing and implement actions as necessary to remove barriers to fair housing choice, as required by HUD and State Housing Element law.

Objectives and Metrics:

Remove impediments to fair housing and provide equitable access to housing and opportunity.

Improve access to affordable housing in the City' s high -opportunity neighborhoods through implementation of programs 1.3, 1.4, 1. 5, 1.6, 1. 7, 1. 11, 2. 2 and 4.5.

Milestone and Timeframe:

Update Assessment of Fair Housing as required by HUD with the first update completed in 2023, and subsequent updates based on HUD guidance.

Implement necessary actions continuously as needed.

Responsibility: Housing and Neighborhoods Division
Potential Funding: CDBG/ HOME funds
AFFH Program: Housing Mobility, Access to Opportunity, Place -Based Strategies, Displacement Prevention
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Homelessness Prevention and Services for the Unhoused
a) Develop and implement a strategy to support those who are unhoused and prevent people from becoming unhoused
b) Continue to partner with the Mountain View Los Altos Community Services Agency ( CSA), LifeMoves and similar agencies that provide services and/ or shelter to the unhoused community members, such as offering financial support and advertising available programs to residents living in the City.
c) Participate in regional homeless programs that support short-term shelter and transitional housing programs that accommodate families and individuals from Mountain View. d) Allow emergency shelters pursuant to AB 2339 ( see program 1. 1) Objectives and Metrics:

Prevent households from becoming homeless, for example, fewer evictions than in the past Available safety net services for those who need them ( such as shelter) - maintain at least 100 shelter or interim housing spots
A range of housing options to move households from homelessness to permanent housing, including the development of at least 200 supportive housing units Mobility out of homelessness and into permanent housing, with data showing households moving from shelter and interim housing to Mountain View -based permanent housing Milestone and Timeframe:

Develop strategy by December 31, 2024. Strategy will address critical programs to prevent and respond to homelessness including:
o Funding for rental assistance or financial assistance programs to prevent homelessness, which the City funds annually. Preferences for new housing for households who experienced or are at risk of experiencing displacement at City - subsidized housing developments or in BMR units
o Funding and incentives for the development of shelter, interim housing, and supportive housing, including via City funds and federal funds o The creation of comprehensive pathways for households to move from homelessness to City -subsidized supportive housing units
o New and expanded partnerships to address populations at risk of homelessness, such as domestic violence victims
Annually support CSA, LifeMoves and other partner agencies as part of Annual Plan.

Regularly support the development of permanent housing via regular NOFA process or through marketing City -owned sites.

See program 1. 1 for AB2339 tmeframe
Responsibility: City Manager' s Office and Housing and Neighborhoods Division Potential Funding: Local housing funds and CDBG/ HOME funds AFFH Program: Displacement Prevention
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3. 2 Displacement Prevention and Mitigation
Prevent/ mitigate displacement of households, including those in mobile homes, and prevent the loss of naturally occurring affordable units. Conserve and improve existing affordable housing stock.

Objectives and Metrics:

Prevent displacement through rent stabilization, deed restriction, and housing preservation work. Eviction levels should not increase or preferably should be lowered.

Replace all rent -stabilized units through SB 330 and enforce right of first refusal. Develop local replacement requirements to replace demolished rent -stabilized units - details to be determined pending Council evaluation of replacement requirement options, where legally feasible
Assist all displaced eligible tenants in receiving SB 330/ Tenant Relocation Assistance to partially mitigate displacement impacts. Evaluate the efficacy of TRAO in meeting anti - displacement goals, such as being able to stay in Mountain View Apply for outside funding sources ( Programs 4. 2, 4. 3, and 4. 4) to support the preservation of naturally affordable units.

Assist tenants in understanding their housing rights via the Housing and Eviction Help Center Program 2. 5).

Inform property owners of their responsibilities related to just cause evictions and habitability under the CSFRA, MHRSO, and relevant state laws, via regular webinars ( Programs 1. 12 and

2. 5)
Maintain habitability of naturally occurring affordable housing via regular code enforcement through the multi -family housing inspection program.( Program 1. 12) Provide benefits and relocation assistance to displaced residents to partially mitigate impacts of displacement, with the goal of having a comprehensive strategy to prevent displacement before the expiration of SB 330. Strategies may include:
o Temporary relocation
o Realistic options for exercising right of first refusal o Pathways to affordable housing
o Preservation of " naturally affordable" housing
o Connections to owners of developments with vacant " naturally affordable" units Study amendments to the Mobile Home Rent Stabilization Ordinance ( MHRSO) that reduce annual allowable rent increases.

Assist in preserving at least two naturally occurring affordable housing projects during the planning period, and aim to preserve more, to both preserve units and create a viable space for displaced residents to move.

Milestone and Timeframe:

Continuously enforce the Tenant Relocation Assistance Ordinance, Community Stabilization and Fair Rent Act ( CSFRA), Mobile Home Rent Stabilization Ordinance ( MHRSO), Condominium Conversion Ordinance ( CCO), and relevant state tenant protection laws Study updates to MHRSO by December 31, 2027
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Continuously monitor conditions to identify need for updates to TRAO, including potential necessary increases in assistance.

Develop funding strategy for affordable housing preservation by December 31, 2025.

Propose anti -displacement strategies to Council in 2023, including local replacement requirements. Develop comprehensive potential " alternatives to displacement," via first right of refusal requirements, displaced -resident preferences, partnerships with developers on alternative units for displaced residents, and plans for unit preservation by 2028.

Target expenditure of funds to assist in preserving at least two naturally occurring affordable housing projects during the planning period.

Responsibility: Housing and Neighborhoods and Planning Divisions Potential Funding: Local housing funds and CDBG/ HOME funds AFFH Program: Place -Based Strategies, Displacement Prevention

4. 1 Development Streamlining and Processing Revisions
Implement processing procedures and technology improvements that will reduce Planning and Building Permit review timelines to address constraints resulting from the duration of staff review. a) Review and update the City's affordable Housing NOFA process to improve coordination and communication internally ( e. g., coordination between Housing, Planning and other departments and internal processes in Planning and other departments) and with applicants.

Encourage affordable housing developers to work with outside funding sources to leverage the City' s local funds to the maximum extent possible. Initial steps in the review include additional developer roundtables, garnering consultant advice, and reviewing other public agency best practices. In addition, the City will continue to facilitate and support 100% affordable housing development in the review process, by allocating dedicated staff and utilizing streamlining opportunities. This responds to input received from affordable housing developers during the outreach process ( see Chapter 1: Introduction, Public Participation section).
b) Review development and post -development processes, timelines, and approval body levels to streamline permitting processes. Adopt procedures that improve internal coordination and staff throughput. This responds to input received from market -rate housing developers during the outreach process ( see Chapter 1: Introduction, Public Participation section). c) Continue to implement the 2021 Development Review Assessment (" Matrix Study"), building off of completed recommendations ( such as revisions to Project Coordinating Committee process, updated application forms, application inactivity policy, and creation of Permit Navigator position).
d) Acquire additional tools and software that will improve development review, monitoring of housing supply, management of funding, transparency of data and approvals, and other processes involved in housing development for staff and public use.

In addition, Program 1.3 will streamline development review by improving the consistency, transparency and relevance of the standards that affect residential development.

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