Agenda packet, regular meeting — Orinda City Council, April 19, 2022 (part 1 of 3)

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THIS MEETING: To protect our residents, officials, and staff, and in alignment with AB 361 and Orinda City Council Resolution No. 42-21, in which certain teleconference requirements of the Brown Act have been suspended, including the requirement to provide a physical location for members of the public to participate in the meeting, this meeting will be held by Teleconference.

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CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA
Tuesday, April 19, 2022
7:00 PM - REGULAR MEETING
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How to follow or participate in the meeting:
 Members of the public may observe and participate in the meeting at the teleconference location highlighted above. To ensure that the City Council receives your comments, we strongly encourage you to submit your comments in writing in advance of the meeting by following instructions below:

Send your e-mail to [email protected] by 3pm on the day of the meeting.

Those e-mails will be forwarded to the City Council. They will also be made a part of the public record and be available to view upon request by contacting the City Clerk at [email protected] or 925-253-4221. In addition, they will be available electronically by 5pm on the day of the meeting by selecting the date of the meeting in this Box link:
https://cityoforinda.box.com/s/aqrelwbwv0wc37m5hkju2o8a0sta7bup  Comments may also be submitted by e-mail during the meeting up until the closure of public comment period on the relevant agenda item. These will be read into the record by staff at their normal cadence and will be limited to a maximum of 3 minutes. To be read into the record, e-mail must contain in the subject line “Public Forum – Not on the Agenda” or “Public Comment – Agenda Item #” with the relevant agenda item indicated.

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 To comment orally in real time during the meeting, you may use the Zoom “raise your hand” function on your computer screen or the *9 function on your phone. 7:00 PM - REGULAR SESSION
A. CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL
Councilmembers: Darlene Gee, Nick Kosla, Amy Worth
Vice Mayor Inga Miller, Mayor Dennis Fay
B. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
C. ADOPTION OF AGENDA
The City Council may take action on any item listed on the agenda.

D. ITEMS FOR THE GOOD OF THE CITY
D.1. Presentation by California Consulting - Grant Writing Services E. PUBLIC FORUM
The public forum provides an opportunity for members of the public to speak on any item within the jurisdiction of the City Council that is not on the agenda.

Additionally, a speaker has the option of addressing the Council on an item listed on the agenda, if the speaker will not be present when that agenda item is taken up. When an item is not listed on the agenda, State law prohibits Council discussion or action. Councilmembers may only “briefly respond” to statements made and questions posed. For example, State law allows Councilmembers to ask questions for clarification and provide a reference to staff or other resources for factual information. Additionally, consistent with the “Matters Initiated” rule contained in its Policies and Procedures Manual, the Council may also direct staff to report back and/or place a matter on a future agenda for discussion.

F. CONSENT CALENDAR
F.1. City Council Minutes
Recommendation:

Approve City Council Minutes:

1. April 5, 2022
F.2. Authorization For Continued Use of Remote Teleconference for City Meetings
Recommendation:

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Approve the Ratification of Orinda City Council Resolution No. 42-21 and Authorize the Continued Use of Teleconference Meetings for the Period of April 20, 2022 to May 19, 2022 Pursuant to the Provisions of Assembly Bill 361.

F.3. Adoption of a Resolution Authorizing the Road Closure to Vehicular Traffic for the Orinda Annual Classic Car Show
Recommendation:

Staff recommends the City Council Adopt Resolution 11-22 Authorizing the Closure of a portion of Orinda Way and Avenida de Orinda for the Orinda Annual Classic Car Show (Traffic Order No. 212)
F.4. Adoption of a Resolution Authorizing the Closure to Vehicular Traffic for the Orinda Association's Fourth of July Parade and Associated Activities
Recommendation:

Staff recommends the City Council Adopt Resolution 14-22 Authorizing the Closure of a Portion of Moraga Way, Brookwood Road, Camino Pablo, Santa Maria Way, and Orinda Way for the Orinda Association's Fourth of July Parade and Associated Activities (Traffic Order No. 214) F.5. Housing Element Annual Progress Report for Calendar Year 2021 Recommendation:

Review the Housing Element Annual Progress Report for Calendar Year 2021 and direct staff to file the Report with the appropriate state agencies.

F.6. Adoption of a Resolution Authorizing the Temporary Closure of Vashell Way from Moraga Way to Davis Road for the upcoming Makers Market Event
Recommendation:

Staff recommends the City Council Adopt Resolution 12-22 Authorizing the Temporary Closure of Vashell Way from Moraga Way to Davis Road for the upcoming Makers Market event (Traffic Order No. 213) F.7. City Council/Fire Board 2 X 2 Committee Appointments Recommendation:

Authorize Mayor to Appoint two Council Members to serve on the recently formed City Council/Fire Board 2 X 2 Committee.

F.8. Consider Revisions to the “Prerequisites for Speed Cushions” Section of the "City of Orinda Neighborhood Traffic Management Program"
Recommendation:

Consider Traffic Safety Advisory Committee’s Recommendation to Approve Revisions to the “Prerequisites for Speed Cushions” Section of the Traffic Calming Procedure and Guidebook "City of Orinda Neighborhood Traffic Management Program"
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F.9. Contract Amendment No. 2 (Between the City of Orinda and Rincon Consultants, Inc.) for an Environmental Impact Report for the Downtown Precise Plan and Housing/Safety Element (Plan Orinda Project)
Recommendation:

Staff recommends the City Council authorize the City Manager to execute Contract Amendment No. 1 (Between the City of Orinda and Rincon Consultants, Inc.) to increase the base contract amount by an additional $84,000.

G. PUBLIC HEARING
H. POLICY MATTERS
H.1. Draft City of Orinda Housing Element & Downtown Survey Results Recommendation:

Staff recommends the City Council receive the report, take public testimony, and provide feedback on the draft Housing Element and downtown survey results.

H.2. Possible Consideration of Revisiting Decision Regarding Joining a Community Choice Aggregation Entity
Recommendation:

Receive Report, Discuss, and Determine Whether to Consider Possibly Joining a Community Choice Aggregation Entity, Provide Direction to Staff Regarding Whether to Request that Marin Clean Energy of Other Community Choice Aggregation Entity Make a Presenation at a Future City Council Meeting.

H.3. Non-Renewal/Termination of Agreement for Street Maintenance and Public Access of Village Gate Road, Ridge Gate Road, and Watchwood Court (Orindawoods).

Recommendation:

Direct the City Manager to Provide Notice of Non-Renewal/Termination of Agreement for Street Maintenance and Public Access of Village Gate Road, Ridge Gate Road, and Watchwood Court (Orindawoods).

H.4. Discussion of Annual Update to the Capital Improvement Plan Recommendation:

Staff recommends the City Council conduct its first review and discussion of the annual update to the City's rolling five year Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) for Fiscal Years 2021/22-2026/27. No action is being taken to approve projects or appropriate funds. The information obtained from this meeting will be used to develop formal updates to the CIP, including the addition of new projects. The City Council will have additional opportunities to review and provide input in the next two months along with the mid-cycle budget adjustments before the CIP is approved.

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I. COUNCILMEMBERS' REPORTS
J. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT
K. MATTERS INITIATED
L. ADJOURNMENT
The next Regular Meeting of the Orinda City Council will be held on Tuesday, May 03, 2022 at 7:00 PM.

Please visit the City’s website at www.cityoforinda.org to view the City Council Calendar.

I, Sheri Marie Smith, City Clerk, declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that this special meeting agenda has been posted at least 24 hours in advance at the Orinda City Hall, 22 Orinda Way and the Orinda Library, 26 Orinda Way. Additional copies are available at the Orinda Library, 26 Orinda Way, and at the City’s website at www.cityoforinda.org. At least 24 hours in advance of the meeting, this agenda was also delivered to and received by each member of the City Council as well as each local newspaper, radio station and television station requesting written notice of special meetings.

I, Sheri Marie Smith, City Clerk, declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that this regular meeting agenda has been posted at least 72 hours in advance at the Orinda City Hall, 22 Orinda Way and the Orinda Library, 26 Orinda Way.

Additional copies are available at the Orinda Library, 26 Orinda Way, and at the City’s website at www.cityoforinda.org
~ Notice ~
There is a 90-day limit for the filing of a challenge in the Superior Court to certain City administrative decisions and orders, which require a hearing by law, the receipt of evidence and the exercise of discretion. The 90-day limit begins on the date the decision is final (Code of Civil Procedure §1094.6). Further, if you challenge an action taken by the City Council in court, you may be limited by California law, including but not limited to Government Code §65009, to raising only those issues you or someone else raised in the public hearing, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Council prior to or at the public hearing. The City Council may be requested to reconsider a decision if the request is made prior to the next City Council meeting, regardless of whether it is a regular or special meeting. For information on the next regular or special City Council meeting, please call 925.253.4221 or visit the website at www.cityoforinda.org.
~ Accessible Public Meetings ~
The City of Orinda will provide special assistance for disabled citizens to participate in public meetings upon advance notice. If you need auxiliary hearing aid or sign language assistance at least two (2) working days advanced notice is necessary.

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Please contact the City Clerk’s Office, 22 Orinda Way, Orinda, Ca 94563 or 925.253.4221 or [email protected] with the following information: name, mailing address, phone number and type of assistance requested.

Presentation
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Orinda City Council
Tuesday, April 19, 2022
7:00 – 9:00 p.m.

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For each identified Funding Opportunity, we read the Grant Guidelines, watch Webinars, and attend Technical Workshops. We make phone calls if we have any questions.
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 Customized funding opportunity research for
four Measure R Priorities.

1. Wildfire Threats and Reduction of Fire Fuels

2. Long Term Road Repair and Maintenance

3. Critical Public Storm Drain Infrastructure

4. Disaster Planning and Emergency Response
 Brainstorming Meetings with Staff
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City of Orinda
(As of 04.11.22)
 Caltrans  Office of Local Assistance  Local Road Safety Plan  $40,000  California State Parks and Recreation Proposition 68 Per Capita
Orinda Community Park Restroom $189,803
 California State Parks and Recreation  Land and Water Conservation Fund  Orinda Community Park  $700,000  California Fire Safe Council  2022 State Fire Assistance  Wildfire Education and Outreach Program  Around $200,000 Grants Pending Decision
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City of Orinda (As of 04/11/22)  Caltrans Active Transportation Program, Cycle 6  Safe Routes to School – Glorietta School Crossings  Amount: TBD  Deadline: June 15, 2022  Caltrans Active Transportation Program, Cycle 6  Small Project – Camino Pablo Pathway Improvements  Amount: TBD  Deadline: June 15, 2022  California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services  404 Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HGMP)  Amount: TBD  Deadline: Rolling D.1
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City of Orinda
 Rollout of Building a Better America, the trillion dollar Bipartisan Infrastructure Law with 350 Programs through 12 Federal Departments and Agencies.

1. US Department of Transportation roads opportunities

2. USDA/Forest Service wildfire prevention opportunities  State Water Resources Board – Meeting Scheduled with SWRB on April 18

1. Identification of storm water Funding Sources
Caltrans Highway Safety Improvement Program
Opportunity based on having Local Road Safety Plan.

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 California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES): Hazard Mitigation Grant Program https://www.caloes.ca.gov/cal-oes-divisions/recovery/disaster-mitigation-technical-support/404-hazard-mitigation-grant-program Caltrans: Active Transportation Program (ATP) Grant Statewide Cycle 6 https://dot.ca.gov/programs/local-assistance/fed-and-state-programs/active-transportation-program  U.S. Department of Transportation: Low or No Emission Grant Program https://www.transit.dot.gov/notices-funding/low-or-no-emission-and-grants-buses-and-bus-facilities-competitive-programs-fy2022  California Housing and Community Development: Infill Infrastructure Grant Program (IIG) http://www.hcd.ca.gov/grants-funding/active-funding/iigp.shtml D.1
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Communication: Presentation by California Consulting - Grant Writing Services (ITEMS AGENDA TITLE: City Council Minutes
RECOMMENDATION:

Approve City Council Minutes:

1. April 5, 2022
ATTACHMENTS:

A. City Council Minutes of April 5, 2022
Respectfully Submitted by:

Sheri Smith
City Clerk
Prepared By: David Biggs, City Manager
Approved by:

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Orinda City Council Minutes Page 1 of 5 04.05.22
April 5, 2022

CITY OF ORINDA

CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
Note: Written communications received from the public prior to the start of this meeting can be viewed at: http://orindaca.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_Meeting.aspx?ID=2089.They are also kept in the City Clerk’s Office as part of the public record and available upon request.
7:00 P.M. – REGULAR MEETING– BY TELECONFERENCE
A. CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL:

Vice Mayor Miller called the Regular Meeting to order at approximately 7:00 p.m.

COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT: Darlene Gee, Amy Worth
Vice Mayor Inga Miller Fay
COUNCILMEMBERS ABSENT: Mayor Dennis Fay, Councilmember Nick Kosla B. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – Led by Vice Mayor Miller.

C. ADOPTION OF AGENDA
MOTION by Councilmember Worth and seconded by Councilmember Gee to adopt the agenda. Said motion carried by unanimous (3-0) roll call vote.

D. ITEMS FOR THE GOOD OF THE CITY - None
E. PUBLIC FORUM
There were no speakers or emails.

F. CONSENT CALENDAR
Vice Mayor Miller asked if there were requests for removal of items or public comments, and there were none.

F.1. City Council Minutes
Recommendation:

Approve City Council Minutes:

1. March 15, 2022 Closed Session

2. March 15, 2022 Regular Meeting

3. March 16, 2022 Special Meeting w/MOFD
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4. March 21, 2022 Special Meeting Tri-City

5. March 23, 2022 Special Meeting w/SSTOC
F.2. Monthly Report of Receipts and Disbursements for the Period February 1, 2022 through February 28, 2022 and Summary of Revenue, Expenditures, and Preliminary Fund Balances for July 1, 2021 through February 28, 2022
Recommendation:

Staff recommends that the City Council receive and file this report of receipts, disbursements, and preliminary fund balances for the month of February 2022.

F.3. Authorization For Continued Use of Remote Teleconference for City Meetings
Recommendation:

Approve the Ratification of Orinda City Council Resolution No. 42-21 and Authorize the Continued Use of Teleconference Meetings for the Period of April 6, 2022 to May 5, 2022 Pursuant to the Provisions of Assembly Bill 361.

F.4. Approve the Design and Consider Award of Construction Contract To NBC Construction and Engineering for the Orinda Community Center Solar, Battery Storage, and Roof Replacement Project #4141 & #4164 Recommendation:

Staff recommends that the City Council: 1) Approve the design of Project #4141& #4164; 2) Award the contract for construction to responsible lowest bidder NBC Construction & Engineering, Inc. of San Francisco, California for an amount of $646,711; 3) Authorize City Manager and City Clerk to execute a contract on behalf of the City, subject to approval as to form by the City Attorney; and 4) Authorize the City Manager to administratively approve contract change orders provided that the cumulative amount does not exceed $743,700 (approximately 15% contingency)
F.5. Extension of Agreement for Professional Audit Services With Maze & Associates For Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Financial Statements Recommendation:

Staff recommend that the City Council authorize the City Manager to execute a one year extension for audit services with Maze & Associates at a cost not to exceed $38,500, which includes a contingency of $1,828 for any additional work required.

F.6. Resolution 13-22 of the City council of the City of Orinda Approving Application for Specified Grant Funds
Recommendation:

Adopt Resolution 13-22, which approves application for specified grant funds in the amount of $125,000.

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MOTION by Councilmember Worth and seconded by Councilmember Gee to approve Consent Calendar Items F.1.1, F.1.2, F.1.3, F.1.4, F.1.5, F.2, F.3, F.4, F.5 and F.6. Said motion carried by unanimous (3-0) roll call vote.

G. PUBLIC HEARING – None.

H. POLICY MATTERS
H.1. Art in Public Places Committee Annual Report for Calendar Year 2021 Recommendation:

Staff recommends the City Council review and accept the Annual Report from the Art in Public Places Committee for calendar year 2021.

Parks and Recreation Director Todd Trimble stated this is an annual report from the Art in Public Places Committee for calendar year 2021. Committee Member and former Chair Ted Urban could answer questions and provide any additional information. He briefly provided an overview of recent installations in the Library Foyer and City Hall Lobby.

Ted Urban, APPC Member, gave an overview of the work of the Committee, stating they are waiting to acquire a couple of pieces that will come before the Council, said the program has been run smoothly with nice projects coming along, and he referred to the annual report which provides an overview of the Committee’s work.

Vice Mayor Miller and Councilmembers thanked Mr. Urban and recognized the Committee for their work over the year, was happy about the idea to provide art throughout the town and creation of the Committee, thinks the art enhances the community, described the turnover of art, particularly the Bear.

Mr. Urban spoke about the turnover and rotation of art during the COVID period, said they have a number of City-owned pieces that are easy to maintain, can be moved around, and others find a permanent home to stay. The Committee is always open to ideas, and he suggested the Council provide any comments or points of view.

Vice Mayor Miller opened the public comment period.

Sora O’Doherty said her favorite piece of art was a beautiful dress on a pedestal on the steps of the library and asked where it went.

Mr. Trimble said this piece was on the steps as a loan piece but he could not remember the artist but it was returned.

Mr. Urban said this might be a good idea for the Committee to revisit as well as moving a few pieces around in new locations. He thanked Ms. O’Doherty for her comments and possibly the dress can be relocated if the artist can be identified.

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City Manager Biggs commented on the value of the community displaying local art and was happy to have met with Mr. Urban regarding the report.

MOTION by Councilmember Worth and seconded by Councilmember Gee to accept the Annual Report from the Art in Public Places Committee for calendar year 2021. Said motion carried by unanimous (3-0) roll call vote.

I. COUNCILMEMBERS’ REPORTS – There were no report.

J. CITY MANAGER’S REPORT – City Manager Biggs reported the mural on the Library is underway which will be a nice addition to the Library and City, said the Planning Commission is meeting on the Housing Element and notice was given to every resident, and the City Council will meet on April 19th to discuss it, and he provided next steps in the overall process. Staff will continue to refine the Downtown Precise Plan and Safety Element as well.

On Thursday evening, April 7th the Taste of the World Food Truck event returns to the parking area in front of the Community Center. A listing of restaurants is on the City’s website, as well. Lastly, the City is undergoing registration for summer programs and a normal level of programs are in effect.

On Thursday, April 7th at 6:30 p.m., the Council’s Public Safety Committee will hold a meeting where the Police Chief will provide a report on 2021 as well as an update on 2022.

Today is technically his first anniversary with the City of Orinda and he thanked the Council and community for the opportunity to be of service, and he looks forward to continuing to make Orinda a great place to live and do business.

Vice Mayor Miller referred to the parking lot at the Library being closed and said the Friends of the Library ask that people hold back donations. Mr. Biggs noted that towards the end of next week, there should be normal access again to the Library garage.

Councilmember Worth noted that the Friends of the Library now have two ways of selling books through donations received which are placed by a volunteer on an auction on-line. They also have books in the shop in the Library, as well as periodic sales, and said their website has all information on sales held throughout the year.

K. MATTERS INITIATED – None.

L. ADJOURNMENT
The Regular Meeting was adjourned at approximately 7:31 p.m. to the next Regular Meeting on Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at 7:00 p.m.

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Sheri Marie Smith, City Clerk
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Attachment: City Council Minutes of April 5, 2022 (2745 : City Council Minutes) City Council
Staff Report
Agenda Item: F.2
Date: April 19, 2022
Department: City Clerk
AGENDA TITLE: Authorization For Continued Use of Remote Teleconference for City Meetings
RECOMMENDATION:

Approve the Ratification of Orinda City Council Resolution No. 42-21 and Authorize the Continued Use of Teleconference Meetings for the Period of April 20, 2022 to May 19, 2022 Pursuant to the Provisions of Assembly Bill 361.

BACKGROUND:

On October 5th, 2021 the Orinda City Council adopted Resolution No. 42-21 approving the continued use of teleconferencing for the meetings of all City legislative bodies pursuant to the provisions of Assembly Bill 361. The resolution was ratified on October 19th, and at subsequent meetings through 2021 and 2022.

DISCUSSION:

At the time of adoption, the City Council anticipated that the resolution would appear on its consent calendar for review and ratification or update at regular Council meetings.

The State law authorizes the continuation for as long as the Governor’s proclaimed state of emergency relating to the COVID-19 pandemic remains in effect. On February 25, 2022 Governor Newsom issued an Executive Order which extends the emergency proclamation to June 30, 2022. State law also provides that the City Council determine that they desire to continue remote public meetings and make the necessary findings at least every thirty days. Those findings were contained in Orinda City Council Resolution No. 42-21, which staff recommends the Council vote to ratify based on current conditions.

Approval of this item will allow all public bodies established by the City of Orinda and covered by Resolution No. 42-21 to continue to conduct teleconferencing meetings.

On March 1, 2022, Contra Costa Health Services issued the attached revised Recommendations for Safely Holding Public Meetings in which online meetings are still strongly recommended.

FISCAL IMPACT:

None.

ATTACHMENTS:

A. Weblink to: Staff Report, Adopted Resolution at October 5, 2021 Council Meeting B. Contra Costa Health Services Recommendations for Safely Holding Public Meetings F.2
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Respectfully Submitted by:

Sheri Smith
City Clerk
Prepared By: Sheri Smith, City Clerk
Approved by:

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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SAFELY HOLDING PUBLIC MEETINGS
Each local government agency is authorized to determine whether to hold public meetings in person, on-line (teleconferencing only), or via a combination of methods. The following are recommendations from the Contra Costa County Health Officer to minimize the risk of COVID 19 transmission during a public meeting.

1. Online meetings (i.e. teleconferencing meetings) are strongly recommended as these meetings present the lowest risk of transmission of SARS CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID 19. This is particularly important in light of the current community prevalence rate as of March 1, 2022.

Our current trends as of March 1, 2022 in Covid-19 case rate, Covid-19 test positivity, and Covid19 hospitalizations are decreasing, but cases rates remain high with the Omicron variant of Covid-19 being the predominant variant identified, the impact of which on the spread of Covid19 has shown to dramatically increase COVID-19 transmission.

2. If a local agency determines to hold in-person meetings, offering the public the opportunity to attend via a call-in option or an internet-based service option is recommended, when possible, to give those at higher risk of and/or higher concern about COVID-19 an alternative to participating in person.

3. A written safety protocol should be developed and followed. It is recommended that the protocol require social distancing – i.e., six feet of separation between attendees – and face masking of all attendees.

4. Seating arrangements should allow for staff and members of the public to easily maintain at least six-foot distance from one another at all practicable times.

5. Consider holding public meetings outdoors. Increasing scientific consensus is that outdoor airflow reduces the risk of COVID-19 transmission compared to indoor spaces. Hosting events outdoors also may make it easier to space staff and members of the public at least 6 feet apart.

6. Current evidence is unclear as to the added benefit of temperature checks in addition to symptom checks. We encourage focus on symptom checks as they may screen out individuals with other Covid-19 symptoms besides fever and help reinforce the message to not go out in public if you are not feeling well.

7. Consider a voluntary attendance sheet with names and contact information to assist in contact tracing of any cases linked to a public meeting.

Revised 3-1-2022
Sefanit Mekuria, MD, MPH
Deputy Health Officer, Contra Costa County
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Attachment: Contra Costa Health Services Recommendations for Safely Holding Public Meetings (2750 : Ratify Continued Teleconference City Council
Staff Report
Agenda Item: F.3
Date: April 19, 2022
Department:

Public Works and
Engineering Services
AGENDA TITLE: Adoption of a Resolution Authorizing the Road Closure to Vehicular Traffic for the Orinda Annual Classic Car Show
RECOMMENDATION:

The 18th Orinda Annual Classic Car Show in the Orinda Downtown area of the Village District will be held between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. on Saturday September 10, 2022.

DISCUSSION:

Safety of all concerned, including participants and spectators, requires the street closures as noted below between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.:
1) Full Closure of Orinda Way between Camino Pablo and Camino Sobrante 2) Full Closure of Avenida De Orinda
FISCAL IMPACT:

Overtime costs are associated with logistical support provided by City employees.

ATTACHMENTS:

A. Resolution 11-22 Orinda Annual Classic Car Show Street Closures TO #212 Respectfully Submitted by:

Scott Christie
Public Works Director
Prepared By: Kevin McCourt, Assistant Engineer
Approved by:

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BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORINDA
In the Matter of:

Authorizing the Closure of a Portion)
Orinda Way and all of Avenida de )
Orinda for the O r i n d a A n n u a l )
and Orinda Way for the Orinda )
Classic Car Show )
Traffic Order No. 212
Resolution No. 11-22
WHEREAS, the 18th Orinda A n n u a l Classic Car Show and associated activities located in the Orinda Downtown Village District will take place between 6:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday September 10, 2022; and
WHEREAS, the event will be held between 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., which will require the following street closures:
1) Full Closure of Orinda Way between Camino Pablo and Camino Sobrante 2) Full Closure of Avenida De Orinda
WHEREAS, for the safety of all concerned including participants and spectators, this will require the various listed street closures on Saturday September 10, 2022 between 6:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; and
WHEREAS, under Section 21101, paragraph (e) of the Vehicle Code, a local authority may adopt by resolution, a temporary closure of a street for a special event when the closure is necessary for the safety and protection of the users of the street during the event; and
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council hereby authorizes the listed street closures in downtown Orinda for the Orinda Annual Classic Car Show on Saturday September 10, 2022 from 6:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Adopted by the City Council of the City of Orinda at a regular meeting on April 19, 2022, by the following vote:

AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
Dennis Fay, Mayor
ATTEST:

Sheri Marie Smith, City Clerk
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Attachment: Resolution 11-22 Orinda Annual Classic Car Show Street Closures TO #212 (2727 : Orinda Annual Classic Car Show Street City Council
Staff Report
Agenda Item: F.4
Date: April 19, 2022
Department:

Public Works and
Engineering Services
AGENDA TITLE: Adoption of a Resolution Authorizing the Closure to Vehicular Traffic for the Orinda Association's Fourth of July Parade and Associated Activities RECOMMENDATION:

The Orinda Association is organizing and operating the annual Fourth of July parade and associated activities in the Orinda Downtown area of the Theatre District and Village District between 7:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. on Monday July 4, 2022.

SUMMARY:

After a hiatus in 2020 due to COVID, the 4th of July Parade did take place in 2021. The 2022 Parade is in the planning stages and it is timely to consider the annual Traffic Order regarding street closures. Safety of all concerned, including participants and spectators, requires the usual street closures as noted below:
1) Partial Closure of the two northbound lanes of Camino Pablo between Moraga Way and Santa Maria Way.
2) Full Closure of Moraga Way between Camino Pablo and Bryant Way 3) Full Closure of Brookwood Road between Camino Pablo and Moraga Way 4) Partial Closure of the eastbound lanes of Santa Maria Way between Camino Pablo and Orinda Way
5) Full Closure of Orinda Way between Santa Maria Way and Camino Sobrante FISCAL IMPACT:

Nominal costs are associated with logistical support provided by City employees.

ATTACHMENTS:

A. Resolution 14-22 4th of July Street Closure TO# 214
Respectfully Submitted by:

Scott Christie
Public Works Director
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Prepared By: Kevin McCourt, Assistant Engineer
Approved by:

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BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORINDA
In the Matter of:

Authorizing the Closure of a Portion )
of Moraga Way, Brookwood Road, )
Camino Pablo, Santa Maria Way, )
and Orinda Way for the Orinda )
Association’s Fourth of July Parade )
and Associated Activities
Traffic Order No. 214
Resolution No. 14-22
WHEREAS, the Orinda Association is organizing and operating the annual Fourth of July parade and associated activities in the Orinda Downtown areas of the Theatre District and Village District between 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Monday July 4, 2022; and WHEREAS, the parade procession stages in the east Orinda BART Station parking lot, exits and heads south along Camino Pablo within the closed northbound lanes, turns l e f t / n o r t h on Brookwood Road, then turns right onto Moraga Way, proceeding on and then turning right to go back northbound onto Camino Pablo, east on Santa Maria Way, and completing its route northbound on Orinda Way; and
WHEREAS, the Orinda Association plans to route the parade (procession between 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.) from staging area in the Orinda BART Station parking lot, through the Theatre District and routing back to its conclusion in the Village District near the Community Center, which will require the following street closures:
1) Partial Closure of the two northbound lanes of Camino Pablo between Moraga Way and Santa Maria Way.
2) Full Closure of Moraga Way between Camino Pablo and Bryant Way 3) Full Closure of Brookwood Road between Camino Pablo and Moraga Way 4) Partial Closure of the eastbound lanes of Santa Maria Way between Camino Pablo and Orinda Way
5) Full Closure of Orinda Way between Santa Maria Way and Camino Pablo WHEREAS, for the safety of all concerned including participants and spectators, this will require the various listed street closures on Monday July 4, 2022 between 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.; and
WHEREAS, under Section 21101, paragraph (e) of the Vehicle Code, a local authority may adopt by resolution, a temporary closure of a street for a special event when the closure is necessary for the safety and protection of the users of the street during the event; and
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Attachment: Resolution 14-22 4th of July Street Closure TO# 214 (2738 : 4Th of July Street Closure) NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council hereby authorizes the listed street closures in downtown Orinda for the Fourth of July Parade route and associated community activities on Monday July 4, 2022 from 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Adopted by the City Council of the City of Orinda on April 19, 2022 by the following vote:

AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:

NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:

ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:

ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS:

ATTEST:

Sheri M. Smith, City Clerk
Dennis Fay, Mayor
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Attachment: Resolution 14-22 4th of July Street Closure TO# 214 (2738 : 4Th of July Street Closure) City Council
Staff Report
Agenda Item: F.5
Date: April 19, 2022
Department: City Council
AGENDA TITLE: Housing Element Annual Progress Report for Calendar Year 2021 RECOMMENDATION:

Review the Housing Element Annual Progress Report for Calendar Year 2021 and direct staff to file the Report with the appropriate state agencies.

BACKGROUND:

As required by State law (Government Code Section 65400), staff prepared the Annual Progress Report (APR) on implementation of the Housing Element contained in Attachment A. This report must be considered at a public meeting of the City Council and members of the public must have an opportunity to provide oral testimony and written comments. Reports are due April 1st of each year for the preceding year and are considered overdue 60 days after April 1st.

SUMMARY:

APRs are to be completed using forms development by the State Housing and Community Development Department (HCD). As shown in the attached report, building permits were issued for a total of 56 dwelling units during the calendar year 2021. Of the 56 units, 35 were detached, above moderate income, single-family homes and 21 were moderate income, non-deed restricted accessory dwelling units. Many of the permits issued were for single-family units in the Wilder subdivision. The attached 2021 City of Orinda APR implements new, more detailed reporting requirements from HCD.

The Housing Element Annual Report for Orinda can be viewed online at:
https://cityoforinda.box.com/v/housingelementreport .

NEXT STEPS:

Based on Council review and direction, staff will file the report with the Department of Housing and Community Development and the State Office of Planning and Research.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Approving the Annual Progress Report does not have a fiscal impact. However, there could be legal costs to the City if the report is not approved by the City Council in a timely manner based on Government Code Section 65400, which states in part:

If a court finds, upon a motion to that effect, that a city, county, or city and county failed to submit, within 60 days of the deadline established in this section, the F.5
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housing element portion of the report required pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) that substantially complies with the requirements of this section, the court shall issue an order or judgment compelling compliance with this section within 60 days.

ATTACHMENTS:

A. Housing Element Annual Progress Report for Calendar Year 2021 Respectfully Submitted by:

Chris Cortez
Prepared By: Chris Cortez,
Approved by:

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Annual Progress Report January 2020
Jurisidiction Name
Reporting Calendar Year
First Name
Last Name
Title
Email
Phone
Street Address
City
Zipcode
v 1_13_2022
Optional: Click here to import last year's data. This is best used when the workbook is new and empty. You will be prompted to pick an old workbook to import from. Project and program data will be copied exactly how it was entered in last year's form and must be updated. If a project is no longer has any reportable activity, you may delete the project by selecting a cell in the row and typing ctrl + d.
22 Orinda Way
Orinda
94563
Please Start Here
General Information
2021
Orinda
Contact Information
Drummond
Buckley
Planning Director
[email protected]
9259569305
Mailing Address
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Attachment: Housing Element Annual Progress Report for Calendar Year 2021 (2729 : Housing Element Jurisdiction Orinda ANNUAL ELEMENT PROGRESS REPORT Note: "+" indicates an optional field Reporting Year 2021 (Jan. 1 - Dec. 31) Housing Element Implementation Planning Period 5th Cycle 01/31/2015 - 01/31/2023
Date
Application
Submitted
Total
Approved
Units by
Project
Total
Disapproved
Units by
Project
Streamlining Application
Status Notes
2 3 4 6 7 8 9 11 12
Prior APN+ Current APN Street Address Project Name+ Local Jurisdiction Tracking ID+
Unit Category
(SFA,SFD,2 to
4,5+,ADU,MH)
Tenure
R=Renter
O=Owner
Date Application
Submitted+
(see instructions)
Very LowIncome Deed
Restricted
Very LowIncome Non
Deed
Restricted
LowIncome
Deed
Restricted
Low-Income
Non Deed
Restricted
ModerateIncome
Deed
Restricted
ModerateIncome
Non Deed
Restricted
Above
ModerateIncome
Total PROPOSED
Units by Project
Total

APPROVED
Units by project
Total

DISAPPROVED
Units by Project
Was APPLICATION

SUBMITTED
Pursuant to GC
65913.4(b)?
(SB 35
Streamlining)
Was a Density
Bonus requested
for this housing
development?
Was a Density
Bonus approved
for this housing
development?
Please indicate
the status of the
application.

Notes+
Summary Row: Start Data Entry Below 0 0 0 0 0 21 32 53 53 0 273390012 19 Big Rock Rd SFD O 1/8/2021 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 273390013 21 Big Rock Rd SFD O 1/8/2021 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 273390014 23 Big Rock Rd SFD O 1/8/2021 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 273390015 25 Big Rock Rd SFD O 1/8/2021 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 273400001 27 Big Rock Rd SFD O 1/8/2021 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 273400002 29 Big Rock Rd SFD O 1/8/2021 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 273400003 33 Big Rock Rd SFD O 1/8/2021 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 273400004 35 Big Rock Rd SFD O 1/8/2021 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 273400005 37 Big Rock Rd SFD O 1/8/2021 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 273390002 28 Big Rock Rd SFD O 1/8/2021 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 273390001 30 Big Rock Rd SFD O 1/8/2021 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 273400006 39 Big Rock Rd SFD O 1/8/2021 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 265020001 7 Loma Vista Dr ADU O 12/29/2020 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 271321021 134 Ardith Dr ADU O 12/15/2020 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 268410015 33 Meadow View Rd ADU O 6/3/2021 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 272170016 16 Valley View Dr ADU O 11/3/2020 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 263120022 27 Acacia Dr ADU O 12/29/2020 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 271291004 4 Crown Ct ADU O 12/1/2021 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 270073002 9 Sally Ann Rd ADU O 6/28/2021 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 262032009 50 La Cuesta ADU O 6/18/2021 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 268361004 114 Meadow Ln ADU O 11/4/2021 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 261180013 1 Oak Ln ADU O 8/19/2021 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 271051019 45 Valencia Rd ADU O 8/8/2021 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 266160013 18 Katrina Ct ADU O 7/28/2021 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 266270023 110 Crane Terrace ADU O 6/21/2021 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 272050007 9 Poco Paseo ADU O 2/15/2021 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 270010030 232 Longview Terrace ADU O 2/9/2021 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 268233003 10 Tara Rd ADU O 2/2/2021 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 273300013 31 Big Lead Rd SFD O 5/26/2021 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 273232005 46 Knickerbocker Ln SFD O 4/12/2021 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 273360015 88 Dairy Creek Ln SFD O 3/17/2021 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 273300021 12 Rabble Rd SFD O 12/4/2021 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 273390009 11 Quarry Hill Rd SFD O 3/3/2021 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 273390010 15 Quarry Hill Rd SFD O 3/4/2021 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 273390011 17 Quarry Hill Rd SFD O 3/5/2021 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 265051015 221 El Toyonal SFD O 11/9/2020 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 273360004 57 Wilder Rd SFD O 11/23/2020 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 264180020 36 Loma Vista Rd SFD O 9/1/2020 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 273360009 85 Dairy Creek Rd SFD O 2/21/2020 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 273340002 1 Twig Ln SFD O 12/30/2019 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 273340003 3 Twig Ln SFD O 12/23/2019 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 273340004 5 Twig Ln SFD O 12/23/2019 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 273340005 7 Twig Ln SFD O 12/23/2019 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 273340001 8 Twig Ln SFD O 12/23/2019 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 273340009 81 Monkeyflower Ln SFD O 12/23/2019 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 273360017 82 Dairy Creek Ln SFD O 10/11/2019 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 271130008 45 Adobe Ln SFD O 7/22/2019 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 264260012 261 Monte Vista Ridge ADU O 8/7/2018 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 272041016 207 Crestview ADU O 11/17/2020 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 265153015 10 Vista del Orinda ADU O 11/5/2020 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 273042007 100 Moraga Wy ADU O 7/9/2020 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 268233008 30 Tara Rd ADU O 12/23/2020 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 273340029 10 Wilder Rd SFD O 12/23/2019 1 1 1 No No N/A Approved 273390008 12 Big Rock Rd SFD O 3/3/2021 1 1 No No N/A Approved 273390003 26 Big Rock Rd SFD O 1/8/2021 1 1 No No N/A Approved 273390004 22 Big Rock Rd SFD O 1/8/2021 1 1 No No N/A Approved Table A
Housing Development Applications Submitted
Cells in grey contain auto-calculation formulas
1 5
Project Identifier Unit Types Proposed Units - Affordability by Household Incomes (CCR Title 25 §6202)
Density Bonus Applications
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Attachment: Housing Element Annual Progress Report for Calendar Year 2021 (2729 : Housing Element Annual Report) Jurisdiction Orinda ANNUAL ELEMENT PROGRESS REPORT
Reporting Year 2021 (Jan. 1 - Dec. 31) Housing Element Implementation Cells in grey contain auto-calculation formulas Planning Period 5th Cycle 01/31/2015 - 01/31/2023
Table A2
Annual Building Activity Report Summary - New Construction, Entitled, Permits and Completed Units Streamlining Infill
Housing without Financial
Assistance or Deed
Restrictions
Term of Affordability
or Deed Restriction Notes
2 3 5 6 8 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Prior APN+ Current APN Street Address Project Name+ Local Jurisdiction Tracking ID+
Unit Category
(SFA,SFD,2 to
4,5+,ADU,MH)
Tenure
R=Renter
O=Owner
Very LowIncome Deed
Restricted
Very LowIncome Non
Deed Restricted
Low- Income
Deed
Restricted
Low- Income
Non Deed
Restricted
ModerateIncome Deed
Restricted
ModerateIncome Non
Deed Restricted
Above
ModerateIncome
Entitlement
Date Approved # of Units issued
Entitlements
Very LowIncome Deed
Restricted
Very LowIncome Non
Deed Restricted
Low- Income
Deed
Restricted
Low- Income
Non Deed
Restricted
ModerateIncome Deed
Restricted
ModerateIncome Non
Deed Restricted
Above
ModerateIncome
Building Permits
Date Issued
# of Units Issued
Building Permits
Very LowIncome Deed
Restricted
Very LowIncome Non
Deed
Restricted
Low- Income
Deed
Restricted
Low- Income
Non Deed
Restricted
ModerateIncome Deed
Restricted
ModerateIncome Non
Deed Restricted
Above
ModerateIncome
Certificates of
Occupancy or other
forms of readiness
(see instructions)
Date Issued
# of Units
issued
Certificates of
Occupancy or
other forms of
readiness
How many of the
units were
Extremely Low
Income?+
Was Project
APPROVED using
GC 65913.4(b)?
(SB 35 Streamlining)
Y/N
Infill Units?
Y/N+
Assistance Programs
for Each Development
(may select multiple -
see instructions)
Deed Restriction
Type
(may select multiple -
see instructions)
For units affordable without
financial assistance or deed
restrictions, explain how the
locality determined the units
were affordable
(see instructions)
Term of Affordability or
Deed Restriction (years)
(if affordable in perpetuity
enter 1000)+
Number of
Demolished/Dest
royed Units
Demolished or
Destroyed Units
Demolished/Des
troyed Units
Owner or
Renter
Total Density Bonus Applied to
the Project (Percentage
Increase in Total Allowable
Units or Total Maximum
Allowable Residential Gross
Floor Area)
Number of Other
Incentives,
Concessions, Waivers,
or Other Modifications
Given to the Project
(Excluding Parking
Waivers or Parking
Reductions)
List the incentives,
concessions,
waivers, and
modifications
(Excluding Parking
Waivers or Parking
Modifications)
Did the project receive a
reduction or waiver of
parking standards? (Y/N)
Notes+
Summary Row: Start Data Entry Below 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 12 0 0 0 0 0 21 35 56 0 0 0 0 0 14 57 71 0 0 2 0 263040023 10 Haciendas Rd
ADU O
0 0 1 7/22/2021 1 N
The jurisdiction has surveyed the
rental prices for comparable units
in the area: an average of $2,688
(low income). It is anticipated that
new units would rent for slightly
higher amounts, rendering them
moderate income.
268461014 33 Evergreen Dr
ADU O
0 0 1 6/9/2021 1 N
The jurisdiction has surveyed the
rental prices for comparable units
in the area: an average of $2,688
(low income). It is anticipated that
new units would rent for slightly
higher amounts, rendering them
moderate income.
264260001 211 Monte Vista
Ridge Rd
ADU O
0 0 1 5/21/2021 1 N
The jurisdiction has surveyed the
rental prices for comparable units
in the area: an average of $2,688
(low income). It is anticipated that
new units would rent for slightly
higher amounts, rendering them
moderate income.
268410014 31 Meadow View
Rd
ADU O
0 0 1 1/21/2021 1 N
The jurisdiction has surveyed the
rental prices for comparable units
in the area: an average of $2,688
(low income). It is anticipated that
new units would rent for slightly
higher amounts, rendering them
moderate income.
268270021 7 Tarabrook Dr
ADU O
0 0 1 12/15/2021 1 N
The jurisdiction has surveyed the
rental prices for comparable units
in the area: an average of $2,688
(low income). It is anticipated that
new units would rent for slightly
higher amounts, rendering them
moderate income.
262082004
59 La Espiral ADU O
0 0 1 6/29/2021 1 N
The jurisdiction has surveyed the
rental prices for comparable units
in the area: an average of $2,688
(low income). It is anticipated that
new units would rent for slightly
higher amounts, rendering them
moderate income.
270301010 257 Orchard Rd
ADU O
0 0 1 11/1/2021 1 N
The jurisdiction has surveyed the
rental prices for comparable units
in the area: an average of $2,688
(low income). It is anticipated that
new units would rent for slightly
higher amounts, rendering them
moderate income.
273340028 12 Wilder Rd SFD O 0 0 1 10/28/2021 1 N
261080013 643 Miner Rd SFD O 0 0 1 2/5/2021 1 N
273120033 4 Quail Ridge Lane SFD O 0 0 1 2/23/2021 1 N
273140013 4 Sunrise Hill Rd SFD O 0 0 1 9/30/2021 1 N
271052010 5 Altamount Dr SFD O 0 0 1 7/26/2021 1 N
273360018 80 Dairy Creek
Lane SFD O 0 0 1 5/18/2021 1 N
273380030 28 Wild Lilac Way SFD O 0 0 1 2/11/2021 1 N
273380029 26 Wild Lilac Way SFD O 0 0 1 2/24/2021 1 N
273380001 53 Tomcat Way SFD O 0 0 1 3/23/2021 1 N
273380002 55 Tomcat Way SFD O 0 0 1 3/9/2021 1 N
273340012 87 Monkeyflower
Ln SFD O 0 0 1 12/27/2021 1 N
273340006 98 Monkeyflower
Ln SFD O 0 0 1 5/25/2021 1 N
273350004 99 Monkeyflower
Ln SFD O 0 0 1 5/13/2021 1 N
273340013 89 Monkeyflower
Ln SFD O 0 0 1 12/27/2021 1 N
273350001 91 Monkeyflower
Ln SFD O 0 0 1 8/4/2021 1 N
273350002 95 Monkeyflower
Ln SFD O 0 0 1 9/22/2021 1 N
273350003 97 Monkeyflower
Ln SFD O 0 0 1 10/11/2021 1 N
271130017 40 Adobe Ln SFD O 0 0 1 8/24/2021 1 N
262212015 38 Los Dedos SFD O 0 0 1 12/22/2021 1 N
273320019 22 Paintbrush Ln SFD O 0 0 1 8/26/2021 1 N
273390016 16 Fiddleneck Way SFD O 0 0 1 10/26/2021 1 N
273390007 16 Big Rock Rd SFD O 0 0 1 9/23/2021 1 N
273390005 20 Big Rock Rd SFD O 0 0 1 9/30/2021 1 N
273390006 18 Big Rock Rd SFD O 0 0 1 9/30/2021 1 N
273390017 12 Fiddleneck Way SFD O 0 0 1 10/26/2021 1 N
273390018 10 Fiddleneck Way SFD O 0 0 1 10/21/2021 1 N
273390019 8 Fiddleneck Way SFD O 0 0 1 10/21/2021 1 N
273390020 6 Fiddleneck Way SFD O 0 0 1 9/30/2021 1 N
273400010 30 Fiddleneck Way SFD O 0 0 1 11/17/2021 1 N
273400011 28 Fiddleneck Way SFD O 0 0 1 10/28/2021 1 N
273400012 26 Fiddleneck Way SFD O 0 0 1 10/28/2021 1 N
273400013 22 Fiddleneck Way SFD O 0 0 1 10/28/2021 1 N
273400014 18 Fiddleneck Way SFD O 0 0 1 10/28/2021 1 N
273400007 38 Fiddleneck Way SFD O 0 0 1 11/18/2021 1 N
273400008 36 Fiddleneck Way SFD O 0 0 1 11/18/2021 1 N
273400009 32 Fiddleneck Way SFD O 0 0 1 11/17/2021 1 N
273390012 19 Big Rock Rd SFD O 0 1 1/15/2021 1 1 11/22/2021 1 N 273390013 21 Big Rock Rd SFD O 0 1 1/15/2021 1 1 11/22/2021 1 N 273390014 23 Big Rock Rd SFD O 0 1 1/15/2021 1 1 11/23/2021 1 N 273390015 25 Big Rock Rd SFD O 0 1 1/15/2021 1 1 11/24/2021 1 N 273400001 27 Big Rock Rd SFD O 0 1 1/15/2021 1 1 11/23/2021 1 N 273400002 29 Big Rock Rd SFD O 0 1 1/15/2021 1 1 11/24/2021 1 N 273400003 33 Big Rock Rd SFD O 0 1 1/15/2021 1 1 11/29/2021 1 N 273400004 35 Big Rock Rd SFD O 0 1 1/15/2021 1 1 12/9/2021 1 N 273400005 37 Big Rock Rd SFD O 0 1 1/15/2021 1 1 12/13/2021 1 N 273390002 28 Big Rock Rd SFD O 0 1 1/15/2021 1 1 12/22/2021 1 N 273390001 30 Big Rock Rd SFD O 0 1 1/15/2021 1 1 12/28/2021 1 N 273400006 39 Big Rock Rd SFD O 1 2/18/2021 1 1 3/10/2021 1 1 12/16/2021 1 N 266250041 105 Melody Ln SFD O 0 0 1 7/22/2021 1 N
273320012 25 Paintbrush Ln SFD O 0 0 1 1/6/2021 1 N
271236004 172 Ivy Drive SFD O 0 0 1 4/16/2021 1 N
271130006 25 Adobe Ln SFD O 0 0 1 5/26/2021 1 N
266122004 30 Van Ripper Ln SFD O 0 0 1 5/7/2021 1 N
264180030 87 El Toyonal SFD O 0 0 1 7/23/2021 1 N
271130009 5 Adobe Ct SFD O 0 0 1 9/24/2021 1 N
273310007 66 Boeger Ranch
Rd SFD O 0 0 1 10/8/2021 1 N
268351006 145 Meadow Ln SFD O 0 0 1 7/29/2021 1 N 1 Demolished O 263120022 27 Acacia Dr ADU O
0 1 3/3/2021 1 1 12/30/2021 1 N
The jurisdiction has surveyed the
rental prices for comparable units
in the area: an average of $2,688
(low income). It is anticipated that
new units would rent for slightly
higher amounts, rendering them
moderate income.
265140009 31 Vista Del Orinda ADU O
0 0 1 10/18/2021 1 N
The jurisdiction has surveyed the
rental prices for comparable units
in the area: an average of $2,688
(low income). It is anticipated that
new units would rent for slightly
higher amounts, rendering them
moderate income.
272170016 16 Valley View Dr
ADU O
0 1 1/15/2021 1 1 6/18/2021 1 N
The jurisdiction has surveyed the
rental prices for comparable units
in the area: an average of $2,688
(low income). It is anticipated that
new units would rent for slightly
higher amounts, rendering them
moderate income.
271321021
134 Ardith Dr ADU O
0 1 2/25/2021 1 1 11/24/2021 1 N
The jurisdiction has surveyed the
rental prices for comparable units
in the area: an average of $2,688
(low income). It is anticipated that
new units would rent for slightly
higher amounts, rendering them
moderate income.
265020001 7 Loma Vista Dr
ADU O
0 1 4/27/2021 1 1 5/3/2021 1 N
The jurisdiction has surveyed the
rental prices for comparable units
in the area: an average of $2,688
(low income). It is anticipated that
new units would rent for slightly
higher amounts, rendering them
moderate income.

Note: "+" indicates an optional field
Housing with Financial Assistance
and/or Deed Restrictions Project Identifier Demolished/Destroyed Units (CCR Title 25 §6202)
Density Bonus
1 Unit Types Affordability by Household Incomes - Completed Entitlement Affordability by Household Incomes - Building Permits Affordability by Household Incomes - Certificates of Occupancy 4 7 10
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Reporting Year 2021 (Jan. 1 - Dec. 31) Housing Element Implementation Cells in grey contain auto-calculation formulas Planning Period 5th Cycle 01/31/2015 - 01/31/2023
Note: "+" indicates an optional field
(CCR Title 25 §6202)
268233008
30 Tara Rd ADUO
0 1 3/17/202111 12/7/20211N
The jurisdiction has surveyed the
rental prices for comparable units
in the area: an average of $2,688
(low income). It is anticipated that
new units would rent for slightly
higher amounts, rendering them
moderate income.
260153013 112 Via Floreado ADUO
0 01 3/3/20211N
The jurisdiction has surveyed the
rental prices for comparable units
in the area: an average of $2,688
(low income). It is anticipated that
new units would rent for slightly
higher amounts, rendering them
moderate income.
273390004 22 Big Rock Rd SFDO
0 1 1/15/2021
10N
273390003 26 Big Rock Rd SFD
O
0 1 1/15/2021
10 N
273390008 12 Big Rock Rd SFDO
1 2/10/2021
1 1 1/15/20211
0N
273340005 7 Twig Lane SFDO
0 1 5/12/2021
10N
273340004 5 Twig Lane SFDO
0 1 5/17/2021
10N
273340003 3 Twig Lane SFD
O
0 1 6/1/202110
N
273340001 8 Twig Lane SFDO
0 1 6/1/20211
0N
273340002 1 Twig Lane SFDO
0 1 5/25/2021
10N
273390009 11 Quarry Hill Rd SFD
O1 2/10/2021
1 1 3/11/202110N
273390010 15 Quarry Hill Rd SFDO1 2/11/2021
1 1 3/10/202110N
273390011 17 Quarry Hill Rd SFDO1 2/10/2021
1 1 3/10/2021
10N
273360015 88 Dairy Creek Rd SFDO
0 1 5/18/2021
10N
273232005 46 Knickerbocker
Ln SFD
O
0 1 7/26/202110N
273300013 31 Bigleaf Rd SFD
O1 4/26/2021
1 1 9/22/2021
10N
273360009 85 Dairy Creek Ln SFDO
0 1 8/3/20211
0N
264180020 36 Loma Vista Dr SFDO
0 1 8/17/2021
10N1 DemolishedO
265051015 221 EL TOYONAL SFDO
0 1 9/24/2021
10N
273360004 57 WILDER RD SFD
O
0 1 2/18/2021
10N
273300021 12 RABBLE RD SFD
O
0 1 5/13/202110N
273340029 10 Wilder Rd SFDO
0 1 8/12/2021
10N
271130008 45 Adobe Ln SFDO
0 1 6/21/202110N
273360017 82 Dairy Creek Ln SFDO
0 1 1/25/202110N
273340009 81 Monkeyflower
Ln SFD
O
0 1 6/1/2021
10N
273042007 100 Moraga Wy ADUO
0 1 3/30/202110N
The jurisdiction has surveyed the
rental prices for comparable units
in the area: an average of $2,688
(low income). It is anticipated that
new units would rent for slightly
higher amounts, rendering them
moderate income.
273-330-004 9 Paintbrush Ln SFD
O1 12/21/2021
1 00N
265153015 10 Vista del Orinda ADUO
0 1 4/12/202110N
The jurisdiction has surveyed the
rental prices for comparable units
in the area: an average of $2,688
(low income). It is anticipated that
new units would rent for slightly
higher amounts, rendering them
moderate income.
272041016 207 Crestview Dr ADUO
0 1 1/15/202110N
The jurisdiction has surveyed the
rental prices for comparable units
in the area: an average of $2,688
(low income). It is anticipated that
new units would rent for slightly
higher amounts, rendering them
moderate income.
270-130-007 35 Adobe Lane SFDO1 10/21/2021
1 00
N
268233003 10 Tara Rd ADUO
0 1 3/31/202110N
The jurisdiction has surveyed the
rental prices for comparable units
in the area: an average of $2,688
(low income). It is anticipated that
new units would rent for slightly
higher amounts, rendering them
moderate income.
272050007 9 Poco Paseo ADUO
0 1 5/13/202110N
The jurisdiction has surveyed the
rental prices for comparable units
in the area: an average of $2,688
(low income). It is anticipated that
new units would rent for slightly
higher amounts, rendering them
moderate income.
262032009 50 La Cuesta ADUO
0 1 8/4/202110N
The jurisdiction has surveyed the
rental prices for comparable units
in the area: an average of $2,688
(low income). It is anticipated that
new units would rent for slightly
higher amounts, rendering them
moderate income.
270073002 9 Sally Ann Dr ADUO
0 1 8/3/202110N
The jurisdiction has surveyed the
rental prices for comparable units
in the area: an average of $2,688
(low income). It is anticipated that
new units would rent for slightly
higher amounts, rendering them
moderate income.
266160013 18 Katrina Ct ADUO
0 1 10/6/202110N
The jurisdiction has surveyed the
rental prices for comparable units
in the area: an average of $2,688
(low income). It is anticipated that
new units would rent for slightly
higher amounts, rendering them
moderate income.
271051019 45 Valencia Rd ADUO
0 1 11/10/202110N
The jurisdiction has surveyed the
rental prices for comparable units
in the area: an average of $2,688
(low income). It is anticipated that
new units would rent for slightly
higher amounts, rendering them
moderate income.
271291004 4 Crown Ct ADUO
0 1 12/8/202110N
The jurisdiction has surveyed the
rental prices for comparable units
in the area: an average of $2,688
(low income). It is anticipated that
new units would rent for slightly
higher amounts, rendering them
moderate income.
268361004 114 Meadow Ln ADUO
0 1 11/15/202110N
The jurisdiction has surveyed the
rental prices for comparable units
in the area: an average of $2,688
(low income). It is anticipated that
new units would rent for slightly
higher amounts, rendering them
moderate income.
261180013 1 Oak Rd ADUO
0 1 11/12/202110N
The jurisdiction has surveyed the
rental prices for comparable units
in the area: an average of $2,688
(low income). It is anticipated that
new units would rent for slightly
higher amounts, rendering them
moderate income.
264260012 261 Monte Vista
Ridge Rd ADU
O
0 1 6/15/202110N
The jurisdiction has surveyed the
rental prices for comparable units
in the area: an average of $2,688
(low income). It is anticipated that
new units would rent for slightly
higher amounts, rendering them
moderate income.
266270023 110 Crane Terrace ADUO
0 1 10/25/202110N
The jurisdiction has surveyed the
rental prices for comparable units
in the area: an average of $2,688
(low income). It is anticipated that
new units would rent for slightly
higher amounts, rendering them
moderate income.
268410015 33 Meadow View
Rd
ADUO
0 1 7/6/202110N
The jurisdiction has surveyed the
rental prices for comparable units
in the area: an average of $2,688
(low income). It is anticipated that
new units would rent for slightly
higher amounts, rendering them
moderate income.
270010030 232 Longview
Terrace ADU
O1 1/15/2021
1 1 6/28/202110N
The jurisdiction has surveyed the
rental prices for comparable units
in the area: an average of $2,688
(low income). It is anticipated that
new units would rent for slightly
higher amounts, rendering them
moderate income.
273-065-023 46 Brookwood Rd SFDO1 11/30/2021
1 00N
273-300-015 35 Big Leaf Rd SFDO1 8/10/2021
1 00N
272100020 46 Crestview Lane SFDO1 10/27/2021
1 00N
0 00
0 00
0 00
0 00
0 00
0 00
0 00
0 00
0 00
0 00
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Attachment: Housing Element Annual Progress Report for Calendar Year 2021 (2729 : Housing Element Annual Report) Jurisdiction Orinda ANNUAL ELEMENT PROGRESS REPORT
Reporting Year 2021 (Jan. 1 - Dec. 31) Housing Element Implementation Planning Period 5th Cycle 01/31/2015 - 01/31/2023 (CCR Title 25 §6202) 1 3 4
RHNA Allocation
by Income Level 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Total Units to Date (all years) Total Remaining
RHNA by Income
Level
Deed Restricted - - - - - - - - -
Non-Deed Restricted - - - - - - - - -
Deed Restricted - - - - - - - - -
Non-Deed Restricted - - - - - - - - -
Deed Restricted - - - - - - - - -
Non-Deed Restricted - 2 7 4 7 9 21 -
Above Moderate 42 44 53 37 51 33 44 35 - 297 -
227
44 55 44 55 40 53 56 - 347 135
Note: units serving extremely low-income households are included in the very low-income permitted units totals and must be reported as very low-income units. 47 Please note: For the last year of the 5th cycle, Table B will only include units that were permitted during the portion of the year that was in the 5th cycle. For the first year of the 6th cycle, Table B will include units that were permitted since the start of the planning period.

Total RHNA
Total Units
Income Level
Very Low
Low
Please note: The APR form can only display data for one planning period. To view progress for a different planning period, you may login to HCD's online APR system, or contact HCD staff at [email protected]. 4 -
This table is auto-populated once you enter your jurisdiction name and current year data. Past year information comes from previous APRs.
50 Moderate
84 47
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2 Table B
Regional Housing Needs Allocation Progress
Permitted Units Issued by Affordability
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Reporting Year 2021 (Jan. 1 - Dec. 31) Housing Element Implementation Planning Period 5th Cycle 01/31/2015 - 01/31/2023 Date of Rezone Rezone Type
2 4 5 6 7 9 10 11
APN Street Address Project Name+
Local
Jurisdiction
Tracking ID+
Date of Rezone Very Low-Income Low-Income Moderate-Income Above ModerateIncome Rezone Type Parcel Size
(Acres)
General Plan
Designation Zoning Minimum
Density Allowed
Maximum
Density Allowed
Realistic
Capacity Vacant/Nonvacant Description of Existing Uses
Note: "+" indicates an optional field
Cells in grey contain auto-calculation formulas
Summary Row: Start Data Entry Below
3 8
Project Identifier RHNA Shortfall by Household Income Category Sites Description 1 Sites Identified or Rezoned to Accommodate Shortfall Housing Need and No Net-Loss Law Table C
(CCR Title 25 §6202)
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Reporting Year 2021 (Jan. 1 - Dec. 31)
1 2 3 4
Name of Program Objective Timeframe in H.E Status of Program Implementation ACTION 1.A: ORINDA
GROVE

DEVELOPMENT
Facilitate
redevelopment/reuse of
the former Pine Grove
School as a mixed-income
residential development
including 8 moderateincome housing units and
65 market-rate
housing units.

Facilitate the production of at least 42
new single-family homes (suitable for
moderate- and above moderate income
households) between 2014 and 2022
(RHNA period). Facilitate completion of 8
units of owner-occupied housing
affordable to moderate income
households on the former Pine Grove
School site. Provide for a diversity of
housing types to meet current and
future needs of all
residents without compromising the
semi-rural character of Orinda's singlefamily neighborhoods. Encourage planned unit developments,
which allow variations from
development standards provided that
the overall density of the site
remainsconsistent with the General
Plan.
2014-2015
Building permits for 41 units at Orinda Grove were issued in 2013 and permits for the remaining 32 units were issued in 2014. The below market rate program for the development was established and the application process for affordable units was completed. By the end of 2015, all units were constructed and final building inspections had been conducted.

Housing Programs Progress Report
Describe progress of all programs including local efforts to remove governmental constraints to the maintenance, improvement, and development of housing as identified in the housing element.

Table D
Program Implementation Status pursuant to GC Section 65583

ANNUAL ELEMENT PROGRESS REPORT
Housing Element Implementation
(CCR Title 25 §6202)
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Attachment: Housing Element Annual Progress Report for Calendar Year 2021 (2729 : Housing Element Annual Report) ACTION 1.B:

MONTEVERDE SENIOR

APARTMENTS

DEVELOPMENT
Facilitate continued
development and
construction of the
Monteverde Senior
Apartments development
on the former
Orinda Library site. This
development will
produce 66 units of
housing for very low- and
extremely low-income
seniors at a density of
48 units per acre and is
anticipated to be
completed in December
2014.

Facilitate completion of 66 units of 2014
housing for very low- and extremely lowincome seniors at the Monteverde Senior Apartments Project. Provide for a
diversity of housing types to meet
current and future needs of all residents
without compromising the semi-rural
character of Orinda's single-family
neighborhoods. Participate in those
housing assistance programs that are
most appropriate to Orinda's setting and
demographcis, with an amphasis on
programs that benefit local seniors and
those who live or work in Orinda.

Continue to provide density bonusesfor
housing that includes dedicated
affordable untis or units set aside for
seniors, consistent with state law.
42004 Construction was completed in November 2014 and the development was fully occupied in December 2014.

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Attachment: Housing Element Annual Progress Report for Calendar Year 2021 (2729 : Housing Element Annual Report) ACTION 1.C: PROMOTION

OF SECOND
UNITS
Continue to implement a
public information
and outreach campaign
via the City’s website
and the Orinda City
newsletter to inform
property owners of the
standards for second
unit development and the
importance of
second units to Orinda.

Provide information to
encourage residents to
apply for second units,
particularly where their
homes already include
space that is configured
for a conforming second
unit (e.g., carriage houses,
au pair quarters, second
kitchens on floors with
separate entrances). The
City will produce a flyer
regarding second units
and provide the flyer at the
Planning Department
counter and to project
applicants for all
Promote the public education about
second units, including letting residents
know about the benefits at the Planning
Counter in coversations.

Ongoing
Building permits for three second units were issued in 2015, two in 2016, seven were issued in 2017, four in 2018, six in 2019, and nine in 2020.

Applicants at the Planning Department counter are informed of the second unit standards and, as appropriate, encouraged to consider including a second unit in their development proposals. As of January 1, 2020, state law overrides local ordinances and requires local jurisdictions to ministerially approve certain second units, also known as "accessory dwelling units" (ADUs) if units meet a set of minimum standards. Since this new law went into effect, there has been a significant increase in community interest regarding approval and construction of ADUs in Orinda.

ACTION 1.D:

LEGALIZATION OF

EXISTING

UNREGISTERED SECOND
UNITS
Notify property owners
that under the revised
second dwelling unit
standards, formerly
illegal second units may
possibly now meet
the requirements of the
Zoning Ordinance.

Promote the registration and
legalization of existing second units in
the city that meet current zoning and
building safety standards, including
those which are in active use as rental
housing and those with the potential to
be used as rental units. Facilitate
development of 57 second units
between 2014 and 2022. Based on
prevailing market rents (and the analysis
in Chapter 4 of this element), it is
presumed that 2 of these units will be
affordable to very low-income
households, 13 to low-income
households, and 38 to moderate-income
households.

Ongoing
See statement above regarding Action 1C. One building permit was issued in 2018 for the legalization of an existing second unit that was entitled and reported in 2017. With new state laws that went into effect on January 1, 2020, we expect to see more legalization of unregistered second units.

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Attachment: Housing Element Annual Progress Report for Calendar Year 2021 (2729 : Housing Element Annual Report) ACTION 1.E: SECOND

UNITS IN WILDER
(GATEWAY VALLEY)
Encourage builders in the
Wilder development to
include second units in
new homes or to
incorporate space with the
flexibility for second unit
conversions in the future.

Encourage the incluson of second units
in new single-family homes, and support
the creation of such units in existing
single-family homes, subject to design
criteria of the Zoning Ordinance and
building code standards as well as
neighborhood compatibility
considerations. Facilitate development
of 57 second units between 2014 and
2022. Based on prevailing market rents
(and analysis in Chapter 4 of this
element), it is presumed that 2 of these
units will be affordable to very lowincome households, 13 to low-income households, 38 to moderate-income
households.

Ongoing
See statement above regarding Action 1C. To date, approvals have been granted for 7 second units in the Wilder subdivision. The Planning Department staff continue to inform Wilder developers of this Housing Element objective, and many of the approved plans have an option of including or converting square footage to second units. One such project was approved in 2018. None were approved in 2019 nor 2021.

ACTION 1.F:

AFFORDABLE HOUSING

INCENTIVE PROGRAM
Continue to implement the
City’s affordable
housing incentive program
(density bonus
ordinance), which grants
up to a 35 percent
increase in the number of
permitted units for
developments which set
aside 20 percent or
more of their units as
affordable, as defined
by state law.

Participate in those housing assistance
programs that are most appropriate to
Orinda's setting and demographcis,
with an amphasis on programs that
benefit local seniors and those who live
or work in Orinda.

Facilitate completion of 66 units of
housing for very low- and extremely lowincome seniors at the Monteverde Senior Apartments Project.

Ongoing
Through the City’s affordable housing program, 66 units restricted to extremely low- and very low-income households were developed at a density greater than allowed without the program for the
Monteverde Senior Housing project. Without the program
approximately 55 units would have been allowed on the project site. The development was competed in November 2014 and fully
occupied in December 2014. The City will continue to implement the Affordable Housing Incentive Program. The City will continue to
meet with interested housing developers on an ongoing basis.

ACTION 1.G: TECHNICAL

ASSISTANCE TO

ORGANIZATIONS THAT

CAN DEVELOP
OR PRESERVE LOWERCOST HOUSING
Provide outreach and
assistance to nonprofit
organizations and builders
whose expertise
can inure to the benefit of
low- and moderate-income
Orinda residents,
particularly
seniors and those with
special needs.

Facilitate completion of 66 units of
housing for very low- and extremely lowincome seniors at the Monteverde Senior Apartments Project.

Ongoing
The City worked successfully with Eden Housing to develop 66 units affordable to extremely low- and very low-income senior households at the Monteverde Senior Housing project. The project includes one manger’s unit affordable at the moderate income level. The City will continue to meet with interested housing developers on an ongoing basis. When applications for affordable units or mixedincome housing developments are received, the City will proactively work with the applicants to address issues of concern, such as parking, traffic and design, and will continue to explore ways to reduce the cost of developing such housing in Orinda on a case-by-case basis. The City has met with a developer on multiple occassions who has indicated they will be submitting an application in 2021 for an affordable senior housing project. The application was submitted and is still in the review process.

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Attachment: Housing Element Annual Progress Report for Calendar Year 2021 (2729 : Housing Element Annual Report) ACTION 2.A: ASSISTANCE
TO LOWERINCOME SENIOR

HOMEOWNERS
Participate in Contra Costa
County’s housing
rehabilitation program,
and publicize the
availability of the County’s
low interest loan
programs for lowerincome seniors and
other households.

Encourage reinvestment in the city's
housing stock by private property
owners. Encourage 10 existing very lowincome Orinda households to participate in the
County’s major rehabilitation loan
program.

Ongoing
The City continues to participate in Contra Costa County's housing rehabilitation program. Due to limited time and resources, the City did not take additional steps to advertise the program's availability during the planning period. The City will coordinate with County staff and advertise the program in the city newsletter at least annually, and will post information/links to the City's website.

ACTION 2.B:

PARTICIPATION IN FIRSTTIME HOMEBUYER AND

MCC PROGRAMS
Participate in the County’s
First-Time
Homebuyer and Mortgage
Credit Certificate
(MCC) programs.

Encourage reinvestment in the city's
housing stock by private property
owners. Encourage the preservation of
existing affordable housing in the city,
including the Orinda Senior Village, and
existing second units and rental
apartments. Conserve Orinda's existing
supply of smaller and more affordable
single-family homes, including older twoand three-bedroom homes on lots smaller than 10,000 square feet.
2015
The City continues to participate in Contra Costa County's First Time Home Buyer and Mortgage Credit Certificate programs. Due to limited time and resources, the City did not take additional steps to advertise the program's availability during the planning period. As noted in the Housing Element, the City will coordinate with County staff on implementing this program more proactively.

ACTION 2.C: HOME

MAINTENANCE AND

REPAIR PROGRAMS
Advertise the availability
of existing home
maintenance, repair, and
improvement
programs such as the lowand zero-interest
loans offered through
Contra Costa County’s
Neighborhood
Preservation Program.

Consider applying for
additional grant funding
to assist homeowners with
addressing ADA
accessibility modifications
to their homes.

Conduct code
enforcement on a
complaint-driven basis to
address safety and code
compliance issues.

Encourage reinvestment in the city's
housing stock by private property
owners. Preserve 100 percent of the
existing multi-family rental units in the
city through 2023. Preserve 100 percent
of the existing housing in the city's
nonresidential zoning districts through
2023. Encrourage 10 existing very lowincome Orinda households to participate in the County's major
rehabiltiation loan program.
2015
(advertising)
and 2017
(funding)
The City participates in Contra Costa County's Neighborhood Preservation Program. Due to limited time and resources, the City did not take additional steps to advertise the program's availability during the planning period. As noted in the Housing Element, the City will coorindate with County staff on implementing this program more proactively.

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Attachment: Housing Element Annual Progress Report for Calendar Year 2021 (2729 : Housing Element Annual Report) ACTION 2.D: SECOND

UNIT RENT DATA
Continue to collect and
monitor data on
second unit rents to better
understand their
role in the Orinda housing
market and the
income groups they serve.

Encourage the preservation of existing
Ongoing affordable housing in the city,
including
the Orinda Senior Village, and existing
second units and rental apartments.

Ongoing
The City collected and monitored data periodically on second unit rents using online rental forums such as Craigslist. As noted in the Housing Element, the City will create a survey on second units which will be updated annually by the Planning Department.

ACTION 2.E: FLOOR AREA

RATIO LIMITS
Maintain a sliding scale for
calculating floor
area ratios (FAR) as a way
to preserve the
city’s existing stock of
smaller homes.

Ongoing
Planning Staff continues to successfully implement this program through the structure size limitations of the City’s Zoning Code (Orinda Municipal Code Section 17.6.8).

ACTION 2.F: DESIGN

AWARDS AND

RECOGNITION
Develop a new category in
the Mayor’s
Awards for Architectural
Excellence for small
homes or modifications to
existing small
homes.

Encourage reinvestment in the city's
housing stock by private property
owners. Conserve Orinda's existing
supply of smaller and more affordable
single-family homes, including older twoand three-bedroom homes on lots smaller than 10,000 square feet.
2015
In 2016, a Mayor's Award was presented for Eden Housing's Monteverde Senior Housing project, which included 66 multifamily units.

ACTION 2.G: REDUCTION

IN HOME

ENERGY COSTS
Continue to advise
residents of programs for
reducing residential
energy costs.

Encourage reinvestment in the city's
housing stock by private property
owners.

Ongoing
There is information on some of the available energy cost reduction assistance programs in the Planning Department waiting area. Per the Housing Element, the Planning Department will update information on energy assistance programs in the waiting area and will make links available on the City's website.

ACTION 2.H: TITLE 24

ADMINISTRATION
Continue to enforce
residential energy
conservation requirements
as set forth in Title 24,
California Administrative
Code.

Encourage reinvestment in the city's
housing stock by private property
owners.

Ongoing
Implemented by Building Inspection Department staff through the application of the building codes. The 2019 Building Code took effect on January 1, 2020 and presents more challenging energy savings targets compared to the 2016 Building Code.

ACTION 3.A: DOWNTOWN
Study the feasibility of
mixed-use development at
appropriate densities.

Continue to allow multi-family
residential uses above the ground floor
within Orinda’s Downtown Commercial
zoning district.
2018
The City continues to allow residential units above commercial uses as part of a mixed-use development per Municipal Code Sections 17.8.4 and 17.31. In 2020, Orinda started a Downtown Precise Plan that will increase the allowed density in the Downtown Commercial Zone.

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ADJUSTMENT OF DESIGN

STANDARDS TO IMPROVE

AFFORDABILITY
Implement the City’s
Affordable Housing
Incentive Program to
reduce production costs
in projects containing
affordable units such as
adjusting design
standards on a case-bycase basis, which could
include adjusting
standards for setbacks, lot
coverage, street width,
unit size, and parking, for
all affordable housing
projects.

Meet annually with at least one
affordable housing developer or
representative of an affordable housing
advocacy group to discuss housing
issues, needs and opportunities in
Orinda.

Encourage larger-scale residential
developments to include a mix of unit
types, including smaller units and units
that are affordable to lower- and
moderate-income households.
2015
Construction of 66 units of housing for very low- and extremely low-income seniors at the Monteverde Senior Apartments Project was completed in December 2014. This project made use of the City's Affordable Housing Incentive Program to build at a higher density than usually allowed by code. The City will continue to meet with interested housing developers on an ongoing basis. When applications for affordable units or mixed-income housing developments are received, the City will proactively work with the applicants to address issues of concern, such as parking, traffic and design, and will continue to explore ways to reduce the cost of developing such housing in Orinda on a case-by-case basis. The City has met with a developer on multiple occassions who has indicated they will be submitting an application in 2021 for an affordable senior housing project. The application was submitted and is still in the review process.

ACTION 3.C: SHARED

HOUSING PROGRAM
Consider participating in
ECHO housing’s
“Shared Housing” or some
similar program as a way
to improve housing
opportunities for
lower-income seniors and
extremely low-income
Orinda residents.

Encourage the sharing of housing units
by homeowners seeking to age in place
or supplement their income. Shared
housing can provide an important
resource for seniors, young adults, and
others in the community who cannot
afford their own home or apartment.
2016
Due to limited time and staff resources since approval of the Housing Element in 2015, the city did not take action to pursue a partnership with ECHO or other similar program to establish a shared senior housing program in Orinda during the calendar year.

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Attachment: Housing Element Annual Progress Report for Calendar Year 2021 (2729 : Housing Element Annual Report) ACTION 3.D: NO NET

LOSS OF HOUSING

CAPACITY
Develop and implement an
evaluation
procedure to ensure the
City maintains
sufficient land to
accommodate the
Regional
Housing Needs Allocation
throughout the
planning period. Because
Orinda has a limited
number of sites on which
it can meet its Regional
Housing Needs Allocation
for low- and very lowincome households during
the planning period, it is
important that the
availability of these sites
be monitored.

Section 65863 of the
California Government
Code stipulates that a
community may not
reduce the allowable
density on a housing site if
the result is that the city is
no longer able to meet its
Maintain an adequate number and
variety of sites to meet the City’s
Regional Housing Needs Allocation.

Ongoing
Orinda has a limited number of sites on which it can meet its Regional Housing Needs Allocation durign the planning period.

Therefore, the Planning Department monitors the existing sites identified in the Housing Element as zoning changes are proposed and/or as development is proposed on multi-family housing sites.

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Attachment: Housing Element Annual Progress Report for Calendar Year 2021 (2729 : Housing Element Annual Report) ACTION 3.E: HOUSING

SITE(S)
As a part of the 5th Cycle
Housing Element,
the City considered anew
whether to rely on
the 3.2 acre Santa Maria
site to help meet the City’s
RHNA for lower income
households. The City
selected the Santa Maria
site in EIR Alternative 1 to
zone at up to 20 dwelling
units per acre (the “default
density” under State law)
in order to accommodate
48 units of the City’s
allocation of lower income
households. Through this
Action, the City will initiate
and process an
amendment of the
development policies (i.e.,
general plan, zoning
and/or zoning map)
applicable on the selected
site to replace the existing
High Density Overlay
District on the site with
policies to accommodate a
total of 48 units at up to 20
Maintain an adequate number and
variety of sites to meet the City’s
Regional Housing Needs Allocation.

Meet Orinda's Regional Housing Needs
Allocation mandates through a
combination of second units and
rezoning of adequate land area at the
default density.

Within 2
years of
Adoption of
Housing
Element
On March 15, 2016, the Orinda City council approved revisions to the use permit process in the RM District consistent with Action 3E of the Housing Element.

ACTION 4.A: REVISE THE

USE PERMIT

REQUIREMENTS
Revise the use permit
process in the
Residential MediumDensity (RM) District.

Within 1 year
of adoption
of Housing
Element
On March 15, 2016, the Orinda City council approved revisions to the use permit process in the RM District consistent with Action 3E of the Housing Element. The Downtown Precise Plan, which will include objective design standards, is expected to assist with streamlining development in downtown once adopted.

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OF PERMITTING

COSTS AND DELAYS
Explore the feasibility of
expanding the City’s
Affordable Housing
Incentive Program to
add provisions for
reductions in application
processing costs for multifamily projects containing
affordable units.

Ensure that Orinda’s permitting and
approval processes do not unduly
constrain or delay the construction of
housing. City procedures should be
consistent with Permit Streamlining Act
requirements and should not include
unreasonable fees or regulations. Make
a "completeness" determination for
planning applications within two weeks
or less for 80 percent of all applications
received, rather than
waiting the full 30 days allowed by the
Permit Streamlining Act.

Provide at least one workshop or
training seminar a year to assist
owners, builders, contractors, and
others with understanding Orinda's
development process and requirements.

Ongoing
Planning Staff continues to be responsive to applicants and perform completeness reviews within the 30-day timeline. Development impact fee waivers are available for affordable housing projects.

ACTION 4.C: SHARED

PARKING

REGULATIONS
Consider adopting shared
parking regulations
where it can be
demonstrated that there
will
be no parking shortages.

Consider flexibility in development
standards, such as reduced parking
requirements for senior housing, in
order to accommodate additional
affordable units and reduce housing
costs.
2016
Exceptions to the parking regulations are considered on a case-by-case basis.

Consideration of a shared parking program is pending. The City adopted a parking variance in-lieu fee in 2020 that permits developers to pay an in-lieu fee for nonresidential development parking requirements. Orinda may consider expanding the parking variance in-lieu oridnance to residential development in the future.

ACTION 4.D: BUILDING

CODE UPDATES
Continue to implement the
California Building
Code of Regulations as
locally amended.

Update or amend the
codes as state
requirements change.

Ensure that Orinda’s permitting and
approval processes do not unduly
constrain or delay the construction of
housing.

Ongoing
Latest building code and local amendments adopted in January 2020. Revised small-scale solar PV streamlining requirements adopted in 2015. The building code is administered by the Contra Costa County Building Department.

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UPDATES
Periodically review
planning and building fees
to ensure they cover
required costs but are
not more than is
necessary to provide the
required City services.

Ensure that Orinda’s permitting and
approval processes do not unduly
constrain or delay the construction of
housing.

Annually
The Planning Department's fees are updated annually to reflect actual processing costs. The 2021-2022 fiscal year fee schedule took effect in June 15, 2021.

ACTION 5.A: FAIR

HOUSING PROGRAM
Distribute information
regarding fair housing
issues in the City’s
quarterly newsletter, at
the Orinda Library, and at
City offices.

Continue to promote equal housing
opportunity for all Orinda residents and
others seeking housing in the city,
regardless of race, religion,
marital/family status, ethnic background,
or other arbitrary factors. Support
programs that educate and inform
residents about fair housing laws, the
Regional Housing Needs
Allocation process, and the City's
obligations under state housing law.

Follow up on 100 percent of all fair
Ongoing
This policy remains active. There were no fair housing complaints in 2019. The City periodically includes housing information in a
quarterly newsletter. Articles regarding affordable homeownership opportunities at Orinda Grove and the status of the Monteverde Senior Apartments project were included in past newsletters.

ACTION 5.B: LOCAL

PREFERENCE IN

HOUSING

OPPORTUNITIES
Continue measures to
ensure that persons
who work in Orinda
receive preference in the
occupancy of new
affordable for-sale
housing
units.

Support programs that educate and
inform residents about fair housing
laws, the Regional Housing Needs
Allocation process, and the City's
obligations under state housing law.

Ongoing
The local preference program provisions were incorporated into the established below market rate program for the Orinda Grove project. This action will be continued for other development projects.

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Attachment: Housing Element Annual Progress Report for Calendar Year 2021 (2729 : Housing Element Annual Report) ACTION 5.C: ASSISTANCE

FOR PERSONS

WITH DEVELOPMENTAL
DISABILITIES.

Support the construction
and rehabilitation of
housing to meet the needs
of Orinda
residents with
developmental disabilities,
including small group
homes and units in
affordable housing
developments that are
designed for
developmentally disabled
persons.

Encourage the development of
housing designed to meet the unique
needs of seniors and persons with
disabilities. The City endorses the
concept of universal design, wherein all
new construction and renovations
are designed to recognize the varying
levels of mobility in the population.

Ongoing
Several of the units in the Monteverde project included universal design features to accommodate the unique needs to seniors and persons with disabiltiies. This action will be continued.

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Attachment: Housing Element Annual Progress Report for Calendar Year 2021 (2729 : Housing Element Annual Report) Annual Progress Report January 2020
Jurisdiction Orinda ANNUAL ELEMENT PROGRESS REPORT
Reporting Period 2021 (Jan. 1 - Dec. 31) Housing Element Implementation Planning Period 5th Cycle 01/31/2015 - 01/31/2023 Description of Commercial
Development Bonus
Commercial Development Bonus
Date Approved
3 4
APN Street Address Project Name
+ Local Jurisdiction
Tracking ID
+
Very Low
Income
Low
Income
Moderate
Income
Above Moderate
Income
Description of Commercial
Development Bonus
Commercial Development Bonus
Date Approved
Summary Row: Start Data Entry Below
Units Constructed as Part of Agreement
Commercial Development Bonus Approved pursuant to GC Section 65915.7 Table E
Note: "+" indicates an optional field
Project Identifier 1
2 Cells in grey contain auto-calculation
formulas
(CCR Title 25 §6202)
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Jurisdiction Orinda ANNUAL ELEMENT PROGRESS REPORT Note: "+" indicates an optional field Reporting Period 2021 (Jan. 1 - Dec. 31) Housing Element Implementation Cells in grey contain auto-calculation formulas Planning Period 5th Cycle 01/31/2015 - 01/31/2023 (CCR Title 25 §6202) Extremely LowIncome+ Very Low-Income+ Low-Income+ TOTAL UNITS+Extremely LowIncome+Very LowIncome+ Low-Income+ TOTAL UNITS+ Rehabilitation Activity
Preservation of Units At-Risk
Acquisition of Units
Mobilehome Park Preservation
Total Units by Income
Table F
Please note this table is optional: The jurisdiction can use this table to report units that have been substantially rehabilitated, converted from non-affordable to affordable by acquisition, and preserved, including mobilehome park preservation, consistent with the standards set forth in Government Code section 65583.1, subdivision (c). Please note, motel, hotel, hostel rooms or other structures that are converted from non-residential to residential units pursuant to Government Code section 65583.1(c)(1)(D) are considered net-new housing units and must be reported in Table A2 and not reported in Table F.

Activity Type
Units that Do Not Count Towards RHNA+
Listed for Informational Purposes Only
Units that Count Towards RHNA +
Note - Because the statutory requirements severely limit what can be counted, please contact HCD to receive the password that will enable you to populate these fields. The description should adequately document how each unit complies with subsection (c) of Government Code
Section 65583.1+
Units Rehabilitated, Preserved and Acquired for Alternative Adequate Sites pursuant to Government Code section 65583.1(c) F.5.a
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Reporting Period 2021 (Jan. 1 - Dec. 31)
Planning Period 5th Cycle 01/31/2015 - 01/31/2023 ANNUAL ELEMENT PROGRESS REPORT Housing Element Implementation 2
3 4
APN Street Address Project Name
+ Local Jurisdiction
Tracking ID
+
Realistic Capacity
Identified in the
Housing Element
Entity to whom the site
transferred Intended Use for Site
1 Summary Row: Start Data Entry Below
Note: "+" indicates an optional field
Cells in grey contain auto-calculation
formulas
(CCR Title 25 §6202)
Table G
Locally Owned Lands Included in the Housing Element Sites Inventory that have been sold, leased, or otherwise disposed of Project Identifier
NOTE: This table must only be filled out if the housing element sites inventory contains a site which is or was owned by the reporting jurisdiction, and has been sold, leased, or otherwise disposed of during the reporting year.

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Note: "+" indicates
an optional field
Reporting Period 2021
(Jan. 1 - Dec.
31)
Cells in grey
contain autocalculation formulas
Designation Size Notes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
APN Street Address/Intersection Existing Use Number of
Units
Surplus
Designation
Parcel Size (in
acres) Notes
Summary Row: Start Data Entry Below
Parcel Identifier

ANNUAL ELEMENT PROGRESS REPORT
Housing Element Implementation
(CCR Title 25 §6202)
Table H
Locally Owned Surplus Sites
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Attachment: Housing Element Annual Progress Report for Calendar Year 2021 (2729 : Housing Element Annual Report) Jurisdiction Orinda
Reporting Year 2021 (Jan. 1 - Dec. 31)
Planning Period 5th Cycle 01/31/2015 - 01/31/2023
Current Year
Deed Restricted 0
Non-Deed Restricted 0
Deed Restricted 0
Non-Deed Restricted 0
Deed Restricted 0
Non-Deed Restricted 21
35 56
Units by Structure Type Entitled Permitted Completed
SFA 0 0 0
SFD 11 35 57
2 to 4 0 0 0
5+ 0 0 0
ADU 1 21 14
MH 0 0 0
Total 12 56 71
34 53
53 0
0 0
0 0
Income Rental Ownership Total
Very Low 0 0 0
Low 0 0 0
Moderate 0 0 0
Above Moderate 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0
Cells in grey contain auto-calculation formulas
Total Units Constructed with Streamlining
Total Housing Applications Submitted:

Number of Proposed Units in All Applications Received:

Total Housing Units Approved:

Total Housing Units Disapproved:

Total Units
Housing Applications Summary
Use of SB 35 Streamlining Provisions
Note: Units serving extremely low-income households are included in the very low-income permitted units totals Number of Applications for Streamlining
Building Permits Issued by Affordability Summary
Income Level
Very Low
Low
Moderate
Above Moderate
Units Constructed - SB 35 Streamlining Permits
Number of Streamlining Applications Approved
Total Developments Approved with Streamlining
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Reporting Year 2021 (Jan. 1 - Dec. 31)
Total Award Amount Total award amount is auto-populated based on amounts entered in rows 15-26.

Task $ Amount Awarded $ Cumulative Reimbursement
Requested
Other
Funding Notes
Downtown Precise Plan: Program
EIR $65,000.00 $0.00
Local
General
Fund
The Program EIR is
funded by 3 sources:
the general fund, a
portion of SB2, and
the LEAP grant.

Summary of entitlements, building permits, and certificates of occupancy (auto-populated from Table A2) Current Year
Deed Restricted 0
Non-Deed Restricted 0
Deed Restricted 0
Non-Deed Restricted 0
Deed Restricted 0
Non-Deed Restricted 1
11 12
Current Year
Deed Restricted 0
Non-Deed Restricted 0
Deed Restricted 0
Non-Deed Restricted 0
Deed Restricted 0
Non-Deed Restricted 21
35 56
Current Year
Deed Restricted 0
Non-Deed Restricted 0
Deed Restricted 0
Non-Deed Restricted 0
Deed Restricted 0
Non-Deed Restricted 14
57 71
Moderate
Above Moderate
Total Units
Completed Entitlement Issued by Affordability Summary
Income Level
Very Low
Low
Moderate
Above Moderate
Total Units
Building Permits Issued by Affordability Summary
Income Level
Very Low
Low
Total Units
Certificate of Occupancy Issued by Affordability Summary Income Level
Very Low
Low
Moderate
Above Moderate

ANNUAL ELEMENT PROGRESS REPORT
Local Early Action Planning (LEAP) Reporting
(CCR Title 25 §6202)
Please update the status of the proposed uses listed in the entity’s application for funding and the corresponding impact on housing within the region or jurisdiction, as applicable, categorized based on the eligible uses specified in Section 50515.02 or 50515.03, as applicable.
$ 65,000.00
Task Status
In Progress
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Staff Report
Agenda Item: F.6
Date: April 19, 2022
Department:

Public Works and
Engineering Services
AGENDA TITLE: Adoption of a Resolution Authorizing the Temporary Closure of Vashell Way from Moraga Way to Davis Road for the upcoming Makers Market Event RECOMMENDATION:

The Orinda Local Maker’s Market planned to be held on Friday, May 6, 2022 will consist of vendors who sell locally made goods. The organizers are requesting to close Vashell Way from Moraga Way to Davis Road to vehicular traffic such that the public road space can be used for the event area for patrons and pedestrians.

DISCUSSION:

For the safety of all concerned, including participants and patrons of both of these events, City Staff is recommending to temporarily close Vashell Way from Moraga Way to Davis Road.

The closure of Vashell Way will be from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. for reasonable setup and breakdown time of booths, tables, and umbrellas.

NEXT STEPS:

On the day of the event, temporary traffic control and barricades will be placed to close off a portion of Vashell Way. No detour signage will be placed due to the minimal through traffic and relative ease to navigate around this particular road closure.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Nominal costs are associated with logistical support provided by City employees.

ATTACHMENTS:

A. Resolution 12-22 Vashell Way Makers Markey TO# 213
Respectfully Submitted by:

Scott Christie
Public Works Director
Prepared By: Kevin McCourt, Assistant Engineer
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BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORINDA
In the Matter of:

Authorizing the Temporary Closure
of Vashell Way from Moraga Way to
Davis Road for the Makers Market
Event
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Resolution No. 12-22
Traffic Order No. 213
WHEREAS, the Makers Market, a community event, requires the temporary closure of Vashell Way for safe operation; and
WHEREAS, the City of Orinda has previously coordinated and confirmed with Moraga Orinda Fire District that the proposed temporary road closure will not negatively impact emergency access; and
WHEREAS, under Section 21101, paragraph (e) of the Vehicle Code, a local authority may adopt by resolution, a temporary closure of a street for the purpose when the closure is necessary for the safety and protection of the users of the street; and NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Orinda hereby authorizes the temporary closure of Vashell Way from Moraga Way to Davis Road between 1:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., Friday May 6, 2022 for the Makers Market event.

Adopted by the City Council of the City of Orinda at a regular meeting on April 19, 2022 by the following vote:

AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:

NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:

ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:

ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS:

Dennis Fay, Mayor
ATTEST:

Sheri Marie Smith, City Clerk
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Attachment: Resolution 12-22 Vashell Way Makers Markey TO# 213 (2728 : Vashell Way Closure For Makers Market Event) City Council
Staff Report
Agenda Item: F.7
Date: April 19, 2022
Department: Administration
AGENDA TITLE: City Council/Fire Board 2 X 2 Committee Appointments RECOMMENDATION:

Authorize Mayor to Appoint two Council Members to serve on the recently formed City Council/Fire Board 2 X 2 Committee.

BACKGROUND: At the joint City Council /Fire Board meeting on March 16, 2022, the formation of a City Council/Fire Board 2X2 Committee was approved by both bodies with the City Council and the Fire Board to take action at future meetings to appoint their members.

DISCUSSION: The newly formed City Council/Fire Board 2X2 Committee will exist for an estimated six-month period to explore ways for the City and Fire District to further enhance fire prevention and emergency preparedness efforts in Orinda. The City Council and Fire Board will each be appointing two members to serve on the 2 X 2 Committee. This item is presented to authorize the Mayor to make the appointments of the two Orinda City Council Members who will represent the City Council.

NEXT STEPS: None as a result of this item. The efforts of the 2X2 may result in recommendations for consideration by the City Council and Fire Board in the future.

FISCAL IMPACT: None as a result of this item.

Respectfully Submitted by:

David Biggs
City Manager
Prepared By: Sheri Smith, City Clerk
Approved by:

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City Council
Staff Report
Agenda Item: F.8
Date: April 19, 2022
Department:

Public Works and
Engineering Services
AGENDA TITLE: Consider Revisions to the “Prerequisites for Speed Cushions” Section of the "City of Orinda Neighborhood Traffic Management Program" RECOMMENDATION:

On July 25, 2007 the City Council adopted the “City of Orinda Neighborhood Traffic Management Program" (NTMP), and in October 6, 2009, the City Council adopted revisions to the NTMP guidelines as recommended by the Traffic Safety Advisory Committee (TSAC).

On February 1, 2022 the City Council directed Staff to review the “Prerequisites for Speed Cushions” (on page 22 in the NTMP), and make revisions to clarify the intent.

DISCUSSION:

The purpose of the NTMP is to empower residents to develop and implement a Neighborhood Traffic Management Program that incorporates various methods of "Traffic Calming" improvements for their own neighborhood. The NTMP outlines the process and implementation in order to simplify and clarify the process. The guidelines help educate the public about the philosophy of traffic calming; the regulations the City must follow for compliance with federal, state, and local laws; and, provides other guidance. It provides a step by step process for a neighborhood on how to initiate a traffic calming request.

Per City Council direction, Staff has made revisions to clarify the “Prerequisites for Speed Cushions” page of the NTMP (Attachment A). The changes were presented to the Traffic Safety Advisory Committee (TSAC) for review. At their April 10, 2022 meeting, the TSAC unanimously recommended that the City Council approve the changes.

NEXT STEPS:

Upon City Council approval, Staff will update the “Prerequisites for Speed Cushions” of the Neighborhood Traffic Management Program.

FISCAL IMPACT:

None
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ATTACHMENTS:

A. Revised "Prerequisites for Speed Cushions" section of NTMP B. Current "Prerequisites for Speed Cushions" section of NTMP Respectfully Submitted by:

Scott Christie
Public Works Director
Prepared By: Sivakumar Natarajan, Acting City Engineer
Approved by:

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Prerequisites for Speed Cushions

1. Speed cushions are generally not appropriate in the subject area unless one or more of the following conditions are met:
• traffic speeds at the 85th percentile exceeding the posted limit by more than 5 miles per hour;
• one or more accidents in three years attributed to excess speed; • a high presence of pedestrians, children, or bicycles are documented by a traffic volume count or by staff.

2. Prior to the first staff conducted neighborhood meeting for the speed cushion request, City staff shall conduct an analysis, including a field review, to ascertain the nature of the problem and evaluate site conditions.

3. Speed cushions will not be considered on arterial streets.

4. Speed cushions are generally not suitable for collector streets, but may be considered for collector streets if all the following criteria are satisfied:
• total traffic volume is less than 3000 vehicles per day; • grade is less than 8% at the location of the proposed speed cushion; • posted or prima facie speed limit is 25 mph or less;
• street curvature is no less than 250 foot radius and sight distance is adequate for the prevailing speed prior to speed cushion installation; • any drainage impact can be adequately addressed and mitigated; • the Orinda Police Department and Moraga Orinda Fire District have been advised of the specific proposal and offered the opportunity to comment.

5. Speed cushions will be considered on residential streets only where all the following conditions are met:
• total traffic volume is less than 3000 vehicles per day; • grade is less than 8% at the location of the proposed speed cushion; • posted or prima facie speed limit is 25 mph or less;
• street curvature is no less than 250 foot radius and sight distance is adequate for the prevailing speed prior to speed cushion installation; • any drainage impact can be adequately addressed and mitigated; • the Orinda Police Department and Moraga Orinda Fire District have been advised of the specific proposal and offered the opportunity to comment.

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Attachment: Current "Prerequisites for Speed Cushions" section of NTMP (2746 : Revisions to the Prerequisites for Speed Cushions section of City Council
Staff Report
Agenda Item: F.9
Date: April 19, 2022
Department: Planning Department
AGENDA TITLE: Contract Amendment No. 2 (Between the City of Orinda and Rincon Consultants, Inc.) for an Environmental Impact Report for the Downtown Precise Plan and Housing/Safety Element (Plan Orinda Project)
RECOMMENDATION:

BACKGROUND:

On April 7, 2020 the City Council awarded a professional planning services contract to Rincon Consultants, Inc. The scope of work to be performed included the preparation a Program Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Downtown Precise Plan (DPP). The contract was awarded in an amount not to exceed $199,789. The City Manager was authorized to administratively approve change orders, provided the maximum expenditure for the EIR did not exceed $229,758 (Base Agreement plus a 15% Contingency).

On September 7, 2021, the City Council approved Contract Amendment No. 1 in the amount of $61,278 in order to add EIR analysis of the Housing Element and Safety Element within the same EIR. The combined efforts are now referred to as the Plan Orinda project, including the DPP, Housing Element, Safety Element, and related General Plan Amendments and zoning changes necessary to implement these components.

At this time Contract Amendment No. 2 is being requested to cover costs associated with buildout assumptions, alternatives analysis, and expanded transportation analysis by Rincon’s subconsultant, Fehr & Peers.

DISCUSSION:

The contract modification is needed to expand the scope of the Rincon Contract for the following tasks:

Buildout Assumptions. Rincon is in the process of completing environmental analyses of the proposed Plan Orinda and has since attended multiple additional meetings regarding buildout assumptions. Rincon has worked with the City to revise multiple iterations of the buildout assumptions, including the most recent change to a maximum of 25 dwelling units per acre for the Housing Element sites. Revised buildout assumptions required additional revisions to the Project Description and F.9
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associated in-progress EIR sections. This will take an additional 200 staff hours for an additional cost of $25,000.

Analyses of Alternatives. Rincon will prepare a robust analysis of each alternative, beyond the standard CEQA comparative and qualitative discussion. This will take an additional 120 staff hours for an additional cost of $15,000.

Expanded Transportation Analysis. Fehr & Peers will expand their scope to include four additional intersections for their level of service (LOS) analysis which would include collection of morning and evening peak hour vehicle, bicycle, and pedestrian counts. The LOS analysis would also include the Cumulative No Project and Cumulative with Project LOS analysis for the four additional intersections, and an LOS analysis for the alternative BART sites. Big Data provided by Streetlight Data would be used compare 2019 counts to adjust volumes for new 2022 counts to align with previous analyses and baseline counts conducted in November 2019. This will cost an additional $44,000.

The cost for these additional tasks would be a total of $84,000, resulting in a base contract amount of $345,067 (original scope $199,789 + contract amendment no. 1 $61,278 + contract amendment no. 2 $84,000). Staff proposes no change to the amount of the authorized change order contingency of $29,969. The maximum expenditure including the contingency is $375,036.

NEXT STEPS:

Upon City Council authorization, Contract Amendment No. 2 will be prepared and sent to Rincon for signature, then forwarded to the City Clerk for processing and approval by the City Manager and City Attorney.

FISCAL IMPACT:

As described above, the approval of this amendment will increase the funding required by $84,000. Adequate funds are currently available in Fund #612 – Designated for General and Long Term Plans. Staff have proposed that the EIR costs be allocated equally between the Downtown Precise Plan and the Housing Element and the Budget Change makes an adjustment for this to the two projects.

ATTACHMENTS:

A. Rincon Plan Orinda Scope of Work Contract Amendment No 2 Respectfully Submitted by:

Drummond Buckley
Director of Planning
Prepared By: Drummond Buckley, Director of Planning
Approved by:

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E n v i r o n m e n t a l S c i e n t i s t s P l a n n e r s E n g i n e e r s April 1, 2022
Project Number 20-09248
Drummond Buckley, Planning Director
City of Orinda, Planning Department
22 Orinda Way
Orinda, California 94563

Subject: Proposal to Add Services (#2) for CEQA Documentation for Plan Orinda

Dear Mr. Buckley:

This letter is Rincon Consultants, Inc.’s proposal to provide additional services to our existing agreement to prepare an environmental impact report (EIR) for the Plan Orinda Project, which includes the Downtown Precise Plan, 6th Cycle Housing Element and Safety Element updates. The additional services include analyzing additional intersections for level of service, including a full analysis of alternatives in the EIR, and required revisions to work in progress to account for recent changes to the buildout assumptions. These services are beyond the scope of our executed agreement dated April 23, 2020 and our first additional services request executed on September 10, 2021.

Scope of Work
1) Buildout Assumptions. Rincon is in the process of completing environmental analyses of the proposed Plan Orinda and has since attended multiple additional meetings regarding buildout assumptions. Rincon has worked with the City to revise multiple iterations of the buildout assumptions, including the most recent change to a maximum of 25 dwelling units per acre for the Housing Element sites. Revised buildout assumptions required additional revisions to the Project Description and associated in-progress EIR sections. This will take an additional 200 staff hours for an additional cost of $25,000.
2) Analyses of Alternatives. Rincon will prepare a robust analysis of each alternative, beyond the standard CEQA comparative and qualitative discussion. This will take an additional 120 staff hours for an additional cost of $15,000.
3) Expanded Transportation Analysis. Fehr & Peers will expand their scope to include four additional intersections for their level of service (LOS) analysis which would include collection of morning and evening peak hour vehicle, bicycle, and pedestrian counts. The LOS analysis would also include the Cumulative No Project and Cumulative with Project LOS analysis for the four additional intersections, and an LOS analysis for the alternative BART sites. Big Data provided by Streetlight Data would be used compare 2019 counts to adjust volumes for new 2022 counts to align with previous analyses and baseline counts conducted in November 2019. This will cost an additional $44,000.

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Attachment: Rincon Plan Orinda Scope of Work Contract Amendment No 2 (2749 : Rincon Contract Amendment No. 2) City of Orinda
Proposal to Add Services (#2) for CEQA Documentation for Plan Orinda

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COST
The cost for this work will be $84,000, which would bring our authorized budget from $261,067 to $345,067. We recommend that this be an augmentation of the overall budget, rather than applying contingency funds. The table on the following page shows the proposed changes to our approved budget, with new or modified line items highlighted.

Thank you for consideration of this second proposal to add services. We appreciate the opportunity to continue to assist the City of Orinda with this project. Please let us know if you have any questions about this proposal or need additional information.

Sincerely,
RINCON CONSULTANTS, INC.

Darcy Kremin, AICP Abe Leider, AICP CEP
Project Manager Principal
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Task 4: Final Program EIR
Task 4.1 Administrative Final Program EIR $7,840 52 2 6 4 32 4 4 Task 4.2 Screencheck Final Program EIR $1,400 8 1 2 1 4 Task 4.3 Final Program EIR $1,180 7 1 1 1 4
Task Subtotal $10,420 67 4 9 6 40 4 4
Task 5: CEQA Findings and Statement of Overriding Considerations $2,008 13 1 1 2 8 1 Task Subtotal $2,008 13 1 1 2 8 1
Task 6: Public Hearings
Planning Commission (2) $2,190 12 6 6
City Council (2) $2,190 12 6 6
Task Subtotal $4,380 24 12 12
Task 7: Additional Housing & Safety Element Analyses
Expanded Project Description and Graphics $6,760 42 2 8 16 16 Expanded Environmental Analyses $29,768 208 4 16 8 16 80 80 4 Task Subtotal $36,528 250 6 24 8 16 96 80 4 16
SUBTOTAL COST $ 150,717 988 38 100 23 46 400 90 20 13 8 6 Direct Cost Detail
Vehicle Costs $ 780
CHRIS Records Search $ 2,000
Printing (10 Draft, 10 Final) $ 1,200
Transportation (Fehr & Peers) $ 106,370
Subtotal Additional Costs: $ 110,350
Original Budget Summary Plus Add Services #1
Professional Fees Subtotal $150,717
Direct Costs Subtotal $110,350
TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET $ 261,067
Additional Services #2 Summary
Rincon additional cost $40,000
Fehr & Peers additional cost $44,000
Total Additional Services $84,000
TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET WITH ADDITIONAL SERVICES #2 $ 345,067 Note: Rincon's original contract included a contingency of $29,968 F.9.a
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Staff Report
Agenda Item: H.1
Date: April 19, 2022
Department: Planning Department
AGENDA TITLE: Draft City of Orinda Housing Element & Downtown Survey Results RECOMMENDATION:

Staff recommends the City Council receive the report, take public testimony, and provide feedback on the draft Housing Element and downtown survey results.

BACKGROUND:

The Housing Element is a required element of the City’s General Plan that must be updated every 8 years. The City is currently in the process of preparing the 6th Cycle Housing Element which must be certified by the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) by January 31, 2023.

As part of the Housing Element update, every jurisdiction is assigned a Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) which is the number of housing units that must be planned for in the Housing Element. Orinda has been assigned 1,359 RHNA units for the 6th Cycle update. Staff is proposing a 25% buffer to the very low and low income category to ensure an adequate number of sites are maintained throughout the planning period of 2023 to 2031. With a 25% buffer, a total of 1,506 RHNA units will be planned for in the 6h Cycle.

Table 1. 6th Cycle RHNA with a 25% Buffer
Income Level Assigned RHNA 25% Buffer Total RHNA with
25% buffer
Very Low 372 147 734
Low 215
Moderate 215 - 215
Above Moderate 557 - 557
TOTAL 1,359 147 1,506
Past Housing Element Meetings
In November 2021, two Housing Element study sessions were held, one with the Planning Commission (November 9th) and one with the City Council (November 16th).

At the study sessions, staff and the consultant team provided a presentation on Housing Element law, RHNA requirements, and RHNA sites inventory. Staff presented the full range of potential housing sites to be included in the Housing Element, which included:

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 Current Capacity [no rezoning required]
o Santa Maria site
o Vacant residentially-zoned sites
 Pending/Approved Projects
o Vista Verde Senior Housing - pending project
o Wilder CountryHouse Memory Care - approved project
 Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) [no rezoning required]  Downtown Precise Plan (DPP) sites [would require rezoning]  Opportunity Sites [would require rezoning]
o Church sites
o BART parking lots
o CalTrans Gateway site
o EBMUD vacant site
o OUSD vacant site
o Miramonte High School site
On February 15, 2022, a City Council meeting was held to obtain feedback on the sites inventory. At this meeting, staff presented the staff-recommended sites inventory for inclusion in the draft Housing Element. Following a staff presentation and public comment, the Council provided feedback to move forward with the following sites for the draft Housing Element:
 Current Capacity
 Pending/Approved Projects
 ADUs
 DPP Sites
 Opportunity Sites
o Church sites
o CalTrans Gateway site
o Miramonte High School site
Table 2. Summary of Sites for Draft Housing Element
Income
Level
Assigned
RHNA
(with 25%
buffer)
Current
Capacity
Pending/
Approved
Projects
ADUs DPP Opportunity
Sites
Total
Very Low 734 48 38 48 290 558 982
Low
Moderate 215 118 13 24 98 - 253
Above
Moderate
557 465 39 8 60 - 572
TOTAL 1,506 631 90 80 447 558 1,806
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The draft Housing Element was released for public review on March 31th. A Planning Commission meeting was held on April 5th to obtain feedback on the draft Housing Element.

Planning Commission Meeting - Summary of Public Comments (April 5, 2022) A summary of the public comments received at the Planning Commission is provided below.
 BART Parking Lots
o The BART parking lots should be included as a potential site. There is a risk to not including BART since the City has no control or when or how BART develops its property. BART could develop each lot at 75 du/ac, resulting in housing and people that would be added in addition to the other potential sites included in the Housing Element.
o Although having 5-story buildings as you enter Orinda would be ugly, the BART parking lots should be included so that it’s the City’s initiative rather than BART’s.
o BART sent a letter to the City listing the Orinda station as a target for development between 2025-2030. BART is aware they do not own the land, but still included Orinda in the 2025-2030 timeline. It would be a simple matter for Caltrans to transfer the station and parking lot to BART while preserving easements around the perimeter of the parking lot. If BART didn’t believe there was a realistic possibility for developing housing on its lot, it would not have included Orinda in the list for 2025-2030.  It is unclear which DPP sites are being included as sites.  The building heights should be reduced to 35’, which could be increased with density bonus law.
 Make sure you are reaching out to the community, especially those that may be impacted by the proposed sites.
 St. Stephen’s Church site
o The site seems like an outlier compared to the other church sites. It is closely surrounded by the Very High Fire Severity Zone. St. Stephen’s Drive is not a major transit corridor; it is a hilly, 2-lane road that connects the neighborhood to Highway 24. 60-80 additional cars puts more risk into the neighborhood.
 Fair Housing
o On the church and school sites, it seems like the City is allocating very low and low income housing very densely on these sites, creating pockets of low-income housing in different areas of Orinda. Consider integrating more market-rate housing downtown more densely to integrate the lower income housing with market-rate housing.
o Glad to see a fair housing section since high concentrations of low-income housing tend to be isolated from other parts of the community.

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o Don’t make it an all or nothing with all of the low-density between the freeway or in one location. It would be great to have a mix of income downtown.

DISCUSSION:

Draft Housing Element Components
The draft Housing Element is made up of seven sections:

1. Introduction - An overview of state requirements, the purpose of the Housing Element, and General Plan consistency.

2. Public Participation - A discussion of the public meetings and engagement activities that have occurred prior to release of the draft Housing Element.

3. Review of Previous Housing Element - An evaluation of the City’s progress toward the action items and goals of the 5th Cycle Housing Element.

4. Housing Needs Assessment - A detailed analysis of Orinda’s demographics, including population trends, ethnicity, age, household composition, income, employment, housing characteristics, and more. An assessment of fair housing, a new requirement for the 6th Cycle Housing Element, is also included in this section.

5. Housing Resources and Opportunities - An evaluation of the City’s housing resources, housing stock, and potential areas for future development. The sites inventory to meet the assigned RHNA is analyzed in this section.

6. Housing Constraints - An analysis of governmental and nongovernmental constraints to housing development.

7. Goals, Policies, and Programs - The goals, policies, and programs to address the housing needs of the community. This section identifies the actions the City will take to meet local housing goals, quantified objectives, and housing needs of Orinda.

Goals, Policies, and Actions
The goals, policies, and actions are what will implement the Housing Element after it is adopted and certified by HCD. Six goals are identified with policies and actions to implement each goal throughout the planning period. The policies guide the day-to-day decisions on housing while the action items identify specific steps the City will take to achieve its housing objectives. Every year, the City must submit an Annual Progress Report (APR) to HCD demonstrating its progress toward housing production and its progress toward the identified action items. The six goals are listed below with a brief description of each implementing action item. A more detailed discussion of each action item can be found in the draft Housing Element.

Goal 1. New Housing Production. Encourage the development of a variety of types of housing for all income levels, which will be assisted through appropriate zoning and development standards.
o Action 1.A - Adopt the Downtown Precise Plan.
o Action 1.B - Rezone the Housing Opportunity Sites.

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o Action 1.C - Establish two new zoning districts RH-25 and RH-40 for the Housing Opportunity Sites.
o Action 1.D - Encourage the construction of ADUs.
o Action 1. E - Assist in the development of affordable housing. o Action 1. F - Work with developers to expand opportunities for affordable lowerincome housing. o Action 1. G - Ensure the City maintains sufficient land to accommodate RHNA throughout the planning period.
o Action 1. H - Allow SB 9 lot split and unit projects on single-family zoned lots.

Goal 2. Housing Conservation. Promote the conservation and maintenance of Orinda’s housing stock.
o Action 2.A - Preserve at-risk housing units by monitoring units at risk of losing their affordability subsidies or requirements.
o Action 2.B - Participate in the County’s housing rehabilitation program. o Action 2.C - Advertise the availability of home maintenance, repair, and improvement programs such as low- and zero-interest loans through the County’s Neighborhood Preservation Program.
o Action 2.D - Participate in the County’s First-Time Homebuyer and Mortgage Credit Certificate programs.
o Action 2.E - Require replacement housing units on sites identified in the site inventory when any new development occurs on a site occupied by or restricted for lower-income household
Goal 3. Housing Opportunity Sites. Provide additional housing opportunities and sites to meet the needs of Orinda’s low-, very low-, and moderate-income households. o Action 3.A - Participate in the Eden Council for Hope and Opportunity (ECHO) housing’s “Shared Housing” or similar program to improve housing opportunities for low-income seniors and extremely low-income residents. o Action 3.B - Encourage additional housing resources for extremely low-income residents.
o Action 3.C - Coordinate with the Regional Center of the East Bay to inform families of available resources and to explore incentives for future housing units that include features for persons with disabilities or special needs. o Action 3.D - Work with the Regional Center for the East Bay to inform families about housing and services available for persons with developmental disabilities. o Action 3.E - Adopt objective design standards.
o Action 3.F - Consider shared parking regulations.

Goal 4. Housing Constraints. Reduce governmental constraints to the production and preservation of housing in Orinda.

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o Action 4.A - Amend development standards to remove constraints related to emergency shelters, multifamily residential use, residential care facilities, singleroom occupancy units, transitional and supportive housing, low-barrier navigation centers, and employee/farmworker housing.
o Action 4.B - Continue to improve development review and procedures to minimize review and approval time.
o Action 4.C - Ensure building code compliance.
o Action 4.D - Coordinate with EBMUD to fund design plans and infrastructure improvements for affordable housing projects.

Goal 5. Fair Housing. Promote equal housing opportunities for all Orinda residents, regardless of race, religion, sex, marital status, ancestry, national origin, or color. o Action 5.A - Develop a plan to “affirmatively further fair housing” including creating informational pamphlets on fair housing laws and procedures, working with fair housing providers, hosting outreach events, meeting with disability service providers, and more.

Goal 6. Energy Conservation. Promote energy conservation and efficiency in existing housing and new development.
o Action 6.A - Promote energy efficiency in existing housing and new development.

Potential Goal/ Action Item - Inclusionary Ordinance
Staff has been considering and now recommends that the City Council consider adding an inclusionary ordinance action item in the Housing Element. The draft Housing Element does not currently include an action item for an inclusionary ordinance. An inclusionary ordinance requires developers to ensure a certain percentage of housing units in a new development be affordable to moderate- and lower-income households.

Two sample inclusionary ordinance action items are provided below (emphasis added).

Note that the first sample indicates that an inclusionary ordinance will be considered by the agency, whereas the second sample indicates the ordinance will be adopted.

Sample 1
The Town will research and consider adoption of an inclusionary housing ordinance.

This ordinance will identify acceptable methods to provide affordable housing such as:
a) construction of housing on site, b) construction of housing off-site, c) dedication of land for housing, and d) payment of an in-lieu fee. Development of this ordinance requires an analysis of the following variables:
 Limiting the application of the ordinance to developments exceeding a certain size.
 Percentage of housing units required to be set aside as affordable.  Design and building requirements.
 Timing of affordable unit construction.
 Determination of a fee in lieu of developing affordable units.  Developer incentives, such as fee deferrals and waivers.  Administration of affordability control.

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If an inclusionary housing ordinance is adopted, an evaluation of its effects on the cost and supply of housing will be conducted. If constraints are identified, the inclusionary housing ordinance will be written to minimize the constraints and increase the chances of housing development at multiple income levels.

Responsible Entity: Planning Director
Timeframe: Determination of the appropriateness of an inclusionary ordinance within three years after adoption of the Housing Element
Desired Result: An inclusionary housing ordinance
Objective: 15 units
Sample 2
To ensure that affordable housing is included in all mixed-use and residential districts throughout the city that permit multi-family housing, the City will adopt and implement Inclusionary Housing regulations in its Zoning Code. Regulations will place an emphasis on developing on-site inclusionary units as part of all projects with more than three residential units. The ordinance will encourage and streamline use of the State Density Bonus through incentives to comply with objective design standards.

Eight-year Objective: Produce affordable units as part of residential and mixed-use projects with three or more market rate residential units.

Funding Source: General Plan (Code development); developer obligation (implementation)
Responsible Agency: Planning & Community Development Department Timeframe: Adopt Inclusionary Housing Ordinance by June 2021.

CEQA
A Program Environmental Impact Report (EIR) will be prepared to provide information on the potential environmental impacts of the Housing Element. The EIR will inform the decision makers and public of significant environmental effects, identify possible ways to minimize significant impacts, and describe reasonable alternatives to the project. The EIR will analyze all potential housing sites to allow the City Council the maximum flexibility to modify the final sites inventory prior to adoption of the Housing Element.

One Program EIR document will be prepared for the Downtown Precise Plan, Housing Element, and Safety Element, collectively referred to as the Plan Orinda project. It is anticipated that the draft EIR will be available for public review in late July/early August 2022.

Timeline
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made available. Staff has already received public comment, so an additional 10 business days will be available. Following the public review period, staff and the consultant team will make revisions and submit the draft Housing Element to HCD. Staff anticipates submitting the draft Housing Element to HCD in May.

HCD will then have 90 days to review and provide comments back to the City. Staff anticipates receiving comments from HCD in August. After HCD comments are received, there will be a second public comment period and second round of revisions before submission to HCD. HCD will have 60 days to review the resubmittal.

Outreach
Public participation is an important component of the Housing Element to obtain input and feedback from all segments of the community. Community engagement activities that have occurred to date include:
 Public Workshops and Meetings - A number of meetings have been conducted with the Downtown & Housing Element Subcommittee, Planning Commission, and City Council.
 Balancing Act Housing Simulation Tool - An online simulation/ survey tool was made available in December 2021 to allow users to create their own housing plan. Members of the public can still submit feedback via this platform here.  Plan Orinda website - A dedicated Plan Orinda website was created to provide one central location for information and resources related to the Housing Element.
 Postcard - A Housing Element postcard was mailed to all properties in Orinda to inform them of the draft Housing Element.
 Email Notifications - Members of the public who signed-up for email notifications received emails of upcoming events and community engagement activities.

Downtown Survey
A downtown survey was released in February. At the Council meeting for this item, staff will present the results of the survey, which includes questions about downtown satisfaction, opinions on downtown revitalization, and feelings regarding mixed use development. Members of the public can still take the survey here. Survey results are included as a web link to this report. The survey results are updated in real time as members of the public take the survey.

NEXT STEPS:

Staff will continue to take public feedback on the draft Housing Element. Revisions will be made to the draft Housing Element based on the feedback received at the Planning Commission meeting and City Council meeting. Staff anticipates submitting the draft Housing Element to HCD in May.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The Housing Element is funded by the Long Range Planning fund.

ATTACHMENTS:

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A. Draft Housing Element
B. April 5, 2022 Planning Commission Late Correspondence C. April 5, 2022 Planning Commission Presentation
D. Public Correspondence
E. Downtown Survey Results
Respectfully Submitted by:

Drummond Buckley
Director of Planning
Prepared By: Winnie Mui, Associate Planner
Approved by:

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2023-2031
Housing Element
Public Review Draft
April 2022
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2023-2031 Housing Element
Public Review Draft
April 2022
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Prepared By: PlaceWorks
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Attachment: Draft Housing Element (2748 : Draft Housing Element) CITY OF ORINDA 2023 – 2031 HOUSING ELEMENT
City Council
Dennis Fay, Mayor
Inga Miller, Vice Mayor
Amy Worth, Councilmember
Darlene Gee, Councilmember
Nick Kosla, Councilmember
Planning Commission
Ann Parnigoni, Chair
Willy Mautner, Vice-Chair
Robert Hubner, Commissioner
Brandyn Iverson, Commissioner
Marian Jelinek, Commissioner
Lina Lee, Commissioner
John Lynn Smith, Commissioner
Project Staff
David Biggs, City Manager
Drummond Buckley, Planning Director
Winnie Mui, Associate Planner
Osa Wolff, City Attorney
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 1

1.1 Purpose .................................................................................................................................. 1

1.2 Content and Organization...................................................................................................... 2

1.3 General Plan Consistency ...................................................................................................... 4

1.4 Regional Housing Need.......................................................................................................... 4

2. Public Participation ..................................................................................................................... 6

2.1 Stakeholder Consultations..................................................................................................... 6

2.2 Stakeholder Focus Group....................................................................................................... 8

2.3 Community Workshop........................................................................................................... 8

2.4 Balancing Act -- Online Sites Tool .......................................................................................... 8

2.5 Planning Commission and City Council Study Sessions......................................................... 9

2.6 Planning Commission and City Council Meetings................................................................. 9

2.7 Public Comments................................................................................................................. 10

2.8 Noticing of the Draft Housing Element ............................................................................... 10

3. Evaluation of the Previous Housing Element ............................................................................ 11

3.1 Efforts to Address Special Housing Needs........................................................................... 11

3.2 Progress Toward Meeting Quantifiable Objectives............................................................. 27

3.3 Progress Towards Meeting Housing Element Programs..................................................... 12

4. Population, Employment, and Housing Characteristics ............................................................ 28

4.1 Overview .............................................................................................................................. 28

4.2 Population Trends................................................................................................................ 28

4.3 Household Characteristics................................................................................................... 32

4.4 Employment Trends............................................................................................................. 36

4.5 Housing Stock Characteristics.............................................................................................. 39

4.6 Housing Cost and Affordability ............................................................................................ 43

4.7 At-Risk Housing .................................................................................................................... 46

4.8 Persons with Special Needs................................................................................................. 48

4.9 Regional Housing Needs Allocation..................................................................................... 57

4.10 Energy Conservation and Housing....................................................................................... 59

4.11 Assessment of Fair Housing................................................................................................. 63

5. Housing Sites Inventory .......................................................................................................... 125

5.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................125

5.2 Availability of Land.............................................................................................................126

5.3 Sites Identified in Previous Housing Element....................................................................127

5.4 Sites Appropriate for Lower-Income Housing ...................................................................127

5.5 Realistic Capacity ...............................................................................................................127

5.6 Pending and Approved Projects ........................................................................................128

5.7 Sites Inventory ...................................................................................................................128 H.1.a
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6. Housing Constraints ................................................................................................................ 145

6.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................145

6.2 Governmental Constraints.................................................................................................145

6.3 Non-Governmental Constraints.........................................................................................170

7. Goals, Policies, and Actions .................................................................................................... 174

7.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................174

7.2 Goals, Policies, and Actions ...............................................................................................175

7.3 Summary of Quantified Objectives....................................................................................194 Appendix A - Sites Inventory Details ............................................................................................. 196 Site Maps ....................................................................................................................................197 Current Moderate- and Above Moderate- Income Sites...........................................................202 Charts
Chart 4-1 Single Family Zoning and Community Resources - Orinda .......................................... 72 Chart 4-2 Site location by Median Household Income ..............................................................108 Chart 4-3 Site location by Racial/Ethnic Population...................................................................111 Chart 4-4 Site location by Population with a Disability..............................................................114 Chart 4-5 Site location by Female Headed Households.............................................................117 Chart 4-6 Site location by JOb Proximity....................................................................................120 Chart 4-7 Site location by Overpayment by Renters..................................................................123 Tables
Table 1-1 Regional Housing Need, 2023–2031 .............................................................................. 5 Table 3-2 Review of Previous 2015-2023 Housing Element Programs........................................ 12 Table 3-1Regional Housing Needs Allocation Compared to Permits Issued, 2015 – 2021 ........ 27 Table 4-1 Population Growth Trends – Orinda............................................................................. 28 Table 4-2 Population Growth Trends – Neighboring Jurisdictions............................................... 29 Table 4-3 Population by Age – Orinda .......................................................................................... 29 Table 4-4 Racial Composition of Orinda, Contra Costa County, and Bay Area ............................ 31 Table 4-5 Household Type ............................................................................................................ 32 Table 4-6 Overcrowding Severity.................................................................................................. 33 Table 4-7 Median Household Income (2019 inflation-adjusted dollars) ..................................... 34 Table 4-8 Housing Overpayment for Low Income Households.................................................... 35 Table 4-9 Employment by Industry............................................................................................... 37 Table 4-10 Largest Employers in Contra Costa County ................................................................ 37 Table 4-11 Labor Force Trends..................................................................................................... 39 Table 4-12 Housing Units by Number of Units in Structure, 2010-2021 ..................................... 39 Table 4-13 Occupied Units by Tenure (2000–2019)..................................................................... 40 Table 4-14 Households by Tenure, Orinda, Contra Costa County, and Bay Area (2019) ........... 41 H.1.a
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Table 4-15 Vacant Units by Type .................................................................................................. 41 Table 4-16 Year Structure Built by Area........................................................................................ 42 Table 4-17 Code Enforcement Cases Relating to Property Condition, 2018–2020..................... 43 Table 4-18 Median Home Sales Price, 2016 to 2021 ................................................................... 44 Table 4-19 Rental Price Survey ..................................................................................................... 45 Table 4-20 Income and Housing Limits for Low and Moderate-Income Households ................. 46 Table 4-21 Assisted Units at Risk of Conversion........................................................................... 47 Table 4-22 Senior Households by Income and Tenure................................................................. 48 Table 4-23 Population by Disability Status ................................................................................... 51 Table 4-24 Disability Type ............................................................................................................. 51 Table 4-25 Developmental Disabilities by Age ............................................................................. 52 Table 4-26 Tenure by Household Size .......................................................................................... 53 Table 4-27 Number of Bedrooms ................................................................................................. 54 Table 4-28 Household Type .......................................................................................................... 55 Table 4-29 Housing Element Planning Period 2023-2031............................................................ 58 Table 4-30 Energy-Efficiency Measures for New Homes and Home Addition and Rehabilitation Projects............................................................................................................................ 59 Table 4-31 Energy Conservation Measures Suggested for Residents.......................................... 61 Table 4-32 ORINDA RACIAL/ETHNIC POPULATION TRENDS, 1960-2019..................................... 70 Table 4-33 School Performance Scores, 2019.............................................................................. 91 Table 4-34 RHNA by Income Category and Neighborhood Distribution....................................103 Table 4-35 CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO FAIR HOUSING...........................................................124 Table 5-1 Regional Housing Needs Allocation, 2023–2031.......................................................126 Table 5-2 Pending and Approved Projects .................................................................................128 Table 5-3 Current Capacity to Meet the RHNA ..........................................................................129 Table 5-4 DPP Sites to meet the RHNA.......................................................................................133 Table 5-5 Opportunity Sites to Meet the RHNA .........................................................................138 Table 5-6A Summary of Residential Capacity Compared to the 6th Cycle RHNA by Income Category ........................................................................................................................144 Table 5-6B Summary of Residential Capacity Compared to the 6th Cycle RHNA by Income Category (cont.).............................................................................................................144 Table 6-1 Residential Zoning Standards......................................................................................147 Table 6-2 Parking Standards .......................................................................................................150 Table 6-3 Housing Types Permitted by Zoning District ..............................................................152 Table 6-4 Residential Development Permit Fees, 2021-22........................................................165 Table 6-5 Planning Application Fees...........................................................................................166 Table 6-6 Applicability of State and Federal Housing Programs................................................168 Table A-1 Moderate and Above Moderate Site Capacity...........................................................202 H.1.a
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Figure 1-1 Regional Location....................................................................................................... 3 Figure 4-1 Population by Age of Orinda ................................................................................... 30 Figure 4-2 Population by Race of Orinda, Contra Costa County, and Bay Area....................... 31 Figure 4-3 Housing Units by Number of Units.......................................................................... 40 Figure 4-4 Senior Households by Income and Tenure in Orinda ............................................. 49 Figure 4-5 Tenure by Household Size, 2019............................................................................. 54 Figure 4-6 Single-Parent Households as a Percentage of All Households ............................... 55 Figure 4-7 TCAC/HCD Opportunity Map................................................................................... 68 Figure 4-8 Neighborhood Segregation Map............................................................................. 75 Figure 4-9 R/ECAPs in Contra Costa County Map..................................................................... 77 Figure 4-10 RCAAs in Contra Costa County Map........................................................................ 78 Figure 4-11 TCAC/HCD Map – Economic Domain ...................................................................... 80 Figure 4-12 Median Income Map ............................................................................................... 81 Figure 4-13 Population with a Disability Map............................................................................. 83 Figure 4-14 Percentage of Children Living with Married Parents Map...................................... 85 Figure 4-15 Percentage of Adults Living Alone........................................................................... 86 Figure 4-16 Percentage of Female-Headed Households............................................................ 87 Figure 4-17 CalEnviroScreen – 4.0 Map...................................................................................... 90 Figure 4-18 Transit Scores, Constra Costa County .................................................................... 93 Figure 4-19 Overpayment by Renters Map ................................................................................ 97 Figure 4-20 Heat Map for Unsheltered Population, Contra Costa County, 2020....................100 Figure 4-21 Site Inventory Analysis by TCAC/HCD Opportunity Category Map.......................105 Figure 4-22 Site Inventory Analysis by Median Income ...........................................................107 Figure 4-23 Site Inventory Analysis by Racial/Ethnic Populations ...........................................110 Figure 4-24 Site Inventory Analysis by Population with a Disability.........................................113 Figure 4-25 Site Inventory Analysis by Female Headed Households.......................................116 Figure 4-26 Site Inventory Analysis by Job Proximity ...............................................................119 Figure 4-27 Site Inventory Analysis by Overpayment by Renters............................................122 Figure 5-1 Current Available Sites and Projects .........................................................................130 Figure 5-2 Downtown Percise Plan Project Area Zoning Districts.............................................131 Figure 5-3 Downtown Percise Plan Sites....................................................................................135 Figure 5-4 Opportunity Sites.......................................................................................................139 Figure A-1 Orinda Sites Inventory ..............................................................................................197 Figure A-2 Orinda Sites Inventory – Quadrant 1........................................................................198 Figure A-3 Orinda Sites Inventory – Quadrant 2........................................................................199 Figure A-4 Orinda Sites Inventory – Quadrant 3........................................................................200 Figure A-5 Orinda Sites Inventory – Quadrant 4........................................................................201 H.1.a
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1 1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 Purpose
The purpose of the Housing Element is to identify housing solutions that solve our local housing problems and to meet or exceed the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA). The City recognizes that housing is a need that is met through many resources and interest groups. This Housing Element establishes the local goals, policies, and actions the City will implement and/or facilitate to solve our identified housing issues.

California Government Code Section 65583 requires the Housing Element to include the following components:
● A review of the previous element’s goals, policies, programs, and objectives to ascertain the effectiveness of each of these components, as well as the overall effectiveness of the Housing Element.
● An assessment of housing needs and an inventory of resources and constraints related to meeting these needs.
● An analysis and program for preserving assisted housing developments. ● A statement of community goals, quantified objectives, and policies relative to the maintenance, preservation, improvement, and development of housing.
● A program that sets forth an eight-year planning period schedule of actions that the County is undertaking, or intends to undertake, in implementing the policies set forth in the Housing Element.

The Housing Element is intended to be a dynamic, action-oriented planning tool. Unlike the other elements of the General Plan, which typically have a 15- to 20-year time frame, state law sets a shorter time frame for the Housing Element. The element covers an eight-year time frame and replaces a Housing Element adopted in April 2015 that covered the period from 2015 to 2023. This element covers a period extending from 2023 to 2031.

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2 1.2 Content and Organization
The Housing Element is organized into the following sections and has been structured to comply with state housing element guidelines. The content of the sections is listed below. Figure 1-1 shows the location of Orinda relative to the other communities and nine counties that constitute the San Francisco Bay Area.

This Housing Element is organized into the following sections:

Section 1 – Introduction: This section provides information on the State of California’s requirements, the purpose of the Housing Element, the organization of the document, and General Plan consistency.

Section 2 – Public Participation: Describes the opportunities the City provided for public participation during the preparation of the updated Housing Element.

Section 3 – Review of Previous Housing Element: This section contains an evaluation of the prior Housing Element and its accomplishments and analyzes differences between what was projected and what was achieved.

Section 4 – Housing Needs Assessment: This section focuses on demographic information, including population trends, ethnicity, age, household composition, income, employment, housing characteristics, housing needs by income, and housing needs for special segments of the population. This section also includes an assessment of fair housing.

Section 5 – Housing Resources and Opportunities: This section describes the City’s housing resources as well as the City’s existing housing stock and the potential areas for future housing development. This section also discusses opportunities for energy conservation, which can reduce costs to homeowners and infrastructure costs to the City.

Section 6 – Housing Constraints: This section analyzes potential governmental and non-governmental constraints to housing development in Orinda. This includes the City’s planning, zoning, and building standards that directly affect residential development patterns as well as influence housing availability and affordability. Potential non-governmental constraints include the availability and cost of financing, the price of land, and the materials for building homes, as well as natural conditions that affect the cost of preparing and developing land for housing, and the business decisions of individuals and organizations (some examples are home building, finance, real estate, and rental housing that impact housing cost and availability).

Section 7 – Goals, Policies, and Actions: This section sets forth the City’s goals, policies, and actions that are designed to address the housing needs in Orinda. Based on the findings of all of the previous sections, the Goals, Policies, and Actions section identifies actions the City will take to meet local housing goals, quantified objectives, and address the housing needs in Orinda.

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3 FIGURE 1-1 REGIONAL LOCATION
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4 1.3 General Plan Consistency
State law requires that “the general plan and elements and parts thereof comprise an integrated, internally consistent, and compatible statement of policies.” The purpose of requiring internal consistency is to avoid policy conflict and provide a clear policy guide for the future maintenance, improvement, and development of housing within the county.

The Housing Element has been reviewed for consistency with the City’s other General Plan Elements. The Orinda General Plan has periodically been amended but there has not been a comprehensive update since it was adopted in 1987. The policies and actions in this Housing Element are consistent with the policy direction contained in other parts of the General Plan. The City will continue to review and revise the Housing Element, as necessary for consistency, when amendments are made to the General Plan.

Per Assembly Bill (AB) 162 (Government Code Section 65302.g.3), upon the next revision of the Housing Element on or after January 1, 2014, the Safety Element shall be reviewed and updated as necessary to address the risk of fire for land classified as state responsibility areas, as defined in Section 4102 of the Public Resources Code, and land classified as Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones, as defined in Section 51177. Senate Bill (SB) 379 (Government Code Section 65302.g.4) requires that the Safety Element be reviewed and updated as necessary to address climate change adaptation and applicable resiliency strategies. SB 1035 (Government Code Section 65302.g.6) requires that the Safety Element be reviewed and updated as needed upon each revision of the Housing Element or local hazard mitigation plan, but not less than once every eight years. SB 99 (Government Code Section 65302.g.5) requires that on or after January 1, 2020, the Safety Element includes information to identify residential developments in hazard areas that do not have at least two evacuation routes. The City is currently (2022) working to review and update the City’s current Safety Element incorporating all State law changes, including applicable laws and any additional requirements and General Plan guidelines from the State of California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR).

1.4 Regional Housing Need
State law (California Government Code Section 65580 et seq.) requires the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) to project statewide housing needs and allocate the anticipated need to each region in the state. For the Bay Area, including Orinda, HCD provides the regional need to the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG), which then distributes the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) to the cities and counties within the ABAG region. ABAG allocates housing production goals for cities and counties based on their projected share of the region’s household growth, the state of the local housing market and vacancies, the jurisdiction’s housing replacement needs, among other criteria.

Orinda falls under the jurisdiction of ABAG. ABAG is responsible for developing a Regional Housing Needs Plan (RHNP) allocating the region’s share of the statewide housing needs to lower-level councils of governments. The RHNA is a minimum projection of additional housing units needed to accommodate projected household growth of all income levels by the end of the housing element’s statutory planning period. As shown in Table 1-1, Orinda is required to plan for 1,359 units during the 2023-2031 planning period at certain densities, 587 units of which must be affordable to lower-income (extremely low, very low-, and low-income) households, 215 must be affordable to moderate-income households, and 557 for above-moderate income households.

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5 TABLE 1-1 REGIONAL HOUSING NEED, 2023–2031
Income Category Allocation
Very Low* 372
Low 215
Moderate 215
Above Moderate 557
Total 1,359
Source: ABAG 2021
Note: It is assumed that 50 percent of the very low- income is allocated to the extremely low-income category.

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6 2. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
State law requires cities and counties to make a diligent effort to achieve participation from all segments of the community in preparing a Housing Element. Section 65583[c][6] of the California Government Code specifically requires that “The local government shall make a diligent effort to achieve public participation of all economic segments of the community, specifically lower income households and special needs groups, in the development of the Housing Element, and the action shall describe this effort.” The diligent effort required by state law means that local jurisdictions must do more than issue the customary public notices and conduct standard public hearings prior to adopting a Housing Element. State law requires cities and counties to take active steps to inform, involve, and solicit input from the public, particularly low-income and minority households that might otherwise not participate in the process.

To meet the requirements of state law, Orinda completed the public outreach and encouraged community involvement, summarized below and described herein.
● Stakeholder Consultations
● Property Owner Meeting
● Focus Groups
● Community Workshop
● Balancing Act -- Online Sites Tool
● Planning Commission and City Council Study Sessions
● City Council Meeting

2.1 Stakeholder Consultations
To ensure that the city solicits feedback from all segments of the community, consultations were conducted with service providers and other stakeholders who represent different socioeconomic groups.

In August and September 2021, staff reached out to seven stakeholder organizations to offer the opportunity for each to provide one-on-one input on housing needs and programs. All stakeholders provided feedback via one-on-one interviews or with email responses. Representatives from the following stakeholders were interviewed:
● Housing Consortium of the East Bay (HCEB) on August 26, 2021 ● Orinda Senior Village on August 27, 2021
● Eden Council for Hope and Opportunity on September 4, 2021 ● Eden Housing on September 6, 2021
● Contra Costa County Continuum of Care (CoC) and Contra Costa County Health, Housing, and Homeless Services (H3) on September 14, 2021
● Regional Center of the East Bay (RCEB) on September 22, 2021 ● East Bay Housing Organizations (EBHO) on September 30, 2021 H.1.a
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7 In each consultation, the stakeholders were asked all or some of the following questions, depending on the type of organization interviewed:
• Opportunities and concerns: What 3 top opportunities do you see for the future of housing in Orinda? What are your 3 top concerns for the future of housing in Orinda? • Housing preferences: What types of housing do your clients prefer? Is there adequate rental housing in the city? Are there opportunities for home ownership? Are there accessible rental units for seniors and persons with disabilities?
• Housing barriers/needs: What are the biggest barriers to finding affordable, decent housing? What are the unmet housing needs in this jurisdiction?
• Housing Conditions: How would you characterize the physical condition of housing in this jurisdiction? What opportunities do you see to improve housing in the future? • Equity and Fair Housing: What factors limit or deny civil rights, fair housing choice, or equitable access to opportunity? What actions can be taken to transform racially and ethnically concentrated areas of poverty into areas of opportunity (without displacement)? What actions can be taken to make living patterns more integrated and balanced? • How has COVID affected the housing situation?
Unanimously across all consultations, it was expressed that the city has a growing and aging senior population with a need for housing in amenity-rich areas. The aging population would like the opportunity to age in place. Many seniors have limited incomes and lack the finances to remain in their current housing situation and some residents are being priced out of the city. Additionally, housing is physically difficult for the aging population that are likely to have mobility issues and not all housing units are easily accessible for this population (e.g., some housing units require the use of staircases to access).

Orinda Senior Village expressed interest in having housing, amenities, and transit within walking distance.

It was expressed that senior housing sometimes faces backlash in the Orinda community even though there is a great need for this type of housing. In addition, it was mentioned that there is a need for more one- to two-bedroom affordable housing units to accommodate the growing senior population and those living with intellectual disabilities.

When speaking with the Regional Center of the East Bay, it was expressed that residents with intellectual disabilities typically require supportive services (e.g., case management, grocery delivery, and/or other services) to be successful and may even have a caretaker living with them. As a result, there is a need for more one- to two-bedroom affordable housing units. The lack of affordable housing in Orinda and across the county, makes it hard to find affordable one- and two-bedroom units.

East Bay Housing Organizations stated that the City of Orinda is a generally high resourced community, not known for having high concentrations of poverty or larger populations of color. The City also tends to have lengthy housing project timelines that may be more expensive than normal, and could deter development. Orinda Senior Village expressed that there also tends to be pushback on the need for affordable housing in the community.

Eden Housing expressed that there is a need for incentives, such as land dedication, a site zoned for affordable housing, and financial and/or political capital, from the City for affordable housing projects to pencil out. It was recommended that the City create additional streamlined processes and grant additional fee waivers for the development of affordable housing projects. Eden Housing also discussed the benefit H.1.a
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8 of the Housing Element process and that zoning land for higher density reduced the likelihood of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) litigation, lowering the overall cost of the project, and allowing the project to start further in the development process.

2.2 Housing Feasibility Stakeholder Meeting
The City was awarded a $75,000 grant through the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) to work with government and nonprofit organizations to perform feasibility analysis for groups interested in developing housing on their property. The City held a stakeholder meeting on September 23, 2021 where a presentation regarding real estate development basics, affordable housing, and partnership options was given. To date, staff has been coordinating with Orinda Union School District (OUSD), Acalanes Union High School District (AUHSD), St. Stephen’s Church, and St. John’s Church all which have indicated a possible interest in housing.

2.3 Stakeholder Focus Group
On September 20, 2021, the City of Orinda held a Focus Group meeting that included eight attendees, to solicit input on the needs and barriers to development in the community in the Housing Element update.

The presentation provided a short overview of the Housing Element process and discussed the new State laws that will need to be addressed as a part of this Housing Element cycle. Polling was included to gather direct feedback from the stakeholder groups.

Participants inquired on past production history and how that played into the 6th cycle Housing Element update. There was interest in the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) sites to accommodate the RHNA rather than the Downtown Precise Plan (DPP) sites. There were questions around the percentage of the lowincome and very low-income housing units that would likely be occupied by families with children. There were also questions around relying on accessory dwelling units (ADUs) to accommodate the RHNA.

2.4 Community Workshop
On October 18, 2021, the City held a Community Workshop that was led by two City Council subcommittee members and attended by 20 members of the public. The intent of the workshop was to review the RHNA process and solicit input from stakeholders and the public on sites to accommodate the RHNA. The current capacity was discussed as well as different strategies to accommodate the 6th cycle RHNA. Discussion included several topics related to the sites analysis, including ADUs, how to track production and affordability; No Net Loss; what if all units develop at market rate, how will the public be involved in the site-selection process; will the City be relying on SB 9; what is considered high density; how is vulnerability to fire hazard considered; why did the City decide on a 25-percent RHNA buffer; will sites in the downtown be affordable to moderate and above moderate incomes. City staff gathered all feedback and this was presented to City Council.

2.5 Balancing Act -- Online Sites Tool
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9 decreasing the number of housing units from the available categories. As of February 15, 2022, a total of 69 submissions had been received. The following were the top identified sites. ● BART – the Western Lot (housing units were increased in 56 submissions) ● The Downtown Office Zoning District (DPP) (units were increased in 53 submissions) ● BART – Eastern Lot (units were increased in 51 submissions) and the ● Downtown Commercial Zoning District (DPP) (units were increased in 47 submissions) The feedback from the public on this tool was summarized and presented to City Council to inform their decision on which sites to include in the inventory.

2.6 Planning Commission and City Council Study Sessions On November 9, 2021, the City held a Planning Commission Study Session and on November 16, 2021, the City held a City Council Study Session. These study sessions were on the 2023-2031 Housing Element update and the public was invited to attend and participate in this virtual event. Noticing for both meetings was sent to the public, local service providers, affordable housing developers, and other community organizations in an effort to reach special-needs groups and lower-income households that may not have seen the information posted at City buildings or on the City’s website.

City staff presented an overview of the Housing Element update process and required contents of the element, discussed early strategies and possible sites to meet their RHNA, reviewed new state laws, and solicited feedback from the Planning Commission and community members on these strategies and other housing needs in Orinda.

Commissioners expressed interest in considering rate of growth for ADUs and increasing production numbers; accordingly, adding SB 9 units; and discussing church sites and how those would develop with housing. The public had comments around the city not being required to build, but just providing incentives; reusing sites and the requirements that must be placed on those sites; and looking at the concern of overconcentrating units in one area.

Councilmembers and the public had several discussion items, including what the different income levels are for the different categories, clarification on governmental constraints, site discussions on the sites and assumed densities, how to take credit for lower-income units that are not deed restricted, how to track affordability of ADUs, restricting units in high and very high severity fire zones, and site feasibility in general.

2.7 City Council Meeting
On February 15, 2022, the City held a City Council meeting to present staff’s recommendations on sites to meet the RHNA and move forward with analysis in the Housing Element. Recommendations were based on several factors, including state law requirements, and public feedback gathered through meetings and the Balancing Act RHNA plan tool.

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The City received ongoing public comments during the drafting of the Housing Element. All comments received were considered and used to inform the sites analysis and assessment of fair housing issues, and goals, policies, and actions were included and/or revised to incorporate the feedback received.

A summary of public comments will be included.

2.9 Noticing of the Draft Housing Element
During the preparation of this Housing Element update, public input was actively encouraged in a variety of ways. The element was posted to the City’s website, and a hard copy was available for review at the Planning Department counter.

Per Government Code Section 65585, the Draft Housing Element was made available for public comment for 30 days, from March 31, 2022 to April 30, 2022. Public comment was received, and an additional 10 business days was allowed to consider and incorporate public comments into the draft revision before submitting to HCD on DATE. The draft was made available on the City’s website and was noticed to residents through the same methods as the Planning Commission and City Council meetings. Additional direct noticing was sent to local housing advocate groups, and individuals and organizations that have previously requested notices related to the housing element.

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ELEMENT
Per California Government Code Section 65588, “Each local government shall review its housing element as frequently as appropriate to evaluate all of the following: (1) The appropriateness of the housing goals, objectives, and policies in contributing to the attainment of the state housing goal. (2) The effectiveness of the housing element in attainment of the community’s housing goals and objectives. (3) The progress of the city, county, or city and county in implementation of the housing element. (4) The effectiveness of the housing element goals, policies, and related actions to meet the community’s needs, pursuant to paragraph (7) of subdivision (a) of Section 65583.”

3.1 Efforts to Address Special Housing Needs
California Government Code Section 65588 requires that local governments review the effectiveness of the housing element goals, policies, and related actions to meet the community’s special housing needs.

As shown in the Review of Previous Housing Element matrix, Table 3-2 the City worked diligently to continuously promote housing for special-needs groups in a variety of ways. ● The City made completeness determinations ahead of the 30-day completeness deadline to ensure housing for low-income and special-needs households. ● Accessory dwelling units (ADUs) can be an affordable option for many low-income households.

The City encouraged builders in the Wilder development to include second units in new homes and/or incorporate space so the flexibility for second unit conversions were a viable option in the future. As a result, eight approvals for ADUs were granted in the Wilder subdivision. ● In 2015, the City worked successfully with Eden Housing to develop 66 units affordable to extremely low- and very low-income senior households at the Monteverde Senior Housing project.

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3.2 Progress Towards Meeting Housing Element Actions
Table 3-2 summarizes the programs from the 2015-2023 Housing Element. To the degree that such programs are recommended to be continued into the current Housing Element, these programs are reorganized and presented in Section 7.

TABLE 3-2 REVIEW OF PREVIOUS 2015-2023 HOUSING ELEMENT PROGRAMS Action Implementation Status Action

1.A Orinda Grove Development. Facilitate redevelopment/reuse of the former Pine Grove School as a mixed-income residential development including 8 moderate- income housing units and 65 market-rate housing units. Unit construction is under way on the Orinda Grove development at the Pine Grove School site, and construction will continue through 2014 and 2015. Development of this site was made possible through a land exchange agreement between the City of Orinda, the Orinda Union School District, and Pulte Homes. Using Planned Development (PD) provisions, the City allowed flexibility in lot size and enabled a mix of unit types in the development. Eight of the units will be set aside in perpetuity for moderate-income households of four persons or more. The remaining 65 units will count toward the City’s above moderate-income production target.

Redevelopment of the former Pine Grove
School was completed in 2015. It is a mixedincome residential development with 8 below-market rate (BMR) units reserved for
households earning moderate incomes and 65
market-rate units.

Action was
completed,
delete action.

1.B Monteverde Senior Apartments Development. Facilitate continued development and construction of the Monteverde Senior Apartments development on the former Orinda Library site. This development will produce 66 units of housing for very low- and extremely low-income seniors at a density of 48 units per acre and is anticipated to be completed in December 2014. As noted earlier in the Housing Element, the City entered into a Development Disposition and Loan Agreement (DDLA) with Eden Housing for the development of senior housing on the City-owned 1.4-acre former library site. The City’s contribution of the site for the project was made possible by in-lieu fees collected from the developers of the Wilder project in Gateway Valley. City funds were supplemented by HOME and CDBG funds provided by the County. The City will continue to work with Eden Housing to facilitate completion of the The City facilitated the development and
construction of the Monteverde Senior
Apartments development on the former
Orinda Library site. The development
produced 66 BMR units for very low- and
extremely low-income seniors at a density of
48 units per acre. The construction was
completed in November 2015 and the
development was fully occupied in December
2015.

Action was
completed,
delete action.

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project, which is now under construction. The project includes 66 units reserved for very low- and extremely low-income seniors, and one manager’s unit (presumed to rent at moderate income affordability levels).

1.C Promotion of Second Units. Continue to implement a public information and outreach campaign via the City's website and the Orinda City newsletter to inform property owners of the standards for second unit development and the importance of second units to Orinda. Provide information to encourage residents to apply for second units, particularly where their homes already include space that is configured for a conforming second unit (e.g., carriage houses, au pair quarters, second kitchens on floors with separate entrances). The City will produce a flyer regarding second units and provide the flyer at the Planning Department counter and to project applicants for all discretionary land use applications. On average, a total of 93 discretionary land use applications, mainly for residential development projects, are considered annually by the Planning Department. Many of the projects are on property that could support the development of a second unit. In addition, the City will publish at least annually informational materials pertaining to second units through a combination of media including the City's website and direct.

The City recognizes second units as an essential part of Orinda’s affordable housing supply and seeks to increase the number of second units as a way to provide for the City’s share of the region’s housing needs. Use permit requirements for most second units were eliminated over a decade ago in accordance with state law. However, many residents may still be unaware of their right to apply for a second unit, the standards for second units, and the potential benefits of second units (in terms of supplemental household income or providing an affordable living environment for local workers, elder Orindans, college students, or young professional adults).

The City will continue to make information on second units available on its website and will include an article on second unit standards and opportunities in the quarterly Orinda newsletter.

During the 5th planning period, the City
implemented a public information and
outreach campaign via the City's website and
newsletter to inform property owners of the
standards for second unit development as
well as the importance and opportunities
second units provide the City for affordable
housing. Applicants at the Planning
Department counter continue to be informed
of the second unit standards and, as
appropriate, encouraged to consider,
including a second unit in their development
proposals.

On August 1, 2017, City Council approved
Ordinance 17-03 consistent with the new
state law. In January 2020, state law required
local jurisdictions to ministerially approve
“accessory dwelling units" (ADUs) when units
meet a set of minimum standards.
29 building permits for ADUs were issued from
2015 through 2020.
2015: 3
2016: 2
2017: 7
2018: 4
2019: 7
2020: 9
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terminology to
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The City maintains an ADU page on the City’s
website that provides details on the ADU
ordinance and answers to Frequently Asked
Questions. The City is also working on creating
an ADU handout to provide more information
on the requirements.

1.D. Legalization of Existing Unregistered Second Units. Notify property owners that under the revised second dwelling unit standards, formerly illegal second units may possibly now meet the requirements of the Zoning Ordinance. In tandem with Action 1.C, the City will continue to proactively reach out to the owners of properties where unregistered second units are believed to exist, based on anecdotal evidence, past permit applications, real estate advertisements, and other sources. These owners will be notified (via a letter from the City) of the opportunity to legalize or register their second units, subject to the development standards established through the City’s zoning regulations. The City seeks to legalize unregistered units both to ensure the health and safety of occupants and to maintain better data on the contribution such units make to Orinda’s housing supply. Through this action, the City anticipates legalization of five second units during the planning period.

One building permit was issued in 2018 for the
legalization of an existing second unit that was
entitled and reported in 2017. With new state
laws that went into effect on January 1, 2020,
we expect to see more legalization of
unregistered second units.

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continue to
work with
property
owners to
legalize any
remaining,
existing
unregistered
ADUs.

1.E Second Units in Wilder (Gateway Valley). Encourage builders in the Wilder development to include second units in new homes or to incorporate space with the flexibility for second unit conversions in the future. The approval of the Wilder subdivision provides Orinda with a unique opportunity to promote the inclusion of second units in new homes. The development is the largest project to be developed in Orinda in over 40 years. A number of different builders have been and will be engaged in development of the project’s 245 homesites. The City will continue to work with these builders and with new property owners to promote the idea of second units as a component of the housing stock. A number of incentives will continue to be considered, such as deferring During the 5th planning period, the City
encouraged builders in the Wilder
development to include second units in new
homes and/or incorporate space so the
flexibility for second unit conversions were a
viable option in the future. As a result, 8
approvals for ADUs were granted in the
Wilder subdivision:
2015: 4
2017: 2
2018: 1
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collection of impact fees for the square footage associated with the second unit until issuance of the certificate of occupancy.

Because second units in Wilder will be located within new custom-built homes, their rents would most likely place them in the affordability range for moderate-income households. This is a segment of the market that is difficult to accommodate in Orinda now, due to the historic nature of single-family homes in what is now a predominantly built-out community.

Even if 10 percent of the new homes included a second unit, 25 new units could be generated in this manner.
2019: 0
2020: 1
There are approximately 10-15 lots remaining
in the Wilder development.

1.F Affordable Housing Incentive Program. Continue to implement the City's affordable housing incentive program (density bonus ordinance), which grants up to a 35 percent increase in the number of permitted units for developments which set aside 20 percent or more of their units as affordable, as defined by state law. The City has adopted an Affordable Housing Incentive Program (Section 17.4.31 of the Municipal Code) that includes provisions for density bonuses for developments that include units reserved for low- and moderate-income households. The program is intended to comply with state density bonus law (Government Code Section 65915) and does not include requirements or incentives beyond those mandated by the Government Code.

Under the state requirements, developers are entitled to develop up to 35 percent more housing units on a site than is allowed by zoning, if a share of the units is reserved for lower- and moderate-income households. A sliding scale (based on the percentage of total units in the project that are affordable) is used to calculate the bonus. Such incentives were exercised in the approval of the Monteverde Senior Apartments project, wherein the permitted density of 38 units per acre was increased to 51 units per acre. The City will continue to apply such bonuses in the future, as appropriate.

Implementation of this action has resulted in the development of 18 extremely low- and very low-income units in the first year of the 5th cycle.

The City continued to implement the City’s
affordable housing incentive program through
the Density Bonus program that allowed for a
35-percent increase in the number of
permitted units for developments. Through
the City’s affordable housing program, 66
units restricted to extremely low- and very
low-income households were developed for
the Monteverde Senior Housing project.

Without the program, approximately 55 units
would have been allowed on the project site.

The development was competed in November
2014 and fully occupied in December 2014.

The City intends to update the density bonus
provisions of the Orinda Municipal Code to be
consistent with current state law.

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Further implementation of this action is dependent on housing developer interest and could generate up to 16 additional units with development of the remaining RHNA (48 units) for affordable housing.

1.G Technical Assistance to Organizations that can develop or preserve lower-cost housing. Provide outreach and assistance to nonprofit organizations and builders whose expertise can inure to the benefit of low- and moderate- income Orinda residents, particularly seniors and those with special needs. A number of builders in the Bay Area are engaged in the development of high-quality affordable housing for lowand moderate-income households, including seniors. The City has worked collaboratively with such developers in the past to facilitate affordable housing construction. For example, the City provided technical assistance to Eden Housing during the permitting process for the Monteverde Senior Apartments development and provided financial assistance through $2.5 million in in-lieu fees from the Wilder development. The City will continue to provide information on federal, state, and county housing assistance programs in the future and will assist these individuals and organizations in obtaining funds to build and/or preserve affordable housing.

The City meets with people interested in developing housing on an ongoing basis, and will continue to do so in the future. When applications for affordable units or mixed-income housing developments are received, the City will proactively work with the applicants to address issues of concern, such as parking, traffic, and design. The City may also continue to explore ways to reduce the cost of developing such housing in Orinda, including offsetting land costs and fees on a case-by-case basis. The City anticipates contacting at least once a year non-profit organizations and builders of affordable and special needs housing to apply for funding to develop or preserve lower cost housing. The City anticipates applying for one funding application during the planning period.

The City provided technical assistance to
organizations that help develop or preserve
lower-cost housing, particularly seniors and
those with special needs. In 2015, the City
worked successfully with Eden Housing to
develop 66 units affordable to extremely lowand very low-income senior households at the Monteverde Senior Housing project. The
project includes one manger’s unit affordable
at the moderate-income level.

In September 2021, an application for a 52-
unit affordable senior housing project named
“Vista Verde Senior Housing Project” was
submitted. The application is currently under
review.

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2.A Assistance to Lower-Income Senior Homeowners. Participate in Contra Costa County's housing rehabilitation program and publicize the availability of the County's low interest loan programs for lower-income Due to the national emergency declaration
probed by the COVID-19 Pandemic, the
County faced difficulties executing this
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seniors and other households. Contra Costa County’s Neighborhood Preservation Program provides loans to low- and moderate-income persons to improve their homes by correcting health and safety problems and improving livability. Loans are available throughout the entire county of Contra Costa except for the incorporated cities of Richmond and Pittsburg. Work done under the program may include re-roofing, plumbing, heating, electrical, dry rot and termite repairs, disabled access, security, exterior painting, and energy conservation. Participation in the program is subject to annual income limits—in 2014, qualifying participants could earn no more than $45,100 for a household of one to $64,400 for a household of four. The low interest loans range from a 3% interest rate for up to $50,000 to zero interest loans with deferred payment.

The City has not advertised this program in the past due to the relatively high incomes of most residents and the excellent condition of Orinda’s housing. However, as the population gets older and a larger number of residents may be living on fixed incomes, there may be benefits to local participation. This action would include coordination with County staff to confirm program requirements and eligibility, followed by advertisement of the program on the City’s website and in its quarterly newsletter. program. This was due to both limited contact
with COVID-19 at risk clients as well as
construction and permit constraints.

Thirty-five projects under this program were
funded and completed within the
unincorporated county since 2014, with 14
households at 30% of the area median income
(AMI), 7 households at 50% AMI, 12
households at 80% AMI, and 2 at 120% AMI.

The County makes information about
Neighborhood Preservation Program on the
County’s website, public access cable
channels, through notices in the media, and
via presentations given periodically.

2.B Participation in First-Time Homebuyer and MCC Programs.

Participate in the County's First-Time Homebuyer and Mortgage Credit Certificate (MCC) programs. Contra Costa County offers programs for firsttime homebuyers, including the Mortgage Credit Certificate program and a Below Market Rate home purchase program. The County also provides referral services to local nonprofits which assist homeowners seeking to purchase their first homes. The MCC program has been in effect since 1985 and provides qualified first-time buyers with federal income tax credits. These credits reduce the individual’s annual tax payment, which effectively frees up additional income for the mortgage payment. The program is available for homes up to $673,616 for persons with annual The City continues to participate in the firsttime homebuyer and MCC programs. Due to limited time and resources, the City did not
take additional steps to advertise the
program's availability during the planning
period. As noted in the Housing Element, the
City will coordinate with County staff on
implementing this program more proactively
into the next planning period.

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incomes up to $89,200 for households with 1–2 persons and $102,500 for households with 3 persons or more.

The County has indicated that MCCs are currently available. The City will contact appropriate representatives at the County to determine how to best advertise opportunities for first-time buyers. If appropriate, information on the program will be included on the City’s website and included in the quarterly newsletter.

2.D Second Unit Rent Data. Continue to collect and monitor data on second unit rents to better understand their role in the Orinda housing market and the income groups they serve. As noted in the programs under Goal 1, the City supports the construction of second units as a way to meet Orinda’s Regional Housing Needs Allocation. This action program calls for the continued regular collection of data on second unit rents, using a combination of outreach to the owners of registered units and surveys of data sources and advertised rental listings (such as craigslist).

The City collected and monitored data
periodically on second unit rents using online
rental forums, such as Craigslist. The average
rental prices surveyed for similar residential
ADUs within or near Orinda in 2019 was about
$1,568. In 2020, the average was
approximately $1,755. The income state limits
for lower-income 4-person households were
$61,950 in 2019 and $65,250 in 2020. A
household typically uses 30 percent of their
income for housing. The ADUs surveyed are
affordable to both moderate- and lowerincome households.

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modify to
include
quantifiable
objectives, and
change the
name of the
program to
Accessory
Dwelling Unit
Rent Data.

2.E Floor Area Ratio Limits. Maintain a sliding scale for calculating floor area ratios (FAR) as a way to preserve the city's existing stock of smaller homes. As noted in Chapter 5 of the Housing Element, the City’s zoning regulations limit the floor area that may be constructed on each Orinda lot based on the size of that lot. For example, a home on a 5,000-squarefoot lot may not exceed 1,400 square feet. In 2010, the City amended its requirements so that that the limits could be exceeded through the design review process. Nonetheless, the limits are still effective at reducing the incidence of teardowns and maintaining the city’s inventory of smaller homes, especially on lots less than 10,000 square feet. Over 600 residential parcels in the city are less than 10,000 square feet. Data from the assessor’s office indicates that existing homes on these lots have The Planning Staff successfully implemented
this program by continuing to implement
structure size limitations that can be found in
the City's Zoning Code (Orinda Municipal Code
Section 17.6.8).

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ensure
outcomes
match the
intent of the
action and do
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average assessed values that are 40 percent lower than homes on lots greater than 10,000 square feet. The City will continue to maintain floor area limits as a strategy for maintaining the city’s semi-rural character and conserving more affordable homes.
and moderateincome
households.

2.F Design Awards and Recognition. Develop a new category in the Mayor's Awards for Architectural Excellence for small homes or modifications to existing small homes. The City currently has an annual design awards program that recognizes outstanding projects in several categories, including community beautification and environmental sustainability. The City should consider creating a new category for renovation or new construction of small homes (2,000 square feet or less) as a way to recognize the value and benefits of such homes as part of the Orinda housing stock.

In 2016, the Mayor's Award for Architectural
Excellence was presented to Eden Housing's
Monteverde Senior Housing project, which
included 66 multifamily units. The Mayor’s
Award for Architectural Excellence was
changed and is now the Mayor’s Award of
Excellence.

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2.G Reduction in Home Energy Costs. Continue to advise residents of programs for reducing residential energy costs. Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) offers a number of programs to reduce residential energy costs.

REACH (Relief for Energy Assistance through Community Help) provides one-time assistance payments for energy costs to low-income customers.

The federal LIHEAP (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program) offers assistance through reduced energy rates and weatherization assistance.

In addition, CARE (California Alternate Rates for Energy) and FERA (Family Energy Rate Assistance) both provide rate discounts for low-income households. PG&E also offers energy audits and rebates for the use of energy-efficient appliances and the recycling of less efficient appliances.

Information on these programs should be kept in the Planning Department waiting area and made available via links from the City’s website.

To ensure energy cost reduction information
was made publicly available, the City provided
pamphlets on assistance programs in the
Planning Department waiting area.

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2.H Title 24 Administration. Continue to enforce residential energy conservation requirements as set forth in Title 24, California Administrative Code. Orinda will continue to implement and enforce Title 24 energy efficiency standards. Adhering to these standards can substantially reduce energy costs in new construction and major During the 5th planning period, the City
continued to enforce the residential energy
conservation requirements.

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remodels, reducing home energy costs and providing more income for housing and other expenses.

3.A Downtown. Study the feasibility of mixed-use development at appropriate densities. Both the existing Orinda General Plan and the existing Orinda Zoning Ordinance support mixed-use development in the Downtown area. Mixed use (upper-floor residential over ground-floor retail or office uses) is explicitly allowed by the Zoning Ordinance in the Downtown Commercial (DC) zone.

This action would continue the planning efforts for Downtown to determine the type, extent, and density of housing that would be appropriate in the Downtown area and would also explore the types of zoning standards that could facilitate such development.

The City allowed residential units above
commercial uses that are part of a mixed-use
development with a general use permit per
Orinda Municipal Code Sections 17.8.4 and

17.31. In 2020, Orinda started a Downtown
Precise Plan that will increase the allowed
density in the Downtown Commercial Zone
and allow residential use in the Downtown
Office Zone where it is currently prohibited.

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modify to
strengthen
commitment to
facilitating
mixed-use with
appropriate
densities.

3.B Adjustment of Design Standards to Improve Affordability.

Implement the City's Affordable Housing Incentive Program to reduce production costs in projects containing affordable units such as adjusting design standards on a case-by-case basis, which could include adjusting standards for setbacks, lot coverage, street width, unit size, and parking, for all affordable housing projects. As noted earlier in this chapter, the City’s Affordable Housing Incentive Program corresponds to the Statemandated density bonus law. Government Code Section 65915(d)(2) requires every city in California to provide one to three development incentives or concessions for projects that include affordable units (the number of incentives/concessions depends on the percentage of affordable units in the project). It is up to each local government to determine the incentives (for example, allowing additional height, reducing parking requirements, or allowing greater lot coverage). Cities may also offer incentives above and beyond those required by the State.

This task will include an evaluation of the potential incentives available to developers in Orinda in order to determine which are most effective and The City continued the adjustment of design
standards to improve affordability. Through
the construction of 66 units of housing for
very low- and extremely low-income seniors
at the Monteverde Senior Apartments Project
was completed in December 2014. This
project made use of the City's Affordable
Housing Incentive Program to build at a higher
density than usually allowed by code.

The City continued to meet with interested
housing developers on an ongoing basis. As
applications for affordable units or mixedincome housing developments were submitted, the City proactively worked with
the applicants to address issues of parking,
traffic and design, and explored ways to
reduce the cost of developing such housing in
Continue and
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Design
Standards.

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which are most viable given community concerns related to building mass, scale, height, parking, and other compatibility issues. Modifications to the existing program may be made in response to the findings.

Orinda on a case-bycase basis. The Planning
staff educates applicants of the applicable
zoning regulations and application process.

Most recently, Planning staff actively worked
with the applicant of the senior housing
project at 10 Irwin Way prior to submittal.

3.C Shared Housing Program. Consider participating in ECHO’s housing’s “Shared Housing” or some similar program as a way to improve housing opportunities for lower-income seniors and extremely lowincome Orinda residents. Orinda has the second highest median age among Contra Costa County cities. In 2010, 36 percent of the city’s households included a person over 65 and 11 percent of the city’s households—695 households in total—consisted of persons over 65 living alone. At the same time, the Census indicates that Orinda has the highest average number of rooms per housing unit among the 19 cities in Contra Costa County. These statistics suggest that the City might benefit from a program that matches single seniors with others in the community— including locally employed service workers, teachers, public safety personnel, caregivers, and even “boomerang” young adults (children returning to Orinda after college).

Some of the city’s single seniors and empty nesters with surplus space in their homes may wish to rent out space in return for income or care but may be reluctant to advertise or rent to strangers. The nonprofit Eden Council for Hope and Opportunity (ECHO), which serves residents throughout the East Bay, operates a shared housing program that might potentially benefit those residents. The program matches persons needing housing with homeowners who have available space. ECHO is currently carrying out a shared housing program in Livermore and Pleasanton.

The intent of this program is to explore the feasibility of engaging ECHO or some similar organization to start a comparable program in Orinda.

ECHO also provides counseling on shared living, supportive services, and Due to limited time and staff resources since
approval of the Housing Element in 2015, the
City did not take action to pursue a
partnership with ECHO or other similar
program to establish a shared senior housing
program in Orinda. The City will join in the
County program in the future based on
available funding and staffing.

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information and referral, as well as educational workshops on home sharing. The program may be a helpful way to assist extremely lowincome Orinda households, including single seniors on fixed incomes, persons with physical or developmental disabilities, and young adults seeking employment.

3.D No Net Loss Housing Capacity. Develop and implement an evaluation procedure to ensure the City maintains sufficient land to accommodate the Regional Housing Needs Allocation throughout the planning period. Because Orinda has a limited number of sites on which it can meet its Regional Housing Needs Allocation for low and very lowincome households during the planning period, it is important that the availability of these sites be monitored.

Section 65863 of the California Government Code stipulates that a community may not reduce the allowable density on a housing site if the result is that the city is no longer able to meet its Regional Housing Needs Allocation. The City will comply with Government Code 65863.

The City of Orinda had a limited number of
sites available to meet its RHNA allocation
during the planning period. As a result, the
Planning Department continued to monitor
the sites identified in the Housing Element as
both zoning changes and multifamily housing
sites became proposed.

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3.E Housing Sites. As a part of the 5th Cycle Housing Element, the City considered anew whether to rely on the 3.2 acre Santa Maria site to help meet the City's RHNA for lower income households. The City selected the Santa Maria site in EIR Alternative 1 to zone at up to 20 dwelling units per acre (the "default density" under State law) in order to accommodate 48 units of the City's allocation of lower income households. Through this Action, the City will initiate and process an amendment of the development policies (i.e., general plan, zoning and/or zoning map) applicable on the selected site to replace the existing High Density Overlay District on the site with policies to accommodate a total of 48 units at up to 20 dwelling units per acre (the "default density" under State law). This will be a public process. The precise wording of the development policies and configuration of the area covered will be determined through that public process.

On April 12, 2016, the Orinda City Council
approved revisions to the use permit process
in the RM District to accommodate the
allocated 48 units for lower-income
households. The HD overlay was applied to 2.4
acres of the Santa Maria site at 20 units per
acre, for a capacity of 48 units per acre.

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3F. Extremely Low-Income Housing. Encourage additional housing resources for extremely low-income Orinda residents, particularly seniors and persons with physical or developmental disabilities. The Needs Assessment in Chapter 3 identified 283 extremely low-income owneroccupied households and 156 extremely low-income renter households in Orinda. Based on Census data, the majority of these households are headed by seniors. Other extremely low-income households in the city include persons with disabilities, low wage workers, and the long-term unemployed.

The City encourages the creation of additional housing resources for extremely low-income households. Since a majority of Orinda’s extremely low-income residents are homeowners, programs to assist in home repair and maintenance through low-cost loans or grants are strongly supported.

The City may also encourage the inclusion of extremely low-income units within new affordable rental developments. In addition, affordable housing tenant selection should place a priority on extremely low-income persons. The Monteverde Senior Apartments development now under construction exemplifies both of these provisions—it includes units reserved for extremely low-income persons and a tenant selection process that focuses on extremely low-income households. Similar measures may be included in the event affordable housing is built for persons with developmental disabilities or other physical disabilities.

The City will also encourage context-appropriate solutions to meet the housing needs of other extremely low-income households in Orinda, including individuals and families. These include shared housing opportunities, second units, small group homes, and transitional housing.

Activities such as grant and funding assistance, priority processing, deferral of impact fees until issuance of certificates of occupancy, and support for applications to create new housing units will be supported in the future. The Planning Department will produce an informational pamphlet regarding assistance and resources available to all extremely low-income households and to persons with developmental or other The Monteverde Senior Apartments
development completed in 2014 includes
units reserved for extremely low-income
persons with a tenant selection process that
focuses on extremely low-income households.

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physical disabilities. The information will be updated at least twice during the planning period and distributed to the local faith community and made available at City Hall and on the City’s website and at the Contra Costa County Supervisors’ office.
4A. Revise the Use Permit Requirements. Revise the use permit process in the Residential Medium-Density (RM) District. The City will modify the decision-making criteria in the current use permit process in the RM District and establish guidelines to define compatibility of uses. The revisions will balance certainty for applicants with the continued preservation and enhancement of existing community character.

On April 12, 2016, the Orinda City Council
approved revisions to the use permit process
in the RM District to accommodate the
allocated 48 units for lower-income
households.

Action was
completed,
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4B. Reduction of Permitting Costs and Delays. Explore the feasibility of expanding the City's Affordable Housing Incentive Program to add provisions for reductions in application- processing costs for multi-family projects containing affordable units. Although Title 17.4.31 of the Municipal Code establishes an Affordable Housing Incentive Program, the program currently only includes State-mandated density bonus requirements. The City used in-lieu housing fees from the Wilder project to facilitate affordable housing and may, on a case-by-case basis, continue to consider housing fees through development agreements in the future.

Additional financial incentives also may be considered for projects incorporating affordable units, including priority processing and deferral of impact fees until issuance of certificates of occupancy. Such reductions would be determined on a case-by-case basis, depending on the attributes of each project.

The Planning Staff continued to make
completeness determinations ahead of the
30-day completeness deadline. To ensure
housing for low-income and special-needs
households development impact fee waivers
continued to be available for affordable
housing projects. Applicants can come to the
counter and speak to planning staff regarding
the City’s process and have one-on-one
discussions about potential projects. Planning
Staff also have a Conceptual Development
Review (CDR) pre-application that allows
applicants to submit a potential project and
obtain written comments on their preliminary
project prior to formal submittal of a
discretionary application.

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4C. Shared Parking Regulations. Consider adopting shared parking regulations where it can be demonstrated that there will be no parking shortages. The City’s current parking regulations require that each use in a mixed-use building provide parking as though it were a freestanding use.

As a result, uses in the same building with different parking demand In 2020, the City adopted a parking variance
in-lieu fee that permitted developers to pay
an in-lieu fee for nonresidential development
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characteristics may be providing a larger aggregate number of spaces than is actually needed by the building.

This action will study provisions to allow sharing of parking where it can be demonstrated that the overall demand for the project can be met without spillover onto nearby streets. For example, residential guest parking could be shared with office or retail parking. These provisions might also consider the feasibility of shared parking agreements that enable the use of off-site parking lots.
lieu ordinance to residential development in
the future.
4D. Building Code Updates. Continue to implement the California Building Code of Regulations as locally amended. Update or amend the codes as state requirements change. This is an ongoing program. The City will amend Title 15 of the Municipal Code (Building Regulations) as needed to incorporate state requirements, including those related to green building and energy conservation. Amendments to reflect issues of local concern (such as high fire danger) will be made as needed.

The City established both a permitting process
and a streamlined process for small residential
solar energy systems. The City continued to
implement building codes as required by the
state.

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4E. Fee Updates. Periodically review planning and building fees to ensure they cover required costs but are not more than is necessary to provide the required City services. This is an ongoing program. The City periodically reviews its planning and building fees to ensure that they are appropriate, based on actual operating costs and fees charged for comparable services provided by other cities. The City will ensure that its fees are not excessive and that its housing-related fees are not used to cross-subsidize other City services. Fees were last updated in 2014.

The Planning Department's fees were updated
annually to reflect actual processing costs
during the planning period.

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5A. Fair Housing Program. Distribute information regarding fair housing issues in the City's quarterly newsletter, at the Orinda Library, and at City offices. This is an ongoing program. Pamphlets on fair housing laws and procedures will be made available at City Hall and the library, and information on fair housing requirements will be incorporated in the City’s newsletter. This information should also be available via the City website.

The City’s Planning Director will be identified as the point of contact in the event a fair housing complaint is received, with referrals provided to the The City continues to include Fair Housing
information in quarterly newsletters, the
Orinda Library, and at City offices. This policy
remains active. There were no fair housing
complaints from 2015-2020. Articles
regarding affordable homeownership at
Orinda Grove were included in past
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Action Implementation Status Action
Contra Costa Housing Authority or the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing as necessary.
newsletters to highlight available
opportunities for affordable housing.
5B. Local Preference in Housing Opportunities. Continue measures to ensure that persons who work in Orinda receive preference in the occupancy of new affordable for-sale housing units. The City has already taken steps to provide preference in the purchase of the moderateincome units at Orinda Grove for those who currently work in Orinda, including schoolteachers, firefighters, law enforcement officers, and others in the moderate-income bracket. Similar provisions would apply as additional moderate-income for-sale housing is developed in the future.

From 2015-2020, the local preference
program provisions were incorporated into
the established below-market rate (BMR)
program for the Orinda Grove project. The
program was initiated in 2014 and began with
8 BMR units. Of the 8 initial applicants, 7 were
employed in Orinda. In 2019, a unit was sold,
and by 2020, 6 units were estimated to be
occupied by persons who work in Orinda.

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5C. Assistance for persons with developmental disabilities. Support the construction and rehabilitation of housing to meet the needs of Orinda residents with developmental disabilities, including small group homes and units in affordable housing developments that are designed for developmentally disabled persons. Developmentally disabled residents include children with mental or physical impairments and adults who were born with a disability or developed a disability before age 18.

Many developmentally disabled persons can live and work independently, but some require a group living environment with supervision or living units with special features. The City will continue to support the development of small group homes that serve developmentally disabled adults and will work with the nonprofit community to encourage the inclusion of units for persons with developmental disabilities in future affordable housing developments. The City will also coordinate with the Regional Center of the East Bay to inform Orinda families of the resources available to them and to explore incentives so that a larger number of future housing units include features which meet the needs of persons with developmental disabilities and other special needs.

Several of the units in the Monteverde project
included universal design features to
accommodate the unique needs of seniors
and persons with disabilities. In January 2021,
a memory care facility with 38 assisted-living
units was approved at 1 Wilder Rd.

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Source: City of Orinda, February 2022
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3.3 Progress Toward Meeting Quantifiable Objectives
The 2015–2023 Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) prepared by the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) determined that zoning to accommodate 227 additional housing units needed to be in place in Orinda during the prior planning period to meet regional housing needs. ABAG disaggregated this allocation into four income categories: very low, low, moderate, and above moderate.

Table 3-1 compares the 5th Cycle RHNA to the building permits issued during 2015 to 2021. The City issued permits for a total of 346 units from 2015 to 2021. Among these, approximately 12 percent (43 units) were for building permits affordable to moderate-income households and the remaining (303 units) were market rate units.

TABLE 3-1 REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ALLOCATION COMPARED TO PERMITS ISSUED, 2015 – 2021
Income Category 2015 – 2022
RHNA
2015 – 2021
Building Permits Issued
Very Low 84 0
Low 47 0
Moderate 54 43
Above Moderate 42 303
Total 227 346
Source: ABAG Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) Plan, December 2021, City of Orinda, February 2022
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4. POPULATION, EMPLOYMENT, AND

HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS

4.1 Overview
This chapter of the Housing Element profiles demographic and housing conditions in Orinda to assess the city’s future housing needs. Pursuant to California Government Code requirements, data on population, household characteristics, income and employment, special-needs groups, housing stock characteristics, building condition, and housing value is presented.

The analysis in this section primarily uses data compiled by the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) in the Data Profiles for Housing Elements workbook, released in April 2021. ABAG data is primarily from the 2015 - 2019 American Community Survey (ACS). ACS figures are estimates based on samples; for a small city like Orinda, reported figures may be subject to large margins of error. In addition, data from sources including the City of Orinda, the California Department of Finance (DOF), or anecdotal evidence has also been used where appropriate.

4.2 Population Trends

4.2.1 Population Growth
As of January 2021, the City of Orinda had a population of 19,078. This represented 1.6 percent of Contra Costa County’s total population. The city has experienced limited growth in recent years. Population increased by 5.5 percent between 2014 and 2021, compared to 0.3 percent between 2000 and 2010 (see Table 4-1).

The growth rate of the neighboring cities of Lafayette and Moraga (collectively forming the “Lamorinda” area) was slightly lower from 2014 to 2021. Orinda’s growth was similar to the growth rate of Contra Costa County (6.1 percent) for the same period (see Table 4-2).

In the 2021 projections, ABAG forecasted slow population growth in Orinda. ABAG projects the population to be 20,200 in by 2040, equivalent to an increase of approximately 10 percent over the 20-year period from 2020 to 2040.

TABLE 4-1 POPULATION GROWTH TRENDS – ORINDA
Year Population Numerical Change Percentage Change
1990 16,642 --- ---
2000 17,599 957 5.8%
2010 17,643 44 0.3%
2014 18,089 446 2.5%
2021 19,078 989 5.5%
Source: 2000, 2010, and 2019 US Census, California Department of Finance, E-5 series (ABAG Housing Element Data Package, 2021)
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TABLE 4-2 POPULATION GROWTH TRENDS – NEIGHBORING JURISDICTIONS Jurisdiction Name 2010 2014 2021
Change 2014–2021
Number Percentage
City of Orinda 17,643 18,089 19,989 989 5.5%
City of Lafayette 23,893 24,659 25,358 699 2.8%
City of Moraga 16,016 16,348 16,820 472 2.9%
Contra Costa County 1,049,025 1,087,008 1,153,854 66,846 6.1% Bay Area 7,150,739 7,505,836 7,790,537 284,701 3.8%
Source: 2010 and 2019 US Census, California Department of Finance, E-5 series (ABAG Housing Element Data Package, 2021)

4.2.2 Age Composition
Table 4-3 and Figure 4-1 illustrate the age distribution in Orinda for 2010 and 2019. The table indicates a slight increase in the average age of residents since 2010, increasing from an average of 46.1 to 48.7, respectively. Specifically, there was a slight increase in residents aged 55 and over in 2019 (38.6 percent), compared to 2010 (36.7 percent). From 2010 to 2019, there was a 2.4-percent decrease in population for individuals 5 to 14 years of age and an increase of 2.1 percent for the 65 to 74 age group. The secondhighest decrease in population was for the 25 to 34 age group, at 1.6-percent decrease.

TABLE 4-3 POPULATION BY AGE – ORINDA
Age Group
Orinda
2010 2019 Change 2010-2019
Number Percentage Number Percentage Number Percentage
0–4 years 806 4.6% 748 3.8% 58 -0.8%
5-14 years 2,791 15.8% 2,645 13.5% -146 -2.4%
15-24 years 1,644 9.3% 2,023 10.3% 379 1.0%
25-34 years 694 3.9% 1,095 5.6% 401 1.6%
35–44 years 2,047 11.6% 2,063 10.5% 16 -1.1%
45–54 years 3,186 18.1% 3,483 17.7% 297 -0.3%
55–64 years 2,925 16.6% 3,140 16.0% 215 -0.6%
65-74 years 1,859 10.5% 2,487 12.7% 628 2.1%
75-84 years 1,171 6.6% 1,212 6.2% 41 -0.5%
85 + years 520 2.9% 750 3.8% 230 0.9%
Total 17,643 100.0% 19,646 100.0% 2,003 0.0%
Median Age 46.1 48.7 --
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Data (2015-2019) (ABAG Housing Element Data Package, 2021)
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FIGURE 4-1 POPULATION BY AGE OF ORINDA
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Data, 2005-2010 and 2015-2019 (ABAG Housing Element Data Package, 2021)

4.2.3 Racial and Ethnic Composition
Orinda’s racial and ethnic diversity increased moderately between 2010 and 2019 (see Table 4-4).

However, the racial and ethnic composition of the city, as documented by the 2015-2019 ACS, differs from that of the county and the Bay Area. About 72.0 percent of Orinda residents were white, contrasted with

39.3 percent and 43.8 percent for the Bay Area and county, respectively (see Figure 4-2).

The Census Bureau defines Hispanic/Latinx ethnicity separate from racial categories. For the purposes of this graph, the “Hispanic or Latinx” racial/ethnic group represents those who identify as having Hispanic/Latinx ethnicity and may also be members of any racial group. All other racial categories on this graph represent those who identify with that racial category and do not identify with Hispanic/Latinx ethnicity.

Age 0-4 Age 5-
14 Age 15-
24 Age 25-
34 Age 35-
44 Age 45-
54 Age 55-
64 Age 65-
74 Age 75-
84 Age 85+
2010 806 2,791 1,644 694 2,047 3,186 2,925 1,859 1,171 520 2019 748 2,645 2,023 1,095 2,063 3,483 3,140 2,487 1,212 750 0 500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000
3,500
4,000
Population
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TABLE 4-4 RACIAL COMPOSITION OF ORINDA, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, AND BAY AREA Racial
Composition
Orinda Contra Costa
County Bay Area
2010 2019 2019
Number Percentage Number Percentage Percentage Percentage White alone 13,910 78.8 14,139 72.0% 43.8% 39.3%
Black or African
American 143 0.8 229 1.2% 8.4% 5.8%
American Indian
and Alaska
Native
16 0.1 0 0 0.2% 0.2%
Asian/API 2,033 11.5 3,213 16.4% 16.9% 26.7%
Other Race or
Multiple Races 734 4.1 1,022 5.2% 5.0% 4.5%
Hispanic or
Latinx 807 4.6 1,043 5.3% 25.6% 23.5%
Total 17,643 100 19,646 100% 100.0% 100%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Data (2015-2019) (ABAG Housing Element Data Package, 2021)
FIGURE 4-2 POPULATION BY RACE OF ORINDA, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, AND BAY AREA Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Data (2015-2019) (ABAG Housing Element Data Package, 2021)
16% 17%
27%
8%
6%
72%
44%
39%
5%
5% 5%
5%
26% 24%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Orinda Contra Costa County Bay Area
Percent of Population
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4.3 Household Characteristics

4.3.1 Household Type and Size
A household refers to the people occupying a home, such as a family, a single person, or unrelated persons living together. Family households often prefer single-family homes or condominiums to accommodate children, and nonfamily households generally occupy smaller apartments or condominiums.

According to the DOF, as of 2021, there were 2.8 persons per household in the City of Orinda.

According to the 2015-2019 ACS, Orinda had a total of 546 family households residing in occupied housing units. Of these, 340 were female-headed family households, about 4.7 percent, and 101 were maleheaded family households, about 1.4 percent. Single-person households represent approximately 6.2 percent of all family households in Orinda (see Table 4.5). In Contra Costa County, approximately 17 percent of households were female-headed and male-headed. For the Bay Area, 15.2 percent of households were single-headed households.

Table 4-5 shows household types for Orinda, Contra Costa County, and the Bay Area.

Single-parent households, particularly those headed by women, are likely to have greater demand for childcare and other social services than two-parent households. Because single-parent households often have limited incomes, these households may have trouble finding adequate, affordable housing.

TABLE 4-5 HOUSEHOLD TYPE
Household Type Orinda Percentage Contra
Costa Percentage Bay Area Percentage
Female-Headed
Family 340 4.7% 48,256 12.22% 283,770 10.4%
Male-Headed Family 101 1.4% 19,180 4.9% 131,105 4.8%
Married-Couple
Family 5,238 73.1% 217,370 55.1% 1,399,714 51.2%
Other Non-Family 218 3.0% 23,731 6.0% 242,258 8.9%
Single-Person
Households 1,270 17.7% 86,232 21.8% 674,587 24.7%
Total Households 7,167 100% 394,769 100% 2,731,434 100% Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Data (2015-2019) (ABAG Housing Element Data Package, 2021)
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4.3.2 Overcrowding
Overcrowding is defined as more than one person per room, based on the Census Bureau’s definition of “room,” which excludes bathrooms, porches, balconies, foyers, halls, or half-rooms. Severe overcrowding occurs when there are more than 1.5 persons per room. Overcrowding can result when there are not enough adequately sized units within a community, or when high housing costs relative to income lead individuals or households to share housing. Overcrowding may also create secondary problems, such as deterioration of housing stock from overuse.

Though 1.00 or more persons per room is the general measure of overcrowding, the actual level of perceived overcrowding will vary according to household size and structure. Houses with fewer rooms and non-related adult residents may seem more overcrowded than larger, family households. According to the 2013-2017 Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (CHAS) data, the city had no overcrowded households (more than one person per habitable room), compared to 1.5 percent for the county and 2.7 percent for the Bay Area (see Table 4-6). This is at least partially because of the relatively large size of Orinda homes. The 2015-2019 ACS data indicated that only 5.2 percent of the city’s housing stock consists of one-bedroom and studio units and 89.4 percent of the homes have three or more bedrooms. This suggests that the City’s housing stock provides the housing types needed for Orinda residents.

TABLE 4-6 OVERCROWDING SEVERITY
Geography Orinda Percentage Contra
Costa Percentage Bay Area Percentage

1.00 occupants per
room or less 7,167 0.0% 374,726 94.9% 2,543,056 93.1%

1.01 to 1.50
occupants per room
0 0.0% 13,950 3.5% 115,696 4.2%

1.50 occupants per
room or more
0 0.0% 6,093 1.5% 72,682 2.7%
Total 7,167 0.0% 394,769 100.0% 2,731,434 100.0%
Source: 2013-2017 CHAS Data Book (ABAG Housing Element Data Package, 2021)

4.3.3 Household Income
Income
According to the 2015-2019 ACS, the city’s median family income in 2019 was $324,649 (see Table 4-7).

The 2015–2019 ACS for Orinda indicates that the estimated median family income increased by $141,370.

This is approximately double the median for Contra Costa County as a whole and is 278 percent higher than the State of California median. Moreover, family income grew faster in Orinda during 2015–2019 than it did in either the county or the state. The 2015-2019 ACS data showed a 77.1-percent rise in median income, compared to 56.8 percent for the county, and 22.2 percent for the state.

Median family income is often greater than median household income because a household can consist of single individuals, whereas family income always consists of two or more individuals.

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More than half of Orinda’s households had annual incomes exceeding $200,000. On the other hand, an estimated 851 households in the city—or about 11.9 percent of the city’s households—have annual incomes of less than $50,000 a year. As noted in Section 3.8, Persons with Special Needs, some 5.7 percent of the city’s households earn less than $25,000 a year. While some of these households may be single seniors with very low monthly housing costs, the figure also includes families and others who may spend large portions of their incomes on housing. Moreover, even seniors with low housing costs (e.g., no mortgage) may face expensive utility bills or home repair and maintenance costs beyond their means.

TABLE 4-7 MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME (2019 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS) Orinda Contra Costa County California
Estimate Percentage Estimate Percentage Estimate Percentage Total Households 7,167 100% 394,769 100% 13,044,266 100% Less than $10,000* 126 1.8% 13,565 3.4% 628,526 4.8%
$10,000 to
$14,999* 109 1.5% 11,040 2.8% 534,197 4.1%
$15,000 to $24,999 176 2.5% 19,305 4.9% 975,904 7.5%
$25,000 to 34,999 66 0.9% 21,352 5.4% 979,245 7.5%
$35,000 to $49,999 374 5.2% 31,802 8.1% 1,363,211 10.5% $50,000 to $74,999 347 4.8% 51,211 13.0% 2,022,818 15.5% $75,000 to $99,999 315 4.4% 49,623 12.6% 1,620,466 12.4% $100,000 to
$149,999 947 13.2% 74,602 18.9% 2,169,021 16.6%
$150,000 to
$199,999 735 10.3% 45,573 11.5% 1,164,827 8.9%
$200,000 or more 3,972 55.4% 76,696 19.4% 1,586,051 12.2% 2019 Median
Household Income $223,217 --- $99,716 --- $75,235 ---
2019 Median Family
Income * $324,649 --- $114,535 --- $85,837 ---
2009 Median Family
Income $183,279 --- $73,039 --- $70,231 ---
Family Income
Growth $141,370 --- $41,496 --- $15,606 ---
Family Income
Increase 2015–2019
as a Percentage

77.1% --- 56.8% --- 22.2% ---
Source: American Community Survey 5-Year Data (2015-2019) (ABAG Housing Element Data Package, 2021)
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Overpayment
Although standards applied to gauge housing costs vary, households that pay more than 30 percent of income on housing cost are considered to be overpaying for housing or cost burdened, while households that pay 50 percent or more are considered severely overpaying or severely cost burdened.

Table 4-8 shows that 23.3 percent of Orinda residents are spending more than 30 percent of their income on housing. Of those households, 3.4 percent are renter households and 23.7 are owner occupied households Looking at lower income households overpay, 8.9 percent were paying more than 30 percent on household costs, and 7.0 percent were paying more than 50 percent on housing costs. Looking at lower income households overpaying by tenure, 1.5 percent were renter occupied households and 7.6 percent were owner occupied households.

Even though median income in Orinda is relatively high, housing costs remain a challenge for a substantial number of the city’s residents. This can be an issue for some seniors as well as for working families, single parents, and others who face changing life circumstances. The sudden loss of employment, a health care emergency, or a family crisis can quickly result in a heavy cost burden, with few affordable options available within the city.

TABLE 4-8 HOUSING OVERPAYMENT FOR LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS Total Household Characteristics Number Percent of Total Households
Total occupied units (households) 7,095 100.0%
Total Renter households 730 10.3%
Total Owner Households 6,365 89.7%
Total lower income (0-80% of HAMFI) households 1040 14.7% Lower income renters (0-80%) 255 3.6%
Lower income owners (0-80%) 785 11.1%
Extremely low-income (ELI) renters (0-30%) 120 1.7%
Extremely low-income (ELI) owners (0-30%) 235 3.3%
Lower income households paying more than 50% 500 7.0%
Lower income renter HH severely overpaying 65 0.9%
Lower income owner HH severely overpaying 445 6.3%
Extremely Low Income (0-30%) 220 3.1%
ELI Renter HH severely overpaying 25 0.4%
ELI Owner HH severely overpaying 200 2.8%
Income between 30%-50% 70 1.0%
Income between 50% -80% 210 3.0%
Lower income households paying more than 30% 630 8.9%
Lower income renter HH overpaying 104 1.5%
Lower income owner HH overpaying 540 7.6%
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Total Household Characteristics Number Percent of Total Households
Extremely Low Income (0-30%) 265 3.7%
ELI Renter HH overpaying 60 0.8%
ELI Owner HH overpaying 215 3.0%
Income between 30%-50% 105 1.5%
Income between 50% -80% 260 3.7%
Total Households Overpaying 1,644 23.2%
Total Renter Households Overpaying 244 3.4%
Total Owner Households Overpaying 1,400 19.7%
Source: 2014-2018 CHAS Data Sets https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/cp.html

4.4 Employment Trends
The 2015–2019 ACS indicates that about 44 percent of Orinda’s working residents were employed in white-collar occupations, such as financial and professional services (see Table 4-9). The largest employment industries in 2019 were financial and professional services, health and educational services, and manufacturing/wholesale and transportation. The fastest-growing employment industries between 2011 and 2019 were financial and professional services as well as health and education. The greatest decrease was in information.

According to the 2015–2019 ACS, 61 percent of the population age 16 and over in Orinda were in the labor force. Based on the 2015–2019 ACS, the average commuting time to work was about 36.1 minutes.

Similarly, the commuting time in Contra Costa County in 2019 was 38.7 minutes.

According to ABAG’s Plan Bay Area 2040 statistics from 2018, there were 5,495 jobs in Orinda in 2020.

There were 7,167 households in the city in 2018, resulting in a job to housing ratio of 0.58. This is comparable to the Contra Costa County ratio of 0.98 jobs per household. Most Orinda residents work outside the city, often commuting to jobs in San Francisco, Oakland, and other East Bay and South Bay employment centers.

Future job and housing growth is an important regional policy issue. Past trends have included limited capacity for housing growth and likewise has little capacity for job growth. An increasing number of residents are telecommuting or working from home, helping to reduce traffic congestion and related greenhouse gas emissions.

ABAG’s statistics from 2018 indicate that the number of jobs in Orinda will increase to 5,500, or just under 1 percent per year between 2010 and 2040. The number of households in Orinda is projected to increase to 6,825 during the same period. Thus, the jobs-to-housing ratio is expected to increase slightly to 4.2 percent over the next 30 years.

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services have been the biggest industry in the City of Orinda. The city also has an abundance of health and educational services. According to the 2015–2019 ACS, the top industry providing employment continues to be financial and professional services (13.5-percent increase), followed by health and educational services (7.8-percent increase) and construction (2.1-percent increase).

TABLE 4-9 EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY
Geography Orinda Contra Costa Bay Area
Percentage
Increase for
City of Orinda
Agriculture & Natural
Resources 34 3,720 30,159 0.1%
Construction 539 39,996 226,029 2.1%
Financial & Professional
Services 4,069 138,321 1,039,526 13.5%
Health & Educational Services 2,370 174,990 1,195,343 7.8% Information 278 14,048 160,226 -1.0%
Manufacturing, Wholesale &
Transportation 874 79,885 670,251 0.00%
Retail 524 56,651 373,083 1.4%
Other1 602 51,755 329,480 ---
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Data (2015-2019) (ABAG Housing Element Data Package, 2021)
1 Other services except public administration.

Table 4-10 shows the top employers in Contra Costa County in 2021 by number of employees. None were located in the City of Orinda. The top employers in Contra Costa County in 2021 were Chevron Corporation and Chevron Research and Technology.

TABLE 4-10 LARGEST EMPLOYERS IN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY
Employer Name Location
10,000+
Chevron Corporation San Ramon
5,000 – 9,999
Chevron Research & Technology San Ramon
1,000 – 4,999
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Employer Name Location
Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc Hercules
Chevron Richmond Refinery Richmond
Contra Costa Regional Med Ctr Martinez
John Muir Health Concord Med Concord
Kaiser Permanente Antioch Med Antioch
Kaiser Permanente Martinez Med Martinez
Kaiser Permanente Walnut Creek Walnut Creek
La Raza Market Richmond
USS Posco Industries Pittsburg
500 – 999
Broadspectrum Americas Richmond
C & H Sugar Co Inc Crockett
Longs Drug Store Walnut Creek
Los Medanos College Pittsburg
Martinez Arts Outpatient Clinic Martinez
Nordstrom Walnut Creek
Oakley Union School District Oakley
Robert Half Intl San Ramon
San Ramon Regional Medical Ctr San Ramon
Santa Fe Pacific Pipe Lines Richmond
Shell Oil Prod US Martinez Martinez
Sutter Delta Medical Ctr Antioch
US Veterans Medical Ctr Martinez
Source: Employment Development Department, 2021
According to the Employment Development Department, there were 8,900 persons in the labor force in 2021 (see Table 4-11). Generally, the unemployment rate has decreased since 2010 in the City of Orinda.

However, in 2020, the unemployment rate more than doubled. This increase can most likely be attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, the unemployment rate decreased by almost half to 3 percent.

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TABLE 4-11 LABOR FORCE TRENDS
Year Labor Force Employment Unemployed Unemployment Rate 2015 8,800 8,600 200 2.1%
2016 8,500 8,300 200 2.4%
2017 9,100 8,900 200 1.9%
2018 9,000 8,800 200 1.8%
2019 9,200 9,000 200 2.0%
2020 8,700 8,200 500 5.6%
2021 8,900 8,600 300 3.0%
Source: Employment Development Department, December 2010-2021

4.5 Housing Stock Characteristics
This section describes certain characteristics of the city’s housing supply, including type, condition, ownership, vacancy, and costs.

4.5.1 Housing Type
The California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) defines a housing unit as a house, an apartment, a mobile home or trailer, a group of rooms, or a single room occupied as separate living quarters, or if vacant, intended for occupancy as separate living quarters. Separate living quarters are those in which the occupants live separately from any other individuals in the building, and which have direct access from outside the building or through a common hall. For vacant units, the criteria of separateness and direct access are applied to the intended occupants whenever possible.

The ACS indicated there were 7,194 housing units in Orinda in 2021. This is an increase of 5 percent (6,804 units) from 2010. In 2021, approximately 93 percent of the city’s housing stock was made up of singlefamily units (see Table 4-12 and Figure 4-3). Multifamily housing units representing about 5 percent of the housing stock.

TABLE 4-12 HOUSING UNITS BY NUMBER OF UNITS IN STRUCTURE, 2010-2021 Housing Type 2010 2021 Percent Change
Single Family Dwelling 6,533 6,857 5.0%
Multifamily: 2 to 4 units 9 11 22.2%
Multifamily: 5 or more units 262 326 24.4%
Mobile Homes 0 0 0.0%
Other 0 0 0.0%
Total excluding other 6,804 7,194 5.7%
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FIGURE 4-3 HOUSING UNITS BY NUMBER OF UNITS
Source: California Department of Finance, E-5 series (ABAG Housing Element Data Package, 2021)

4.5.2 Housing Tenure
Approximately 90 percent of households in Orinda in 2019 were owner-occupied, a 9.9-percent increase from 2010 (see Table 4-13). The city experienced a slight increase in the number of renters from 677 in 2010 to 711 in 2019, a 5-percent increase.

TABLE 4-13 OCCUPIED UNITS BY TENURE (2000–2019)
Tenure
2010 2019 Percentage
Number Percentage Number Percentage Change
Owner-occupied 5,876 89.7 6,456 90.1% 9.9%
Renter-occupied 677 10.3 711 9.9% 5.0%
Total 6,553 100 7,167 100% 9%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census (2015-2019) (ABAG Housing Element Data Package, 2021) (ABAG Housing Element Data Package, 2021)
The percentage of owner-occupied housing units is still much higher in Orinda than the county or the Bay Area (see Table 4-14), where only 65.9 percent of the county’s households and 56.1 percent of the Bay Area’s households are homeowners.

96.0%

0.1% 3.9% 0.0%

95.3%

0.2% 4.5% 0.0%

0.0%

20.0%

40.0%

60.0%

80.0%
100.0%
120.0%
Single Family Dwelling Multifamily: 2 to 4 units Multifamily: 5 or more units
Mobile Homes
2010 2021
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TABLE 4-14 HOUSEHOLDS BY TENURE, ORINDA, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, AND BAY AREA (2019)
Orinda Contra Costa County Bay Area
Number Percentage Number Percentage Number Percentage
Owner 6,456 90.1% 260,244 65.9% 1,531,955 56.1%
Renter 711 9.9% 134,525 34.1% 1,199,479 43.9%
Total 7,167 100% 394,769 100% 2,731,434 100%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census (2015-2019) (ABAG Housing Element Data Package, 2021)

4.5.3 Vacancy Rates
Residential vacancy rate is a good indicator of the balance between housing supply and demand in a community. When the demand for housing exceeds the available supply, the vacancy rate will be low.

When there is an excess supply, the rate will be high. A vacancy rate of 3 to 5 percent is generally indicative of a healthy market. When vacancy rates fall below 3 percent, there is upward pressure on home prices and rents.

In 2019, Orinda’s vacancy rate was 4.5 percent. Of the 341 units reported by the Census as “vacant” in 2019, 41 were for sale and 97 were sold or rented but not yet occupied (see Table 4-15). There were also 82 units reported as “seasonal, recreational, or occasional use” and 121 units reported as “other.” Other is described as “when it does not fit into any year-round vacant category.” In comparison, Contra Costa and the Bay Area had slightly lower vacancy rates in seasonal/recreational/occasional use unit at 11.5 percent for the county and 21.6 percent for the Bay Area. Whereas in Orinda, the highest “vacant” unit reported was the “other vacant.”
TABLE 4-15 VACANT UNITS BY TYPE
Geography Orinda Percentage Contra Costa
County Percentage Bay Area Percentage
For Rent 0 0.0% 4,321 22.8% 41,117 23.8%
For Sale 41 12.0% 2012 10.6% 10,057 5.8%
For Seasonal,
Recreational, or
Occasional Use
82 24.0% 2,188 11.5% 37,301 21.6%
Other Vacant 121 35.5% 8,469 44.7% 61,722 35.7%
Rented, Not
Occupied 19 5.6% 741 3.9% 10,647 6.2%
Sold, Not
Occupied 78 22.9% 1,219 6.4% 11,816 6.8%
Total 341 100.0% 18,950 100.0% 172,660 100.0%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Data (2015-2019) (ABAG Housing Element Data Package, 2021)
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4.5.4 Housing Age
Age is one measure of housing stock conditions and a factor for determining the need for rehabilitation.

Without proper maintenance, housing units deteriorate over time. Thus, units that are older are more likely to need major repairs (e.g., a new roof or plumbing). Generally, houses 30 years and older are considered aged and are more likely to require major or minor repairs. In addition, older houses may not be built to current standards for fire and earthquake safety.

Approximately 87 percent of Orinda’s total housing stock is 30 years old or older (i.e., was constructed before 1991). As noted in Table 4-16, this compares to 84.2 percent for Contra Costa County.

Although a high percentage of the city’s homes are more than 40 years old and as such may require more regular maintenance and repair, the majority of the city’s housing stock is well maintained. The homes in need of rehabilitation and replacement are not concentrated in any one geographic area.

Because of high home prices, homes that require rehabilitation or replacement are typically purchased by households with above-moderate incomes. These homes are then rehabilitated, eliminating the substandard condition. Residential additions and major remodels over 1,000 square feet are subject to design review under City codes and regulations. Per SB 9, lots zoned for single-family use allow duplexes to be built on single family lots, subject only to objective standards, which makes splitting of existing single-family lots a ministerial approval process. The purpose of these regulations is to help ensure the proposed residential additions blend in with their surroundings and reflect the dominant visual character of the immediate neighborhoods.

TABLE 4-16 YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT BY AREA
Orinda Contra Costa County
Estimate Percentage Estimate Percentage
Built 1939 or earlier 365 4.7% 17,140 4.1%
Built 1940 to 1959 3,596 46.3% 83,398 19.9%
Built 1960 to 1979 2,264 29.1% 139,476 33.3%
Built 1980 to 1999 961 12.4% 112,817 26.9%
Built 2000 to 2009 193 2.5% 47,658 11.4%
Built 2010 or later 390 5.0% 18,207 4.3%
Total 7,769 100% 418,696 100%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census (2015-2019) and Department of Finance 2021 Housing Estimates (ABAG Housing Element Data Package, 2021)

4.5.5 Housing Condition
Orinda’s housing stock is in excellent condition. According to 2015–2019 ACS data, about 1.0 percent of the renter housing stock lacked complete kitchen and plumbing facilities. However, the 2015–2019 ACS indicates that its sampling methodology should be supplemented by local knowledge requiring rehabilitation based on recent community surveys, such as knowledgeable builders/developers in the H.1.a
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community or nonprofit housing developer organizations. The City is unaware of any occupied housing units lacking plumbing or kitchens, with the exception of those that may currently be under renovation or under construction.

Based on visual reconnaissance of Orinda neighborhoods, it is believed that fewer than 10 homes in the city are dilapidated, abandoned, or in poor condition. Because it would not be a prudent use of City resources to do a physical conditions survey of each of Orinda’s approximately 7,167 homes given the very small number that are substandard, the City has researched various indicators to estimate housing condition. These are shown in Table 4-17 and are primarily based on code enforcement cases and resident complaints. The code inspection program is primarily complaint driven and by request only.

Another indicator of housing condition is the level of reinvestment in Orinda’s existing housing stock. The valuation of work authorized by residential building permits between 2009 and 2012 (three fiscal years) was roughly $51.3 million. The total amount was between $16 and $19 million each fiscal year. Of the three-year total, 77 percent represented reinvestment in existing homes and 23 percent was related to new construction. Almost $40 million in valuation was added to existing homes through residential alterations and additions in just three years.

The City has included Action 2.C in this Housing Element to advertise the availability of home maintenance and repair loans through Contra Costa County to Orinda residents and consider pursuing additional funding for home repairs and improvements. In addition, the City will respond on a complaint basis to code enforcement violations to ensure that the Orinda housing stock remains safe and in good repair.

TABLE 4-17 CODE ENFORCEMENT CASES RELATING TO PROPERTY CONDITION, 2018–2020 2018 2019 2020
Overgrown Vegetation 3 2 3
Debris 14 7 5
Dilapidated Structure 4 3 1
Pests 1 1 0
Total 22 13 9
Total as a Percentage of All Homes in Orinda 0.3 0.2 0.1 Source: City of Orinda, 2021.

4.6 Housing Cost and Affordability
One of the major barriers to housing availability is the cost of housing. To provide housing to all economic levels in the community, a wide variety of housing opportunities at various prices should be made available. Housing affordability is dependent on income and housing costs.

Housing affordability is based on the relationship between household income and housing expenses.

According to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and HCD, housing is considered “affordable” if the monthly housing cost does not exceed more than 30 percent of a household’s gross income.

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4.6.1 Sales Prices
Housing in Orinda is expensive. Orinda’s median home sales price, as reported by Redfin in December 2021 was $2,300,000.

Table 4-18 shows median home sales prices for Orinda, Moraga, Lafayette, and Contra Costa County from 2016 to 2021. Median prices decreased from 2016 to 2017 for Orinda, and increased for Moraga, Lafayette, and the county. From 2017 to 2018, median prices decreased again by 4.4 percent in Orinda and by 5.6 in Lafayette. For Moraga and the county, prices increased by almost 5 percent. While home prices in Orinda and Lafayette significantly increased between 2018 and 2019, a decrease in price occurred for Moraga and a slight increase occurred for the county. Between 2019 and 2020, home prices increased by 1.2 percent in Orinda and 9.0 percent in Moraga. Both the county (14.9 percent) and Lafayette (22.6 percent) experienced significant increases in median sales price in 2020. For 2021, prices increased by

38.6 percent in Orinda, 31.7 in Moraga, and 21.1 percent in Lafayette. The county experienced a 9.2 increase in price from 2020 to 2021.

TABLE 4-18 MEDIAN HOME SALES PRICE, 2016 TO 2021
Year
Orinda Moraga Lafayette Contra Costa County
Median
Sales
Price
Percentage
Change
Median
Sales
Price
Percentage
Change
Median
Sales
Price
Percentage
Change
Median
Sales
Price
Percentage
Change
2016 $1,472,250 $945,500 $1,060,000 $521,000
2017 $1,294,000 -12.1% $1,215,000 28.5% $1,212,500 14.4% $552,000 6.0% 2018 $1,237,250 -4.4% $1,275,000 4.9% $1,145,000 -5.6% $580,000 5.1% 2019 $1,640,000 32.6% $1,175,000 -7.8% $1,448,000 26.5% $618,000 6.6% 2020 $1,660,000 1.2% $1,281,250 9.0% $1,775,000 22.6% $710,000 14.9% 2021 $2,300,000 38.6% $1,687,500 31.7% $2,150,000 21.1% $775,000 9.2% Source: Redfin 2015-2021 (www.Redfin.com)

4.6.2 Rental Prices
Rents in Orinda are also well above the state and county medians, in part because most of the rental properties are large, detached single-family homes.

Compared to a recent survey of craigslist.com, Zillow.com, and Roomies.com websites in November 2021, there were 15 properties, single-family apartments and individual rooms in Orinda advertised for rent.

These included two one-bedroom units, with rents from $800 to $2,100 per month, and 10 units with three or more bedrooms with rents ranging from $2,749 to $7,000 per month. Advertised rents ranged from $850 to $7,000 per month (see Table 4-19). According to the HUD Oakland – Fremont Metro FMR area that encompasses the City of Orinda, in 2019, the fair market rent for a two-bedroom unit was $2,126. A three-bedroom was $2,925 and a four-bedroom was $3,587. The costs have significantly increased, by 30 to 40 percent for a two and four bedroom and decreased by 6 percent for a threebedroom.

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TABLE 4-19 RENTAL PRICE SURVEY
Number of
Bedrooms Number of Units Lowest Advertised Rent
Highest
Advertised Rent
Median
Rent
1 2 $850 $2,100 $1,475
2 3 $2,800 $4,950 $3,932
3 5 $2,749 $6,300 $4,520
4+ 5 $5,295 $7,000 $6,478
Total 15 - - -
Source: Craigslist, Apartments.com, and Realtor, November 2021.

4.6.3 Housing Affordability
Based on the analyses presented, housing units are available for purchase at prices that often exceed affordability limits for moderate-income households. One-bedroom, market-rate apartment rents are often affordable to low- and moderate-income households, but these units are typically only suitable for one- and two-person households.

Orinda’s history of development followed a course of single-family homes in a semi-rural environment.

Orinda’s development pattern contributes to its continuing attractiveness as a place to live and its quality of life.

Federal and state agencies regard 30 percent of gross annual income as a reasonable expenditure for housing. Based on this guideline, the maximum unit price affordable to each income group can be estimated. Table 4-20 provides HCD income limits as of 2021 for Contra Costa County. The table indicates the maximum sales or rent price for an “affordable” unit serving each of the income groups listed.

Table 4-20 provides the affordable rents and maximum purchase price, based on the HCD income limits for Contra Costa County. As shown in Table 3-20, the maximum affordable rent is $1,025 for an extremely low-income four-person household, $1,712 monthly for a very low-income household, $2,740 for a lowincome household, and $3,767 for a moderate-income household. As shown in Table 4-19, two- and threebedroom units were renting at median prices of $3,932 to $4,520, respectively, and therefore are out of the affordability range for extremely low-income, very low-income, and low-income households and within reach of moderate-income households. The two-bedroom units were within the price range for moderate-income households.

As of December 2021, the median sales price for all single-family homes in the city was $2,300,000. The maximum affordable sales price for a four-person household is $260,054 for an extremely low-income household, $434,481 for a very low-income household, $695,170 for a low-income household, and $966,856 for a moderate-income household. This indicates that all households would have a hard time affording existing and newly constructed homes in Orinda at a median sales price of $2,300,000.

While high monthly mortgage payments are resulting in many instances of overpayment among homeowner households, a relatively large number of Orinda households are living mortgage free.

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TABLE 4-20 INCOME AND HOUSING LIMITS FOR LOW AND

MODERATE-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS
Income
Category Income Range Max. Annual Household Income
Max. Unit
Purchase Price
Max.

Monthly Rent
Extremely Low 30% or less of median $41,100 $260,054 $1,025 Very Low 31%–50% of median $68,500 $434,481 $1,712
Low 51%–80% of median $109,600 $695,170 $2,740
Moderate 81%–120% of median $150,700 $966,859 $3,767
Source: California Department of Housing and Community Development, memorandum dated December 31, 2021 – “State Income Limits for 2021”
1 . Affordability estimates do not include utility costs. 2 . Total affordable mortgage based on a 5-percent down payment, an annual 2.88 percent interest rate, 30-year mortgage, and monthly payment equal to 30 percent of income.

4.7 At-Risk Housing
As required by Government Code Section 65583, the Housing Element must analyze the extent to which below-market rate units are at risk of converting to market-rate housing. If there are at-risk units, the element should include programs to encourage preservation of these units or to replace any that are converted to market rate. The units to be considered are any units that were constructed using federal assistance programs, state or local mortgage revenue bonds, redevelopment tax increments, in-lieu fees or an inclusionary housing ordinance, or density bonuses. Housing is considered to be “at risk” if it is eligible to be converted to non-low-income housing due to: (1) the termination of a rental subsidy contract, (2) mortgage prepayment, or (3) the expiration of affordability restrictions. The time period applicable in making this determination is the 10-year period following the last mandated update of the Housing Element, which in the case of Orinda, is 2023 to 2031. There are currently no units at risk of converting to market rate in the next 10 years.

Federally subsidized rental housing in Orinda is currently being provided by the 150-unit Orinda Senior Village (see Table 4-21). This project was developed with the use of HUD 202 funds. The Senior Village provides housing for disabled persons (15 units) and persons 62 years of age and older. In addition, the Monteverde Senior Apartments is a 67 affordable unit development built by Eden Housing in 2014. The project is financed through Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC), HOME, Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds, and a City land contribution of $2.5 million, funding for which was received from the developer of the Wilder residential project in Gateway Valley. The project has an affordability restriction of 30 years, to comply with the requirements associated with Low-Income Housing Tax Credit financing.

No other low-income, multifamily rental units in the city have been constructed with the use of federal assistance programs, state or local mortgage revenue bonds, redevelopment tax increments, in-lieu fees or an inclusionary housing ordinance, or density bonuses.

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TABLE 4-21 ASSISTED UNITS AT RISK OF CONVERSION
Name Address Total
Units
Affordable
Units Funding Affordability Expiration
Monteverde Senior
Apartments 2 Irwin Way 67 66 LIHTC 2068
Orinda Senior Village 20 Irwin Way 150 150 HUD 2036
Total 217 216
Sources: California Housing Partnership, Preservation Database 2021.

4.7.1 Qualified Entities
● Rubicon Programs, Inc.
● ACLC, Inc
● East Bay NHS
● Affordable Housing Associates
● Eskaton Properties Inc.
● Rural California Housing Corp
● East Bay Asian Local Development
Corporation
● Pacific Community Services, Inc.
● Community Housing Development Corp.
● Anka Behavioral Health
● Satellite Housing Inc.
● Northern California Land Trust, Inc.
● City of Walnut Creek
● Alameda County Allied Housing Program
● ROEM Development Corporation
● Neighborhood Housing Services of the
East Bay
● L + M Fund Management LLC
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4.8 Persons with Special Needs
Consistent with California planning and zoning law, the Housing Element must include an analysis of special housing needs. This includes the needs of seniors, persons with physical and developmental disabilities, large families, farmworkers, families with female heads of households, extremely low-income households, and households and persons in need of emergency shelters.

4.8.1 Senior Households
According to the 2015-2019 ACS, approximately 22.6 percent of the population (4,449 persons) were senior residents (65 years or older). Senior-headed households made up approximately 38.1 percent (2,728 households) of the households in Orinda. Of those, 88.3 percent were owner-occupied households and 11.7 percent were renter-occupied households. The 2015-2019 ACS reports that the majority of senior, owner-occupied households (1,620 households or 67.2 percent) had incomes greater than 100- percent area median income (AMI). The majority of renter-occupied households (130 households or 40.8 percent) had incomes between 0 and 30 percent of the AMI or the extremely low-income group. In addition, about 2,409 of senior citizens are owners compared to the 319 senior citizens that are renters (refer to Table 4-22 and Figure 4-4)
With over a quarter (27.8 percent) of senior households falling into the extremely low-income group, senior housing is an identified need of the city. The City has included several actions to support the needs of senior households (Actions 1.F, 2B, 3.A, and 3.B).

TABLE 4-22 SENIOR HOUSEHOLDS BY INCOME AND TENURE
Income Group
Owner-Occupied Renter-Occupied Total Occupied
Number Percentage Number Percentage Number Percentage
0%-30% of AMI 105 4.4% 130 40.8% 235 8.6%
31%-50% of AMI 200 8.3% 19 6.0% 219 8.0%
51%-80% of AMI 340 14.1% 85 26.6% 425 15.6%
81%-100% of AMI 144 6.0% 0 0.0% 144 5.3%
Greater than 100%
of AMI 1,620 67.2% 85 26.6% 1,705 62.5%
Total 2,409 100.0% 319 100% 2,728 100%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Data (2015-2019) (ABAG Housing Element Data Package, 2021)
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FIGURE 4-4 SENIOR HOUSEHOLDS BY INCOME AND TENURE IN ORINDA Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Data (2015-2019) (ABAG Housing Element Data Package, 2021)
Senior Housing and Services
In Orinda Senior Village, there are 150 housing units set aside exclusively for senior citizens, including units for persons with disabilities. Based on the total number of units occupied by seniors (2,728 units), these dedicated units represent only a fraction of the potential demand for housing that is specifically designed for seniors. A majority of Orinda’s seniors reside in large single-family homes, many of which are located on steep, narrow, and twisting roads, far from transit and the amenities of downtown. These residents choose to remain in the city because of the high quality of life and their attachment to the community, but some may prefer housing that requires less maintenance, easier navigation (e.g., fewer stairs), and better access to health care and other services.

The City of Orinda provides a variety of senior services and programs. The City’s website outlines a variety of senior resources, such as Senior Tech Help, and resources on how to apply for CalFresh. The City also works with other agencies and nonprofit organizations to meet the needs of seniors in the community.

The Orinda Recreation Department sponsors fitness, recreational, and social programs, and provides referrals to the Contra Costa County Agency on Aging and Adult Services.

Senior health care counseling is provided through a volunteer health insurance and advocacy program at Orinda Senior Village. The County Connection Link program provides paratransit service. This service is supplemented by the Seniors Around Town program, providing free door-to-door rides to seniors who are unable to drive and may not qualify for the County Connection Link program. The Council on Aging, Lamorinda Spirit Van, the Library and Community Center, and the recently established Lamorinda Village also offer programs for seniors.
45%
91%
80%
100% 95%
55%
9%
20%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
0%-30% of AMI 31%-50% of AMI 51%-80% of AMI 81%-100% of AMI Greater than 100% of AMI
Percent of Households
Owner Occupied Renter Occupied
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These programs are an important resource for Orinda’s growing senior population, but they are primarily oriented around transportation, health care, and recreational needs rather than housing. The aging of the population is expected to fuel additional demand for senior housing in the future, along with programs to assist Orinda residents who wish to age in place. The City worked with Eden Housing to successfully secure financing for the development of 67 affordable senior residences (plus a moderate-income manager unit) on the City-owned former library site (Monteverde Senior Apartments). Construction was completed in December 2014.

4.8.2 Individuals with Disabilities
The U.S. Census collects data for several categories of disability. The ACS defines six aspects of disability: hearing, vision, cognitive, ambulatory, self-care, and independent living. ● Hearing difficulty: deafness or serious difficulty hearing ● Vision difficulty: blindness or serious difficulty seeing even when wearing glasses ● Cognitive difficulty: serious difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions due to a physical, mental, or emotional condition
● Ambulatory difficulty: serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs ● Self-care difficulty: difficulty dressing or bathing (Activities of Daily Living [ADL]) Disabled residents have distinct housing needs depending on the nature and severity of the disability.

Physically disabled persons generally require modifications to housing, such as wheelchair ramps, elevators or lifts, wide doorways, accessible cabinetry, modified fixtures and appliances, etc. If the disability prevents the person from operating a vehicle, then proximity to services and access to public transportation are also important. People with severe or mental disabilities may also require supportive housing, nursing facilities, or care facilities. If the physical disability prevents individuals from working or limits their income, then cost of housing and related modifications can increase.

According to the 2015–2019 ACS, 1,627 persons in Orinda had a disability, making up 9.1 percent of the total population as compared to Contra Costa County, where 12.6 percent of persons had a disability (see Table 4-23). Living arrangements of disabled persons depend on the severity of disability. Many disabled persons live in their own home, in an independent situation, or with other family members.

As shown in Table 4-24, of these residents, 3.6 percent (about 59 persons) had a hearing difficulty, 3.1 percent (about 51 persons) had an ambulatory difficulty, 3.0 percent (about 50 persons) had difficulty living independently, 2.5 percent (40 persons) had a cognitive difficulty, 2.1 percent (33 persons) had a self-care difficulty, and 1.3 percent (21 persons) had a vision difficulty. Note that one person can have more than one disability.

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TABLE 4-23 POPULATION BY DISABILITY STATUS
Geography Orinda Contra Costa
County Bay Area
No Disability 17,973 1,009,907 6,919,762
With a Disability 1,627 127,242 735,533
Percentage with Disability 9.1% 12.6% 10.6%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Data (2015-2019) (ABAG Housing Element Data Package, 2021)
TABLE 4-24 DISABILITY TYPE
Civilian noninstitutionalized population 18 years and over Disability Percentage
With a hearing difficulty 3.6%
With an ambulatory difficulty 3.1%
With an independent living difficulty 3.0%
With a cognitive difficulty 2.5%
With a self-care difficulty 2.1%
With a vision difficulty 1.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Data (2015-2019) (ABAG Housing Element Data Package, 2021)

4.8.3 Developmental Disabilities
According to Section 4512 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, “developmental disability” means a disability that originates before an individual attains 18 years of age, continues, or can be expected to continue, indefinitely, and constitutes a substantial disability for that individual. It includes intellectual disabilities, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and autism. This term also includes disabling conditions found to be closely related to intellectual disability or to require treatment similar to that required for individuals with intellectual disabilities but does not include other conditions that are solely physical in nature. Many developmentally disabled persons can live and work independently within a conventional housing environment. More severely disabled individuals require a group living environment where supervision is provided. The most severely affected individuals may require an institutional environment where medical attention and physical therapy are provided. Because developmental disabilities exist before adulthood, the first issue in supportive housing for the developmentally disabled is the transition from the person’s living situation as a child to an appropriate level of independence as an adult.

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According to the most recent data by the California Department of Developmental Services from 2020, there were a total of 68 persons with developmental disabilities in the City of Orinda. Of those, 38 were under the age of 18 (see Table 4-25). Based on 2020 consumer count data by the California Department of Developmental Services, there were 65 persons with developmental disabilities living at home with a parent, family, or guardian.

TABLE 4-25 DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES BY AGE
Population with Developmental Disabilities by Age
Age Group Number of Persons
Age Under 18 38
Age 18+ 30
Totals 68
Source: California Department of Developmental Services, Consumer Count by California ZIP Code and Age Group (2020)
The California Department of Developmental Services provides community-based services to approximately 360,000 persons with developmental disabilities and their families through a statewide system of regional centers, developmental centers, and community-based facilities. The Regional Center of the East Bay (RCEB) is one of 21 regional centers in California that provides point-of-entry services for people with developmental disabilities. The center is a private, nonprofit community agency that contracts with local businesses to offer a wide range of services to individuals with developmental disabilities and their families.

RCEB provides services to developmentally disabled persons throughout Alameda and Contra Costa Counties and acts as a coordinating agency for multiple service providers in the region. They provide a resource to those needing counseling, day care, equipment and supplies, behavior intervention, independent living services, mobility training, nursing, residential care facilities, supportive living services, transportation, vocational training, and other services.

A number of housing types are appropriate for people living with a developmental disability: rentsubsidized homes, licensed and unlicensed single-family homes, Section 8 vouchers, special programs for home purchase, HUD housing, and SB 962 homes (SB 962 homes are adult residential homes for persons with specialized health care needs). Supportive housing and group living opportunities for persons with developmental disabilities can be an important resource for those individuals who can transition from the home of a parent or guardian to independent living.

The design of housing-accessibility modifications, the proximity to services and transit, and the availability of group living opportunities represent some of the types of considerations that are important in serving this need group. Incorporating barrier-free design in all new multifamily housing (as required by California and federal fair housing laws) is especially important to provide the widest range of choices for disabled residents. Special consideration should also be given to the affordability of housing, as people with disabilities may be living on a fixed income.

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Housing resources for persons with developmental disabilities and other disabilities in Orinda are limited.

Orinda Senior Village includes 14 one-bedroom and one two-bedroom units that are barrier-free apartments designed for persons with mobility impairments needing the accessibility features of the unit.

The special design features include lower shelves, cabinets, sinks, stoves, and light switches, as well as roll-in showers and grab bars in the bathrooms and wheelchair-accessible doorways. In addition, the 47- bed Orinda Rehabilitation and Convalescent Hospital provides long-term care for disabled elderly residents. Most single-family homes are not designed for persons with mobility or sensory limitations. The City works with residents wishing to retrofit their homes to install grab bars, wheelchair ramps, handicapped bathrooms, and other modifications that meet the needs of persons with mobility limitations. It will also continue to support the development of small group homes that meet the needs of developmentally disabled residents.

4.8.4 Large Families
According to the 2015-2019 ACS, there were 7,167 households in Orinda. Of those, 13.5 percent (546 households) made up of five or more persons (see Figure 4-5 and Table 4-26) and approximately 7.8 percent of the large households were homeowners. Only 5.6 percent of households with five or more persons were living in rental housing. There are approximately 6,713 dwelling units with three or more bedrooms in the City of Orinda, an amount that exceeds the current estimated needs for large families.

Based on data gathered and shown in Table 4-27, none of the city’s households (large or otherwise) were estimated to be living in overcrowded conditions (i.e., more than one person per room). It appears that large families living in the city are adequately housed.

A majority of the city’s rental housing stock consists of individual single-family homes for rent, rather than apartment buildings. In fact, less than 5 percent of the city’s housing stock consists of multifamily units, and almost half of these units are in Orinda Senior Village. Orinda’s large families, including both renter and owner households, generally reside in single-family homes.

TABLE 4-26 TENURE BY HOUSEHOLD SIZE
Owner-occupied
Households
Renter-Occupied
Households
Total
Households
Number Percentage Number Percentage Number Percentage
1-person household 973 15.1% 297 41.8% 1270 56.8%
2-person household 2,556 39.6% 82 11.5% 2,638 51.1%
3-person household 1,121 17.4% 144 20.3% 1,265 37.6%
4-person household 1,300 20.1% 148 20.8% 1,448 41.0%
5 or person household 506 7.8% 40 5.6% 546 13.5%
Total 6,456 ----- 711 ------ 7,167 -----
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Data (2015-2019) (ABAG Housing Element Data Package, 2021)
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FIGURE 4-5 TENURE BY HOUSEHOLD SIZE, 2019
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Data (2015-2019) (ABAG Housing Element Data Package, 2021)
TABLE 4-27 NUMBER OF BEDROOMS
Type of Room Number Percent
No bedroom 87 1.2%
1 bedroom 301 4.0%
2 bedrooms 407 5.4%
3 bedrooms 2,348 31.3%
4 bedrooms 3,193 42.5%
5 or more bedrooms 1,172 15.6%
Total 7,508 100%
Source: American Community Survey, 2015-2019
1- person
household
2-person
household
3-person
household
4-person
household
5 or person
household
Percentage of Renters 41.8% 11.5% 20.3% 20.8% 5.6%
Percentage of Owners 15.1% 39.6% 17.4% 20.1% 7.8%

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4.8.5 Single-Parent Households
Single-parent households, particularly those headed by women, are likely to have greater demand for childcare and other social services than two-parent households. Because single-parent households often have limited incomes, these households may have trouble finding adequate, affordable housing.

According to the 2015-2019 ACS, Orinda had a total of 340 female-headed households (4.7 percent), and 101 male-headed households (1.4 percent). Single-headed households represent approximately 6.2 percent of all households in Orinda (see Figure 4-6). In Contra Costa County, 17 percent of households were single headed (male or female). For the Bay Area, 15.2 percent of households were single-headed households. Table 4-28 shows household types for Orinda, Contra Costa County, and the Bay Area.

TABLE 4-28 HOUSEHOLD TYPE
Household Type Orinda Contra Costa Bay Area
Number Percentage Number Percentage Number Percentage
Female-Headed Family 340 4.7% 48,256 12.22% 283,770 10.4% Male-Headed Family 101 1.4% 19,180 4.9% 131,105 4.8%
Total Households 7,167 100% 394,769 100% 2,731,434 100% Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Data (2015-2019) (ABAG Housing Element Data Package, 2021)
FIGURE 4-6 SINGLE-PARENT HOUSEHOLDS AS A PERCENTAGE OF ALL HOUSEHOLDS Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Data (2015-2019) (ABAG Housing Element Data Package, 2021)
5% 12% 10%
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4.8.6 Farmworker Housing
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Census of Farmworkers for 2017, there were 450 permanent hired farmworkers and 860 seasonal farmworkers in Contra Costa County. As of 2019, the California Department of Education indicated there were no farmworkers or migrant worker students in the City of Orinda. It is safe to assume that the majority of Orinda residents likely work for corporate employers. Recognizing that Orinda is in an urbanized area in which farming operations do not exist, the City complies with all state law but does not have a need to provide housing specifically targeted to farmworkers.

4.8.7 Extremely Low-Income Households
An extremely low-income household is defined as a household earning 30 percent of less than the area median. According to HCD, the median income for a four-person household in Contra Costa County was $125,600 in 2021. Based on the above definition, an extremely low-income household of four earns less than $41,100 a year. Employees earning the minimum wage in California ($14 per hour) and working 40 hours a week would be considered extremely low income, as their total annual earnings would be $29,120.

Orinda is a relatively affluent community and the number of extremely low-income households in the city is small. According to CHAS 2013-2017 data (ABAG Housing Element Data Package, 2021), there were 244 owner-occupied households that fell into the extremely low-income category, and 165 renter-occupied households that fell into the extremely low-income category for a total of 409 households or 5.9 percent of all households in Orinda.

Households with extremely low incomes have a variety of housing situations and needs. This population includes persons who are homeless, persons with disabilities, college students, seniors living on fixed incomes, and the long-term unemployed. As noted previously, this population also includes minimum wage workers. For some extremely low-income residents, housing may not be an issue—for example, domestic workers and students may live in in-law units at low (or no) rents. Other extremely low-income residents spend a substantial amount of their monthly incomes on housing or may alternate between homelessness and temporary living arrangements with friends and relatives.

As a small community, the City has limited resources to meet the housing needs of extremely low-income households. There are no emergency shelters in Orinda. The City works with the Contra Costa Housing Authority and with the local faith community to assist those in need and to help residents locate suitable housing in the area.

4.8.8 Homeless
Homeless individuals and families have perhaps the most immediate housing need of any group. They also have one of the most difficult sets of housing needs to meet, due to both the diversity and the complexity of factors that lead to homelessness and to community opposition to the siting of facilities that serve homeless clients. California law requires that Housing Elements estimate the need for emergency shelter for homeless people.

The number of homeless residents is extremely small. The 2020 Contra Costa County Homeless Annual Point in Time Count Report found 1,374 unsheltered individuals in the county as a whole, 1 of whom was H.1.a
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unsheltered in Orinda. The count was conducted in the winter, when seasonal demand is likely at its highest.

There are presently no emergency shelters or transitional housing facilities in Orinda, however several churches participate in the Winter Nights Family Emergency Shelter Program coordinated through the Contra Costa Interfaith Coalition, which provides meals and emergency shelter to families and seniors from mid-October to the end of April.

Homelessness is often the end result of multiple factors that converge in a person’s life. The combination of loss of employment, inability to find a job because of the need for retraining, and the high housing costs in Contra Costa County lead to some individuals and families losing their housing. For others, the loss of housing is due to chronic health problems, physical disabilities, mental health disabilities, or drug and alcohol addictions along with an inability to access the services and long-term support needed to address these conditions. According to the Contra Costa Homeless Continuum of Care Homelessness Awareness Month Toolkit 2020, the three primary causes of homelessness are the lack of affordable housing, lack of access to support services, and low incomes.

4.8.9 Veterans
Veterans may have a variety of housing needs. Like other households, they may have trouble locating a safe, appropriately sized home at an affordable price. Some may face more severe limitations due to disabilities. According to the 2015-2019 ACS, there were an estimated 190 veterans residing in Orinda. Of those, none are age 18 to 34, 32.6 percent are 35 to 54, and 67.4 percent are 55 to 64.

4.9 Regional Housing Needs Allocation
Orinda’s housing allocation is determined by ABAG, consistent with the requirements of state housing law. While the process of determining each locality’s share of regional housing needs has evolved over the years, the most recent estimates are contained in the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) for the 2022 to 2031 period (note that the RHNA period varies slightly from the Housing Element planning period, which is 2023 to 2031).

ABAG periodically prepares housing needs estimates for all cities in the Bay Area. According to estimates prepared by ABAG (RHNA, 2022–2031), Orinda’s “fair share” of the regional housing need during the current planning period is 1,359 housing units (see Table 4-29). This translates into an average of 170 housing starts per year between June 30, 2022, and January 15, 2031. By comparison, 291 residential units were constructed or permitted in the city from 2015 to 2020, or approximately 36 units per year.

Per state law, the RHNA has two primary purposes: identification of housing needs and allocation of the housing needs to every community. The identification of need refers to the number of housing units necessary to house every household at an affordable price and to replace all dilapidated housing units.

The RHNA refers to the number of additional households in each income category that should have housing opportunities available in a particular community. The model strives to obtain an equitable distribution of low- and moderate-income housing throughout the region by allocating units for lowerincome households to each jurisdiction and by allocating a greater percentage of lower-income housing units to jurisdictions with a relatively small number of lower-income households, as compared to the countywide distribution.

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Six major criteria are used in determining the fair share for each community:
● Market demand for housing.
● Employment opportunities.
● Availability of suitable sites and public facilities. ● Commuting patterns.
● Type and tenure of housing needs.
● Housing needs of farmworkers.

In addition, an impaction avoidance factor is considered in an attempt to avoid further impaction of jurisdictions with relatively high proportions of lower-income households.

As indicated earlier, ABAG has forecast the need to house 1,359 additional households in Orinda by 2031.

Using the methodology outlined previously, ABAG has broken this projection down by income category.

The distribution of this projected need by income category is shown in Table 4-29.

The 1,359 units assigned to Orinda include 372 very low-income units and 215 low-income units, 215 moderate-income units, and 557 above moderate-income units. The extremely low-income units are included in the very low-income category serving extremely low-income households and households with 30 to 50 percent of median income.

TABLE 4-29 HOUSING ELEMENT PLANNING PERIOD 2023-2031
Income Category Income Range City of Orinda
Very Low Income
(<50% of Median Income) < $68,500 372
Low Income
(50-80% of Median Income) $68,501 - $109,600 215
Moderate Income
(80-120% of Median Income $109,601 – $150,700 215
Above Moderate Income
(>120% of Median Income) > $150,701 557
Total 1,359
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4.10 Energy Conservation and Housing
To the extent energy costs continue to rise, or for other reasons, some homeowners are becoming increasingly interested in energy conservation and efficiency measures to reduce these costs. While the opportunity to use alternative energy sources may be most advantageous in brand new homes, there may also be opportunities to retrofit existing homes with energy-conserving technology, including the use of renewable energy sources. Some of the most readily available and financially feasible measures are described below. These measures are further described in Tables 4-30 and 4-31.

Insulation and Weatherproofing. Most homes in Orinda are over 30 years old. Many of these homes have single-pane windows and uninsulated walls, attics, and roofs. These homes can be insulated, and windows and doors can be replaced or recalked to improve heating and cooling efficiencies and reduce utility bills.

Natural Lighting. Daytime interior lighting costs can be significantly reduced with the use of skylights.

Skylights can be installed at a reasonable cost in most existing homes.

Solar Energy. Solar energy may provide a cost-effective way to heat and cool a home and may produce environmental benefits as well. Solar heating and cooling systems are of three general types: passive, active, or a combination thereof. In passive solar systems, the building structure is designed to collect and store the sun’s energy, and then re-radiate the stored heat. Passive buildings typically have a southerly orientation to maximize solar exposure and are constructed with dense materials that have the ability to absorb heat. Active systems convert the sun’s energy into electricity through photovoltaic panels that are either roof or ground mounted. Active systems can also heat water directly. The front-end cost of installing solar panels is typically amortized in 3 to 10 years through lower utility bills.

TABLE 4-30 ENERGY-EFFICIENCY MEASURES FOR NEW HOMES AND HOME ADDITION

AND REHABILITATION PROJECTS
Energy-Efficient Equipment
Energy-efficient gas ranges with pilotless ignitions
Energy-efficient gas built-in surface units with pilotless ignitions Energy-efficient gas built-in ovens with pilotless ignitions Energy-efficient gas water heaters
Energy-efficient gas forced air furnaces with pilotless ignitions Energy-efficient gas wall furnaces with automatic thermostats Energy-efficient gas clothes dryers with pilotless ignitions Gas outlets for energy-efficient gas clothes dryers
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Energy-Efficient Support Measures
Gas heating thermostats with setback capability
Clogged filter indicators for gas heating systems
Fireplace dampers with exposed handles
Heat exchangers in fireplace or freestanding solid fuel units Humidifiers added to gas heating system
Flue dampers as integral part of forced air heating system Energy-Efficient Equipment
Double-glazed windows and doors
Glass area less than 12% of heated space
Foam-filled (or equivalent) insulated exterior doors
Insulation in attic increased to R-22 or R-30
Insulation in walls increased to R-19
Slab perimeter insulation R-7 or greater
Hot water pipe insulation in unheated areas
R-19 insulation installed under wood floors
Energy-Efficient Solar and Gas Installations
Energy-efficient solar/gas water heating
Energy-efficient solar gas space heating
Energy-efficient solar/gas pool heating
Energy-Efficient Electrical Equipment
Air economizers in conjunction with cooling system
Dishwashers with power-saving drying cycles
Air conditioning or room units with energy efficiency rating of 9 or more Fluorescent lighting fixtures in kitchen, baths, and recreation rooms Source: Pacific Gas & Electric, 2022
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TABLE 4-31 ENERGY CONSERVATION MEASURES SUGGESTED FOR RESIDENTS A. Heating

1. Keep room temperature at 65 degrees or lower. Turn heating control down at night or when away from home. Install a thermostat with a night setback feature, which does this automatically.

2. Draw draperies at night to limit heat loss; open them on sunny days to let the heat in.

3. Close damper when fireplace is not in use.

4. Check the furnace filter monthly and replace it when dirty. To check filter, hold it to the light; if light does not pass through readily, replace filter. Cleaning is not recommended (unless equipped with a permanent filter).

5. Turn off furnace pilot at end of heating season.

6. Weather-strip windows and doors.

7. Caulk cracks around windows and doors.

B. Water Heating

1. Take shorter showers

2. Repair leaky faucets.

3. Install water-saving showerheads, which restrict water flow.

4. Operate dishwashers only for full loads.

5. Set water heater thermostat below "normal." Turn to "pilot" position when away for extended periods of time (one week or longer).

6. Use cold water for operating food waste disposer and for pre-rinsing dishes.

7. When hand washing dishes, avoid rinsing under continuous hot running water.

C. Laundry

1. Wash and dry full loads of clothes or adjust water level for the size of the load.

2. Wash clothes in warm or cold water.

3. Do not over-dry clothes; follow manufacturer’s instructions for drying time.

D. Cooking

1. Reduce burner flame to simmer after cooking starts.

2. Cook by time and temperature; avoid opening oven door while food is cooking.

3. Use one-place cooking when possible; prepare meals using only the oven, broiler, or top burner.

4. Check to make sure all burners are off when not in use.

Source: Pacific Gas & Electric, 2022
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Energy Audits. Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) provides energy audits to local residents on request. The City’s role in this process is to supply the public with information regarding this resource, including the appropriate contacts. Energy audits are helpful in pinpointing sources of energy loss and providing recommendations to remedy energy inefficiencies. Sources of energy loss could include old furnaces and condensing units, poor ductwork, and lack of insulation. The audit presents an opportunity for PG&E to identify and qualify homeowners for energy-efficiency programs, such as installation of energy-efficient refrigerators and window re-caulking. PG&E offers rebate programs for residents and businesses to implement some of these measures:
● New Construction. The City of Orinda will continue to require the incorporation of energyconserving appliances, fixtures, and other devices into the design of new residential units, consistent with Title 24 and the California Building Code. The City will also continue to review new subdivisions to ensure that each lot optimizes solar access and orientation to the extent possible. ● Water Conservation. Simple water conservation techniques can save thousands of gallons of water per household, thus reducing costs. Many plumbing products eliminate unnecessary water waste by restricting the volume of water flow from faucets, showerheads, and toilets. The use of drought-resistant and native plant materials can also measurably contribute to water conservation. A household can also save water by simply fixing dripping faucets and using water more conservatively. The East Bay Municipal Utility District provides residents with tools to conserve water, such as DIY Guides for Leaks and an online portal for customers to track and manage their water use.

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4.11 Assessment of Fair Housing
Assembly Bill (AB) 686, Government Code Section 65583(c)(10)(A), requires that all housing elements due on or after January 1, 2021, contain an Assessment of Fair Housing (AFH) consistent with the core elements of the analysis required by the federal Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) Final Rule of July 16, 2015.

Under California law, Government Code section 65583(c)(5), AFFH means “taking meaningful actions, in addition to combating discrimination, that overcome patterns of segregation and foster inclusive communities free from barriers that restrict access to opportunity based on protected characteristics.” AB 686 requires the City of Orinda and all jurisdictions in the state to complete three major requirements as part of the housing element update:

1. Conduct an AFH that includes a summary of fair housing issues; an analysis of available federal, state, and local data knowledge to identify patterns of segregation or other barriers to fair housing; and prioritization of contributing factors to fair housing issues.

2. Prepare the Housing Element Land Inventory and identification of sites through the lens of AFFH.

3. Include a program in the Housing Element that affirmatively furthers fair housing and promotes housing opportunities throughout the community for protected classes and addresses contributing factors identified in the AFH (applies to housing elements beginning January 1, 2019).

In order to comply with AB 686, the City of Orinda (City) has completed the following outreach and analysis.

4.11.1 Outreach
State law requires cities and counties to make a diligent effort to achieve participation by all segments of the community in preparing a Housing Element. As discussed in the Public Participation section of this Housing Element, the City has used a variety of outreach methods in addition to the standard public hearing process to reach stakeholders and members of all socioeconomic segments of the City in order to develop housing policies and actions and finalize the site inventory to address the needs of the City’s residents and workforce. All these efforts have informed and contributed to the development of the 2021–2029 Housing Element update. As a part of identifying current and future housing needs for residents, City staff conducted several public outreach efforts, including:
● Public Workshops, Planning Commission and City Council meetings ● Consultations with stakeholders and nonprofits
● An online, interactive RHNA site selection tool
Meetings and Workshops
The City held five public meetings. These meetings were held virtually and publicized on the City’s website. • City Council Sites Review Meeting, February 15, 2021
• Focus Group, November 20, 2021
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• Community workshop, October 18, 2021
• Planning Commission Study Session, November 9, 2021
• City Council Study Session, November 16, 2021
Online Sites Tool
To encourage interactive participation from the public, the City developed an online RHNA tool, based upon the Balancing Act financial outreach platform, to give residents an opportunity to provide feedback on the sites targeted for housing development. This tool allows residents to create their own housing plan for the City by selecting or deselecting sites, choosing whether to rezone a site or not, and visualize what is necessary to meet the City’s RHNA. This method gathers public input on which sites the public would like to see included in the 6th Cycle sites inventory and where they approve of potential re-zonings. This occurs through a process similar the Planning Commission and City Council’s processes for site review, in that it allows and requires participants to see the whole of the list rather than focusing only on the sites close to them. Findings resulting from resident input on the Balancing Act online tool were reviewed at the City Council Sites Review Meeting.

4.11.2 Consultations
Consultations and meetings were conducted with seven local stakeholder organizations and agencies.

Stakeholders also provided input directly related to aspects of the Housing Element and discussed current and future housing needs. In addition to these consultations, staff met with stakeholder specifically for feedback on the Housing Element update. The input from each of these organizations is discussed here.

Housing Consortium of the East Bay
The Housing Consortium of the East Bay (HCEB) discussed the barriers for housing for developmentally challenged individuals in Orinda, primarily including low incomes (many under 30-percent area median income [AMI]) and discrimination both regarding rental and ownership. HCEB expressed a need for dense, larger, affordable units close to the BART station and other amenities. HCEB emphasized that folks with developmental disabilities tend to be excellent tenants who take pride in their homes, but can face discrimination that creates a barrier for this population to access already-limited housing opportunities.

Orinda Senior Village
The Orinda Senior Village (OSV) consists of 148 one-bedroom units of project-based Section 8 housing for residents 62+ years of age. 16 accessible units are available for people under 62 with physical disabilities.

Representatives of the Orinda Senior Village communicated that there is a growing senior population with a need for accessible design features in housing, and a shortage of affordable housing units. Older units tend to be more affordable but typically have fewer accessibility features, and representatives expressed the importance of newer accessible units to allow residents to age in place. OSV related that Orinda is a highly desirable location and demand outweighs supply for the populations they serve. OSV emphasized that affordable and accessible housing needs to be placed in amenity-rich locations. OSV is overseen by the nonprofit Orinda Senior Housing Foundation. Orinda Senior Housing Foundation recently (2021) filed an application to construct the Vista Verde 52-unit affordable senior housing project, next door to the OSV, at Orinda Community Church.

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Continuum of Care, Contra Costa Health, Housing and Homeless Services (H3/CoC) H3/CoC is a funder of direct service providers but does not itself provide services. They acquire and administer funding for agencies, provide front-line training, and assist with standardized assessments for clients. H3/CoC expressed a lack of sufficient investment in affordable housing development and preservation, cross-jurisdictional barriers, and issues of race and class bias. H3/CoC emphasized a growing senior population in needs of supportive housing, and a lack of awareness and commitment to preserve existing housing of this type, as well as development of new units. H3/CoC expressed a need for collaboration both with grassroots organizations and regional government at the county level.

Regional Center for the East Bay
Regional Center for the East Bay (RCEB) is one of 21 statewide regional centers of the Department of Developmental Services. RCEB provides services to 20,000 residents with intellectual disabilities. RCEB emphasized that populations they serve prefer one- or two-bedroom units because they often require supportive services and may have caretakers living with them. However, because of affordability and availability restrictions, many residents will end up in studios and/or in neighborhoods with scarce amenities. High costs of housing in Orinda serve as a barrier to RCEB’s client population who often live on fixed incomes and, if employed, generally earn low wages. Security deposits are a barrier to access for residents on fixed incomes, as well as insufficient accessibility features.

Eden Council of Hope & Opportunity Housing
Eden Council of Hope & Opportunity (ECHO) provides fair housing services in Orinda and surrounding areas. ECHO expressed a high demand for affordable housing and insufficient stock. The majority of fair housing cases are related to disability accommodation issues and racial discrimination. ECHO explained that communities often oppose affordable housing development on the basis of traffic, density, and other issues, but do not understand that affordable housing is a resource for everyone. ECHO expressed a need for more Section 8 vouchers due to high demand and to increase access to rental housing.

East Bay Housing Organization
East Bay Housing Organization (EBHO) connects community members, public officials, developers, service providers, planners, and advocates to ensure everyone has a safe, healthy, and affordable home. EBHO identified the primary fair housing goals in Orinda as increasing the relatively small amount of multifamily housing, improving public perception of affordable housing, and ensuring people who work in Orinda can afford to live there if they want to.

Eden Housing
Eden Housing is a non-profit affordable housing developer, primarily working on new construction of multifamily housing. Eden also provides property management services. Eden explained that in order to develop in a wealthier community, they need more resources. The most beneficial aspect of Housing Element law for Eden is zoning sites for affordable housing, which reduces the potential for California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) litigation and reduces overall costs and timelines. Eden finds that they have to spend a lot of time educating city staff and councilmembers on housing laws and would benefit from a mechanism to inform decision-makers earlier.

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4.11.3 Assessment of Fair Housing Issues
The California Government Code Section 65583(a)(10)(A)(ii) requires the City of Orinda to analyze racially or ethnically concentrated areas of poverty, disparities in access to opportunity, and disproportionate housing needs, including displacement risk. Since 2017, the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee (TCAC) and California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) have developed annual maps of access to resources such as high-paying job opportunities; proficient schools; safe and clean neighborhoods; and other healthy economic, social, and environmental indicators to provide evidencebased research for policy recommendations. This effort has been dubbed “opportunity mapping” and is available to all jurisdictions to assess access to opportunities within their community.

The TCAC/HCD Opportunity Maps can help to identify areas within the community that provide strong access to opportunity for residents or, conversely, provide low access to opportunity. The information from the opportunity mapping can help to highlight the need for housing element policies and actions that would help to remediate conditions in low-resource areas and areas of high segregation and poverty and to encourage better access to affordable housing in high-resource areas for lower-income households and communities of color.

TCAC/HCD categorized census tracts into high, moderate, or low resource areas based on a composite score of economic, educational, and environmental factors that can perpetuate poverty and segregation, such as school proficiency, median income, and median housing prices. The TCAC/HCD Opportunity Maps use a regional index score to determine categorization as high, moderate, or low resource. “High resource areas” as described throughout this assessment and its associated programs are those that have one or more of the following conditions: a concentration of employment opportunities, strong public transit or pedestrian infrastructure, access to high performing educational facilities, positive environmental conditions, generally good housing conditions, or low rates of overpayment and overcrowding compared to other areas of the city. Orinda falls within the Bay Area TCAC region, which includes all the Bay Area counties. Within the Bay Area, 40 percent of census tracts are either highest or high resource and the remaining 60 percent of census tracts are evenly divided into moderate and low resource.

In the Bay Area region, cities with substantial areas “highest resource” include Orinda, Piedmont, Hillsborough, Mill Valley, and Lafayette; cities with substantial areas designated as “high resource” include Pleasanton, Clayton, and Berkeley; cities with substantial areas designated as “moderate resource” include Union City, Daly City, Brentwood, and Hercules. Cities with substantial areas designated as “low resource” include Richmond, Hayward, Vallejo, and Pittsburg. Areas identified as having “high segregation and poverty” are census tracts that have an overrepresentation of people of color compared to the County as a whole, and at least 30 percent of the population in these areas is below the federal poverty line ($41,100 annually for a family of four in 2021). There are no areas identified as having high segregation and poverty within Orinda city limits– the closest tracts identified in the region are found in Clearlake, Vallejo, San Rafael, San Francisco, Oakland, and Martinez. According to the HCD/TCAC Opportunity Map (Figure 4-7) the entirety of the City of Orinda is designated as a highest resource area, excluding one small, vacant area of the city across Bear Creek Road from the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) Sobrante Station. This moderate resource area is within City limits but falls into a primarily external census tract.

The tract, the majority of which lies outside of Orinda, has recreational, agricultural, and infrastructure uses encompassing Charles Lee Tilden Regional Park, Kennedy Grove Recreational Area, and the San Pablo and Briones Reservoirs, as well as other low-density areas to the northeast. This parcel is not H.1.a
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representative of the rest of the city, and due to the parcel’s vacancy, this analysis will assume the designation not to be a reflection of other populated parts of the city.

Orinda is part of a regional cluster of highest opportunity areas in and around southwest Contra Costa County which covers part or all of the cities of Moraga, Lafayette, Danville, and San Ramon. This highest resource cluster is circled by moderate and low resource census tracts also within Contra Costa County.

Other nearby cities in the region with highest resource census tracts include San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland, Piedmont, and Walnut Creek. Nearby cities with significant proportions of moderate resource tracts include Clayton, El Cerrito, Hercules, Pinole, Brentwood, Martinez, and Berkeley, while nearby cities with significant proportions of low resource tracts include parts of Oakland, San Leandro, Richmond, San Pablo, Pinole, Hayward, Concord, Pittsburg, Antioch, and Oakley. In general, the southern and southeastern areas of Contra Costa County have higher access to resources, while the northern and northeastern areas of the County have moderate and low access to resources. There are no areas identified as having “high segregation and poverty” within Orinda. In Contra Costa County, one tract in Martinez is identified; in adjacent counties, several tracts in Vallejo, San Rafael, San Jose, Stockton, Oakland and San Francisco are designated. High segregation and poverty designations are found in urban core areas, while highest resource areas are found in suburban areas, as well as distinct sections of urban areas often adjacent to but segregated from low-resource areas, as in San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, and Redwood City.

Orinda is primarily a suburban residential community with relatively high housing costs, while other cities in northern Contra Costa County with lower opportunity scores are less uniformly residential. The northern side of the county, especially along the Route 4 corridor and the coast of Suisun Bay, sees a higher diversity of land uses including more widespread commercial and industrial areas and denser housing as compared with Orinda and comparable parts of the county. Southern Contra Costa County, and especially the southwestern part of the county are less densely developed, with large mountainous regional parks surrounding residential communities characterized by larger-lot, single-family homes, few industrial uses, and isolated commercial uses or compact commercial corridors. While Orinda offers many beneficial public amenities including parks, high-performing schools, convenient transit, and access to fresh food, Orinda’s high housing costs effectively exclude many low- and moderate-income households in the region from accessing these opportunities, limiting upward mobility for low-income households. As described in the following subsections, this pattern of concentrated wealth/high-income households is closely aligned with relatively low racial and ethnic diversity in Orinda, indicating that the cost and availability of housing in Orinda works to reinforce the spatial segregation of communities of color in Contra Costa County and the Bay Area region.

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FIGURE 4-7 TCAC/HCD OPPORTUNITY MAP
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Relevant Factors to the Assessment of Fair Housing
Orinda History of Development and Investment
The area that is the City of Orinda was previously home to indigenous Americans, including the Ohlone and Miwok peoples. The arrival of Europeans in California directly and indirectly caused the displacement and death of vast numbers of indigenous peoples. Hispanic settlers were the first Europeans to establish permanent housing in the areas around Orinda, which were part of four Mexican land grants. Beginning in the 1880s, American settlers began developing the basic infrastructure of a permanent settlement, including a post office and railroad station. Orinda was still primarily a ranching and seasonal community but following the completion of the Caldecott Tunnel in 1937, which provided easier access to major existing Bay Area cities, the city became a popular year-round residence. Still only a few thousand residents, growth accelerated particularly in the 1970s, with the population growing 148 percent between the 1970 and 1980 censuses. When Orinda was incorporated as a city in 1985, it had nearly 17,000 residents.

Consistent with many other American cities, Orinda saw practices during the 20th century, which sought to limit and/or outright restrict the sale and rental of housing to non-White residents. Racially restrictive covenants that deny ownership or occupancy by anyone not “Caucasian” were attached to homes in Orinda.1 While the passage of the Fair Housing Act of 1968 made government-sponsored redlining and racially restrictive covenants illegal, Orinda’s racial/ethnic demographics over the latter half of the 20th century is reflective of the impact of exclusionary practices (Table 4-32). As shown in Table 4-32, Orinda’s White population made up at least 90 percent of the population until 2000 and continues to represent over two-thirds of the population. Orinda experienced the most growth between 1970 and 1980 following the opening of BART in 1973, which catalyzed residential growth in inland Contra Costa County.

Significantly, Orinda’s White population grew by 140 percent during this decade, from 6,685 to 15,994.

This coincides with a period of “white flight,” during which white homeowners in the Bay Area (and across the country) left areas of increasing diversity, resulting in the development (and incorporation) of primarily residential suburbs.2
Consequently, all other racial/ethnic populations represented a very small proportion of Orinda’s overall population for decades. Asian residents comprise the largest proportion of Orinda’s population following Whites but did not exceed 10 percent of the population until after 2010 (and as of 2019 do not exceed 20 percent of the population). Orinda’s Black population has only made up more than 1 percent of the population since 2019.
1 https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/02/26/for-whites-only-shocking-language-found-in-property-docs-throughout-bayarea/ 2 Moore, Eli, Nicole Montojo, and Nicole Mauri. "Roots, Race, and Place: A History of Racially Exclusionary Housing in the San Francisco Bay Area." Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society, University of California, Berkeley. October 2019. haasinstitute.berkeley.edu/rootsraceplace
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TABLE 4-32 ORINDA RACIAL/ETHNIC POPULATION TRENDS, 1960-2019 Orinda
1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2019
Total
Population 4,172 6,790 16,825 16,642 17,599 17,643 19,649 White NonHispanic 4,690
(99.5%)
6,685
(98.5%)
15,994
(95.1%)
15,255
(91.7%)
14,857
(84.4%)
13,910
(78.8%)
14,139
(72.0%)
Black 13
(0.3%)
26 (0.4%)
119
(0.7%)
126
(0.8%)
79 (0.4%)
143
(0.8%)
229
(1.2%)
Asian/API 52
(0.7%)
551
(3.3%)
1,147
(6.9%)
1,613
(9.2%)
2,033
(11.5%)
3,216
(16.4%)
Hispanic 5712
(3.4%)
3132
(1.9%)
560
(3.2%)
807
(4.6%)
1,043
(5.3%)
All Other
Races
91 (0.2%)
27 (0.4%)
161
(1.0%)
114
(0.7%)
490
(2.8%)
734
(4.1%)
1,022
(5.2%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau 1960-2010 (ABAG Bay Area Census), American Community Survey 5-Year Data (2015-2019) (ABAG Housing Element Data Package, 2021)
1 Census data for Orinda in 1960 did not provide racial/ethnic specification beyond White, Black, and All Other races; therefore, this number may be inclusive of Asians and Hispanic persons. 2 Census data for Orinda in 1970 and 1980 provides number of persons of Hispanic ethnicity of any race but does not differentiate ethnicity in racial populations (i.e., identify Hispanic and Not Hispanic). Due to this, the population and associated percentage total above the total population for these years.

The pattern of white flight and the corresponding growth of residential suburban cities in the Bay Area between the 1950s and 1990s resulted in concentrated areas of wealth and poverty in addition to racial/ethnic concentration. The accumulation of wealth in inland Contra Costa County concentrated resources, resulting in high performing schools and investments in community resources, such as parks, trails, and tree-lined streets, that positively impact property values. As will be discussed further, Orinda residents benefit from access to highly proficient schools and favorable environmental conditions due to low exposure to pollutants and contaminants that cause long term health issues. While Orinda and surrounding suburban cities are somewhat distant from major employment centers in Oakland, Berkley, and San Francisco, the city maintains a low unemployment rate (3.0 percent) and very high median incomes. This, coupled with high median home sales price (exceeding $2 million, as shown in Table 4-18), indicate that Orinda residents enjoy access to housing choice and choose to prioritize proficient schools and small-town residential character over proximity to job centers.

The UC Berkeley/U Toronto Urban Displacement Project (UDP) aims to understand and describe the nature of gentrification, displacement, and exclusion, and also to generate knowledge on how policy interventions and investment can support more equitable development. One product of that research are gentrification, displacement, and exclusion typology maps that summarize housing market dynamics and H.1.a
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displacement and gentrification risk into categories at the census tract level. These maps indicate the entirety Orinda is a “Stable/Advanced Exclusive” area. This places Orinda among the roughly 30 percent of tracts in the region which are exclusive to low-income (and many moderate-income) households, including several tracts in Marin, San Mateo, eastern Oakland, and Berkeley. Limited access to highresource areas exacerbates adverse issues in low-opportunity areas; a 2019 UDP report titled “Rising Housing Costs and Re-Segregation in the San Francisco Bay Area” used a data-driven approach to find that “increases in housing prices in the San Francisco Bay Area between 2000 and 2015 were correlated with shifts in where low-income people of color lived in the region. It also provides evidence that these shifts contributed to new concentrations of poverty and racial segregation in the region and the perpetuation of racial disparities in access to high-resource neighborhoods.” Additionally, the report found that disparities in access to resources was greater between racial groups than it was between income groups of the same demographic. As an example, the study found that “low-income White households were seven times more likely to live in higher resource neighborhoods than moderate- and high-income Black households.”3

Zoning and Land Use Patterns
As discussed, Orinda’s development responded to urban-transplant families seeking “a less urban environment” and “higher quality schools” offered in inland Contra Costa County.4 As such, upwards of 90 percent of Orinda’s land area is designated for single-family zoning, creating a small town, familyoriented residential character. As of 2020, single-unit detached housing units comprise approximately 93 percent of the City’s 7,145 housing units and 90 percent of households live in owner-occupied housing.

Conversely, multifamily units (five or more units) comprise approximately 5 percent of Orinda’s housing units. This includes two subsidized senior housing developments (Orinda Senior Village and Monteverde Senior Apartments), providing a total of 216 affordable units for qualifying seniors households.

The Othering & Belonging Institute, a UC Berkeley research center, published a report in 2020 analyzing the characteristics of communities in the Bay Area in relation to the degree of single-family zoning. The research finding identified that in Contra Costa County and across the Bay Area regionally, cities with high levels of single-family zoning enjoy greater access to resources (this comparison is significant even when considering that the Bay Area region is generally wealthy and expensive).5 Predominance of single-family zoning aligned with higher median incomes, home values, proficient schools and other factors that are similarly associated with the highest-resource designation in the TCAC/HCD opportunity map. Singlefamily zoning predominates residential areas in the Bay Area; only in two jurisdictions of the 101 surveyed did single-family zoning comprise less than 40 percent of the jurisdiction’s land area. However, access to higher quality resources was greatest in jurisdictions with at least 90 percent of the land area designated to single-family zoning.
3 https://www.urbandisplacement.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/bay_area_resegregation_rising_housing_costs_report_2019.pdf 4 City of Orinda. “History of Orinda” February 2022. https://www.cityoforinda.org/263/History-of-Orinda 5 Menendian, Stephen, Samir Gambhir, Karina French and Arthur Gailes. “Single-Family Zoning in the San Francisco Bay Area.” Othering & Belonging Institute, University of California, Berkeley. October 2020. https://belonging.berkeley.edu/single-family-zoning-san-francisco-bay-area H.1.a
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In Orinda, the Othering & Belonging Institute identified that based on 2014-2018 ACS data, the predominance of single-family zoning correlates with a median income exceeding $200,000, median house value of nearly $1.5 million, and a highly educated and employed resident population. Lafayette produced a similar correlation, as did San Ramon and Clayton. Conversely, the cities of Pittsburg, Hercules and Richmond that feature lower rates of single-family zoning compared to the region (up to 80 percent) correlate with a median income of less than $100,000 and median house value around $400,000, with between 20 to 40 percent of residents earning a bachelor’s degree or higher. While single-family zoning can create highly desirable places to live, higher entry costs associated with this housing type can pose a barrier to access for low- and moderate-income households, restricting access to economic, educational, and other opportunities present in higher-resource communities.

CHART 4-1 SINGLE-FAMILY ZONING AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES – ORINDA Source: UC Berkeley, 2022 (ACS 2014-2018)
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Patterns of Integration and Segregation
Racial and Ethnic Characteristics
The 2019 ACS 5-year estimate reports Orinda’s citywide population as 72 percent White non-Hispanic, with individual block groups ranging between 60 and 85 percent. Orinda is bisected by State Route 24 which runs east/west and separates the city into north and south sides. The share of the population identifying as White non-Hispanic is slightly higher on the north side of the city. The north side is the location of the City’s two least-diverse block groups, which are 82 and 85 percent White non-Hispanic and intersect the Orinda Downs and Charles Hill neighborhoods. Block groups on the north side trend toward the higher end of the City’s range of 60 to 85 percent, with 79 percent White non-Hispanic in Sleepy Hollow, 77 percent in Claremont/El Toyonal, and 79 percent in the residential neighborhoods east of Orinda Country Club. The City’s relatively more diverse block groups are found south of State Route 24.

The City's most diverse block group, with 60 percent White non-Hispanic residents, is found on the south side of the City between Rheem Blvd and Donald Drive. However, most of this block group extends into the neighboring City of Moraga, which is a slightly more diverse city, making it unclear whether the diversity measured in this individual block group is more representative of residents of Orinda or Moraga, or a combination of the two. Other block groups on the south side range between 69 to 75 percent White non-Hispanic, which is less diverse in the regional context but still place them among Orinda’s morediverse block groups in relation to the City’s north side. (Figure 4-8) Orinda is slowly becoming more diverse, though it is still a relatively less-diverse city in its regional context.

Orinda’s citywide population is 72 percent White non-Hispanic, a decline from 79 percent in 2010 and 87 percent in 2000. The second largest demographic is Asian/API non-Hispanic residents, which make up 16.4 percent of its 2019 population, up from 11.5 percent in 2010 and 9.4 percent in 2000. Hispanic/Latinx residents make up 5.3 percent of the city’s population, up from 4.6 percent in 2010 and 3.3 percent in 2000. Black/African American residents comprise 1.17 percent of the city’s population. 6 This data indicates that Orinda is a city with a majority White non-Hispanic population which has slowly become more diverse over time, with a substantial and growing Asian/API population, a smaller growing Hispanic community, and relatively few residents identifying by other ethnic/racial categories.

As described above, diversity in Orinda is unevenly distributed. A diversity index score is a metric developed by ESRI which represents the likelihood that two people within a particular census block group, chosen at random, will belong to different racial or ethnic groups. Diversity index scores based on the 2010 US Census find no census tract fully or partially within Orinda scoring above 55 percent. The lowest scores were found north of State Route 24, with some additional low-scoring tracts on the south side.

More diverse, higher-scoring tracts were found on the southwest side of the city in the areas west of Moraga Way, as well as in the Alice neighborhood, east of Hall drive between Moraga Way and Rheem Blvd. Consistent with 2019 ACS demographic data, 2018 diversity index scores reflect the increased diversity in the city, but also demonstrate that the northernmost sections of the city, which were the least diverse in 2010, have remained the least diverse in 2018. However, all census tracts south of State Route 24, as well as the residential area along Orinda Woods Drive immediately north of the 24 and south of Camino Sobrante, now score uniformly between 40 percent and 55 percent. The spatial distribution of change in diversity index scores over the decade indicate that, while Orinda has become generally more diverse, with particular growth in the Asian/API community, that shift has occurred in neighborhoods that 6 ACS 2019 5-year estimates
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were already marginally diverse, and that the City’s least diverse neighborhoods have remained its most exclusive.

As shown in the Neighborhood Segregation Map (Figure 4-8), Orinda’s racial/ethnic demographics largely mirror neighboring residential suburbs in and around southwestern Contra Costa, including Moraga, Danville, San Ramon, and census-designated places of Canyon, Alamo, and Diablo. The Neighborhood Segregation Map identifies the racial/ethnic composition of a block group for any group that comprises at least 10 percent of the population. As discussed, Orinda has majority White population with a growing Asian population and shows as Asian-White in Figure 4-8. Similarly, Orinda’s neighboring communities have majority White communities, typically greater than 60 percent. Patterns of concentrations of nonWhite populations in Contra Costa County reflect those found throughout the Bay Area, with non-White populations predominantly in dense urban and historically industrial areas along the bay coastline. This includes Richmond, Hercules, Pittsburg and Antioch; cities and surrounding communities that saw an exodus of its White population during the latter half of the 20th century.

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FIGURE 4-8 NEIGHBORHOOD SEGREGATION MAP
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Racially Concentrated Areas of Poverty
A racially/ethnically concentrated area of poverty (R/ECAP) is defined by HUD as an area in which 50 percent or more of the population identifies as non-White and 40 percent or more of households are earning an income below the federal poverty line. There are no R/ECAPs in Orinda, as there are no census tracts in the City that satisfy either the poverty or diversity requirement (Figure 4-9). The absence of R/ECAPs in Orinda does not necessarily indicate equitable integration of housing and resources regionally.

Although poverty rates are lower than the threshold, this may reflect a lack of sufficient affordable units to accommodate households experiencing poverty, excluding them from the City entirely.

Regionally, there are several R/ECAPs in incorporated jurisdictions, including one in the City of Concord, one in the City of Berkeley, and multiple in the City of Oakland. While no unincorporated areas of Contra Costa County are designated as R/ECAPs, North Richmond has a median household income of $50,313, falling in the very low-income category, and is 65 percent Hispanic or Latino, and Bay Point is $50,752, also in the very low-income category, and is 58 percent Hispanic or Latino. Both the communities of North Richmond and Bay Point are in urban areas along the Bay coastline, aligning with patterns of concentrated non-White populations and lower median incomes in these areas.

Racially Concentrated Areas of Affluence
Racially concentrated areas of affluence (RCAAs), while not formally defined, signify the opposite of R/ECAPs; that is, areas largely exclusive to White non-Hispanic households who earn the highest incomes.

For the purposes of this analysis, census tracts are designated as RCAAs when the percentage of total white population is 1.25 times greater than average percentage of total white population for all census tracts in the ABAG region and have a median income 1.25 times greater than the State area median income ($87,500). All of Orinda qualifies as an RCAA, as all of the city’s census tracts are more than 60 percent White non-Hispanic and all block groups have median incomes of exceeding $125,000 (Figure 4- 10). The vast majority of inland, suburban Contra Costa County qualifies as RCAAs, including the predominantly single-family residential cities and unincorporated communities surrounding Orinda, suggesting that RCAAs in Contra Costa County tend to have a higher-than-average percentage of singlefamily zoning. Notably, no areas along the Bay coast qualify as an RCAA, reinforcing the legacy of racially restrictive covenants in the predominantly residential suburban areas in inland Contra Costa County.

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FIGURE 4-9 R/ECAPS IN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY MAP
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FIGURE 4-10 RCAAS IN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY MAP
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Distribution of Income
All of Orinda is associated with highly positive economic outcomes, suggesting that Orinda residents face limited barriers for economic mobility (Figure 4-11). The HCD/TCAC map measures access to positive economic outcomes based on incidence of poverty, adult education attainment, adult employment, proximity to jobs, and median home value. Orinda’s citywide median household income of $223,217 is among the highest in the region as well as the state. With exception of one block group that encompasses a portion of south Orinda and Lafayette neighborhoods along the Lafayette reservoir, all block groups in Orinda have average household incomes over $125,000, with several above $200,000 on both north and south sides of the city (ACS 2015-2019). Variation within this range is evenly distributed across the City, with no overwhelming spatial concentration of highest income households on one particular side of the city (Figure 4-12). Though certain neighborhoods have higher incomes than others, relatively higherincome neighborhoods can be found on both the south and north sides of the city. There are no areas of poverty within City limits, indicating that uniformly high costs of housing may be a barrier to access for lower-income households seeking housing in the region, forcing these households to move elsewhere.

In this regional context, Orinda is part of an enclave of high-income communities that includes Moraga, Lafayette, and other primarily residential communities in suburban inland Contra Costa County. The nearby cities of Oakland, Berkeley, Emeryville, Walnut Creek, Richmond, San Pablo, Hayward, see a much wider range of household incomes, with each of these cities containing block groups at and below median income. With exception of Walnut Creek, cities with varied incomes are located along San Francisco and Suisun Bays, where industrial uses are more prevalent and there is greater density than in inland suburban communities. In Contra Costa County and the larger East Bay region, areas of concentrated higher income correspond with concentrated White populations, including in Orinda and the surrounding cities in inland Contra Costa County. High housing costs and lack of a variety of housing types may contribute to effectively excluding many low- and moderate-income households to high resource areas such as Orinda, limiting upward mobility for low-income households.

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FIGURE 4-11 TCAC/HCD MAP – ECONOMIC DOMAIN
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FIGURE 4-12 MEDIAN INCOME MAP
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Persons with Disabilities
According to the 2015-2019 ACS, approximately 10 percent of Orinda’s population live with at least one disability. This includes 3.5 percent of the population which is both under 65 and living with at least one disability. This rate is low relative to the region – particularly high rates in Contra Costa County are found in Concord, Martinez, and southwestern Walnut Creek, although the presence of the gated Rossmoor community for residents 55 or older in this area may skew this data. While the percentage of the population with a disability varies slightly throughout the County, there are no significant concentrations of this population. In most populated areas of the County, disability rates range from less than 10 percent in Rodeo, Bay Point, and many central areas of the County to 17 percent in Crockett. The areas with the lowest rates of poverty in the center of the county are largely undeveloped and recreational areas, so do not accurately represent patterns in the County. Given that disability rate in populated areas has very limited variation, it is likely that persons with disabilities have similar accessible housing options throughout the county and are therefore have options in all communities. While the disability rate is slightly higher in Contra Costa County than in the region, the patterns of concentrations are similar between the two. More urban areas with higher density of population, often along the bay and in downtown areas, have slightly higher rates of disability in both the Bay Area and the County. This may be due to a concentration of accessible housing, proximity to transit, and the availability of resources in these areas. Contra Costa County largely reflects disability patterns found throughout the region.

Within Orinda, the rate of the population living with a disability is evenly distributed spatially, with no significant concentrations in any one side of the city (Figure 4-13). Both the highest rate by census tract (9.7 percent) and lowest rate by census tract (5.9 percent) are found on the north side of the city, immediately adjacent to one another. The most recently available data reports an estimate of 65 to 68 persons with development disabilities living in the City of Orinda. Additional housing designed to accommodate residents with ambulatory and/or developmental disabilities would increase access to Orinda’s resources for these groups.

To improve access to housing for those with disabilities and to support and fund (when funds are available) services and developments targeted for disabled persons and households, the City has included Actions

1.F, 2.C, 3.A, 3.B, 3.C, and 3.D and 5.A.

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FIGURE 4-13 POPULATION WITH A DISABILITY MAP
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Familial Status
Orinda is a family-oriented community and is likely to remain so. The percentage of children living in married-couple households is over 80 percent in all census tracts. Similar rates are found in other high resource areas of Contra Costa County. The percent of adults 18 years and older in households living alone is low for the region, with no census tract seeing a rate over 20 percent. Areas in the region with higher rates are found in downtown Oakland and Rossmoor/Walnut Creek. This may indicate a low number of seniors living independently and/or a low number of young single adults, students, and professionals. The percent of adults 18 and older living with a spouse is close to 70 percent in most tracts within Orinda except for one southeastern section of the city, which is also the area of the city with a relatively lower income described above (though still high for the region.) This area also has a relatively lower rate of spousal cohabitation, 55 percent. The percent of children in female-headed households with no spouse or partner present is low citywide, with no census tract seeing a rate over 20 percent. The highest rates regionally are found in downtown Oakland.

Orinda reflects familial trends observed in Contra Costa County regionally, which features a higher percentage of families with children than neighboring Bay Area counties (Figure 4-14). The dominance of families in Contra Costa County is reflected by a higher proportion of the housing stock consisting of multibedroom single-family detached homes than in the region overall. The rate of households who are married couples with children is higher in suburban, primarily residential communities in southwestern County around Orinda, such as Diablo and Alamo, among others. In more urban communities, with higher densities of housing, the rate of adults living alone or without a spouse (such as roommate situations) and female-headed households increases (Figures 4-15 and 4-16, respectively). Areas that offer higher density housing may provide monthly housing costs that are more affordable to single-income households and therefore result in a concentration of female headed households and/or adults living alone that are more susceptible to overpayment and displacement risk.

The homogeneous character of familiar status and households composition in Orinda may reflect barriers to access including high home values (i.e., unaffordable monthly housing costs) and a lack of diversity of housing types. In order to foster a more inclusive environment for households of diverse familial statuses, the City has included Actions 1.A, 1.B, 1.D, 1.E, 3.A, and 3.B, to expand access to multifamily housing, denser single-family housing, ADUs, and affordable senior housing.

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FIGURE 4-15 PERCENTAGE OF ADULTS LIVING ALONE
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Access to Opportunity
Environmental Health
In February 2021, the California Office for Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (COEHHA) released the fourth version of CalEnviroScreen, a tool that uses environmental, health, and socioeconomic indicators to map and compare community’s environmental scores. A community with a high score, is one with higher levels of pollution and other negative environmental indicators. A community with a score in the 75th percentile or above, is one with higher levels of pollution and other negative environmental indicators and is considered a disadvantaged community. There are no disadvantaged communities in the City of Orinda; all tracts in Orinda are score in less than the fifth percentile.

A disadvantaged community or environmental justice community (“EJ Community”) is identified by the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) as “areas that is disproportionately affected by environmental pollution and other hazards that can lead to negative health effects, exposure, or environmental degradation,” and may or may not have a concentration of low-income households, high unemployment rates, low homeownership rates, overpayment for housing, or other indicators of disproportionate housing need.7 In February 2021, the California Office for Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (COEHHA) released the fourth version of CalEnviroScreen, a tool that uses environmental, health, and socioeconomic indicators to map and compare community’s environmental scores (see Figure 4-17). In the CalEnviroScreen tool, communities that have a cumulative score in the 75th percentile or above (25 percent highest score census tracts) are those that have been designated as disadvantaged communities under SB 535.8 The cumulative score for each census tract includes an exposure score, with a low score being a positive outcome, for each of the following:
● “Ozone concentrations
● PM2.5 concentrations
● Diesel particulate matter emissions
● Drinking water contaminants
● Children’s lead risk from housing for children
● Use of certain high-hazard, high-volatility pesticides ● Toxic releases from facilities
● Traffic impacts9”
7 California Health and Safety Code § 39711
8 California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. SB 535 Disadvantaged Communities, June 2017. https://oehha.ca.gov/calenviroscreen/sb535
9 California Environmental Protection Agency, California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessments. Update to the California Communities Environmental Health Screening Tool: CalEnviroScreen 4.0 Public Review Draft, February 2021. https://oehha.ca.gov/media/downloads/calenviroscreen/document/calenviroscreen40reportd12021.pdf H.1.a
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Communities that are identified as disadvantaged communities based on their cumulative pollution exposure score are targeted for investment through the State cap-and-trade program. However, the condition of these communities poses fair housing concerns due to disproportionate exposure to unhealthy living conditions. In the City of Orinda, the cumulative scores of all census tracts are below the 5th percentile, indicating that there are no areas that meet the criteria of a disadvantaged community and are not disproportionately exposed to high levels of pollutants compared to other census tracts in the State. In fact, residents of Orinda all have access to extremely healthy conditions that benefit long-term health and quality of life.

While most census tracts in Contra Costa County have similar cumulative pollution exposure scores as the City of Orinda, nearly all cities along the perimeter in more urbanized or industrial areas have scores in the 75th percentile and above, up to the 95th percentile in the cities of Richmond and Antioch. These areas were historically considered undesirable partially due to proximity to harbors and industry along the San Francisco Bay and the resulting poor environmental conditions that persist today. Current efforts throughout the Bay Area to focus investment in the development of parks, tree-lined streets, and preservation of open space will aid in improving the conditions of residents of these areas. However, the environmental conditions in Orinda have, and will continue, to support positive environmental health for Orinda residents.

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FIGURE 4-17 CALENVIROSCREEN – 4.0 MAP
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Educational Opportunities
The Orinda Unified District includes four elementary schools and one middle school, all located in the City of Orinda. Miramonte High, also in Orinda, is part of the Acalanes Union High School District, which serves students from Orinda as well as other parts of Contra Costa County. These six schools within city limits are distributed across the northern and southern portions, primarily near arterial routes such as Moraga Way, Glorietta Boulevard, and Camino Pablo, ensuring access to a nearby school for students living in different parts of the city.

Each year, the California Department of Education publishes performance metrics for each school in the state, including student assessment results for English Language Arts and Mathematics as they compare to the state on meeting grade-level standards. As shown in Table 4-33, all Orinda schools significantly exceed the statewide grade level standard for performance for English Language Arts and Mathematics.

TABLE 4-33 SCHOOL PERFORMANCE SCORES, 2019
School Name
English Language Arts Mathematics Score
Performance
Score
Points Above
Standard
Performance
Score
Points Above
Standard
Sleepy Hollow Elementary 83.1 71.6
Wagner Ranch
Elementary 94.8 75.8
Glorietta Elementary 88.7 71.3
Del Ray Elementary 98.1 83.3
Orinda Union Elementary 87.6 74.1
Orinda Intermediate 85.4 73.7
Miramonte High 124.2 74.2
Source: California Department of Education, 2019
The abundance of high performing schools for all Orinda residents is further supported by TCAC/HCD’s educational score, an attribute of the opportunity area maps. While data is not available for the northeast quadrant of Orinda, the remainder of the city scores in the 96th to 99th percentile for anticipated positive educational outcomes. The high school performance scores found in Orinda are reflective of jurisdiction such as the cities of Lafayette, Walnut Creek, Danville, and Clayton. In contrast, jurisdictions on San Francisco Bay and Suisun Bay have significantly lower anticipated educational outcomes. For example, the City of Richmond scores below the 15th percentile, the City of Concord in the 3rd to 61st percentiles, and the City of Berkeley in the 57th to 76th percentiles. While educational performance and expected outcomes vary significantly throughout the Bay Area, residents of Orinda, regardless of where they live within the city, have access to some of the highest preforming schools in the region, and state.

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Mobility
Orinda residents are served by the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system, which offers light rail service connecting residents from the Orinda Station in downtown Orinda to services, employment centers, and other destinations throughout the Bay Area. The Antioch-SFO + Millbrae Line stops at the Orinda BART Station and provides direct connection to downtown San Francisco, San Francisco International Airport (SFO), and other major destinations and employment hubs. BART operates from 5:00 a.m. to midnight on weekdays, 6:00 a.m. to midnight on Saturdays, and 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Sundays. Single-ride fares are based on the distance between origin and destination, though discounts are available for youth, seniors, low-income riders, and persons with disabilities.

All Transit is a data tool that measures access to transit, connectivity, and service availability. The tool analyzes the transit frequency, routes, and access to determine an overall transit score at the city, county, and regional levels. Figure 4-18 depicts the areas in Contra Costa County where transit is available, and shows areas with higher scores of connectivity, access to jobs, and frequency of service. According to All Transit, the City of Orinda has a transit performance score of 4.2 compared to higher scores in nearby jurisdictions, including 4.6 for the City of Lafayette, 6.6 for the City of Piedmont, and 5.0 for Contra Costa County. Overall, Contra Costa County has a transit score of 5.0 compared to 7.1 in Alameda County, 3.9 in Solano County, and 6.8 in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward Metro Area. The slightly lower score in Contra Costa County than Solano and the urban MSA is likely due to the concentration of populations along the bay and in the center of the county. Limited to no transit services are available in the areas to the east, or connections running east-west.

While transit service is available to Orinda residents on major east-west and north-south routes, there is limited transit service within neighborhoods. Therefore, the City has included Action 1.F to work with County Connection to identify whether unmet transit needs exist in Orinda and, if so, provide assistance as needed to expand routes.

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FIGURE 4-18 TRANSIT SCORES, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY
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Services for Seniors and Persons with Disabilities
While there are currently no licensed adult residential facilities or assisted living facilities in Orinda for seniors or persons with disabilities, there are two existing senior housing projects and a new senior housing project working through the planning process. Orinda Senior Village offers 150 affordable units to low-income seniors and Monteverde Senior Apartments offers an additional 66 units to low-income seniors. When constructed, Vista Verde Senior Housing will provide an additional 52 units for moderateincome seniors. However, while there are several senior housing options, the lack of assisted units for persons with disabilities may present a barrier to these individuals to live in the City of Orinda. During consultations, stakeholders noted a significant need for additional low-income units for seniors and persons with disabilities as well as supportive housing and assisted living opportunities. They noted that a lack of this housing can result in older residents being forced to relocate to housing outside of Orinda if they reach a point where they are unable to live independently. The City has included Action 1.F, 3.B, 3.C, and 5.A to provide incentives to developers to increase the supply of assisted and non-assisted housing for special needs groups. Additionally, the City will allow residential care facilities, regardless of size, in all zones that permit residential uses of the same type, in accordance with the City’s definition of family (Action 4.A).

Other services for Orinda seniors and persons with disabilities include the Seniors Around Town volunteer transportation service and County Connection LINK paratransit service. Seniors Around Town is a free service operated by volunteer drivers and offers free door-to-door service for seniors to non-emergency medical appointments and errands around town. County Connection LINK is a reservation-based ADA paratransit service operates as a fixed-route service between 4:30 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. on weekdays and 7:00 a.m. and 10:30 p.m. on weekends. One-way LINK fares are $5.00. The routes are offered in similar areas as the County Connections standard fixed routes, which includes Route 6 (Lafayette / Moraga / Orinda).

Employment Opportunities
The HUD jobs proximity index quantifies the accessibility of a given residential neighborhood as a function of its distance to all job locations within a Core-Based Statistical Area (CBSA,) with larger employment centers weighted more heavily. Orinda’s jobs proximity index scores are between 40 - 60 for the majority of the city, close to the median in comparison with other residential areas in the state. Nearby regional job centers with high scores include sections of San Francisco, Oakland, Emeryville, Berkeley, Walnut Creek, San Ramon, San Leandro, San Rafael, and Corte Madera. While Orinda is primarily residential with a small commercial corridor along Camino Pablo Road where it meets State Route 24. Nearby areas with significantly low scores indicating furthest proximity from job locations include sections of Hayward, Castro Valley, San Lorenzo, South Oakland, southwest San Francisco, Daly City, Pacifica, Richmond, San Pablo, Pinole, and Hercules. While some of these areas are suburban areas farther from job opportunities, others include low resource urban areas where access to quality jobs is limited. Orinda lies between a number of jobs centers and has a mobility advantage due to the presence of both State Route 24 and a dedicated BART stop.

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available in the city. This data, in combination with the city’s regionally high incomes and resources, indicate that while there are more limited employment opportunities within the city of Orinda, residents who live in Orinda and work outside of the city earn high incomes. Housing costs are high in Orinda, with few lower-income households able to afford housing in the city.

Disproportionate Housing Need and Displacement Risk
Overcrowding
The US Census Bureau considers a household overcrowded when the rate of persons per room is greater than 1.00, and severely overcrowded when the rate of persons per room is greater than 1.50. Homes in Orinda are primarily single-family residences, and Orinda does not contain any overcrowded households, placing it among the least crowded cities in the state. While the rate of overcrowding is generally lower in Contra Costa County than it is in the greater Bay Area, nearby jurisdictions with areas of rates of overcrowding above the statewide average include Oakland, San Francisco, Richmond, Pittsburg, Concord, Daly City, San Bruno, and Menlo Park/East Palo Alto. Census tracts in Oakland, San Leandro, Hayward, and Richmond exceed 20 percent, and several tracts in Oakland and Richmond are identified as having rates of severely overcrowded households. These jurisdictions have low resource tracts and more dense, urban areas within city limits, unlike Orinda which is primarily suburban residential.

Though data does not indicate that overcrowding is a problem within Orinda’s boundaries, it is an obstacle to fair and affordable housing regionally. Additionally, the high costs of housing in Orinda may exclude larger households from securing housing in the city, forcing these households to seek accommodations elsewhere in the region. In order to help reduce rates of overcrowding regionally, the City has included Action 1.A, 1.B, and 1.E to support the development of more housing units, relieving pressure on the regional housing market, as well as accommodating more multifamily development, in order to make Orinda a more accessible environment for larger households.10 Overpayment
Each year, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) receives custom tabulations of American Community Survey (ACS) data from the U.S. Census Bureau. These data, known as the "CHAS" data (Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy), demonstrate the extent of housing problems and housing needs, particularly for low-income households. The latest available CHAS data related to overpayment for the City of Orinda covers the 2014-2018 ACS 5-year estimate period. A household is considered to be overpaying/cost burdened when 30 percent or more of household income is spent on housing costs (rent, mortgage payments, etc.) Households spending more than 50 percent of their income on housing costs are considered to be severely cost burdened. Cost burdened/overpaying households are at an elevated risk of displacement.

Overpayment is an issue in Orinda for both homeowners and renters. 23 percent of households in Orinda are cost burdened – this rate differs between homeowners and renters, with 22 percent of homeowners and 33 percent of renters overpaying. Regionally, 36 percent of households in Contra Costa County overpay, with 30 percent of owners and 50 percent of renters and overpaying. This data indicates that households overpay at a lower rate in Orinda than the average in Contra Costa County and is consistent with the regional pattern of renters overpaying at a higher rate. Owner-occupied units comprise an 10 ACS 2019 5-year estimate, HUD CHAS 2018, CHHS
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overwhelming 89.7 percent of households in Orinda which drives the citywide average downward, but data indicates that the relatively fewer renter households in Orinda face elevated rates of cost burden.

Additionally, 10 percent of renters and 11 percent of owners are severely cost burdened.

Cost burden is distributed highly unevenly by income – while 23 percent of overall households are cost burdened, 60 percent of low income (<80 percent AMI) households are cost burdened, while only 15 percent of households above AMI are cost burdened. Moderate-income households are cost burdened at a rate of 48 percent. This data indicates that, even among households with relatively high incomes, finding affordable housing can be a challenge in Orinda. Among moderate and low-income households, those who do find housing in Orinda must commit a large portion of their monthly income toward housing expenses. Cost burden is also unevenly distributed spatially. As shown in Figure 4-19, renters in El Toyonal/Claremont overpay at a rate of 65 percent, while renters in the Wilder/Lost Valley area overpay at a rate of 18 percent. Overpayment by owner households is more evenly distributed with owners overpaying at rate of 31 percent in El Toyonal/Claremont, and 35 percent in Wilder/Lost Valley. Of owner households, 49 percent in the Alice/Ivy Drive neighborhoods overpay, the highest rate citywide. This area of owner overpayment is also relatively more diverse in terms of race/ethnicity, suggesting that nonWhite homeowners may be cost burdened at a higher rate than White non-Hispanic owners in Orinda. 68 renters (0.9 percent) in the city use Housing Choice Vouchers (HCVs), all of which are found north of State Route 24 and east of Camino Pablo, in the census tract covering the Charles Hill/Sleepy Hollow/Orinda Downs neighborhoods. While this tract includes the city’s least diverse, consistently affluent areas, it also includes the downtown area, which likely accounts for HCV utilization.

Cost burden in Orinda is less severe than in other parts of Contra Costa County, although the relative lack of income diversity and large proportion of homeowners in the city may indicate that Orinda’s regionally low rates of cost burden are not a reflection of housing affordability within the city, but of a lack of housing affordability regionally, with housing in Orinda among the least affordable. Lower- and moderate-income households which are cost burdened may not seek or secure housing in Orinda but are forced to look elsewhere in the county or region. In order to actively protect residents from displacement, reduce cost burden on renters and owners, with particularly attention to owners of color in the Alice/Ivy Drive area, the City has included Actions 2.B, 2.C, 3.A, 3.B, and 4.A which includes rehabilitation programs for seniors, expanding the allowed housing types permitted in Orinda (include single-room occupancy uses), and partnering with fair housing providers to increase services and outreach to Orinda residents.

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FIGURE 4-19 OVERPAYMENT BY RENTERS MAP
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Housing Condition
Residents living in substandard housing face significant safety concerns. As described in the Population, Employment, and Housing Characteristics chapter, Orinda’s housing stock is generally in excellent condition. 2015-2019 ACS data indicates that approximately 1 percent of rental units (or 67 units) lack complete kitchen and plumbing facilities, and the City is not aware of any occupied units lacking plumbing or kitchens entirely. The 2015-2019 ACS indicates that data should be supplemented by local knowledge.

Based on visual reconnaissance of Orinda neighborhoods, it is believed that fewer than 10 homes in the city are dilapidated, abandoned, or in poor condition.

Of housing units in Orinda, 53 percent were built prior to 1959, and 83 percent were built prior to 1979.

Only 4 percent of units were built since 2000. In Contra Costa County, 24 percent of units were built prior to 1959, and 57 percent were built prior to 1979, and 15 percent were built since 2000.11 The housing stock in Orinda is older on average than the region, and relatively few new units have been built in Orinda in recent years. These data indicate both that Orinda’s aging housing stock is likely to be in higher need of repair, and that the rate of new development has been slow in the past few decades, indicating that the City likely has capacity to add more units, further easing pressure on the regional market and supporting local affordability. Orinda residents have relatively high incomes, and housing repairs likely do not pose a threat of displacement to most existing homeowners. As described in the Population, Employment, and Housing Characteristics chapter, the level of reinvestment in Orinda’s housing stock is high; the valuation of work authorized by residential building permits between 2009 and 2012 (three fiscal years) was roughly $51.3 million.

To provide support in instances where residents are at risk of displacement due to safety concerns related to substandard housing conditions, the City has included an Action 2.A and 2.B to advertise the availability of home maintenance and repair loans through Contra Costa County to Orinda residents and consider pursuing additional funding for home repairs and improvements.

Persons Experiencing Homelessness
Information on the population of persons experiencing homelessness is based on Point-in-Time (PIT) information provided to HUD by Continuums of Care (CoC) in the application for CoC Homeless Assistance Programs. The PIT Count provides a count of sheltered and unsheltered homeless persons on a single night during the last ten days in January. Data is provided at the county-level. The 2020 Contra Costa County Homeless Annual Point in Time Count Report found 1,374 unsheltered individuals out of a total 2,277 persons experiencing homelessness in the county as a whole, only 1 of whom was unsheltered in Orinda. The count was conducted in the winter, when seasonal demand is likely at its highest. The estimated number of unsheltered individuals in Contra Costa County decreased by 4 percent from 2019 to 2020.

Unhoused populations are lowest in central Contra Costa County, which includes Orinda. The heat map (Figure 4-20) shows that unhoused populations are largely concentrated in urban, dense cities along the bay coastline, including cities such as Richmond and Antioch. In keeping with the trends observed for concentrated areas of income, race, and access to opportunities, Contra Costa County’s unhoused population reinforces the same stratification. The low number of persons experiencing homelessness in central Contra Costa County is likely due to the lack of resources for persons experiencing homelessness 11 ACS 2019 5-Year Estimates
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and concentration of above-moderate income households, which despite high rates of overpayment in Orinda and surrounding cities, can create a buffer to displacement risk.

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FIGURE 4-20 HEAT MAP FOR UNSHELTERED POPULATION, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, 2020 Source: Contra Costa Health, Housing, and Homeless, 2020 H.1.a
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There are no emergency shelters or transitional housing facilities in the City of Orinda; however, several churches participate in the Winter Nights Family Emergency Shelter Program coordinated through the Contra Costa Interfaith Coalition, which provides meals and emergency shelter to families and seniors from mid-October to the end of April. Regionally, Contra Costa Health Services operates two emergency shelter sites in the county, one in Concord and the other in Richmond. Both facilities operated 24/7 and have the capacity to serve over 160 persons.

In accordance with Government Code Section 65583(a)(4), emergency shelters are allowed by right, without discretionary review, in residential districts. Additional information about emergency shelters can be found in the Constraints section of the Housing Element.

Displacement Risk
Orinda has seen a spike in home sales prices between 2020 and 2022. Zillow.com maintains a “Home Value Index” which reports monthly change in typical home values for a given area. In January 2020, the Home Value Index for Orinda was $2.09 million. This figure has been consistent over the preceding twoyear period with the Value Index in January 2018 at $2.06 million, representing an increase of 1.5 percent over a two-year period. In contrast, the Home Value Index as of December 31, 2021, was $2.8 million, representing an increase of nearly 34 percent over a two-year period, and a 22 percent year-over-year increase. The oldest Home Value Index data available is from January 2012, when the Index was at $1.2 million, indicating a 200 percent increase over the decade between 2012 and 2022.

The ACS 2019 5-year estimate reports median household income in Orinda to be $223,217, with the corresponding Zillow Home Value Index for December 2019 at $2.1 million. The ACS 5-year estimate for household income in 2012 was $162,267 (or $199,591 in inflation-adjusted 2021 dollars.) As described above, the Home Value Index in 2012 was $1.2 million. Adjusted for inflation, this represents an increase of 11.8 percent in median household income between the 2012 and 2019 against an increase of 75 percent in home values. Rises in home values have rapidly outpaced rises in income in Orinda. While existing homeowners have seen their assets appreciate in value over time, rapidly rising home values alongside relatively stagnant wages represent a growing barrier to entry for households seeking the benefits of the high-quality resources available in the city. Increases in housing price are reflected in increased rent costs, impacting both renting and owning households. In order to help overcome these barriers to access and combat displacement by ensuring housing affordability in Orinda, the City has included Action 1.F, 2.B, 2.C, 2.D, 3.A, and 3.B.

Enforcement and Outreach Capacity
The City enforces fair housing and complies with fair housing laws and regulations through a twofold process: review of City policies and code for compliance with state law and referring fair housing complaints to appropriate agencies. Any updates or revisions to the City Zoning Ordinance that are needed to comply with fair housing laws have been identified in the Housing Element actions. The City will continue to regularly review land use policies, permitting practices, and building codes for compliance with state and federal fair-housing laws.

In addition to assessing fair housing issues related to development standards, fair housing issues can include disproportionate loan rates by race, housing design that is a barrier to individuals with a disability, discrimination against race, national origin, familial status, disability, religion, or sex when renting or selling a housing unit, and more. The City ensures dissemination of fair housing information and available services through the City’s Housing website. The City will continue to make fair housing information H.1.a
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available, updating annually or as needed, on the City’s website and through annual distribution of printed materials at City buildings and making materials available at community meetings.

ECHO provides HUD-approved fair housing services to Contra Costa County residents. ECHO offers counseling, investigation, mediation, enforcement, and education through their Fair Housing Program.

Counselors conduct investigations and enforcement in response to reports of housing discrimination complaints. ECHO also provides landlord-tenant law counseling regarding evictions, deposits, repairs, retaliations, etc.

Between 2013 and 2021, two Fair Housing cases were filed in the City of Orinda. Both of these cases were filed regarding discriminatory terms, conditions, privileges, or services and facilities, and both resulted in no cause determinations. One was filed on the basis of Race, while the other was filed on the basis of Disability. The latter case was also filed regarding failure to make a reasonable accommodation.

In addition, the City demonstrates compliance or intention to comply with fair housing law through the following:
● The City demonstrates compliance with Density Bonus Law (California Government Code, Section 65915).
● The City intends to comply with No-Net-Loss (Government Code, Section 65863) through identifying a surplus of sites available to meet the City’s RHNA allocation. In total, the City’s surplus unit capacity is 431, composed of 385 lower-income units, 33 moderate-income units, and 13 above moderate-income units.
● The City complies with the Housing Accountability Act (Government Code, Section 65589.5). ● The City complies with SB 35 (Government Code, Section 65913.4). ● The City complies with SB 330 (Government Code, Section 65589.5).

4.11.4 Sites Inventory Analysis
Government Code Section 65583(c)(10)(A) added a new requirement for Housing Elements to analyze the location of lower-income sites in relation to areas of opportunity. The location of housing in relation to resources is integral in fostering inclusive communities and addressing disparities in access to opportunity.

To assess whether sites improve or exacerbate fair housing conditions and whether sites are isolated by income group, the City examined the 2021 Opportunity Areas map prepared by TCAC and HCD (Figure 4- 21), which identifies areas where characteristics have been shown by research to support positive economic, educational, and health outcomes for low-income households and positive long-term outcomes for children in particular. Development of affordable housing on these sites will provide housing options for lower-income households within walking distance of local amenities and transit, creating more equitable access to the City’s resources. Figures 4-22 through 4-27 and accompanying charts included in this sites inventory analysis present the number of projected units by income category and overall site acreage in relation with each of the following indicators to assess how the sites’ locations will affirmatively further fair housing:
● Median Household Income
● Racial/Ethnic demographic composition
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● Population living with a disability
● Female-headed households with no spouse/partner present ● Job Proximity Index scores
● Overpayment
Orinda’s 6th Cycle RHNA allocation totals 1,359 units, separated by income level and number of units as follows: lower, 587; moderate, 215; and above moderate, 557. Table 4-34 shows the distribution of those units by neighborhood.

TABLE 4-34 RHNA BY INCOME CATEGORY AND NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRIBUTION Income Category Units Distribution by Neighborhood
Very Low 372 Downtown
Low 215 Downtown
Moderate 215 Claremont, Knickerbocker, Ivy Drive
Above Moderate 557 Throughout city
Total 1,359 --
Source: HCD, City of Orinda 6th Cycle RHNA
As seen in Figure 4-21, TCAC and HCD has designated the entirety of Orinda as a highest resource area – as a result, all sites identified to accommodate the RHNA are in highest resource neighborhoods. Because of the city’s uniformly highest-resource designation, sites in different parts of the city do not vary only marginally in terms of their access to resources. As discussed, residents of Orinda enjoy access to highperforming schools and good environmental conditions regardless of where you live within the city; the city is served by one school district made up of very high-performing elementary, middle, and high schools, and there are limited sources of pollutants within the city limits that would negatively impact long-term health. In order to assess differences between sites identified in different highest-resource areas, the City has relied on more localized data as reported by community members and stakeholders to contextualize its sites inventory.

While the city is uniformly designated as highest resource, the distribution of sites does result in concentration of lower-income units in the Downtown neighborhood. The City has committed to a adopting the Downtown Precise Plan to provide 483 units affordable to lower-income households in the Downtown neighborhood. During the City’s Sites Review Meeting with the City Council, residents expressed concerned about balancing the need to locate low-income housing near services and resources and promoting inclusion throughout the city. However, during one-on-one consultation, Eden Housing expressed support for the rezoning paction, identifying the action as most beneficial aspect of the City’s effort to support affordable housing development, effectively reducing the potential for CEQA litigation for affordable housing developers and thereby reducing overall costs and timelines. Locating lowerincome units in the Downtown neighborhood directly addresses feedback from HCEB, an organization that supports Contra Costa County residents with developmental disabilities. HCEB expressed a need for dense, larger, affordable units close to the BART station and other amenities. Orinda Senior Village, an H.1.a
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affordable senior housing development, echoed this need for seniors during a one-on-one consultation, emphasizing that affordable and accessible housing needs to be placed in amenity-rich locations. In this regard, the Downtown is the most appropriate location for units affordable to lower-income households (such as persons with disabilities, who often live on a fixed income).

While providing affordable housing units in Orinda via the Downtown rezoning action is the City’s primary objective to address current issues of exclusion, the City is also committed to providing access to highresource neighborhoods for lower- and moderate-income households. The City’s moderate-income units are identified in existing high-resource neighborhoods in north and south Orinda, integrating moderateincome households into existing above moderate-income communities. Further, the City expects that at least half of the projected ADUs (63 total) will be affordable to lower-income households, which will allow the integration of lower-income households into existing above moderate-income communities.

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Median Income
As seen in Figure 4-22 and Chart 4-2, median incomes in Orinda are uniformly high, limiting access to housing in the city for lower- and even moderate-income households. Not all areas of Orinda have median income data but based on the citywide median income and housing sales prices, it can be assumed that areas without median income data are largely above-moderate households. Overall, the distribution of units planned for lower-income households and moderate-income households will have the effect of creating mixed-income communities. The City will introduce the most lower income units (738 units) and moderate-income units (139 units) in areas earning between $125,000 to $200,000, creating mixedincome communities in historically exclusively wealthy neighborhoods. In an area of relatively lower median income for the City of Orinda (between $98,000 to $125,000), the City will introduce 48 above moderate units. Additional housing units in the city targeting these income groups will reduce the effects of exclusion by income in the city. Introducing affordable housing and more varied housing types in Downtown Orinda is another key strategy to address exclusion in the city. Orinda is strategically locating lower-income RHNA units in the part of the city which offers the best access to transit, essential commercial services, and access to high-performing schools and community resources. As the City rezoning process will increase opportunity for high density housing through mixed use development in the downtown area, affordable units developed on rezoned sites can have access to on-site commercial areas and essential services as a part of the development, which is particularly important for lower-income seniors and persons living with disabilities or other mobility challenges. The City’s commitment to increasing capacity to meet its RHNA is addressed in Action 1.A and 1.B.

Locating lower-income RHNA in the Downtown will help ameliorate patterns of segregation both locally and regionally. The development of these sites with lower-income housing units will make Orinda more accessible to households with a wider range of incomes, making the city itself less exclusive, while simultaneously combatting regional patterns of segregation in Contra Costa County. By creating affordable housing in one of the county’s highest-resource communities, the City will reduce the risk of displacement for lower-income residents in the County, supporting access to the region’s high-performing schools and quality jobs for low- and moderate-income households, and increasing regional mobility for lower-income households.

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FIGURE 4-22 SITE INVENTORY ANALYSIS BY MEDIAN INCOME
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Chart 4-2 Site location by Median Household Income
Median Income
Exceeding $200,000
Median Income
Between $125,000-
$200,000
Median Income
Exceeding $98,000 No Data for Income
Site Acreage 134 289 27 67
Lower Unit Count 139 783 28
Moderate Unit Count 102 138
Above Moderate Unit Count 235 172 48 103
134
289
27 67
139
783
28 102
138
235
172
48 103
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Racial/Ethnic Demographic Composition
As described previously in this section, Orinda’s largest demographic is White non-Hispanic, followed by Asian/Asian-American (Figure 4-23). Because different parts of the City do not vary substantially in their demographic composition, lower-, moderate-, and above-moderate income units are not located in areas of concentration any particular minority demographic, but instead can be understood to all be concentrated in an area of primarily affluent White non-Hispanic households. As discussed, a mixture of exclusionary practices until 1968 and high costs of housing and limited housing types (i.e., predominantly single-family housing) largely posed a barrier to access for diverse populations; it was not until 1990 that the percentage of non-White populations exceed 10 percent and not until 2010 that the percentage of non-White populations exceed 20 percent. Additional lower- and moderate-income units in the City will improve access to housing in the City for residents who would otherwise be priced out and excluded from the City, a category that has historically included communities of color in the Bay Area. As shown in Chart 4-3, the largest number of lower income units are identified on sites located in areas where 70 to 75 percent of the population is White, including 245 lower income units in areas of the City where there are currently no Black residents. This offers an opportunity for lower- and moderate-income non-White households that were historically excluded from housing opportunities in Orinda, particularly Black households, to access the opportunity and resources Orinda residents have access to, disrupting a legacy of concentrated higher income White households in Orinda. In total, the City will introduce 153 moderateincome units and 784 lower-income units in areas where non-White populations up to 30 percent nonWhite populations, along with 273 above moderate units. In areas where non-White populations comprise up to 40 percent, the City identified 87 moderate-income units and 139 lower-income units, along with 127 above moderate income units.

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FIGURE 4-23 SITE INVENTORY ANALYSIS BY RACIAL/ETHNIC POPULATIONS H.1.a
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CHart 4-3 Site location by Racial/Ethnic Population
5-10% Other
Races
5-10% Other
Races
0-5% Other
Races
0-5% Other
Races
5-10% Other
Races
5-10% Other
Races
0-5% Other
Races
0-5% Black 0-5% Black 0-5% Black 0-5% Black 0% Black 0-5% Black 0-5% Black 10-15%
Hispanic
0-5%
Hispanic
0-5%
Hispanic
5-10%
Hispanic 0-5% Hispanic 5-10%
Hispanic
10-15%
Asian
15-20%
Asian 10-15% Asian 15-20% Asian
65-70% White 70-75% White
Site Acreage 3 77 71 96 160 62 48
Lower Unit Count 139 28 319 245 187 33
Moderate Unit Count 87 15 96 23 19
Above Moderate Unit Count 5 122 158 87 111 9 66
3 77
71 96
160
62 48
139
28 319
245
187
33 87
15 96
23 19
5 122
158
87 111
9 66
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Persons with Disabilities
As described previously, approximately 10 percent of Orinda’s population live with at least one disability, including 3.5 percent of the population both under 65 and living with at least one disability. This rate is low relative to the region. As shown in Chart 4-4 and Figure 4-24, most (705 units) lower-income sites identified in Orinda are in census tracts with rates of persons living with disabilities of between 6 and 10 percent. High housing costs, a lack of variety of housing types, and relatively few new developments with accessibility features contribute to the exclusion of persons with disabilities from the city. Additionally, less-reliable transit access and limited access to essential resources (pharmacies, clinics, and other resources) in residential parts of the city outside of the downtown area may make living in Orinda less feasible for potential residents with disabilities, as identified by stakeholders serving seniors and persons with disabilities. Locating units affordable to lower- and moderate-income residents in and around the downtown area will help to improve access for and accommodate the needs of persons living with disabilities, who benefit from close access to services and amenities as well as proximity to transit.

Additionally, mixed-use housing types viable in the downtown area can help accommodate the needs of residents living with disabilities by integrating services or amenities on-site.

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Chart 4-4 Site location by Population with a Disability 3-6% 6-10%
Site Acreage 160 357
Lower Unit Count 245 705
Moderate Unit Count 23 217
Above Moderate Unit 111 447
160
357
245
705
23 217
111
447
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Familial Status
Female-headed households with children and no spouse/partner present face particular challenges to housing access and are at elevated risk of displacement. As reflected in Figure 4-25, no census tract in Orinda sees a rate of such households above 20 percent. This low rate may reflect exclusivity due to Orinda’s high housing costs and limited housing types that make it difficult to access housing affordable to a single-income household, let alone a household with children. As shown in Chart 4-5, most sites identified for housing at all income levels, including the majority of lower income units (647 units) are located in tracts with rates of this household type at 3 to 6 percent, expanding housing opportunities for female headed households in an area where there some existing female headed households, but increasing the opportunity for female headed households outside of Orinda to access resources within Orinda (such as proficient schools) that would have otherwise been unaffordable. In areas with the highest concentration of female headed households (still less than 10 percent), 208 lower income units are identified, along with 10 moderate units and 74 above moderate units to decrease competition for lower income units within these neighborhoods. By adding moderate and above-moderate units throughout the city, and particularly by adding and situating lower-income units downtown to provide access to resources, Orinda will combat exclusion by becoming more accessible to female-headed households with children and no spouse or partner present.

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FIGURE 4-25 SITE INVENTORY ANALYSIS BY FEMALE HEADED HOUSEHOLDS H.1.a
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CHart 4-5 Site location by Female Headed Households
0-3% 3-6% 6-10%
Site Acreage 167 246 105
Lower Unit Count 95 647 208
Moderate Unit Count 25 205 10
Above Moderate Unit Count 132 352 74
167
246
105 95
647
208
25 205
10 132
352
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Jobs Proximity
Jobs Proximity Index percentiles in the city range between 47th and 63rd percentile as demonstrated in Chart 4-6. In general, different areas of the city do not score substantially higher than one another when summarized by census tract. Ideally, the bulk of the City’s lower income units (731 units), moderateincome units (221 units) and above moderate-income units (519 units) are planned in areas with the highest job proximity scores, receiving a score between 50 and 60 (Chart 4-6). The areas of Orinda outside of downtown are primarily residential, offering limited local commercial uses with job opportunities.

Ability to commute from these residential areas by transit is limited. When considering where to locate future housing for all income levels, and particularly lower-income units, downtown Orinda would offer the most convenient access to jobs available within the city. When compared to regional job centers, particularly the employment opportunities in Walnut Creek, Berkeley/Oakland/Emeryville, and San Francisco, Orinda does not represent a strong employment center (Figure 4-26). However, the presence of the BART station downtown provides direct access to employment centers from Orinda; as a result, housing close to this station is in a strategic location for commuting to these two areas, a detail not fully reflected in Jobs Proxmity Index maps which summarize locations up to the census tract level.

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FIGURE 4-26 SITE INVENTORY ANALYSIS BY JOB PROXIMITY
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Chart 4-6 Site location by Job Proximity
40-50 50-60 60-70
Site Acreage 83 426 8
Lower Unit Count 220 731
Moderate Unit Count 19 221
Above Moderate Unit Count 27 519 12
83 426
8 220
731
19 221
27 519
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Potential Effects on Disproportionate Housing
As described previously overcrowding is not an issue in Orinda, which does not have overcrowded units. (Figure 4-27) However, overpayment impacts both renting and homeowning households in the city, with significantly higher rates of overpayment among renters as compared with owners. As demonstrated in Figure 4-27, many sites identified for above moderate and moderate affordability are in the northwestern quadrant of the city, north of State Route 24 and west of San Pablo Dam Road, in the Claremont neighborhood. This section of Orinda sees its highest rate of overpayment, with 65 percent of renters contributing 30 percent or more of their household income toward housing expenses. Locations in this area are primarily among single-unit homes. An increase in housing supply at the moderate and abovemoderate levels in this area through the addition of ADUs or other small-lot residential housing would help meet demand in this area, providing more renter choice and lowered rents and improving access to housing in Orinda for moderate-income households. The Claremont neighborhood census tract is bounded by Route 24 and Camino Pablo Rd, which separate the area from parts of the city with lower rates of renter cost burden, including the parts of downtown where lower-income sites are located. By locating lower-income units in parts of the city which do not currently see relatively high rates of cost burden, the City is actively combating a concentration of lower-income units at risk of displacement in a part of the City where renters are already at an elevated risk of displacement. As demonstrated in Chart 4-7, lower-income units are well distributed across areas of varying levels of overpayment by renters, ensuring that sites are not concentrated in one particular neighborhood with preexisting high rates of cost burden. That being said, the largest number of units are identified in areas with the highest rates of renter overpayment, with 245 lower income units planned in areas with 60 to 80 percent of renters experiencing cost burden and 351 lower income units planned in areas with 40 to 60 percent of renters experiencing overpayment, which will meaningfully increase the supply of lower income units for these households, thereby reducing replacement risk. Moderate units located near downtown and in Claremont, as well as above-moderate units dispersed throughout the city area will ease pressure on limited affordable housing stock by increasing the supply of total housing units. Increasing housing supply affordable to lower-income households will improve housing stability and can have the additional benefits of improving student performance socioeconomically disadvantaged students and increasing diversity within Orinda. While units affordable to lower-income households represent the majority of units anticipated for sites located downtown, the incorporation of both moderate and lower-come units in these areas prevents a concentration of lower-income units. Introducing low- and moderate-income units in highest resource areas downtown disrupts existing patterns by creating a mixed-income community in the city.

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Chart 4-7 Site location by Overpayment by Renters
20-40% 60-80% 0-20% 40-60%
Site Acreage 136 160 77 144
Lower Unit Count 215 245 139 351
Moderate Unit Count 15 23 87 115
Above Moderate Unit Count 172 111 122 153
136
160
77 144
215
245
139
351
15 23
87 115
172
111
122
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4.11.5 Contributing Factors
TABLE 4-35 CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO FAIR HOUSING
AFH Identified
Fair Housing
Issues
Contributing Factors Meaningful Actions
Legacy of
exclusionary
practices toward
lower-income
residents and nonwhite population
resulting in
concentration of
White, above
moderate-income
households
Pre-1968 racially restrictive
covenants for some housing in
Orinda
Housing shortages regionally in
Contra Costa County and the greater
Bay Area
Unaffordable rents and home prices
Predominance of single-family
residential / Neighborhoods are
desirable and costly
Adopting the DPP to permit up to 30 du/ac in
the Downtown (Action 1.A)
Rezoning Opportunity Sites to allow for
multifamily capacity (Action 1.B)
Permit multifamily by right in the RM zoning
district and allow SROs in Orinda (Action 4.A)
Implement proactive marketing campaign to
encourage construction of ADUs (Action 1.D)
Educate the public on housing types and who
affordable housing serves (Action 5.A).

Limited variety of
housing types
Lack of public support for higherdensity and/or affordable housing Predominance of single-family
residential
Educate the public on housing types and who
affordable housing serves (Action 5.A).

Implement proactive marketing campaign to
encourage construction of ADUs (Action 1.D).

Permit multifamily by right in the RM zoning
district and allow SROs in Orinda (Action 4.A)
Limited housing
mobility
opportunities for
lower-income
households
Housing shortages regionally in
Contra Costa County and the greater
Bay Area
High cost of ownership units.

Predominance of single-family
residential / Neighborhoods are
desirable and costly
Incentivize development of housing in mixed
use projects (Action 1.A).

Work with local agencies and organizations to
initiate a first-time and/or moderate-income
homebuyer program (Action 2.D).

Promote ADUs and a variety of other housing
types in high opportunity and resource areas
(Action 1.D).

Educate property managers and landlords on
avoiding income discrimination and the
benefits of advertising units to Section 8
voucher holders (Action 5.A).

Shortage of
services for
unhoused
population,
persons with
disabilities, and
lower income
residents.

No emergency shelters, transitional
housing, or supportive housing in the
city limits
Limited affordable housing
specifically for persons with
disabilities
Lack of public support for higherdensity and/or affordable housing Permit multifamily by right in the RM zoning
district and allow SROs in Orinda (Action 4.A).

Meet/Collaborate with neighboring
jurisdictions on annual basis to determine
regional solutions to increase housing and
supportive services for unhoused population,
persons with disabilities, and lower income
residents (Action 1.F, 3B, 3C, 5.A)
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5. HOUSING SITES INVENTORY

5.1 Introduction
California law (Government Code Section 65583 (a)(3)) requires that the Housing Element contain an inventory of land suitable for residential development, including vacant sites that can be developed for housing within the planning period and nonvacant (i.e., underutilized) sites having potential for redevelopment. State law also requires an analysis of the relationship of zoning and public facilities and services to these sites.

5.1.1 Regional Housing Needs Allocation
The Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) is the State of California-required process that seeks to ensure cities and counties are planning for enough housing to accommodate all economic segments of the community. The process is split into the following three steps.

1. Regional Determination: The California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) provides each region a Regional Determination of housing need, which includes a total number of units split into four income categories. The City of Orinda is within the region covered by the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG). HCD provided ABAG a Regional Determination of 441,176 units for the 6th Cycle RHNA (2023-2031). This is the total number of units that the cities and counties in the ABAG region must collectively plan to accommodate.

2. RHNA Methodology: Councils of Governments (COG), including ABAG, are responsible for developing a RHNA Methodology for allocating the Regional Determination to each city and county in the COG’s region. This methodology must further specific state objectives, including, but not limited to, promoting infill, equity, and environmental protection; ensuring jobs-housing balance; and affirmatively furthering fair housing.

3. Housing Element Updates: Each city and county must then adopt a housing element that demonstrates how the jurisdiction can accommodate its assigned RHNA through its zoning. HCD reviews each jurisdiction’s housing element for compliance with state law.

The City of Orinda’s share of the regional housing need was determined by a methodology prepared by ABAG as part of the Regional Housing Needs Plan, adopted in December 2021. In accordance with ABAG’s Regional Housing Needs Plan, the City must plan to accommodate a total of 1,359 housing units between June 30, 2022, and December 15, 2030. Table 5-1 shows the City’s RHNA by income category. Of the 1,359 total units, the City must plan to accommodate 372 units for very low-income households, 215 units for low-income households, 215 units for moderate-income households, and 557 units for above moderateincome households.

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TABLE 5-1 REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ALLOCATION, 2023–2031
Income Category Allocation Percentage
Very Low* 372 27%
Low 215 16%
Moderate 215 16%
Above Moderate 557 41%
Total 1,359 100%
Source: ABAG 2021
Note: It is assumed that 50 percent of the very low- income is allocated to the extremely low-income category

5.2 Availability of Land
State Housing Element law emphasizes the importance of adequate land for housing and requires that each Housing Element “…identify adequate sites… to facilitate and encourage the development of a variety of housing types for all income levels…” (California Government Code Section 65583(c)(1)). To allow for an adequate supply of new housing, land must be zoned at a variety of densities to ensure that development is feasible for a wide range of income levels. The identified land must also have access to appropriate services and infrastructure, such as water, wastewater, and roads.

To demonstrate the City’s capacity to potentially meet its RHNA, an adequate sites inventory was conducted. The inventory must identify adequate sites that will be made available through appropriate zoning and development standards and with public services and facilities needed to facilitate and encourage the development of a variety of housing types for households of all income levels.

The analysis of the relationship of suitable sites to zoning provides a means for determining the realistic number of dwelling units that could actually be constructed on those sites in the current planning period.

The analysis also identifies the zoning districts the City believes can accommodate its share of the regional housing needs for all income levels.

The sites listed in Tables 5-2, 5-3, and 5-4 includes a list of sites identified through a selection process that included public input, Planning Commission and City Council input, and feedback gathered through the Balancing Act RHNA plan tool. The sites identified are currently available and/or will be available prior to the start of the planning period. These sites will allow for the development of a variety of housing types that will meet the needs of all income groups allocated by ABAG for the 2023-2031 planning period.

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5.3 Sites Identified in Previous Housing Element
Pursuant to California Government Code Section 65583.2(c), a non-vacant site identified in the previous planning period and a vacant site that has been included in two or more previous consecutive planning periods cannot be used to accommodate the lower-income RHNA unless the site is subject to an action 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.

Site 1 has been included in the past two housing element cycles and is subject to California Government Code Section 65583.2(c). Site 1, the Santa Maria Church site already allows by right development up to 20 units per acre. Additionally, the City has included Housing Element Policy 1.5 which commits the City to allowing residential use by right on sites consistent with Government Code Section 65583.2(c), for housing developments in which at least 20 percent of the units are affordable to lower-income households.

5.4 Sites Appropriate for Lower-Income Housing
Housing element law requires jurisdictions to provide a requisite analysis showing that zones identified for lower-income households are sufficient to encourage such development. The law provides two options for preparing the analysis: (1) describe market demand and trends, financial feasibility, and recent development experience; or (2) use default density standards deemed adequate to meet the appropriate zoning test. According to state law (California Government Code Section 65583.2(c)(3)(B)), the default density standard for Orinda is 20 dwelling units per acre (du/ac). The City has included several sites (listed in Tables 5-2, 5-3, and 5-4) that are proposed to require a minimum of 20 units per acre and are assumed to accommodate the City’s lower-income RHNA.

5.5 Realistic Capacity
The majority, if not all, of the sites to accommodate the RHNA are infill sites. Therefore, the City relied heavily on the current multifamily development standards and on-site improvement requirements (e.g., setbacks, building height, parking, density requirements, land use controls, water and wastewater access, and open space requirements) but also considered project examples (proposed Vista Verde Senior Housing and Monteverde Senior Apartments) to determine approximate density and unit capacity. Based on these findings, the City assumed a very conservative 80-percent realistic capacity on all moderate- and above moderate-income sites, summarized in Table 5-3 and listed by APN in Appendix A. For the Downtown Precise Plan (DPP) sites (Table 5-4) and the Opportunity Sites (Table 5-6), percentage realistic capacity was done on a site-by-site basis of considering the current use and the percentage of the sites appropriate to develop with housing. For Site G-4, a realistic capacity of 60 percent was assumed to plan for any possible site constraints, as well as to ensure units are not over projected for this location.

The Vista Verde Senior Housing Project, proposed for approval in 2022, includes 52 affordable units on

1.4 acres of the 4.86-acre site. The project would be developed next to its sister community, the existing 150-unit Orinda Senior Village (OSV). This site is currently non-vacant, and the uses include a church and an existing parking lot. The project site would be on its own lot created via subdivision. That lot would be rezoned from Public, Semi-Public and Utility (PS) to Residential Multifamily (RM) with the Senior Housing Overlay (SH-Overlay). The SH-Overlay allows for densities up to 38 units per acre. The 52 units for this site H.1.a
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is the max allowable density for the 1.4 acres, showing a 100-percent realistic capacity. This project did not include a density bonus.

Eden Housing, LLC constructed the Monteverde Senior Apartments with completion in December 2014.

The project included 67 units affordable to extremely low- and very low- income senior households on a

1.4-acre site. This project was developed on what was the former Orinda Library. The site required rezoning from PS to RM SH-Overlay to allow densities up to 38 units per acre. This project received a density bonus (14 units), and the project was developed at a density of 47.9 units to the acre with a realistic capacity of 126 percent. Excluding the density bonus units from the calculation, the realistic capacity was 100 percent.

5.6 Pending and Approved Projects
The City currently has one approved market rate project and one affordable project pending approval that can accommodate a portion of the City’s RHNA. The Countryhouse Memory Care project was approved in January 2021. This project includes a two-story building with 38 market rate assisted living units, each with a small kitchen and bathroom.

The City also has a complete application for the Vista Verde Senior Housing project that is proposed for approval prior to the start of the planning period. The Vista Verde Senior Housing project is an allaffordable project that will include 8 units affordable to very low-income households, 30 units affordable to low-income households, and 13 units affordable to moderate-income households for a total of 52 units (Table 5-2).

TABLE 5-2 PENDING AND APPROVED PROJECTS
Location APN GP Zoning Acreage Proposed
Capacity Status
Countryhouse
Memory Care 273-160-009 PS PS 1.4 38 Approved
January 2021
Vista Verde Senior
Housing1 260-200-015 PS PS 4.86 52 Pending
Approval
Total 90
Source: City of Orinda, March 2022
1 If approved, site would be rezoned to RM with the SH-Overlay and the General Plan Land use would change to Residential, Multi-Family. This would occur prior to the start of the planning period

5.7 Sites Inventory
The City prepared an inventory of vacant and underutilized sites currently available and planned to be available before the start of the 2023-2031 planning period to accommodate the City’s RHNA. The sites have been categorized into three groups, Current Sites (Table 5-3 and Appendix A), Downtown Precise Plan (DPP) sites (Table 5-4), and Opportunity Sites (Table 5-5). Tables 5-3, 5-4, and 5-5 provide the characteristics of each site, including zoning, general plan designation, acreage, and realistic capacity for H.1.a
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the sites currently zoned for housing or that will be rezoned. (Actions 1.A and 1.B). Figures A-1 through A6 in the appendix provide maps of each site assumed to accommodate the RHNA.

5.7.1 Current Sites
The following sites (Table 5-3) currently have the appropriate zoning and general plan designation to meet a portion of the City’s RHNA. See Figure 5-1, and Figures A-1 through A-6 in the appendix. Appendix A also includes a full listing of the sites that can accommodate the moderate- and above moderate-income RHNA.

TABLE 5-3 CURRENT CAPACITY TO MEET THE RHNA
Site # Location APN GP Zoning Acreage Proposed
Capacity
Current
Use
Income
Category
1 Santa Maria
Church 260200001 RM RM
HD-O 2.4* 48 Church Lower
NA Multiple
Sites1 -- -- -- 25.57 118 Vacant Moderate
NA Multiple
Sites1 -- -- -- 291.54 465 Vacant Above Moderate
Source: City of Orinda, March 2022 1Refer to Appendix A for a site-by-site listing *The full site acreage including the church is 9.4 acres. Development would be assumed to develop on vacant land adjacent to the church which could total 2.4 acres.

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FIGURE 5-1 CURRENT AVAILABLE SITES AND PROJECTS

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5.7.2 Downtown Precise Plan Sites
The city is in the process of preparing the Downton Precise Plan (DPP). The draft plan is expected to be available fall 2022. The DPP covers a 146.3-acre project area, but the focus area comprises a total of approximately 60 acres. The DPP is intended to revitalize Orinda’s downtown and stimulate housing production by increasing allowable residential densities in the Downtown Commercial (DC) zoning district and allowing multifamily residential developments in the Downtown Office (DO) zoning district. Figure 5- 2 shows where the DC and DO zoning districts fall within the DPP. To account for nonresidential development and to account for the fact that the entire plan may not build out over the next 8 years, the City took a conservative approach and applied a 60 percent realistic capacity to the DPP capacity as a whole. Action 1.A has been included to rezone the DPP to allow for the development of high-density multifamily housing. Once rezoned, the DPP will require a minimum of 20 units per acre and with a maximum density of 30 units per acre in the Downtown Commercial (DC) zoning district and DPP will require a minimum of 20 units per acre with a maximum of 25 units per acre in the Downtown Office (DO) zoning district.

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The DPP is made up of several different sites that are prime for redevelopment. Based on the nature of the location it is assumed that some sites will demolish the existing use, and some will redevelop with the current use on the site. The approach will be determined on a project-by-project basis. The DPP sites are made up of infill sites and therefore will most likely build out using 100 percent of each site acreage. The building footprint already includes setbacks, sidewalks, etc.

While the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) will analyze the DPP sites at densities up to 85 du/acre, the Housing Element analysis assumes the following:
● Downtown Office (DO) zoning district:20 - 25 du/ac
● Downtown Commercial (DC) zoning district: 20 - 30 du/ac As a part of the preparation of the DPP, the City interviewed several stakeholders to discuss the future of the downtown. Over a two-day working session, the panelists were asked to provide recommendations.

Stakeholders included government agencies and consultants, property owners, specifically, the owner of 25A Orinda Way, Vintage House, CVS, BevMo, Nation’s, et al, Phair’s Properties, and Theatre Square property owners. Other stakeholders included East Bay Municipal Utility District, Friends of Orinda Creeks, Historic Landmarks Committee, Leasing agents, Orinda Association, Orinda Chamber of Commerce, Orinda Vision, Orinda Watch, SaveOrinda, Teen Advisory Council, and What’s Up Downtown Orinda.

The DPP Objective Design Standards are established to implement the vision of the DPP. The development standards included in the plan are intended to be “objective” and clearly communicate the design intent of the DPP’s vision, which will streamline the development proposal review and entitlement process.

California State law defines objective standards as those that “involve no personal or subjective judgment by a public official and are uniformly verifiable by reference to an external and uniform benchmark or criterion available and knowable by both the development applicant and public official prior to submittal.” The DPP Objective Design Standards support the development of Downtown Orinda as an attractive, mixed-use, and walkable center for Orinda. The standards will govern the physical form, character, and uses of private development as well as public realm elements, such as civic spaces. The DPP Objective Design Standards focus on form and massing, roof design, walls, windows, materials, colors, and specific building type.

Table 5-4 provides the current use of the site and the details regarding redevelopment. To ensure the City is not over projecting development, a 60-percent realistic capacity was applied, bringing the total capacity of 746 units down to 447 units that could develop during the eight-year planning period. However, the total capacity could develop if the market demand is there. See Figure 5-3 for a map of the DPP sites.

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TABLE 5-4 DPP SITES TO MEET THE RHNA
New
Site # Location APN Zoning District
GP
Des. Acreage Current du/acre
Current
Capacity
Proposed
du/acre
Proposed
Max
Capacity
Proposed
Realistic
Capacity
Proposed
Height Existing Use Description Affordability
DPP-1 Avenida de Orinda 265-012-002 DC CB 0.34 10 3 30 10 6 45 Parking Lot behind Orinda Motors The Country Club Plaza Shopping Center area has five separate owners. It currently includes
active and nonactive uses including the vacant
Phair’s Building and parking lot, Village Court,
and Orinda Motors and parking lot. City staff
has met with four of the five property owners
(the owners of the shopping center, the
Phair’s building and the adjacent vacant lot,
Orinda Motors, and the office building at the
end of Avenida de Orinda). Since 2016 and as
recently as February 2022, staff has also met
with three different developer teams that
have proposed mixed use residential projects
for these parcels.

Lower
DPP-2 10 Avenida de Orinda 265-011-008 DC CB 0.32 10 3 30 10 6 45 Vacant/Phair's Building Lower DPP-3 20 Avenida de Orinda 265-011-007 DC CB 0.33 10 3 30 10 6 45 Parking Lot behind Phair's Building Lower DPP-4 23 Avenida de Orinda 265-012-007 DC CB 0.35 10 4 30 11 6 45 Village Court Lower DPP-5 63 Orinda Way 265-012-012 DC CB 0.11 10 1 30 3 2 45 Orinda Motors Lower DPP-6 79 Orinda Way 265-011-002 DC CB 1.05 10 11 30 32 19 45 Country Club Plaza Lower DPP-7 115 Orinda Way 265-011-001 DC CB 0.1 10 1 30 3 2 45 Orinda Village Antiques store. Lower DPP-8 61 Orinda Way 265-012-010 DC CB 0.28 10 10 30 8 5 55 Orinda Motors Lower Subtotal 2.6 78 47 Lower 47
DPP-9 Brookwood Road 273-021-002 DC CB 0.15 10 2 30 5 3 45 Portion of Parking Lot in Front of BevMo
BevMo block is owned by two family truststhe Parkers and the Breeds. Staff has meet with representatives for the Breed Trust
(Martha Breed and more recently, Vicki
Pedersen) on several occasions. Ms. Pedersen
has also attended some of the meetings
regarding the DPP. Ms. Pedersen has had
discussions with multiple potential developers
in the past few years, and remains in contact
with the property manager for the Parker
family trust; staff has also met with the Parker
family trust property manager.

Lower
DPP-10 6 Camino Pablo 273-021-005 DC CB 0.7 10 7 30 21 13 45 Bevmo, Maya, Nation's, Reem's Steaks Lower
DPP-11 50 Moraga Way 273-021-004 DC CB 0.24 10 2 30 7 4 45 CVS Lower DPP-12 64 Moraga Way 273-021-003 DC CB 0.57 10 6 30 17 10 45 Europa, Orinda Hardware, First Republic Bank, Loards Lower
DPP-13 80 Moraga Way 273-021-009 DC CB 0.34 10 3 30 10 6 45 Wells Fargo Lower Subtotal 2 60 36 Lower 36
DPP-14 9 Altarinda Road 260-192-004 DO 1.04 0 0 25 26 16 35 Masonic Lodge Staff met with Masonic leadership for this center in early 2021. We discussed the
housing element and RHNA, the DPP, and
gauged interest in potentially doing a housing
project on the site, including the idea of a
project that would keep the meeting hall
either in its current form or perhaps a new
facility in combination with housing.

Moderate
Subtotal 1.04 26 16 Moderate
DPP-15 Altarinda Road 260-192-005 DO DO 0.97 0 0 25 24 15 35 Professional Offices Pending additional meetings with property owners.

Moderate
DPP-16 11 Altarinda Road 260-192-003 DO DO 1.00 0 0 25 25 15 35 Orinda Care Center Moderate DPP-17 15 Altarinda Road 260-192-002 DO DO 1.00 0 0 25 25 15 35 Professional Offices Moderate DPP-18 19 Altarinda Road 260-192-012 DO DO 0.92 0 0 25 23 14 35 Orinda Academy Moderate DPP-19 23 Altarinda Road 260-192-013 DO DO 0.6 0 0 25 15 9 35 Professional Offices Moderate DPP-20 1 Bates Boulevard 268-013-004 DO DO 0.99 0 0 25 25 15 35 Professional Offices Moderate H.1.a
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New
Site # Location APN Zoning District
GP
Des. Acreage Current du/acre
Current
Capacity
Proposed
du/acre
Proposed
Max
Capacity
Proposed
Realistic
Capacity
Proposed
Height Existing Use Description Affordability
DPP-21 2 Bates Boulevard 268-011-001 DO DO 0.89 0 0 25 22 13 35 RWM Insurance Above Moderate
DPP-22 99 Brookwood Road 273-030-002 DO CB 0.26 0 0 25 7 4 45 Academy of Language & Music Arts, Atma Yoga, Orinda Florist Lower
DPP-23 8 Camino Encinas 273-041-010 DO DO 0.91 0 0 25 23 14 45 Professional Offices Lower DPP-24 112 Camino Pablo 262-290-006 DO DO 0.41 0 0 25 10 6 35 Casa Verana Professional Offices Above Moderate
DPP-25 89 Davis Road 268-141-020 DO DO 0.97 0 0 25 24 15 35 Professional Offices Above Moderate
DPP-26 96 Davis Road 268-151-014 DO DO 0.57 0 0 25 14 9 35 Professional Offices Above Moderate
DPP-27 89 Moraga Way 268-170-009 DO DO 0.23 0 0 25 6 3 35 Orinda Chiropractic Above Moderate
DPP-28 93 Moraga Way 268-170-008 DO DO 0.55 0 0 25 14 8 35 Professional Offices Above Moderate
DPP-29 5 Santa Maria Way 260-192-009 DO DO 0.36 0 0 25 9 5 35 Professional Offices Above Moderate
Subtotal 10.63

29 18 Lower

137 82 Moderate
100 60 Above Moderate
DPP-30 140 Brookwood Road 273-041-009 DC CB 1.09 10 10 30 33 20 45 John Muir Health, Union Bank Pending additional meetings with property owners. Lower
DPP-31 22 Bryant Way 268-142-009 DC CB 0.33 10 10 30 10 6 45 Mash Gas & Food Lower DPP-32 21 Moraga Way 268-141-004 DC CB 0.22 10 10 30 7 4 45 Bank of the West, Morrison Jewelers Lower
DPP-33 67 Moraga Way 268-163-007 DC CB 0.33 10 10 30 10 6 45 76 Gas Station Lower DPP-34 81 Moraga Way 268-170-011 DC CB 0.5 10 10 30 15 9 45 Mechanics Bank, Smiley Nail Spa Lower DPP-35 1 Orinda Way 265-170-034 DC CB 0.39 10 10 30 12 7 55 Lamorinda Martial Arts Studio, Orinda Hair Studio, Yu Bistro Lower
DPP-36 9 Orinda Way 265-170-035 DC CB 0.66 10 10 30 20 12 55 Shell Gas Station Lower DPP-37 17 Orinda Way 265-170-010 DC CB 0.35 10 10 30 11 6 45 Clean Cleaners Lower DPP-38 19 Orinda Way 265-170-009 DC CB 0.57 10 10 30 17 10 45 Parker Thatch, Village Pizza Lower DPP-39 21 Orinda Way 265-170-014 DC CB 0.68 10 10 30 20 12 45 Hilton House, Dipping Nails, Genuine Goodness, UPS Store Lower
DPP-40 27 Orinda Way 265-170-005 DC CB 1.85 10 10 30 56 33 55 Rite Aid Lower DPP-41 31 Orinda Way 265-170-022 DC CB 0.97 10 10 30 29 17 55 Bank of America Lower DPP-42 200 Orinda Way 265-170-033 DC CB 2.16 10 10 30 65 39 55 McCaulou's Shopping Center Lower DPP-43 Vashell Way 268-142-008 DC CB 0.15 10 10 30 5 3 45 Parking Lot adjacent to Casa Orinda Lower Subtotal 10.53 316 190 Lower 0
Source: City of Orinda, March 2022
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5.7.3 Opportunity Sites
The City has identified several opportunity sites that could add to the city’s housing capacity (refer to Table 5-5). The City looked at available church sites with underdeveloped land, school sites with excess land, and Government (Caltrans) sites. As a part of the Housing Element update the city considered which sites provided the most certainty for development. Table 5-5 shows all sites considered including sites that are not being assumed as a part of this analysis. The sites not included in the analysis are shaded in grey.

Of the full list of opportunity sites, the City identified four possible existing churches with large surface parking lots presenting as underdeveloped land. Development of these sites assumes using the excess parking lots and possible vacant portions of the lot. Development does not assume removing the current church use but rather integrating housing. The intent is to rezone only a portion of the church property and the approximate percentage of the site assumed is listed in Table 5-5.

Figure 5-4 provides a map of all of the opportunity sites that are being analyzed as a part of the Environmental Impact Report (EIR). Figure 5-4 also denotes which sites are being considered under the EIR, and which are assumed in this sites analysis. Figure 5-5 identifies the sites the City proposes to be rezoned to accommodate the lower income RHNA and provides a closer look at the portion of the site that will be rezoned. As shown on Figure 5-4, the City is planning to use the new RH-25 or RH-40 zoning districts to increase the allowable density on the vacant/underutilized portion of each site.

The City has spoken with St Stephen’s Church and St John’s Orthodox Church and all churches participated in a survey early on in the process (2021) asking whether or not they would be interested in permitting housing on a portion of the church property. The City has a history of redeveloping church property. The Vista Verde Senior project, pending approval, proposes utilizing available Orinda Community Churchowned property to create new affordable housing opportunities in Orinda.

The City also looked at the Miramonte High School site, which has a large undeveloped portion of the southern side of the Miramonte High School property owned by Acalanes Union High School District (AUHSD). The City had conversations with the school district regarding housing development but no decisions have been made.

Additionally, the City was awarded a $75,000 grant through the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) to work with government and nonprofit organizations to perform feasibility analysis for groups interested in developing housing on their property. A stakeholder meeting was held in September 2021 where a presentation regarding real estate development basics, affordable housing, and partnership options was given. To date, staff has been coordinating with four groups that have indicated a possible interest in housing:
● Orinda Union School District (OUSD)
● Acalanes Union High School District (AUHSD)
● St. Stephen’s Church
● St. John’s Church
These groups have met with staff and are still considering their options in regard to housing. These discussions have been very preliminary, with City staff explaining the RHNA process and EPS, the City’s economic consultant, explaining, in general terms, the economics of housing production.

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Lastly, the City has identified the Caltrans right-of-way adjacent to the Highway 24 Wilder Road off-ramp (Gateway, Site G-4). It was determined that this site would need infrastructure support but is a prime candidate for development beyond that constraint. In conversation with City staff, Caltrans has discussed the possibility of decertification of this site. The City has included Action 4.D to assist with the need for infrastructure in the way of grants and coordination with East Bay MUD and Action 1.B to assist in the decertification process and assist any interested developers with mitigation of the site and/or decertification requirements.

The opportunity sites identified to meet a portion of the City’s lower income RHNA will provide capacity for at least 227 units (50 percent of the identified shortfall). These sites will be rezoned to RH-25 or RH40 district. The land use designation would also be amended to the Residential- Multi-Family (Action 1.B).

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TABLE 5-5 OPPORTUNITY SITES TO MEET THE RHNA
Location APN Acreage Current GP Current
Zoning
Current
du/acre
Current
Capacity
Proposed
GP
Proposed
Zoning
Percentage
of Site
Assumed
Acreage
Proposed
du/acre
Proposed
Capacity
Current Use of
Site Affordability
Church Sites
C-1 St. Stephen's Church 260120032 5.48 RL RL-20 20,000 sqft 3 RH RH-25 25% 1.37 20 27 Church/Parking /Vacant Lower
C-2 Holy Shepherd Lutheran Church 270302006 3.22 RL RL-20 20,000 sqft 2 RH RH-25 33% 1.07 20 21 Church/Parking /Vacant Lower
C-3 St. Mark's Church 270290028 4.48 RL RL-20 20,000 sqft 5 RH RH-25 50% 2.24 20 45 Church/Parking /Vacant Lower
C-4 St. John Orthodox Church 270160007 4.94 RL RL-20 20,000 sqft 4 RH RH-25 33% 1.63 20 33 Church/Parking /Vacant Lower
Subtotal 18.12 6.31 126
School Sites
S-1 Miramonte High School Site 271120006 51.95 OS PS 0 0 RH RH-25 18% 9.35 20 187 School/Vacant Lower S-2 Sleepy Hollow Site - OUSD 266220036 2.41 RVL RL-40 40,000sqft 3 RH RH-25 100% 2.41 20 n/a Vacant Site not assumed as a part of this analysis
Subtotal 51.95 9.35 187
Government Sites
G-1 EBMUD - Bear Creek Rd 266220029 17.00 RVL RVL-E 43560 sqft 3 RH RH-25 15% 2.55 20 n/a Vacant Site not assumed as a part of this analysis
G-2 Caltrans BART - Eastern Lot n/a 5.78 n/a Nothing/PS 0 0 RH RH-75 75% 4.34 75 n/a Parking Site not assumed as a part of this analysis
G-3 Caltrans BART - Western Lot n/a 20.36 n/a Nothing/PS 0 0 RH RH-75 50% 10.18 75 n/a Parking Site not assumed as a part of this analysis
G-4 Caltrans - Gateway n/a 10.19 n/a n/a 0 0 RH RH-40 100% 10.19 40 245 Vacant Lower Subtotal 10.19 10.19 245
Source: City of Orinda, March 2022
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FIGURE 5-5 OPPORTUNITY SITES
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5.7.4 Bay Area Rapid Transit Sites
The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) sites (Sites G-2, and G-3) are not assumed in the City’s site inventory capacity at this time. While these sites are prime for housing, and are being analyzed under the EIR, there are some identified constraints that would makes these sites harder to develop. Should some of the identified constraints be mitigated, the city could consider including both the eastern and western BART parking lots as sites to meet the RHNA. The current identified constraints to development are summarized in the following bullets.
● Timing- As noted in a letter from BART on March 7, 2022, the BART Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Work Plan identifies the Orinda station in the mid-term phasing plan with an estimated timeframe of 2025-2030. While this would be within the Housing Element planning period, the challenges with ownership and other constraints may not likely result in housing development during the 6th Cycle.
● Ownership -The BART parking lots are owned by Caltrans and subject to BART easement. ● Density/Height-BART’s Technical Guide to AB 2923 identifies the Orinda station as a Neighborhood/Town Center station. Neighborhood/Town Center stations have a baseline zoning of 75 du/ac with an allowable building height of 5 stories or more. While AB 2923 does not apply to Orinda because BART does not own the station, BART may be unlikely to accept a density or building height below the baseline zoning.
● Planning for Two Parking Lots-If a housing project was proposed in the parking lots, it is assumed that BART would request that both parking lots are considered together as one. ● Parking-Development would likely result in a loss of parking spaces. BART is currently prioritizing sites where replacement parking is minimized. Orinda’s station is auto dependent, meaning there would be an expectation of a higher amount of replacement parking and presents a challenge for a project to be financially feasible.
● Development Standards-Other than the existing zoning regulations, the City does not have any development standards specifically for the BART parking lots. The City would be in a better position to develop a specific plan or objective design standards prior to moving forward with residential development.

5.7.5 Development of Nonvacant Sites
The City has a track record of developing affordable and market-rate housing on non-vacant sites, including church property, school district-owned sites, and other parcels that have underdeveloped and or underutilized land, including the former City’s library.

Vista Verde Senior Housing
Vista Verde Senior project, proposed for approval in 2022, includes 52 affordable units on 1.4-acres of the

4.86-acre site. The project would be developed next to its sister community, the existing 150-unit Orinda Senior Village. Vista Verde has a multi-year partnership between Orinda Community Church and the Orinda Senior Housing Foundation, which share the critical mission of using available church-owned property to create new affordable housing opportunities in Orinda. The project site would be on its own lot created via subdivision. That lot would be rezoned from Public, Semi-Public and Utility (PS), to Residential Medium Density (RM) with the Senior Housing Overlay (SH-Overlay). The SH-Overlay allows for densities up to 38 units per acre.

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Monteverde Senior Apartments
Eden Housing, LLC constructed the Monteverde Senior Apartments in December 2014. The project included 67 units affordable to extremely low- and very low- income senior households. This project was developed on what was the former Orinda Library. The site required rezoning from PS to RM with the SHOverlay to allow densities up to 38 units per acre.

Orinda Grove
The former Orinda Union School District’s (OUSD) Pine Grove School property was declared surplus in December 2003. The City adopted the Pine Grove Neighborhood Design Policies and Guidelines to facilitate medium-density residential development on the property in 2004. In 2008, the City approved a 73-unit residential project on the site, including 65 market-rate units and 8 moderate-income units. The project included relocation of the City-owned ball fields to the area near the northwesterly corner of the project site, and construction of an OUSD office building to replace the OUSD offices on the site. The 11.1- acre site was rezoned PD (Planned Development) as part of the approval process.

5.7.6 Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) Potential
California Government Code Section 65583.1(a) states that a town, city, or county may identify sites for accessory dwelling units (ADUs) based on the number of ADUs developed in the prior housing element planning period, whether the units are permitted by right, the need for ADUs in the community, the resources or incentives available for their development, and any other relevant factors. Based on recent changes in state law reducing the time to review and approve ADU applications, requiring ADUs that meet requirements to be allowed by right, eliminating discretionary review for most ADUs, and removing other restrictions on ADUs, it is anticipated that the production of ADUs will increase in the 6th-cycle housing element planning period.

The City issued building permits for 4 ADUs in 2018, 7 in 2019, 9 in 2020, and 21 in 2021, showing a growth pattern over the last 4 years. This analysis assumes that the number of ADU applications and permits will average 10 ADUs per year, for a total of 80 ADUs during the planning period. To promote ADUs, the City has included Action 1.D to comply with State law and make construction of ADUs feasible for more property owners.

To determine assumptions on ADU affordability in the ABAG region, ABAG conducted a regional analysis of existing ADU rents and prepared a draft report in September 2021. The analysis resulted in affordability assumptions that allocate 30 percent of ADUs to very low income, 30 percent to low-income households, 30 percent to moderate-income households, and 10 percent to above-moderate-income households.

Affordability of ADUs projected to be built in the city during the planning period were based on the ABAG analysis. Of the 80 ADUs projected to be built, it is estimated that 24 will be for very low-income households, 24 will be for low-income households, 24 for moderate-income households, and 8 for abovemoderate-income households.

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5.7.7 Meeting the RHNA
To ensure that the City has sufficient capacity to accommodate the RHNA throughout the planning period, HCD recommends in their Housing Element Site Inventory Guidebook (Government Code Section 65583.2) that the City create a buffer in the sites inventory of at least 15 to 30 percent more capacity than required, especially for capacity to accommodate the lower income RHNA. The city has taken this approach and assumed a 25 percent buffer for the lower income category, increasing the lower income RHNA by 147 units for a total of 734 lower income units.

Table 5-6 and 5-7 compares the City of Orinda’s RHNA, including the 25 percent buffer, to its site inventory capacity. Accounting for the current site capacity and the proposed rezone capacity, the city will have a surplus of 248 for lower income (including extremely low-, very low-, and low-) household, 38 units available to moderate- income households, and 15 units available to above moderate-income households, for a total surplus of 301 units.

The City is relying on Actions 1.A and 1.B to ensure there are adequate sites to accommodate the RHNA for all income categories.

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TABLE 5-6A SUMMARY OF RESIDENTIAL CAPACITY COMPARED TO THE 6TH CYCLE RHNA BY INCOME CATEGORY Income Category RHNA
25%
RHNA
Buffer
RHNA
with
Buffer
Current Site
Capacity
(Table 5-3)
Approved/
Pending
Projects
(Table 5-2)
Projected
ADUs
Total
Capacity
Identified
Shortfall
Very Low 372
147 734 48 38 48 134 (453)
Low 215
Moderate 215 -- 215 118 13 24 155 (60)
Above Moderate 557 -- 557 465 39 8 512 (45)
Total 1,359 147 1,506 631 90 80 801 (558)
Source: ABAG 2021, City of Orinda, March 2022
TABLE 5-6B SUMMARY OF RESIDENTIAL CAPACITY COMPARED TO THE 6TH CYCLE RHNA BY INCOME CATEGORY (CONT.) Income Category RHNA
25%
RHNA
Buffer
RHNA
with
Buffer
Identified
Shortfall
DPP Rezone
Capacity
(Table 5-4)
Opportunity
Rezone
Capacity
(Table 5-5)
Total
Capacity
w/Rezone
Surplus with
25% Buffer
Very Low 372
147 734 (453)* 290 558 982 248
Low 215
Moderate 215 215 (60) 98 -- 253 38
Above Moderate 557 557 (45) 60 -- 572 15
Total 1,359 1,506 (558) 447 558 1,806 301
Source: ABAG 2021, City of Orinda, March 2022
*50 percent of the shortfall, or 227 units will be met on sites that allow for exclusively residential development (Action 1.B).

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6. HOUSING CONSTRAINTS

6.1 Introduction
State law requires that the Housing Element include an evaluation of potential constraints to housing production and conservation. Constraints are broadly characterized as being “governmental” and “nongovernmental.” Governmental constraints include land use controls, building codes, site improvement requirements, developer fees, and policies or procedures that make it difficult or expensive to build housing in the city. Non-governmental constraints are associated with factors such as the cost of land, the adequacy of infrastructure, the availability of credit and financing, and community views on development.

6.2 Governmental Constraints

6.2.1 Orinda General Plan
Orinda’s General Plan was adopted in 1987, two years after the City’s incorporation. The intent of the General Plan is to express the City’s values and goals for future development. The plan consists of two volumes, including Plan Policies (Volume 1) and a Technical Supplement and Environmental Impact Report (EIR) (Volume 2). Volume 1 is organized in four sections. The Land Use and Circulation section includes policies for the city as a whole, as well as specific policy direction for Downtown Orinda and Gateway Valley (also known as Wilder). It also addresses open space, parks, schools, utilities, and transportation.

The Housing section corresponds to the Housing Element of the General Plan. The Environmental Resources Management section meets the state mandate for conservation, safety, and noise elements.

The Growth Management section meets the Contra Costa County mandate established by voter-approved Measures C and J.

The General Plan has been amended several times since 1987, primarily in response to development approvals and land use policy changes. Given the city’s built-out character, most of the goals and policies in the existing General Plan continue to remain current and valid. The overall goals of the General Plan are to preserve the high quality of Orinda’s residential neighborhoods, enhance the “village” character of the downtown, and preserve the open spaces and natural resources in and around the city. The plan balances housing needs with infrastructure capacity and environmental planning considerations. The General Plan does not envision major changes in the character of Orinda, nor does it anticipate any significant growth in the city’s employment base.

The plan includes a Land Use Map that identifies the types of uses and densities/intensities of use permitted within the Orinda planning area. The map includes three residential categories, two downtown categories, a public/semi-public category, a parks/recreation category, an open space category, and a utilities category. A separate category has been created for the Gateway Valley Specific Plan area.

The three residential categories allow:
 Residential – Very Low-Density, Single Family (5-10 acres per unit)  Residential – Low-Density, Single-Family (1-2 units per acre)  Residential – Multi-Family (6–10 units per acre)
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The multifamily category allows densities greater than 10 units per acre for senior housing, provided the impacts are comparable to non-age-restricted units developed at 10 units per acre. In addition, and where necessary to accommodate the RHNA, the city may also permit housing at densities exceeding 10 units per acre for non-age restricted housing.

6.2.2 Zoning Districts
The primary tool for implementing the General Plan is the City’s Zoning Ordinance (Title 17 of the Orinda Municipal Code). The ordinance considers the categories and designations on the General Plan Land Use Map, as well as General Plan policies to conserve neighborhood character, manage traffic and service impacts, and protect environmental quality. There are nine residential (RV- and RL-) zones, as listed below. A summary of the zoning and development standards for RL-40, RL-15, RL-10, and RM is presented in Table 6-1 and are available on the City’s website.

Single Family Zones:

Residential Very Low Density – Estates (RVL-E): minimum net lot size of 10 acres Residential Very Low Density (RVL): minimum net lot size of 5 acres Residential Low Density (RL)
RL-40: minimum net lot size of 40,000 square feet
RL-20: minimum net lot size of 20,000 square feet
RL-15: minimum net lot size of 15,000 square feet
RL-12: minimum net lot size of 12,000 square feet
RL-10: minimum net lot size of 10,000 square feet
RL-6: minimum net lot size of 6,000 square feet
It should be notes that although the above listed zones are single family zones, additional units are allowed per state law (e.g., ADU, JADU law, and SB9).

Multifamily Zones:

Residential Medium Density (RM): no greater than 10 units per acre consistent with General Plan range of 6-10 units/acre and with higher density as needed to meet the RHNA.

High-Density Overlay (HD-Overlay): maximum of 20 units per acre Senior Housing Overlay District (SH-Overlay): maximum of 38 units per acre The City is planning to create 2 new zoning districts as a part of this Housing Element update (Action 1.C).

RH-25: Will required a minimum density of 20 units per acre with a maximum of 25 units per acre.

RH-40: Will required a minimum density of 20 units per acre with a maximum of 40 units per acre.

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6.2.3 Residential Development Standards
The Zoning Ordinance includes residential districts that roughly parallel General Plan categories, although there are a larger number of zoning districts. Table 6-1 summarizes the development standard for each zone.

The standards in Orinda are comparable to those in nearby communities. Density limits in Orinda’s very low-, low-, and medium-density residential districts are comparable to those in neighboring cities. The setback standards and height limits are not excessive and do not constrain residential development.

TABLE 6-1 RESIDENTIAL ZONING STANDARDS
Zoning District: RVL-E RVL RL-40 RL-20 RL-15 RL-12 RL-10 RL-6 RM HD Overlay3
SHOverlay3 DC
Allowable Density 5 -10 5-10 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 10 20 38 10 Prescribed Lot
Area (square feet,
or as noted)
10 acres 5 acres 40,000 20,000 15,000 12,000 10,000 6,000 20,000 10,000 Minimum Front Lot
Width (feet) 350 250 140 120 100 100 80 60 120 120 80
Minimum Front Lot
Depth (feet) 400 200 140 120 100 100 90 90 120 120 80
Minimum Yard
Setbacks (feet)
Front Yard 1 25 25 25 25 20 20 20 20 15 20 10
Side Yard 50 50 15 15 10 10 10 5 10 10 10
Total (Combined)
Side Yard 2 100 100 40 35 25 25 20 15 20 20
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Zoning District: RVL-E RVL RL-40 RL-20 RL-15 RL-12 RL-10 RL-6 RM HD Overlay3
SHOverlay3 DC
Rear Yard 25 25 15 15 10 10 10 5 10 10 10
Side and Rear
Yard with Street
Frontage1
25 25 25 25 20 20 20 20 15 15
Maximum Building
Height (feet) 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 35
Maximum Building
Height (stories) 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 Maximum
Aggregate Building
Height (feet)
35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 None
Source: City of Orinda, 2021
1 The Front, Side, and Rear Yard Setback may, at the applicant's discretion, be measured from the edge of the existing paved roadway rather than from the property line (i.e., the right-of-way boundary), provided the resulting setback measures no less than 15 feet from the property line with street frontage.
2 The Total (Combined) Side Yard Setback is the combination of both Side Yard Setbacks. The Total (Combined) Side Yard Setback requirement shall not apply to those portions of the property more than 50 feet from the front property line. 3 For the Senior Housing (SH) -Overlay, the Zoning Code states “the maximum building height shall be as required by the closest adjoining residential or downtown district base regulations or as established by the Planning Commission by conditions imposed at the time of review for approvals”.

Since most, if not all, of the opportunity sites are adjoining a residential zoning district, the maximum height would be 27’ with a maximum of 2.5 stories in the SH-Overlay. For the High-Density (HD)-Overlay, the maximum building height and maximum number of stories is set by the underlying RM district, with has a 27’ maximum building height and a maximum of 2.5 stories. Action 1.C has been included to remove the Planning Commission approval for the allowed height in the SH-Overlay.

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Multifamily Residential Standards
The City created a Senior Housing Overlay District to incentivize the production of multifamily housing for seniors. Senior housing may be built by right, only requiring design review, up to a density of 38 units per acre. Building heights in such instances are based on the closest adjoining residential or downtown district or may be established by the Planning Commission during the development review process. Building plane lines have been established to reduce the possibility that very large structures will cast shadows or have significant visual impacts on adjacent lower-density parcels.

In addition, the City established the High-Density Overlay District (Section 17.4.34 of the Municipal Code) to facilitate multifamily housing by right at a density of up to 20 units per acre (minimum density is 6 units per acre).

Section 17.4.32 of the Orinda Municipal Code includes the City’s base zoning Residential Medium Density (RM) standards for multifamily development, and additionally flexibility is available when an overlay is applied. Multifamily development is allowed in the RM zone without a use permit. When the Senior Housing Overlay District or High-Density Overlay District applies, projects are permitted by right.

Section 17.4.31 of the Municipal Code includes incentives for affordable housing, namely the statemandated density bonus. The code adopts state density bonus requirements (Government Code Section 65915) by reference and the City applies application requirements, approval requirements, and housing incentive agreement requirements, consistent with state law. A density bonus provides up to 35 percent additional density on a property for projects that include affordable units as well as market-rate units. The density bonus may be used in tandem with the Senior Housing Overlay District or the High-Density Overlay District. This provision was used in the construction of the Monteverde Senior Apartments development by Eden Housing, with 67 units on 1.45 acres (approximately 48 units per acre) completed in December 2014.

New multifamily development in the city may also occur through the Planned Development (PD) process.

The PD process allows development standards to be established on a site-specific basis in response to the unique characteristics of the site under consideration, within the allowable density range established by the General Plan. The residential density in a residential PD plan may not go over the permitted General Plan density for the total area of the designated parcels for the PD application. PD districts may be less than the required minimum sizes (1 acre) if the City Council finds a unique character to the specific site.

Downtown Standards
Section 17.8.1(k) of the Municipal Code establishes that one of the purposes of the Downtown Zoning District is to “provide for multifamily housing, including affordable housing, in downtown areas, consistent with the housing element of the general plan.” The Downtown Zone includes two sub-districts: a Downtown Commercial (DC) zoning district and a Downtown Office (DO) zoning district. The Downtown Commercial district explicitly allows multifamily dwellings with a general use permit with a maximum density of 10 units per acre in addition to being part of a mixed-use development. Currently, the Downtown Office district does not allow residential uses and is intended primarily for freestanding office buildings. However, with adoption of the DPP residential densities will increase in the Downtown Commercial zoning district and will allow for multi-family residential developments in the Downtown Office zoning district.

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Development in the Downtown Commercial district is currently subject to a 50-percent minimum lot coverage standard and a maximum 35-foot height. Setbacks of 10 feet apply on the front, side, and rear lot lines, and a minimum of 20 percent of the site must be landscaped. The standards do not establish a maximum floor-area ratio (FAR).

Despite the allowance for mixed use, no projects have actually been built. One possible reason is that many parcels in the Downtown area are relatively small, meaning any given parcel can only support a few second-story units if limited to the 10 units per acre standard. The relatively low maximum density of 10 units per acre may also be a barrier to mixed use development.

Parking Standards
The City’s Municipal Code establishes residential parking standards, as summarized in Table 6-2. Parking requirements are comparable to those in nearby cities and do not represent a development constraint.

Action 4.A specifically commits to reviewing parking standards for emergency shelters.

TABLE 6-2 PARKING STANDARDS
Housing Type Parking Space Requirement
Congregate Care 0.5 per sleeping room, or as specified by use permit Day Care, Limited 1 per 6 children; maximum enrollment based on maximum occupancy load
Group Residential 1 per sleeping room plus 1 per 100 sq. ft. used for assembly purposes or for common sleeping areas
Multifamily Residential:

Studio 1 covered/unit
One Bedroom 1.5 covered/unit
2+ Bedrooms 2 covered/unit
Guest Parking 0.25/unit
Single-family Dwelling and Manufactured
Home on Individual Lot* 4: 2 enclosed/2 unenclosed
Accessory Dwelling Unit See Section 17.3.4
Residential Care 1 per 3 licensed beds
Multifamily Senior Housing Facility:

Senior occupied unit 0.5 covered per unit
On-site manager's unit 1 covered per unit
Guest 1 space per 10 units
Source: City of Orinda, 2021
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Typical Densities for Development
The City of Orinda is a small, suburban community bisected by State Route 24 and with physical constraints to outward expansion, such as open space to the north and boundaries of neighboring cities to the south, east, and west. Typical single-family lots in the RVL zones range from 5 to 10 acres (approximately 217,800 to 435,600 square feet) and in the RL zones lots range from 6,000 to 40,000 square feet. Typical singlefamily densities are 1 to 2 homes per acre but there may be an increase with the additional of ADUs, JADUs, and SB9 units. Multifamily densities are typically between 10 and 20 units per acre depending on the land use designation. In the previous planning period, no sites identified to accommodate the lowerincome Regional Housing Needs Assessment allocation (RHNA) in the inventory were developed below the minimum allowable density of the zone in which the site is located.

Cumulative Impacts of Development Standards
State law requires the City to consider the impacts of development standards on the cost of housing, and further to consider the cumulative impacts of development standards on the cost and supply of housing.

In the past, the primary development standard affecting housing cost was, the lot size standard, since this standard effectively establishes a 6,000-square-foot minimum for single-family neighborhoods. The passage of SB 9 has lessened this constraint by allowing lot splits and duplexes by right. Similarly, the primary standard affecting housing cost for multifamily units is the density limit of 10 units per acre. The primary development standard affecting housing cost. However, all but one of the City’s sites zoned for RM also has an overlay, allowing for increased densities of up to 38 units per acre. Building multifamily units at this density (4,356 square feet of lot area per unit) allows the dedication of large areas as common open space and hence preserves the city’s semi-rural character. This is mitigated to some extent as a potential constraint on the development of housing by allowances for high-density senior housing in the RM district and multifamily housing in the High-Density Overlay District and by provisions for Planned Developments, which allow the transfer of density from one part of a site to another. Additionally, Action

1.C has been included to create two new zoning districts (RH-25 and RH-40) which will allow for increased densities.

Beyond lot size, the setback and height limits for single-family and multifamily units result in an ample building envelope allowance and are not a constraint. Since lot sizes are relatively large, off-street parking standards also can be easily met on most properties. As noted previously, the FAR limit for single-family lots is regarded as an opportunity, rather than a constraint, since it reduces the incidence of teardowns and helps preserve smaller homes. On vacant lots, the FAR limit is not a constraintsince it can be exceeded through the Design Review process.

Density Bonus
The Orinda Municipal Code currently provides a density bonus of up to 35 percent over the otherwise maximum allowable residential density under the municipal code and the Land Use Element of the General Plan (or bonuses of equivalent financial value) when builders set aside 20 percent or more of their units as affordable, as defined by state law. The City is currently in compliance with all Density Bonus requirements.

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6.2.4 Zoning for a Variety of Housing Types
Housing Element law specifies that jurisdictions must identify adequate sites to be made available through appropriate zoning and development standards to encourage the development of various types of housing for all economic segments of the population. This includes single-family housing, multifamily housing, manufactured housing, mobile homes, emergency shelters, and transitional housing, among others. Table 6-3 summarizes the permitted housing types by zone.

TABLE 6-3 HOUSING TYPES PERMITTED BY ZONING DISTRICT
Residential Use RVL RL RM HD-O SH-O DC
Single-Family Residential P P
Accessory Dwelling Unit P P P
Large family day care L L ---
Small family day care P P ---
Multifamily Residential1 L1 P P2
Manufactured/Mobile Home P P P
Residential Care, Limited (8 or fewer persons) P P P
Single Room Occupancy Units3 UP
Congregate Care UP
Transitional and Supportive Housing P P P
Multifamily Senior Housing Facilities P
Emergency Shelter Permitted by-right in the PS zone
P=Permitted; UP= Use Permit Required; L Permitted, but limited by additional regulations Source: City of Orinda, 2021
1 Multifamily in the RM is classified as L: Permitted but limited by additional regulations. These regulations are consistent with typical multifamily development standards and do not require anything beyond what is required as a part of the design review. 2 Multifamily dwellings are allowed with a general use permit under Chapter 17.31, provided they are built at a density that does not exceed 10 units per acre and are part of a mixed use development. 3 The City has included Action 4.A to permit SROs with a Use Permit in the Downtown Commercial (DC).

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Emergency Shelters
The California Health and Safety Code (Section 50801) defines an emergency shelter as “housing with minimal supportive services for homeless persons that is limited to occupancy of six months or less by a homeless person. No individual or households may be denied emergency shelter because of an inability to pay.”
Government Code Sections 65582 and 65583(a)(5)) requires jurisdictions to allow emergency shelters and supportive and transitional housing without a conditional use permit. Within identified zones, only objective development and management standards may be applied, given that they are designed to encourage and facilitate the development of or conversion to an emergency shelter.

The City permits emergency shelters by right without discretionary review in the Public, Semi-Public, and Utility District. To address the need for an emergency shelter, the City identified three suitable sites, ranging in size (1.4, 2.7, 5.3, and 17.9 acres), that can accommodate at least one year-round emergency shelter in the Public, Semi-Public and Utility (PS) zoning district. The three sites are also close to services and transit. These sites have readily available utilities and other infrastructure to support construction of a new emergency shelter.

The City also adopted objective managerial standards to encourage and facilitate the development of an emergency shelter. Development standards for emergency shelters in Orinda include:
● Occupancy is limited to seven clients per night
● Sites must be located:
 Within one-half mile of the Orinda BART station
 More than 200 feet from the edge of pavement of State Route 24  More than 300 feet from a general day care use
● One parking space must be provided for every three beds, plus one space per on-site management staff person
● The interior of the client waiting and intake area must have a minimum of 50 square feet per bed at the emergency shelter
● A manager must be on-site at all times while clients are present ● Night and security lighting shall be provided and security measures necessary to ensure safe and convenient access and use of the emergency shelter
 All outdoor lighting should be shielded to prevent glare  Outdoor light fixtures that are more than three feet above the ground must be shielded to prevent direct illumination off-site
 The maximum illumination at ground level shall not exceed the minimum required under the State Building Code.

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The City will review parking standards for emergency shelters and will amend the Zoning Ordinance to ensure that standards are sufficient to accommodate all staff, provided they do not require more parking for emergency shelters than other residential or commercial uses within the PS zone (Action 4.A).

Low-Barrier Navigation Centers
Government Code Section 65662 requires that the development of Low-Barrier Navigation Centers be developed as a use by right in zones where mixed-uses are allowed or in non-residential zones that permit multifamily housing. For a navigation center to be considered “low barrier,” its operation should incorporate best practices to reduce barriers to entry, which may include, but is not limited to, the following:
● Permitting the presence of partners if it is not a population-specific site, such as for survivors of domestic violence or sexual assault, women, or youth
● Pets
● Ability to store possessions
● Providing privacy, such as private rooms or partitions around beds in a dormitory setting or in larger rooms with multiple beds
Action 4.A has been included to comply with State law.

Supportive/Transitional Housing
Supportive housing is defined by Section 50675.14 of the Health and Safety Code as housing with linked on- or off-site services with no limit on the length of stay and which is occupied by a target population, as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 53260 (i.e., low-income person with mental disabilities, AIDS, substance abuse, or chronic health conditions, or persons whose disabilities originated before the age of 18). Services linked to supportive housing usually focuses on retaining housing, living and working in the community, and/or health improvement.

Transitional housing is defined in Section 50675.2 of the Health and Safety Code as rental housing for stays of at least six months but where the units are recirculated to another program recipient after a set period.

It may be designated for a homeless individual or family transitioning to permanent housing. This housing can take many structural forms such as group housing and multifamily units and may include supportive services to allow individuals to gain necessary life skills in support of independent living.

Pursuant to Government Code Section 65583, transitional and supportive housing types are required to be treated as residential uses and subject only to those restrictions that apply to other residential uses of the same type in the same zone. The City’s Zoning Ordinance allows supportive and transitional housing where other residential dwellings of the same type are allowed in the same zone, such as single-family and multifamily uses. To further address state law, the City has included Action 4.A to allow supportive housing without discretionary review in all zones that allow multifamily housing or mixed-use development, including nonresidential zones, per Government Code Sections 65583 and 65650.

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Extremely Low-Income Housing
Extremely low-income households typically comprise persons with special housing needs, including, but not limited to, persons experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness, persons with substance abuse problems, and farmworkers. Government Code Section 65583 requires the quantification and analysis of existing and projected housing needs of extremely low-income households. Housing Elements must also identify zoning to encourage and facilitate supportive housing and single-room occupancy units.

To encourage and facilitate the development of housing affordable to extremely low-income households and in accordance with Government Code Section 65583, the City will define single-room occupancy units and identify zones where they are permitted (Action 4.A).

Constraints on Persons with Disabilities
The City of Orinda incorporates the Federal Fair Housing Act and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act of 1964 as a part of its building requirements. These two statutes address the fair housing practices adhered to by the City, which include practices against housing discrimination toward persons with disabilities. In compliance with Government Code Section 65583, the City permits supportive housing for disabled residents in any residential zone that permits residential uses of a similar type in the same zone. To ensure there are no constraints to persons with disabilities, Action 4.A has been incorporated into the Housing Element to mitigate any possible constraints. ● Reasonable accommodations – The City’s Zoning Ordinance includes administrative procedures for reviewing and approving requests for modifications to land use and zoning requirements or procedures regulating the siting, funding, development, and use of housing for people with disabilities to ensure reasonable accommodations (Chapter 17.46). A reasonable accommodation limited term permit may be approved by the director only after the director first finds:
 The housing, the subject of the request for reasonable accommodation, is to be used by an individual under the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988.  The request for accommodation is necessary to make specific housing available to an individual protected under the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988.  The requested accommodation would not impose an undue financial or administrative burden to the City of Orinda.
 The requested accommodation would not require a fundamental alteration in the nature of the housing, land use, and zoning action of the City of Orinda.  The establishment, maintenance, or operation of the temporary activity would not be detrimental to the public health, safety, or welfare of persons residing or working in the neighborhood of the proposed activity.

Action 5.D has been included for the City to review the current reasonable accommodation procedure and ensure the required findings are not potential barriers to housing for persons with disabilities.
● Separation requirements – The City’s Zoning Ordinance does not impose any separation requirements between supportive housing or residential care facilities.

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● Site planning requirements – Currently, the City’s Zoning Ordinance requires special regulations for residential care facilities for the elderly and limits the maximum number of persons who may reside in the facility by lot size, including employees. The City has included Action 4.A to amend the language of Chapter 3.28.210 to remove site planning requirements for residential care facilities for the elderly for eight or fewer persons to ensure the standards are no different than for other residential uses in the same zone and to permit residential care facilities with seven or more persons without a use permit in all residential zones. ● Definition of “family” – The City defines family as “one or more persons occupying a dwelling unit and living as a single housekeeping unit.”
Residential Care Facilities
Health and Safety Code Sections 1267.8 and 1566.3 require local governments to treat licensed group homes and residential care facilities with six or fewer residents no differently than other by-right singlefamily housing uses. “Six or fewer persons” does not include the operator, the operator’s family, or persons employed as staff. Local agencies must allow these licensed residential care facilities in any area zoned for residential use and may not require licensed residential care facilities for six or fewer persons to obtain conditional use permits or variances that are not required of other family dwellings. “Residential Care, Limited” or “Limited residential care” means 24-hour nonmedical care for eight or fewer persons in need of personal services, supervision, protection, or assistance essential for sustaining the activities of daily living, which are licensed by the State of California (Health and Safety Code Sections 1568.0831, 1569.85, and 11834.23). No use permit or other special permitting requirements apply in such instances. Design Review has not been used to deny or substantially modify a housing project for persons with physical or developmental disabilities to the point where it is no longer feasible. The City does not impose special occupancy permit requirements or business licenses for group homes or for retrofitting structures for group home use.
“Congregate care residential” means a facility that provides 24-hour nonmedical care of persons in need of personal services, supervision, or assistance essential for sustaining the activities of daily living or for the protection of the individual. The facility contains small individual dwelling units of usually only one or two rooms with a small kitchen allowing for independent living but also provides common dining, housekeeping, recreational, and social facilities (Health and Safety Code Sections 1502(a)(1); 1597.43).

Small kitchens that comply with state and local standards must be included in each individual dwelling unit for this definition to apply.

The City’s Zoning Ordinance has both congregate care and residential care facilities for the elderly.

Residential care facilities for the elderly with eight or fewer persons are permitted in all residential zones and facilities with seven or more are permitted with approval of a use permit in all residential zones.

Similarly, congregate care facilities are only permitted in the RM residential zone with a use permit.

Consistent with state law, the City also allows residential care homes for persons with disabilities (eight or fewer residents). There are no additional zoning, building code, or permitting procedures other than those allowed by state law. The City also allows and encourages the retrofitting of homes to facilitate aging in place, including the installation of such features as grab bars and lower countertops. The Monteverde Senior Apartments have universal design standards. The buildings three wings contain 66 H.1.a
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one-bedroom apartments, where 5 percent of the apartments comply fully with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standards and about 2 percent comply with ADA standards for residents with visual and hearing impairments.

To comply with current State law, the City has included Action 4.A to permit congregate care facilities with seven or more persons without a use permit in all residential zones.

Employee Housing
The City does not have any land designated for agricultural uses and is in compliance with Health and Safety Code Sections 17021.5 and 17021.6. However, to comply with the State Employee Housing Act (Health and Safety Code Sections 17021.5 and 17021.6) the City will amend the zoning code to regard employee housing serving six or fewer employees as a single-family dwelling for purposes of applying land use and zoning regulations. Additionally, this amendment will allow employee housing of no more than 12 units or 36 beds as an agricultural use and permitted in the same manner as other agricultural uses in the same zone (Action 4.A).

6.2.5 Local Processing and Permit Procedures
The permitting process for the construction of new residential units in Orinda is comparable to that of most cities in the area. New homes are subject to Design Review by the Planning Commission (only if it does not meet the SB 9 criteria). Prior to the formal submittal of a Design Review application, applicants can elect to go through a Conceptual Development Review process and obtain preliminary written comments from staff regarding their project. This informal process takes two to three weeks and costs $435. As part of the Conceptual Development Review process, applicants can elect for an optional Planning Commission study session add-on to obtain preliminary feedback from the Planning Commission for an additional cost of $485.When a development application for a new residential unit is formally submitted, the Planning Department reviews the application for completeness. Once an application is deemed complete, the project is scheduled for the next Planning Commission public hearing. The Planning Commission meets twice a month. On average, projects are considered by the Planning Commission within three months of submittal. The City Council only reviews residential projects on appeal.

Upon Planning Commission approval of a design review application and expiration of the subsequent 10- day appeal period, construction documents may be submitted for a building permit. The plan check/issuance of a building permit typically takes four to six weeks to complete.

All development applications are processed in accordance with the time frames mandated by the State’s Permit Streamlining Act. In an effort to further streamline development review procedures, the City amended its development review process, including requiring Design Review for fewer residential projects, eliminating the City’s Design Review Board (the Planning Commission assumed the function of this body), and creating a Zoning Administrator position to allow the hearing and approval of minor projects.

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Findings for Single-Family and Multifamily Development
Single-family housing is permitted by right in all residential zones, and no use permits are required. Design review is required for new homes Commission (only if it does not meet the SB 9 criteria), and the procedure and required findings are noted under the Design Review heading.

Multifamily senior housing is allowed by right in areas covered by the Senior Housing Overlay. Multifamily housing is allowed by right in areas covered by the High-Density Overlay. Outside such areas, multifamily housing requires a use permit in the RM zone and in the DC zone. The following findings must be made by the Planning Commission to issue the use permit:
● The use is consistent with the Orinda General Plan, any applicable specific plan, and the purposes of the zoning district in which it is located.
● The use is of benefit to Orinda residents.
● The use will be properly related to other adjacent land uses and to transportation and service facilities in the vicinity.
● Under all the circumstances and conditions of the particular case, the use will not have a material adverse effect on the health or safety of persons residing or working in the vicinity. ● The use will not contribute to a substantial increase in the amount of noise or traffic in the surrounding area.

Design review also is required for new multifamily housing, with special findings included for senior housing.

Design Guidelines
The City, through its design review, does not dictate style of homes and will approve a wide variety of designs as determined by the desires of the applicant. The City does not restrict the size of homes, particularly on exposed sites and in relationship to adjoining neighbors as larger homes, particularly on second stories, may adversely impact privacy. Design features, such as stepped-back second stories and breaking up the mass and scale of the design of articulation, may be required in the design review process.

Bright colors and lack of vegetation also may create a project that looms large on its lot. Choosing more earth tone colors and planting trees can go a long way to allowing the project to blend into its neighborhood setting. Projects submitted for Conceptual Review will receive comments from staff with guided concerns over any of these issues. It is strongly recommended that the applicant and any assisting professional agents incorporate the comments into the design.

Design Review
Orinda’s Design Review program is intended to preserve and enhance the city’s character, maintain property values, and protect public health and safety. It strives to encourage diverse architectural designs that are sensitive to local context, surrounding uses, and aesthetics. The City has established several different levels of Design Review depending on the size and scope of the project, the type of use, and the project’s location.

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above or below an existing residence. There are also a number of unique triggers for Design Review, including additions that result in homes larger than 7,000 square feet, additions on small or narrow lots, additions in the Ridgeline and Environmental Preservation Overlay District, and additions that exceed the maximum floor area permitted on the parcel.12 There are also provisions that enable affected neighbors to request Design Review.

The City has established findings for approving Design Review applications.

The findings are as follows:
● Siting and Neighborhood Context. The proposed development is designed and located on the site so that the building envelope is compatible, but not necessarily identical with its surroundings. It protects undeveloped ridgelines and hillsides, maintains the dominance of wooded and open ridges and hillsides, and preserves a significant or scenic vista. ● Design. The design elements are visually harmonious and in scale with the size of the structure while balancing environmental and solar considerations. If the proposed development is an addition or remodel of an existing structure, the existing construction and proposed construction are visually harmonious. Facades and exterior walls shall be designed to reduce the blocky or massive features of building surfaces and provide articulation. ● Privacy, views, light, and air. The proposed development does not substantially impair the existing views and access to light and air or substantially infringe on the privacy of neighbors and balances the sensitivity of the design to its impact on neighboring properties and the applicant’s ability to develop the property.
● Landscaping. Primary landscaping elements complement the structure and environment as appropriate for the structure itself, the site, and neighborhood. Landscaping provides privacy and screens the proposed structure.

These findings do not represent a development constraint. The first finding requires that the building is compatible with its surroundings and protects hillsides and ridgelines. This is a fundamental land use principle and ensures that new homes and additions will protect the quality of life and the character of Orinda neighborhoods and can be met in a variety of ways for any given development. The second finding primarily applies to additions and remodels and relates to the visual harmony and scale of building modifications. The third finding addresses public health and safety considerations, such as access to light and air, along with basic issues regarding privacy and view obstruction. The final finding is simply that landscaping complements the structure and provides appropriate screening.

Conditions may be imposed by the decision-making body (e.g., the Zoning Administrator or the Planning Commission) through the Design Review process. Special findings must be made for very large homes (over 7,000 square feet), homes on very steep lots, and homes on narrow lots (less than 50 feet) and small lots (less than 5,000 square feet).

12. In each of these examples, there are exceptions for small additions (the size thresholds vary). Design review would typically not be required if the addition took place within the footprint of an existing structure.

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In addition, the City has adopted a separate set of standards for senior housing to reflect the desirability of this use. For senior housing, the development is pedestrian – oriented with an emphasis on breaking up the building mass so it appears less monolithic and blocky. Projects in the Downtown Commercial and Downtown Office zones are also evaluated to ensure they are consistent with Downtown design guidelines.

The Zoning Administrator has approval authority. According to the Orinda Municipal Code Section 17.30.5, decision makers may balance the importance of minimizing impacts on neighboring properties and the applicant's ability to develop the property. Design Review requirements are not required for multidwelling projects proposed in the High-Density Overlay.

Most of the Planning Process Review Task Force (PPRTF) recommendations were included through ordinance revisions in 2010. This has effectively reduced Design Review as a potential constraint and has made it faster and easier to navigate the process.

Senate Bill 9 – the California Housing Opportunity and More Efficiency (HOME) Act.

Senate Bill (SB) 9 (Chapter 162, Statutes of 2021) requires ministerial approval of a housing development with no more than two primary units in a single-family zone, the subdivision of a parcel in a single-family zone into two parcels, or both. SB 9 facilitates the creation of up to four housing units in the lot area typically used for one single-family home. SB 9 contains eligibility criteria addressing environmental site constraints (e.g.,wetlands, wildfire risk, etc.), anti-displacement measures for renters and low-income households, and the protection of historic structures and districts. Key provisions of the law require a local agency to modify or eliminate objective development standards on a project-by-project basis if they would prevent an otherwise eligible lot from being split or prevent the construction of up to two units at least 800 square feet in size. The City is currently in compliance with SB 9 requirements and while there has been interest in developing SB 9 units, the city is not relying on any units to meet the RHNA.

Senate Bill 330 Processing Procedure
Senate Bill (SB) 330, the Housing Crisis Act of 2019, established specific requirements and limitations on development application procedures. The bill allows housing developments for which a preliminary application is submitted that complies with applicable general plan and zoning standards is subject only to the development standards and fees that were applicable at the time of submittal. This applies to all projects unless the project square footage or unit count changes by more than 20 percent after the preliminary application is submitted. The developer must submit a full application for the development project within 180 days of submitting the preliminary application.

City of Orinda offers an optional pre-application review (PAR) for all development proposals to advise a prospective applicant of current City standards and requirements, shorten the length of time required to process a development proposal once it has been accepted for processing, provide a written record of staff’s assessment of a development proposal, and limit requests for special studies to those identified in the PAR letter. Pre-application meetings have helped to shorten the review process and allow for better communication between applicants, City departments, and utility providers. The City has established an application process related to SB 330 and makes the preliminary application available on the City’s website.

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Senate Bill 35 Approvals
SB 35 requires jurisdictions that have failed to meet their RHNA to provide streamlined, ministerial entitlement process for housing developments that incorporate affordable housing. The City of Orinda has a SB 35 application available to developers that includes specific requirements for the streamlining procedure. The application is available on the City’s website for developers interested in pursuing the streamlined process. This procedure aids in minimizing the review time required for development processes and, in turn, reducing costs to developers that may increase the housing production in the city.

Review of Local Ordinances
The City adopted a short-term rental ordinance in 2017 (Orinda Municipal Code Section 17.3.12) and updated it in September 2021. A short-term rental (STR) is defined in the Orinda Municipal Code as a dwelling that is leased or rented in full or in part for the purpose of overnight lodging for less than 30 consecutive days. Any person who operates a short-term rental must first register their rental with the City. The requirements for the rental are as follows:
● The maximum occupancy when a property is used for short-term rental is limited to two people per bedroom plus three people, calculated based on the total number of bedrooms on the property.
● Only one short-term rental can take place on a single property at any given time. ● The short-term rental host is responsible for ensuring the short-term rental complies with all local, state, and federal health and safety requirements.
● The short-term rental host is responsible for compliance with all City regulations, including those regarding noise, parking, and occupancy.
● While rented, the short-term rental shall not be used for any use or event that would require a Temporary Event Permit pursuant to Chapter 17.37.
● The short-term rental takes place on property owned by the host and containing the host’s primary residence.
● The host personally lives on the property when it is used for short-term rentals. ● The host is physically present to monitor and regulate activity during the short-term rental, including by meeting guests upon arrival.
● The duration of the short-term rental is at least two nights. ● Any on-line listings and/or other advertisements authorized by the host for the short-term rental specify that the host will be present and/or share the dwelling unit used for the short-term rental. ● Any on-line listings and/or other advertisements authorized by the host clearly identify the shortterm rental registration number provided by the City.

Orinda’s short-term rental ordinance is not seen as a constraint but rather a way to preserve the rental stock to ensure rental units are available for current and future Orinda residents.

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6.2.6 Building Code Requirements
The City’s building codes are based on the most recent version of the California Building, Plumbing, Mechanical, and Electrical codes. These codes are considered to be the minimum necessary to ensure the public’s health, safety, and welfare. The City has adopted amendments to the codes based on changes to the 2019 California Building Code to match the County’s version of the Building Code by adopting Ordinance 20-03. Modifications require smoke detectors in flat-roof buildings, prohibit the use of gypsum wallboard as seismic bracing, and restrict the use of Portland Cement Plaster as seismic bracing for singlestory, single- and two-family dwellings, and accessory structures. The modifications to the 2019 California Green Building Standards for Green Building include submitting a construction waste management plan (WMP) on a form approved by the City. The criteria for the WMP is aimed to reduce and prevent material waste. In addition, the City uses its code enforcement powers in a manner that does not constrain housing development or improvement. Code enforcement is primarily carried out in response to resident complaints or observation of non-permitted structures. The City does not have any unique or proactive code enforcement programs that could be construed as creating housing constraints.

6.2.7 Site Improvement Requirements
Subdivision-level improvement requirements are defined in the City’s Municipal Code. These requirements stipulate standards for streets, sidewalks, water and sewer, drainage, curbs and gutters, utility easements, and landscaping. Such improvements may be considered as a housing cost constraint if they are more costly than what is minimally required to meet health and safety standards or involve requirements that are atypical or exceptionally high relative to other jurisdictions in the vicinity.

In Orinda, the city’s infrastructure, including streets, storm drains, water lines, sewer pipes, and dry utilities, is already in place, greatly reducing potential infrastructure impacts on housing costs. The 245- lot Gateway Valley (Wilder) development required extensions of existing roadways, installation of new roadways, utilities, landscaping, and signage. Because this infrastructure was largely privately funded, the cost of construction is likely to be passed on to future homeowners in the area through an assessment district. This makes it less feasible to construct affordable housing in this area. As a result, in that case, the developers of Gateway Valley contributed funds to construct affordable housing in the Orinda Village area, on a site that is much closer to transit and services where infrastructure was already in place.

Street standards in Orinda are listed in Section 16.52.140 of the Municipal Code. The standards require that private roads be at least 16 feet wide (curb to curb) or 25 feet wide (for streets without curbs). Public roads must be at least 32 feet wide (curb to curb) or 36 feet wide (for streets without curbs). Minor streets have a grade (slope) limit of 20 percent. While Orinda’s street standards are not excessive and present no constraints to development, the City’s subdivision regulations do allow narrower streets to ensure consistency with the General Plan. Since the General Plan calls for retaining rural character, the City is able to approve public streets that are less than 32 feet wide. The city’s higher-density housing opportunities are in and around the downtown area, where the streets are already in place and would not need to be widened or reconstructed to accommodate new development.

The City’s subdivision regulations also include requirements for water, sewer, and drainage facilities.

These facilities are already in place on the sites listed in Chapter 4 of the Housing Element and would not need to be expanded or reconstructed in the event these sites were developed with housing.

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6.2.8 Development and Permit Fees
Development fees in Orinda include impact fees for schools, parks, drainage, traffic, and fire. The City also collects planning application fees and plan check fees.

Fees specifically charged by the City at the time of development include (1) a per-residential-unit local transportation impact fee to contribute toward street improvement and maintenance costs; (2) drainage fees based on the square footage of impervious surface on-site; (3) an in-lieu fee for the acquisition and/or improvement of public parkland in those cases where land is not dedicated pursuant to the Quimby Act and where adequate private recreational facilities are not provided on-site; (4) a subregional transportation fee administered by the Lamorinda Fee and Finance Authority; (5) a parking in-lieu variance fee would be collected and put toward mitigating parking in Orinda, potential mitigations might include a parking lot or shuttle services. The in-lieu fee will not apply to residential buildings and (6) fire district fees to provide efficient fire protection and emergency medical services.

In 2019, the local traffic fee was $4,236 per single-family unit and $2,965 per second unit or multifamily unit. The regional traffic impact fee was $4,236 for single-family units and $2,965 for multifamily units.

The drainage fees were $1.50 per square foot of impervious surface area and are the same for singlefamily homes and multifamily units. The park dedication fees were $19,098 per detached single-family unit, $12,976 for single-family attached or townhomes, and $13,327 per multifamily unit.

Charges assessed by other agencies include a school impact fee assessed by the Orinda Union School District in accordance with AB 2926, and meter installation and hook-up fees charged by the East Bay Municipal Utilities District (EBMUD) and the Central Contra Costa Sanitary District (Central San) to defray the capital costs associated with providing water and sewer services. The school impact fees are currently $4.08 per square foot for residential development and 0.66 cents per square foot for nonresidential development. A new 2,500-square-foot single-family home would have a school impact fee of almost $10,000, while a typical multifamily unit of about 1,000 square feet would have a school impact fee of $4,000.

EBMUD offers a Customer Assistance Program (CAP) for low-income households and emergency shelters based on income limits set by the agency. The program offers qualifying low-income households a 50- percent reduction of the standard bimonthly service charge and 50 percent of home water use, up to a maximum of 1,050 gallons per person per month.

In 2022, the Moraga-Orinda Fire District (MOFD) fees for residential projects up to 5,000 square feet are a $544 for plan review and $410 for inspection of projects up to 5,000 square feet. For projects greater than 5,000 square feet, MOFD charges an hourly rate of $136 for both plan review and inspections. Preproject review fees are $568, design review fees of residential projects are $339, and residential additions or remodel fees are $568. Plan review and inspection of fire protection systems for new or modified residential projects are each $410 for the first 25 heads, and $205 for each additional 25 heads, or portion thereof. The combined fees for a typical single-family unit, smaller than 5,000 square feet, would be approximately $2,113 for design review, plan review, and inspection. The combined fees of a multi-family project greater than 5,000 square feet will depend on the number of hours plan review and inspections take.

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All of these development fees and charges affect the price of housing. On a cumulative basis, impact fees on a 2,500-square-foot single-family home (with an impervious footprint of 2,000 square feet) would be roughly $41,520. Fees on a 40-unit apartment building (800-square-foot units, with an impervious footprint of 6,000 square feet) would be $24,021 per unit. These totals include the school impact fees and the city and regional impact fees.

The cost of building permits and plan checking would be added to these totals. Building permits and plan checking fees are collected by Contra Costa County and are based on the value of the project. For example, a new home with a construction value of $875,000 would be subject to a permit fee of $4,782, while a residential addition with a construction value of $100,000 would have a permit fee of $983. A new home in this example would have a plan checking fee of roughly $4,828. Additional fees of $1,552 are collected for a Title 24 energy report, electrical is $431, plumbing is $431, and mechanical inspections cost $431 (and an earthquake fee of $13 per $100,000 valuation). The addition of these charges brings the permitting fees to approximately $10,803 for the home in this example. EBMUD charges a water service installation fee of $9,259 per meter for a three-quarter-inch lateral in paved conditions and a system capacity charge of $34,760 for a three-quarter-inch meter, and Central San collects a fee of approximately $8,388 per unit.

When added to the impact fees listed, total planning, building, utility connection, and impact fees are in the range of $106,495 per unit for a new single-family home. As a benchmark for comparison, the 2021 Draft Contra Costa County Housing Element indicated that permitting costs and impact fees ranged from $33,462 to $55,928 in the unincorporated portions of the county. Orinda falls near the upper end of this range, mainly due to the higher costs for water and sewer capacity fees in Orinda than surrounding areas.

A useful metric for evaluating planning and permitting fees is the percentage of total construction costs associated with these fees. Construction costs for single-family homes in Orinda are approximately $176 per square foot, or roughly $352,360 for a 2,000-square-foot home. Typical cost for a vacant lot is $680,000 to $1,800,000, bringing the total cost of building a new home to roughly $2.1 million. Thus, the total permitting and impact fee costs of $102,300 represent approximately 4.7 percent of the total cost of the home. This is a lower percentage than the amount reported by nearby communities, in part because the relative cost of land and construction in Orinda is higher than the county average.

For multifamily units, the building permit and plan checking fees are calculated on a schedule similar to that used for single-family homes. However, the construction cost per square foot is lower and the unit size is smaller, so total fees per unit are less. Costs for multifamily construction are approximately $172 per square foot. This is based on costs calculated for a four-story building in Orinda with 40 units and an average unit size of 800 square feet each. The calculation is for a wood or light steel frame structure including forced air heating and cooling and constructed of good quality materials. The estimated total construction costs for each unit are $133,385, and total construction costs for the building are $5,525,189.

These construction costs include labor, materials, and equipment but do not include costs of buying land or off-street parking (2022 National Building Cost Manual and 2022 94563 zip code modifiers, Craftsman Book Company). The building permit fee on such a unit would be $1,798 and the plan checking fee would be $816. Inspection, earthquake, and Title 24 fees would bring the total to $27,555 per unit. Water connection fees would depend on the total number of units in the building, ranging from roughly $8,510 per unit, while the water installation fee would be $40,910 and sewer fee would be approximately $7,105 per unit.

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The total for all fees for a multifamily unit (including impact fees) is approximately $76,975. This represents about a 27.7-percent addition to the cost per unit, which is a higher relative amount than the cost per single-family home.

Development fees are typically incorporated into the sales price of a home or amortized through apartment rents in the case of multifamily rentals. However, development and permitting fees are not considered to be a constraint to the provision of affordable housing in Orinda. Furthermore, the City’s Fee Ordinance allows the City to waive the transportation, park, and drainage fees for affordable housing projects. The City does not collect school impact fees for senior housing development, and other projects that do not generate a student population.

The City collects development fees for permits, design reviews, tentative tract maps, minor subdivisions, lot line adjustments, general plan amendments, variance, and rezoning. These fees are necessary because new development is dependent on adequate public facilities. The development permit fees are in Table 6-4 and are available on the City’s website. Some of the City development fees involve staff hourly charges and cash deposits before the commencement of projects.

TABLE 6-4 RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT FEES, 2021-22
Permit Type Fee
Use Permit1 $2,444
Plan/Design Review $1,279 plus $1.60/sq ft, up to a maximum of $8,152; staff hourly rate charges apply for multi-family
Tentative Tract Map Staff hourly rate charges2
Minor Subdivision Staff hourly rate charges2
Lot Line Adjustment $2,500 cash deposit to cover staff time General Plan Amendment Text change or map change – Staff hourly rate charges1 Variance $814 when combined with another application or addition; staff hourly rate charges + $1,500 deposit
Zone Change Staff hourly rate charges1
Source: City of Orinda 2021-22
1 This fee does not apply to multifamily units.
2 A cash deposit is required before work commences
Similar to surrounding cities, Orinda collects planning fees to finance the costs for providing community services as well as the administrative costs associated with processing applications. Payment of fees is necessary to ensure a satisfactory level of service to ensure the safety, public health, and well-being of the community. Based on a review of fees in the City of Orinda, planning fees do not pose a constraint to development. To demonstrate the costs that contribute to development in Orinda, the City has included H.1.a
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the total fees associated with the development of single-family residential projects and development fees for multifamily development in Table 6-5.

TABLE 6-5 PLANNING APPLICATION FEES
Fee Category Single-Family Multifamily
Variance
Staff hourly rate charges. A cash
deposit will be required before work
commences. (When combined with
another application/addition: $814.

Time extension: $465)
Staff hourly rate charges. A cash
deposit will be required before work
commences. (When combined with
another application/addition: $814.

Time extension: $465)
General Plan
Amendment
Staff hourly rate charges. A cash
deposit will be required before work
commences.

Staff hourly rate charges. A cash
deposit will be required before work
commences.

Zone Change
Staff hourly rate charges. A cash
deposit will be required before work
commences.

Staff hourly rate charges. A cash
deposit will be required before work
commences.

Site Plan/Design
Review
$1,279 plus $1.60/sq ft, up to a
maximum of $10,248.

Staff hourly rate charges. A cash
deposit will be required before work
commences*
Planned Unit
Development
Staff hourly rate charges. A cash
deposit will be required before work
commences
Staff hourly rate charges. A cash
deposit will be required before work
commences.

Specific Plan
For non-standard projects a fee will be
charged that is equivalent to the hourly
cost of the employee(s) involved, the
cost of materials, equipment, and
overhead.

For non-standard projects a fee will
be charged that is equivalent to the
hourly cost of the employee(s)
involved, the cost of materials,
equipment, and overhead.

Subdivision
Certificate of
Compliance Staff hourly charges + deposit Staff hourly charges + deposit Lot Line Adjustment
(Administrative
Approval)
$2,500 cash deposit $2,500 cash deposit to cover staff
time
Tentative Tract Map
Staff hourly rate charges. A cash
deposit will be required before work
commences.

Staff hourly rate charges. A cash
deposit will be required before work
commences.

Vesting tentative
Map
Staff hourly rate charges. A cash
deposit will be required before work
commences.

Staff hourly rate charges. A cash
deposit will be required before work
commences.

Source: City of Orinda 2021-22
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6.2.9 Use of State and Federal Assistance Programs
The City is well positioned to compete for housing assistance programs for residential development projects. The City worked with Eden Housing to secure financing for the development of 67 affordable senior residences (Monteverde Senior Apartments) on the City-owned former library site. Among the financing sources used for the project were tax credits, County HOME, and Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds, and through a land contribution from the City worth $2.5 million, funding for which was negotiated with the developers of the Wilder project. During the approval process for the Monteverde Senior Apartments, Eden Housing representatives indicated that Orinda’s downtown could be well positioned for further housing assistance funds given the lack of existing housing in the downtown; the proximity to the Orinda BART station; and the proximity to the commercial, cultural, and government services of downtown Orinda.

On the other hand, state and federal housing programs that finance the rehabilitation of existing housing stock or that benefit lower-income residents tend to be less viable in Orinda. Eligibility for such programs is usually based on indices such as the percentage of lower-income residents and the age or condition of the housing stock. In Orinda, homes are in excellent condition and the population is relatively affluent.

The City may be better off relying on County programs for the limited population and structures that could benefit. Contra Costa County offers a number of low-interest loan and grant programs that are open to participation by all county residents, including those living in incorporated cities.

The city’s high housing values also result in rents that generally exceed the maximum levels for participation in the Section 8 Rental Assistance Program. Under this program, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) pays landlords the difference between what a lower-income household can afford (30 percent of its income) and the fair-market rent for adequate housing in the private market. According to the Contra Costa Housing Authority, there were no Section 8 vouchers being used in Orinda in 2014; however, the Monteverde Senior Apartments includes 66 units.

Some of the most commonly used state and federal housing assistance programs are enumerated and their applicability to the City of Orinda is examined in Table 6-6.

In the previous three years, the City has received $160,000 from SB 2 grants to fund portions of the EIR for the Downtown Precise Plan. The City was also granted the Local Early Action Planning (LEAP) award in 2020 for $65,000 that is funding a portion of the Objective Design Standards as part of the Downtown Precise Plan. Lastly, the City was awarded the Regional Early Action Plan (REAP) grant for $104,660 for the update of the 6th Cycle Housing Element.

6.2.10 Removal of Governmental Constraints
In the Goals, Policies, and Actions section of this element, the City has set forth various measures that it will undertake to mitigate or remove governmental constraints that hinder the City from meeting its share of the regional housing needs. These measures include deferring payment of application/development impact fees and granting priority processing of development applications. While the City can and will undertake these measures to remove governmental constraints, non-governmental constraints beyond the City’s control will continue to impact the affordability of housing in Orinda.

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TABLE 6-6 APPLICABILITY OF STATE AND FEDERAL HOUSING PROGRAMS Program Comments
Section 8 Vouchers
Local rents generally exceed fair market rents for the Section 8 program. No certificates/vouchers are currently in use in the City of Orinda. Countywide demand is far in excess of funding, which further limits the potential for participation by Orinda residents. Availability of assistance depends on efforts and priorities of the Contra Costa County Housing Authority.

Section 203(K) Inapplicable due to well-maintained condition of local housing stock.

Section 8 New
Construction
Provides security for projects financed with federal loans. Strong competition for limited funds available. Also, see comments related to Section 8 above.

Section 202
The HUD Section 202 program is used to construct housing for low-income seniors. Section 202 funds were used to help construct the Orinda Senior Village project. While there is limited funding currently available and intense competition for available funds, future downtown residential development could be eligible. Section 202 housing requires a nonprofit sponsor. These funds could be used as a potential source for elderly/disabled housing on multifamily housing sites.

Section 106(b) – Seed
Money Loans
Used solely in connection with Section 202 loans. See comments related to Section 202 programs.

Community
Development Block
Grant (CDBG)
Funds may be used for rehabilitation, land write-down, and off-site improvement costs, but not for actual construction of new housing. Funds are inadequate to have a measurable impact on affordable housing opportunities, unless combined with other funding mechanisms. Development of affordable senior housing on the former library site was funded in part through CDBG.

Low Income Housing
Tax Credits
Used in conjunction with loans, grants, and other forms of government assistance. LIHTC was a significant part of the funding package for the Eden project on the former library site and could be part of an overall funding package for development of housing on multifamily housing sites.

CHFA-Direct Lending
Overall construction costs, and resulting rents, are a deterrent to local use of program. Developers must apply directly to CHFA (California Housing Finance Agency) for loans.

Preservation
Financing
Not needed since the only at-risk units in the city (Orinda Senior Village) have had their affordability contracts extended by the current owners.

California Self-Help
Housing Land availability and costs are major deterrents to use of program.

Mobile Home Park
Resident Ownership
Program
Mobile homes are allowed in Orinda, but high land costs discourage their development. An assessment of current building permits shows that no recent permits have been granted for mobile home installation.

Emergency Shelter
Needs are adequately being met at this time and the City adopted changes to its zoning regulations in 2013 to formally allow emergency shelters in the PS zone, in compliance with state law.

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Program Comments
Special User Housing
Rehabilitation Inapplicable due to absence of substandard housing.

Predevelopment
Loans
Could potentially be used by a nonprofit sponsor to cover predevelopment expenses associated with potential elderly/disabled housing development.

Senior Citizen Shared
Housing
Program could be used to provide outreach, referral, and placement services to senior citizens interested in shared housing arrangements. Ongoing costs and lack of in-house administrative staff are obstacles to use of program. The City could explore participating in an existing shared housing program, such as the program operated by ECHO Housing.

Section 811
Limited funding and intense competition for available funds. Requires nonprofit housing sponsor. Potential funding source for disabled housing on the sites listed in Chapter 4.

Rental Housing
Construction
As name implies, program applies to construction of rental housing.

Preference of local developers to construct for-sale housing is an obstacle to the use of program, as are local construction costs.

Deferred Payment
Rehabilitation Loans No need for program in light of condition of housing stock.

Marks Foran
Rehabilitation Loans No need for program due to well-maintained condition of local housing stock.

AB 1151-Density
Bonuses
Applies to all local governments in California. The City’s Zoning Ordinance provides density bonuses and other incentives for housing developments that meet criteria set forth in the California Government Code.

AB 655-Multifamily
Revenue Bonds
City would have to execute cooperative agreement in order to make countywide bond proceeds available locally. However, the use of funds depends on developer interest. Rents allowed under program could be a deterrent to use by local developers.

Single-Family
Mortgage Revenue
Bonds
Similar to multifamily bond program, the City would have to execute a cooperative agreement in order to make countywide bond proceeds available within city. Sale prices allowed under program eliminate new homes from consideration. Some resale homes within the city fall within program limits.

Limited applicability.

Home Investment
Partnerships (HOME)
Funds may be used for construction, acquisition/rehabilitation, and tenant based rental assistance. City supported Eden Housing’s application for such funds.

FHLB Affordable
Housing Program
Developers must apply to Bank of America Community Development Bank for assistance.

Tax Exempt
Affordable Mortgage
Program
Provides bond-financed, fixed-rate mortgage for 30 to 40 years to developers of housing that has at least 20% of units occupied and affordable to households making no more than 50% of county median income. Program depends on developers providing housing.

Source: City of Orinda 2022
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6.3 Non-Governmental Constraints
Non-governmental constraints include the availability of financing, the price of land, and the cost of construction. These and other constraints are discussed in this section.

6.3.1 Land Costs
Since the mid-1960s, raw land prices have been significantly higher in the San Francisco Bay Area than in other areas of California and the rest of the United States. The Construction Industry Research Board (CIRB) reported that land costs for a single-family home rose from $6,600 (21 percent of the total cost) in 1970 to $26,700 (27.8 percent) in 1980. By 2018, land was 40 to 50 percent of total home costs depending on the market, with coastal markets being the most expensive.

Based on research conducted in July 2014 as part of the Housing Element update, sales prices for vacant land in Orinda ranged from a low of $16,250 per acre for a 0.13-acre site to a high of $268,750 per acre for a 0.43-acre site. The median price of a vacant parcel was $125,897. Even without a home on the lot, a parcel in Orinda is beyond the means of very low- and low-income households, and in some cases, moderate-income households. Moreover, the more affordable lots in the city tend to be the most constrained. Their steep slopes or awkward dimensions mean that special design solutions and construction techniques may be required to build a home, therefore increasing the cost of a project further.

High land costs in Orinda reflect the scarcity of developable land in the city, the relatively large parcel sizes, and the city’s desirability as a place to live. These costs represent a constraint to affordable housing development, since it does not make economic sense for a builder to construct a modest, entry-level home on a lot that costs hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Although not required by state housing law, the City has written down land costs through a $2.5 million contribution negotiated with the developers of the Wilder project to facilitate development of the Monteverde Senior Apartments development (on the former public library site) and to facilitate the inclusion of ownership units affordable to moderate-income households in the Orinda Grove development on the Pine Grove site (a former public school). It has also identified church-owned property as housing opportunity sites, recognizing that private land may be too expensive to support affordable units on a large scale. Moving forward, the City may opt at its own discretion to continue to use these approaches to dealing with high land costs and limited land supply in the city.

6.3.2 Land Availability/Environmental Constraints
Orinda’s low-density land use patterns and hilly vegetated terrain helps make wildfires a natural hazard of significant concern to the community. Almost all of Orinda is designated as a Wildland-Urban Interface, where buildings and infrastructure are mixed with areas of flammable wildland vegetation, increasing the community’s exposure to wildfire events. The Orinda Safety Element identifies the mapped wildfire hazard zones in the community. The effects of climate change, including warmer temperatures and more frequent and intense droughts, are expected to increase Orinda’s wildfire risk in the future. In addition to the direct risk of loss of life, injury, and property damage or destruction from wildfires, they can also cause power outages, disrupt transportation and other infrastructure networks, and create harmful levels of air pollution. The Moraga-Orinda Fire District, which provides fire protection services to the community, has a number of regulations and programs in place to decrease the threat posed by wildfires. This includes a H.1.a
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Fire Code that requires additional fire protection standards beyond State minimums for the construction and operation of buildings and other structures, requirements for fire-safe landscaping and site design, limits on open burning, free chipping services to support vegetation management, and other efforts. The City of Orinda also reduces wildfire risk through policies and standards in the Orinda Safety Element and other elements of the General Plan, The Orinda Municipal Code, and other mechanisms.

In some instances, such as a nearby wildfire event, it may be necessary to evacuate part or all of Orinda.

The main highways and roads in Orinda, including State Route 24, Moraga Way, and Camino Pablo, may serve as evacuation routes if necessary. However, in keeping with Orinda’s largely residential and rural character, many roads in the community are narrow and winding with limited connections to the rest of the road network, including the primary evacuation routes. The Orinda Safety Element identifies potential evacuation routes and areas with limited ingress and egress. The City has published maps and other information to raise community awareness about how to prepare for and conduct evacuations safety.

As a part of the site-by-site analysis, sites that were not suitable for development were removed from the sites inventory and are not assumed to meet the City’s RHNA.

Sites in and around downtown Village and Theatre Districts are generally the best suited for urban development and higher-density residential uses. They have good access, gentle topography, utility service, and no natural or human-made hazards. The major constraints to development in these areas are San Pablo Creek and the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) transmission lines. The creek runs north to south through Orinda Village. It is buried below ground in some locations and runs above ground in others. Where the creek has not been buried, development must be set back from the banks to avoid flooding and protect riparian vegetation. This is more of a commercial development constraint than a residential constraint, given the commercial zoning along the creek corridor.

The City has included 6 sitesin the inventory that are in the presence of multiple high-voltage transmission lines (and associated steel towers) in and around Downtown Orinda.

6.3.3 Infrastructure Capacity
There are no infrastructure constraints to development in Orinda, other than the absence of sewer lines in portions of the upper El Toyonal area. The areas identified for possible future multifamily development are located in areas with water, sewer, and drainage services. These areas would only require laterals to utility lines in adjacent streets for service.

Every 10 years, EBMUD performs a comprehensive demand projections study to understand water demand and supply projections for a 30-year horizon. The most recent update was completed in 2020 and projected demand and required supply for 2050. As reported in EBMUD’s 2020 Urban Water Management Plan, the water demand forecasting methodology relied on long-term planning documents approved and adopted by the local and regional land use agencies. Specifically, “Growth projections in EBMUD’s future water demand is a reflection of planned land-use changes and redevelopment projects forecasted by the local and regional land use agencies” (EBMUD Urban Water Management Plan, 2020). As demonstrated in the Urban Water Management Plan, EBMUD shows adequate capacity to accommodate the demand including the 2023-2031 RHNA, through 2050 through a diversified and resilient portfolio that includes recycled water and conservation programs.

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Water supply is adequate to meet projected needs. To account for capacity, Central San prepared the updated wastewater utility service capacity/demand report for Board acceptance in 2018. The methodology Central San employs to track capacity is a capacity modeling program called InfoWorks to assess the impacts of proposals for localized development in areas of known or anticipated capacity deficiencies or current, high-maintenance facilities. The anticipated demand is projected and discussed in the 2017 Comprehensive Wastewater Master Plan (CWWMP, which estimated that affordable units would have an added burden of 0.46 (million gallons a day (mgd), residential units an extra 1.01 mgd, and non-residential an added 0.59 mgd. In combination with the 2017 average daily sanitary flow (ADWF) of

33.3 mgd, the effluent discharge capacity total is below the 53.8 mgd limit for 2022. Using this data, Central San concludes they can provide sufficient and adequate collection and treatment services for anticipated demand up until the year 2035. Central Contra Costa Sanitary District (CCCSD) prioritizes new wastewater connections for affordable housing (CCCSD Resolution 2008-114). An entire proposed development that has at least one affordable housing unit will receive priority. To accurately account for these units, CCCSD uses the RHNA developed by ABAG for lower-income units when measuring future demand for capacity collection and treatment services.

To comply with SB 1087, the City will immediately forward its adopted Housing Element to its water and wastewater providers so they can grant priority for service allocations to proposed developments that include units affordable to lower-income households.

6.3.4 Available Dry Utilities
Dry utilities, including cable, electricity, and telephone service, are available to all areas within the city.

There is sufficient capacity to meet the current need and any future need. Service providers are as follows:
 Cable: Comcast
 Electricity: Pacific Gas and Electric
 Mobile Coverage: AT&T Wireless, T-Mobile, and Verizon Wireless  Internet Service: Xfinity and AT&T

6.3.5 Construction Costs
Construction costs for a single-family home are approximately $176 per square foot. This is based on costs calculated for a 2,000-square-foot, wood-framed, single-story, four-cornered home, of good quality construction and including a two-car garage and forced-air heating and cooling in Orinda. Estimated total construction costs for such a home are $352,360. These construction costs include labor, materials, and equipment, but do not include costs of buying land (2022 National Building Cost Manual and 2022 94563 zip code modifiers, Craftsman Book Company). The cost per unit of building a multifamily project is generally lower than that of a single-family home.

However, construction costs in Orinda are higher than regional averages, since most work is custom-built for owners rather than built on speculation or in large quantities (with associated economies of scale).

Many residents have remodeled their homes using high-end materials and construction methods. In addition, market conditions drive the demand for homes with numerous amenities and luxury market features. New construction costs of $300 per square foot are not uncommon, resulting in home costs that often exceed $1 million. When homes are sold, labor and material costs may be passed along to future buyers.

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6.3.6 Financing Costs
In November 2021, the prevailing mortgage interest rate for a 30-year fixed loan was 3.36 percent. From a historical perspective, mortgage rates are low compared to 18.8 percent in 1982 and have somewhat offset the inflation of housing and construction costs. However, financing may be more difficult to secure now than it was five years ago, particularly for low- and moderate-income buyers. For qualified homebuyers, securing financing is not considered a potential constraint to the development, improvement, or maintenance of housing in Orinda.

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7. GOALS, POLICIES, AND ACTIONS

7.1 Introduction
The California Government Code requires the Housing Element to contain “a statement of goals, quantified objectives, and policies relative to the maintenance, preservation, improvement, and development of housing” (Section 65583(b)(1)). This chapter fulfills that requirement. It builds on information in previous chapters to provide direction on key housing issues in Orinda.

The Housing Element’s goals define the major topic areas covered. These topics are:

1. New Housing Production

2. Housing Conservation

3. Housing Opportunity Sites

4. Housing Constraints

5. Fair Housing

6. Energy Conservation
In accordance with state law, measurable objectives have been developed for specific actions. These objectives represent targets for the number of housing units to be preserved, improved, or developed during the 2023-2031 planning period.

Each of the Housing Element’s six goals is accompanied by policies and actions. The policies are intended to guide day-to-day decisions on housing, while the actions identify the specific steps the City will take after the element is adopted to achieve its housing objectives. The actions are followed by narrative text providing further detail on the steps to be taken in the coming years. The actions lay the groundwork for future housing development through the establishment and administration of land use and development controls, concessions and incentives, and the use of available federal and state financing and subsidy programs.

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7.2 Goals, Policies, and Actions
Goal 1: New Housing Production. Encourage the development of a variety of types of housing for all income levels, which will be assisted through appropriate zoning and development standards.

Goal 2: Housing Conservation. Promote the conservation and maintenance of Orinda’s housing stock.

Goal 3: Housing Opportunity Sites. Provide additional housing opportunities and sites to meet the needs of Orinda’s low-, very low-, and moderate-income households.

Goal 4: Housing Constraints. Reduce governmental constraints to the production and preservation of housing in Orinda.

Goal 5: Fair Housing. Promote equal housing opportunities for all Orinda residents, regardless of race, religion, sex, marital status, ancestry, national origin, or color.

Goal 6: Energy Conservation. Promote energy conservation and efficiency in existing housing and new development.

GOAL 1: NEW HOUSING PRODUCTION
Encourage the development of a variety of types of housing for all income levels, which will be assisted through appropriate zoning and development standards.

Policies
Policy 1.1: Housing Diversity. Provide for a diversity of housing types to meet current and future needs of all residents without compromising the semi-rural character of Orinda’s neighborhoods.

Policy 1.2: Infrastructure. Maintain land use policies that allow residential growth consistent with the availability of adequate infrastructure and public services.

Policy 1.3: Promote Accessory Dwelling Units. The City shall develop tools, resources, and educational materials to increase awareness and support, and to promote and facilitate the development of Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) in neighborhoods throughout the city.

Policy 1.4: Design Quality. Apply high standards of quality and design to all housing development in the city. Where multifamily or mixed-use housing is constructed, it should respect the context of the site and its surroundings and make a positive contribution to the character of Orinda.

Policy 1.5: Sites included in Multiple Housing Cycles. The City shall allow housing developments with at least 20 percent affordable housing by right on lower-income housing sites that have been counted in previous housing element cycles, consistent with Government Code Section 65583.2(c).

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Implementing Actions
Action 1.A: Downtown Precise Plan. Adopt the Downtown Precise Plan (DPP) to allow for the development of high-density multifamily housing to accommodate a portion of the City’s Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA). The DPP covers a 146.3-acre project area, but the focus area comprises a total of approximately 60 acres. The DPP will require a minimum of 20 units per acre with a maximum density of 30 units per acre in the Downtown Commercial (DC) zoning district and will require a minimum of 20 units per acre with a maximum density of 25 units per acre in the Downtown Office (DO) zoning district, to allow for at least 447 units (Table 5-4). The DPP will be adopted, and zoning will be in place prior to the start of the planning period (January 31, 2023). If that does not occur, and the City nonetheless decides to rely on DPP sites to meet RHNA, the City will ensure compliance with Government Code Section 65583, subdivision (c)(1) and 65583.2 subdivisions (h) and (i), as listed below.
● Permit owner-occupied and rental multifamily uses by right and not require a conditional use permit or other discretionary review or approval for developments in which 20 percent or more of the units are affordable to lower income households. ● Permit the development of at least 16 units per site and a minimum of 20 dwelling units per acre.
● Ensure (a) at least 50 percent of the shortfall of low- and very low-income regional housing need can be accommodated on sites designated for exclusively residential uses, or (b) if accommodating more than 50 percent of the low- and very low-income regional housing need on sites designated for mixed-uses, all sites designated for mixed-uses must allow 100 percent residential use and require residential use to occupy at least 50 percent of the floor area in a mixed-use project.
● Ensure sites will be available for development during the planning period where water and sewer can be provided.

Responsible Agency: Planning Department, Contra Costa County Building Department Timeframe: Adopt the DPP within 3 years and 120 days from January 31, 2023.

Monitor affordability and location of rezoned sites.

Funding Source: General Fund
Quantified Objective: Create opportunity for at least 447 units and increase the current capacity to provide opportunity for multifamily housing for all households, which will be within close proximity to services and other resources in high opportunity areas.

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Action 1.B: Housing Opportunity Sites. Rezone at least the six sites listed in Table 5-5 of the Housing Sites Inventory to allow for additional capacity to accommodate a portion of the City’s RHNA. The following actions will be taken:
● Sites C-1 through C-4 are church properties that total 18.12 acres. The city assumed that only 6.31 acres, a capacity of 126 units, will be rezoned to the Residential High Density25 (RH-25) zoning district which will allow for a minimum of 20 units per acre and a maximum of 25 units per acre, on a percentage of the site specified in Table 5-4.

Additionally, the General Plan land use will also be amended to the new Residential, High Density Multi-Family (RH) land use designation.
● Site S-1 is the Miramonte High School Site and totals 51.95 acres. The city is only assuming 18 percent, 9.35 acres allowing for a capacity of 187 units, will be rezoned to the Residential High Density-25 (RH-25) zoning district which will require a minimum of 20 units per acre and a maximum of 25 units per acre, on a percentage of the site specified in Table 5-4. Additionally, the General Plan land use will also be amended to the new Residential, High Density Multi-Family land use designation. ● Site G-1 is a Caltrans right-of-way site that is 10.19 acres. This city assumes that the entire site will be rezoned but has applied a 60-percent realistic capacity assuming 245 units of high-density housing. The site will be rezoned to the Residential High Density40 (RH-40) zoning district which will require a minimum of 20 units per acre with a maximum of 40 units per acre. Additionally, the General Plan land use will also be amended to the new Residential, High Density Multi-Family land use designation. The City will work with Caltrans to decertify the site and assist any interested developers with mitigation of the site and/or decertification requirements as projects come forward.

The City will ensure compliance with Government Code Section 65583, subdivision (c)(1) and 65583.2 subdivisions (h) and (i), as listed below.
● Permit owner-occupied and rental multifamily uses by right and will not require a conditional use permit or other discretionary review or approval for developments in which 20 percent or more of the units are affordable to lower income households. ● Permit the development of at least 16 units per site and a minimum of 20 dwelling units per acre.
● Ensure (a) at least 50 percent of the shortfall of low- and very low-income regional housing need can be accommodated on sites designated for exclusively residential uses, or (b) if accommodating more than 50 percent of the low- and very low-income regional housing need on sites designated for mixed-uses, all sites designated for mixed-uses must allow 100 percent residential use and require residential use to occupy at least 50 percent of the floor area in a mixed-use project .
● Ensure sites will be available for development during the planning period where water and sewer can be provided.

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Timeframe: Complete all rezones within 3 years and 120 days from January 31, 2023. Monitor affordability and location of rezoned sites. Meet with Caltrans annually or until complete, to decertify the Gateway Site (Site G-4) and assist any interested developers with mitigation of the site and/or decertification requirements as projects come forward.

Funding Source: General Fund
Quantified Objective: Create opportunity for 558 units for lower-income households that will be within close proximity to services and other resources in high-opportunity areas.

Action 1.C. Residential Zoning Districts and Land Use Designation. Establish two new zoning districts to support the development of lower income housing and assist with meeting the lower income RHNA. The Residential High Density-25 (RM-25) will require a minimum of 20 units per acre with a maximum of 25 units per acre. The Residential High Density-40 (RM-40) will require a minimum of 20 units per acre with a maximum of 40 units per acre. Both zoning districts will be consistent with the new Residential – High Density Multi-Family (RH) land use designation which will allow 20-40 units per acre.

Amend the Senior Housing Overlay (SH-Overlay) to remove the following statement regarding height limit approval “or as established by the Planning Commission by conditions imposed at the time of review for approvals”. The allotted height will be “as required by the closest adjoining residential or downtown district base regulations”.

Responsible Agency: Planning Department, Contra Costa County Building Department Timeframe: Create the HD-25 and HD-40 zoning districts and the RH land use designation within 3 years and 120 days from January 31, 2023.

Amend the SH-Overlay by December 2024.

Action 1.D: Promotion of Accessory Dwelling Units. The City will encourage the construction of ADUs through the following actions, which are aimed at providing an increased supply of affordable units throughout the city, thereby increasing access to high resource established neighborhoods outside of the Downtown and Opportunity zone areas and help reduce displacement risk for low-income households.
● Continue to implement a public information and proactive outreach campaign via the City’s website and the Orinda City newsletter to inform property owners of the standards for ADU development, permitting procedures, construction resources, and the importance of ADUs to Orinda, including ADUs affordable to lower-income households.

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● Provide information to encourage residents to apply for ADUs, particularly where their homes already include space that is configured for a conforming ADU (e.g., carriage houses, au pair quarters, second kitchens on floors with separate entrances). ● Produce a flyer regarding ADUs and make available at the Planning Department counter and to project applicants for all discretionary land use applications. ● At least annually, publish informational materials pertaining to ADUs through a combination of media, including the City’s website and direct mailings. ● Identify incentives for construction of ADUs with new development, which may include differing collection of impact fees for the square footage associated with the ADU until issuance of the certificate of occupancy.
● Collect and monitor data on ADU rents to better understand their role in the Orinda housing market and the income groups they serve and adjust or expand the focus of the education and outreach efforts through the 2023-2031 planning period.

Responsible Agency: Planning Department, Contra Costa County Building Department Timeframe: Make ADU materials available by December 2023 and implement proactive outreach campaign by June 2024; evaluate effectiveness of ADU approvals and affordability by December 2024; and identify additional site capacity, if needed, by 2025.

Funding Source: General Fund
Quantified Objectives: 63 ADUs to improve housing mobility and improve proximity to services and employment opportunities for lower- and moderateincome households (40 ADUs are assumed to address the displacement risk).

Action 1.E: Multifamily Development. To assist in the development of affordable for-sale and rental housing, the City will continue to offer density bonuses and will implement additional measures, including, but not limited to, expedited permit processing, reduced parking standards, and reduced lot sizes. The City will prioritize projects that are in areas with currently low percentages of renter-occupied households to facilitate housing mobility and integration of ownership and rental units.

Responsible Agency: Planning Department, Contra Costa County Building Department Timeframe: Implement additional incentives by June 2024. Ongoing thereafter, as applications are processed through the Planning Development and Contra Costa County Building Department, reach out to housing developers annually.

Funding Source: General Fund
Quantified Objective: 50 lower-income units, 30 units within close proximity to services and other resources in high opportunity areas.

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Action 1.F: Support Affordable Housing Development. Work with housing developers to expand opportunities for affordable lower-income housing for special-needs groups, including persons with physical and developmental disabilities, female-headed households, large families, extremely low-income households, and persons experiencing homelessness by creating partnerships, providing incentives, and pursuing funding opportunities. ● Support affordable housing development for special-needs groups throughout the city, including in areas that are predominantly single-family residential. The target populations include seniors; persons with disabilities, including developmental disabilities; female-headed households; and homeless persons to reduce the displacement risk for these residents from their existing homes and communities. ● Promote the use of the density bonus ordinance, no net loss ordinance, application process streamlining, and fee deferrals to encourage affordable housing, with an emphasis on encouraging affordable housing in high-resource areas and areas with limited rental opportunities currently.
● Facilitate the approval process for land divisions, lot line adjustments, and/or specific plans or master plans resulting in parcel sizes that enable affordable housing development and process fee deferrals related to the subdivision for projects affordable to lower-income households.
● Give priority to permit processing for projects providing affordable housing for specialneeds groups. ● Work with public or private sponsors to identify candidate sites for new construction of housing for special needs and take all actions necessary to expedite processing of such projects.
● Encourage residential development near parks, open space, transit routes, civic uses, social services, and other health resources.
● Partner with nonprofit and for-profit affordable housing developers to support their financing applications for state and federal grant programs, tax-exempt bonds, and other programs that become available.
● Pursue federal, state, and private funding for low- and moderate-income housing by applying for state and federal monies for direct support of lower-income housing construction and rehabilitation, specifically for development of housing affordable to extremely low-income households.
● Pursue partnerships with the Regional Center of the East Bay to identify funding opportunities and promote housing for persons with disabilities.

Responsible Agency: Planning Department, Contra Costa County Building Department Timeframe: Ongoing, as projects are processed by the City. Annually apply for funding and annually engage with the Regional Center of the East Bay.

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Funding Source: Where feasible, leverage state and federal financing, including Low Income Housing Tax Credits, CHFA multifamily housing assistance programs, HCD Multifamily Housing Loans, CDBG funds, HOME funds, and other available financing.

Quantified Objective: 50 lower-income units to reduce displacement risk.

Action 1.G: No Net Loss of Housing Capacity. Develop and implement an evaluation procedure to ensure the City maintains sufficient land to accommodate the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) throughout the planning period. Should the City fall into a no net loss situation, within 180 days, the City will identify a replacement site to ensure the remaining RHNA is being met.

Responsible Agency: Planning Department
Timeframe: Ongoing; monitor if zoning changes are proposed and/or as development is proposed on multifamily housing sites.

Funding Source: General Fund
Action 1.H: Senate Bill 9 (SB 9) – The California Housing Opportunity and More Efficiency (HOME) Act.

Through SB 9, the City will expand homeownership opportunities by allowing property owners to split a single-family zoned lot into two lots and/or place up to two housing units on a single-family zoned lot. Properties meeting the various criteria specified in the legislation are eligible to add the additional housing by right and are exempt from review under CEQA. The city is in compliance with SB 9.

Responsible Agency: Planning Department
Timeframe: Ongoing; monitor as units are approved
Funding Source: General Fund
Quantified Objective: 25 units to expand homeownership opportunities.

GOAL 2: HOUSING CONSERVATION
Promote the conservation and maintenance of Orinda’s housing stock.

Policies
Policy 2.1: Housing Reinvestment. Encourage reinvestment in the city’s housing stock by private property owners.

Policy 2.2: Affordable Housing Preservation. The City shall prioritize the preservation of existing affordable housing at risk of loss of affordability covenants as a critical means of mitigating the displacement and loss of affordable housing units from the City’s inventory.

Policy 2.3: Smaller Homes. Conserve Orinda’s existing supply of smaller and more affordable singlefamily homes, including older two- and three-bedroom homes on lots smaller than 10,000 H.1.a
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square feet. Development standards that encourage preservation of smaller homes on such lots should be continued as a way to discourage “teardowns” and maintain housing diversity.

Policy 2.4: Code Enforcement. Maintain code enforcement programs to ensure that all housing units are safe and sanitary and contribute positively to the city’s character. Require abatement of housing nuisances, consistent with provisions of the Orinda Municipal Code.

Implementing Actions
Action 2.A: Preservation of At-Risk Housing Units. As of March 2022, the city does not have any publicly assisted affordable projects at risk of converting to market rate in the next 10 years.

The City shall maintain and update the affordable housing database as a mechanism to monitor and identify units at risk of losing their affordability subsidies or requirements. For complexes at risk of converting to market rate, the City shall:
● Contact property owners of units at risk of converting to market-rate housing within one year of affordability expiration to discuss the City’s desire to preserve complexes as affordable housing.
● Coordinate with owners of expiring subsidies to ensure the required notices to tenants are sent out at 3 years, 12 months, and 6 months.
● Reach out to agencies interested in purchasing and/or managing at-risk units. ● Work with tenants to provide education regarding tenant rights and conversion procedures pursuant to California law.

Responsible Agency: Planning Department, Contra Costa County Conservation and Development Division
Timeframe: Annually monitor units at risk of converting; coordinate noticing as required per California law.

Funding Source: General Fund
Quantified Objective: Preserve 217 lower-income units as funding expires to reduce displacement risk.

Action 2.B: Housing Rehabilitation. Participate in Contra Costa County’s housing rehabilitation program and publicize the availability of the County’s low-interest loan programs for lowerincome seniors and other households.

The City will coordinate with County staff to confirm program requirements and eligibility annually. The City will continue to advertise the program on the City’s website and in its quarterly newsletter. The City will also distribute information on the program in areas of concentrated rehabilitation need or senior households, where need for the program may be greatest.

Responsible Agency: Planning Department, Contra Costa County Conservation and Development Division
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Timeframe: Ongoing; coordinate with County staff at least annually; post information/links to the City’s website by February 2023; advertise the program in the City’s newsletter quarterly; mail informational flyers to residents of areas of concentrated need annually.

Funding Source: Contra Costa County, General Fund
Quantified Objective: Connect 20 lower-income households with rehabilitation opportunities and reduce displacement.

Action 2.C: Home Maintenance and Repair Programs. Advertise the availability of existing home maintenance, repair, and improvement programs such as the low- and zero-interest loans offered through Contra Costa County’s Neighborhood Preservation Program on the City’s website and through printed materials made available at City Hall and other public locations such as libraries. Consider applying for additional grant funding to assist homeowners with addressing Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accessibility modifications to their homes.

Conduct code enforcement on a complaint-driven basis to address safety and code compliance issues. Targeted efforts to improve housing conditions in areas of need will facilitate place-based revitalization and assist in reducing displacement risk for these residents by improving living conditions and enabling them to remain in their home and community.

Responsible Agency: Planning Department, Contra Costa County Building Department Timeframe: Provide information on the City’s website by January 2023, printed materials by March 2023, updating each annually or as changes are made. Pursue funding for additional assistance annually and as NOFAs are made available.

Funding Source: Contra Costa County, General Fund
Quantified Objective: Connect 30 eligible households with maintenance and repair assistance programs and reduce displacement.

Action 2.D: Participation in First-Time Home Buyer and MCC Programs. Participate in the County’s First-Time Homebuyer and Mortgage Credit Certificate (MCC) programs to provide financial assistance to eligible first-time low-income and moderate-income homebuyers. To reduce displacement risk of prospective homebuyers being priced out of the community, the City will promote the availability of these programs in areas with concentrations of renters, particularly low-income renters, through providing information materials at public buildings and locations and will post the programs on the City’s website and in City buildings.

Responsible Agency: Planning Department, City Council
Timeframe: Develop informational materials to distribute and post on the City’s website by May 2023.

Funding Source: General Fund, MCC program (Contra Costa County) H.1.a
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Quantified Objective: Connect 25 eligible residents with assistance through either the First-Time Homebuyer or MCC programs to reduce displacement and assist in housing mobility for eligible households.

Action 2.E: Replacement Housing. To facilitate place-based revitalization for households at risk of displacement due to new development, the City will require replacement housing units subject to the requirements of Government Code, Section 65915, subdivision (c)(3), on sites identified in the site inventory when any new development (residential, mixed-use, or nonresidential) occurs on a site that has been occupied by or restricted for the use of lowerincome households at any time during the previous five years. This requirement applies to non-vacant sites and vacant sites with previous residential uses that have been vacated or demolished.

Responsible Agency: Planning Department, Contra Costa County Conservation and Development Division
Timeframe: The replacement requirement will be implemented immediately and applied as applications on identified sites are received and processed.

Funding Source: General Fund
Quantified Objective: Replace any of units identified in the sites inventory if (a) they are planned to be demolished for purposes of building new housing, and (b) they are determined to be occupied by low-income households, provide assistance to prevent displacement of lower-income households due to loss of affordable units.

GOAL 3: HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES
Provide additional housing opportunities and sites to meet the needs of Orinda’s low-, very low-, and moderate-income households.

Policies
Policy 3.1: Adequate Sites. Maintain an adequate number and variety of sites to meet the City’s Regional Housing Needs Allocation.

Policy 3.2: Mixed-Income Housing. Encourage larger-scale residential developments to include a mix of unit types, including smaller units and units that are affordable to lower- and moderateincome households.

Orinda City CouncilApril 19, 2022

Orinda City Council
April 19, 2022