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City of Redondo Beach
2021-2029 Housing Element
Adopted July 5, 2022
Excerpts Related to Inclusionary Housing Ordinance
Section 2.2.5 Housing Plan
[starts on page 102 of the Housing Element]
The City of Redondo Beach’s long-term housing goal is to provide housing that fulfills the diverse needs of the community. In the short term, this will be accomplished with the objectives, policies, and programs set forth in this Housing Plan. The goals, policies, and programs in the Plan build upon the identified housing needs in the community, constraints confronting the City, and resources available to address the housing needs, and will guide City housing policy through the 2021-2029 planning period.
Goals are statements of community desires which are broad in both purpose and aim, but are designed specifically to establish direction. Policies provide specific standards and/or end states for achieving a goal. Essentially, goals represent desired outcomes the City seeks to achieve through the implementation of policies. Further articulation of how the City will achieve the stated goals is found in the programs. Programs identify specific actions the City will undertake toward putting each goal and policy into action.
B. Assist in the Development of Affordable Housing
Providing affordable housing is essential for a healthy community. In addition to a diverse mix of housing types, it is necessary to make available housing for residents of all income levels. Seeking funding from varied sources increases the opportunities for development of affordable housing units.
GOAL 2.0 Assist in the provision of housing that meet the needs of all economic segments of the community.
Policy 2.2 Use density bonuses and other incentives to facilitate the development of new housing for lower and moderate income households, including extremely low income households.
Program 3: Inclusionary Housing
During the discussion of the General Plan and Housing Element Annual Report in 2020, the Redondo Beach City Council expressed interest in preparation of an Inclusionary Housing Ordinance. This type of ordinance requires a percentage of units to be restricted to certain levels of affordability in housing development projects meeting a set size threshold.
There are several parameters that the City Council must decide upon, and once selected it is necessary to conduct a financial feasibility analysis to 2 | Page
determine that the ordinance with those parameters would not preclude or deter market rate housing from being built. This is a necessary step to ensure that the ordinance is justifiable and in accordance with State housing laws.
During the procurement process for preparation of the 2021-2029 Housing Element, the City included a request for a quote to prepare an Inclusionary Housing Ordinance for Redondo Beach. On October 20, 2020, the City Council awarded a contract for the preparation of both the Housing Element and concurrently an Inclusionary Housing Ordinance.
In November 2020, the City’s consultant provided an introductory presentation to City Council to go over the process of preparing an Inclusionary Housing Ordinance, including selection of parameters and conducting a financial analysis of proposed parameters. On January 12, 2021, the City Council proposed parameters and the consultant is finalizing the financial analysis to present to City Council in September 2021 to refine the parameters. The ordinance is expected to be introduced and adopted in 2022.
2021-2029 Objectives and Timeframe:
• Pursue adoption of an inclusionary housing program by 2022.
Responsible Agency: Community Development Department
Funding Sources: Departmental budget
TABLE H-44: Fair Housing Issues, Contributing Factors, and Meaningful Actions. [on page 126 of the Housing Element]
The last issue on this table is “Mobility and Access to Opportunity”. The “Contributing Factors and Priority” in the table note location and type of affordable housing, lack of regional cooperation, and land use and zoning laws. The “Meaningful Action” column, in addition to several other actions, states that by 2022, the City will adopt an inclusionary housing program that will extend requirements to both ownership and rental housing.
Appendix D: Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing
[starts on page D-1 of Housing Element – reference to Inclusionary Housing page D-9] In January 2017, Assembly Bill 686 (AB 686) introduced an obligation to affirmatively further fair housing (AFFH) into California state law. AB 686 defined “affirmatively further fair housing” to mean “taking meaningful actions, in addition to combat discrimination, that overcome patterns of segregation and foster inclusive communities free from barriers that restrict access to opportunity” for persons of color, persons with disabilities, and other 3 | Page
protected classes. The Bill added an assessment of fair housing to the Housing Element which includes the following components:
• a summary of fair housing issues and assessment of the City’s fair housing enforcement and outreach capacity;
• an analysis of segregation patterns and disparities in access to opportunities;
• an assessment of contributing factors; and
• an identification of fair housing goals and actions.
The AFFH rule was originally a federal requirement applicable to entitlement jurisdictions (with population over 50,000) that can receive HUD Community Planning and Development (CPD) funds directly from HUD. Before the 2016 federal rule was repealed in 2019, entitlement jurisdictions were required to prepare an Assessment of Fair Housing (AFH) or Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice (AI). AB 686 states that jurisdictions can incorporate findings from either report into the Housing Element.
As discussed in the Executive Summary, recent housing development projects in the City have been distributed throughout the community. During previous decades of rezoning, a lot of density had been added to south Redondo Beach already. The City’s strategy for RHNA is intended to help balance the growth between north and south Redondo Beach.
By introducing a range of densities and locations for high density housing, and through the pending inclusionary housing policy, the City expects more diverse housing options to promote housing mobility among existing and future residents. This RHNA sites strategy is expected to help disperse the concentration of minority population.