From: Cordell Hindler
To: City Clerk Dept User
Subject: public comments- Open Forum
Date: Thursday, January 19, 2023 4:06:45 PM
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Good Evening Mayor Martinez , Council Members and Staff, I have some Comments for the Record
1. For the February 28th Agenda,
The Council Should Consider Inviting Danny Wan to Provide a Presentation on How the Port of Oakland is Recovering from the Pandemic
2. Also to have Segal Consulting present on the Class & Comp Study Sincerely
Cordell
From: Cordell Hindler
To: City Clerk Dept User
Subject: Public Comments - P.1 Budget Session
Date: Thursday, January 19, 2023 4:18:12 PM
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Good Evening Mayor Martinez, Council Members and staff, I Appreciate the Hard work that Our Police and Fire Departments do for Richmond Sincerely
Cordell
From: Matt Gelfand
To: City Clerk Dept User; Eduardo Martinez; Soheila Bana; Claudia Jimenez; Gayle McLaughlin; Doria Robinson; Melvin Willis; Cesar Zepeda
Cc: Shasa Curl; Lina Velasco; Dave Aleshire; "Dylan Casey"; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Public Comments - Agenda Item Q.1
Date: Monday, January 23, 2023 8:20:05 PM
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To the City Council:
Please see the attached joint correspondence regarding Agenda Item Q.1 being considered at your upcoming meeting.
Sincerely,
Matthew Gelfand
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Matthew
Gelfand
Counsel,
Californians
for
Homeownership
525
S.
Virgil
Avenue
Los
Angeles,
CA
90020
[email protected]
Tel: (213) 739-8206
Californians
for
Homeownership
is
a
501(c)(3)
non-profit
organization
that
works
to
address
California’s
housing
crisis
through
impact
litigation
and
other
legal
tools.
January 23, 2023
City Council
City of Richmond
450 Civic Center Plaza
Richmond, CA 94804
Email: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] RE: January 24, 2023 City Council Meeting, Agenda Item Q.1 To the City Council:
YIMBY Law, Californians for Homeownership, and CalHDF are 501(c)(3) organizations devoted to using impact litigation and other legal tools to address California’s housing crisis. We are writing as part of our work monitoring compliance with state laws governing the adoption of general plan housing elements. This letter follows up on our December 16, 2022 letter to the City Manager regarding the City’s failure to timely engage in the process of developing its sixth cycle housing element update.
You are scheduled to consider adoption of the City’s housing element update at your January 24 meeting. But the City cannot legally adopt a housing element at this time. Under state law, the City may not adopt a housing element update until 90 days have passed from the submission of a draft to the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD). Gov.
Code § 65585(b)(1). Because the City submitted its draft to HCD on December 9, 2022 the earliest it can lawfully adopt a housing element is on March 9, 2023. Additionally, we cannot confirm that the City complied with Government Code Sections 65353, 65355, and 65090 concerning notice for this meeting and the Planning Commission’s meeting regarding the housing element update.
If the City proceeds with adoption of its housing element now, the City will be subject to the risk of immediate litigation to invalidate that action. Californians for Homeownership has already initiated litigation against the City of Pinole for taking the same action the City is contemplating and will also immediately initiate litigation against the City if it moves forward.
We urge you to direct staff to instead follow the process required by law.
Sincerely,
Keith Diggs Matthew Gelfand Dylan Casey
YIMBY Law Californians for CalHDF
Homeownership
cc: Shasa Curl, City Manager (by email to [email protected]) Lina Velasco, Comm. Dev. Director (by email to [email protected]) Dave Aleshire, Esq., City Attorney (by email to [email protected])