ATTACHMENT A
Housing Crisis Workplan Summary Chart
I. Work Items Completed
Item Lead
Department
Month
Completed
Notes
1. Transition Traffic Analysis from
LOS to VMT
DOT/PBCE Feb 2018
2. Continue to implement Urban
Villages:
a. Implementation Framework:
b. Prioritize Horizon II Light
Rail Villages into Horizon I
PBCE/
OEDCA
May 2018
Dec 2018
3. Update the Accessory Dwelling
Unit and Garage Conversion
ordinance
PBCE Jun 2018
4. Complete the Downtown Vision
and EIR
PBCE Dec 2018
5. Move-up Tri-Village Urban
Villages to Horizon I
PBCE Dec 2018
6. Engage CASA on regional housing
production – CASA Compact
Report
Housing Jan 2019 https://mtc.ca.gov/sites/default/files/CASA_Compact.pdf
7. Co-living Ordinance PBCE Feb 2019
8. Created a Cross-departmental
Housing Catalyst Team and
Established Biweekly Team
Meetings
OEDCA
/PBCE/
Housing/
PRNS
Nov 2019
9. New Housing Webpage PBCE/
OEDCA
/ Housing
Aug 2020 Webpage: link
10. Explore Options for a Commercial
Linkage Fee
CMO
/OEDCA/
Housing
Sep 2020
11. Develop Anti-Displacement
Strategy
Housing Sep 2020
12. Explore Interim Housing Solutions
on Caltrans Sites
Housing Jun 2020
I. Work Items Completed
Item Lead
Department
Month
Completed
Notes
13. Refine General Plan Policy H-2.9
(the "1.5-acre rule”)
PBCE/
Housing
Feb 2021
14. Updates to Inclusionary Housing
Ordinance (IHO)
Housing Feb 2021
15. Parks Fee Credit for Moderate
Income Housing satisfying IHO
PRNS Mar 2021 Ordinance No. 30541 and Resolution No. 79913 adopted during 3/2/21 City Council meeting (expires
January 1, 2026)
16. Housing Land Acquisition Sites
Database and Mapping Tool - “SJ
Housing Site Explorer”
Public Works/
PBCE/
Housing/
OEDCA
Aug 2021 https://san-jose-housing-ca.tolemi.com/
17. Explore changes to Commercial
Space Requirements for Affordable
Developments
OEDCA/
PBCE/
Housing
Dec 2021
18. Reimagine Underutilized Business
Corridors to Allow for the
Integration of Housing
PBCE December
2021
19. Further implementation of
Commercial Linkage Fee
Housing/
OEDCA
Mar 2022
II. Work Items Initiated and Underway
Rank Item Lead
Department
Planned
Completion
Status Update
1. Cost of Residential Development
Study Update
OEDCA Next update
August 2022
OEDCA is working with a consultant to update the
report and has conducted initial public outreach.
Staff plans to bring forward the next update to City
Council in August 2022.
2. Updated Downtown Residential
High-rise Program
OEDCA/
Housing
August 2022 High-rise IHO in-lieu fee and construction tax reductions adopted in August 2020 continue until
June 2025. Council direction to assess options to
extend exemption beyond 2025. Staff intends to
return to Council with assessment in August 2022 as
part of the Cost of Residential Development update.
3. Make Additional Residential Units
Available in North San José
DOT/
OEDCA/
Planning/
Housing
May 2022 Returning to City Council in May 2022 with
necessary actions to formally retire the North San
José Development Policy to enable new housing
construction.
4. Housing Element Update PBCE/
Housing/
OEDCA
Spring 2023 Staff has been conducting public outreach and is currently working on developing the draft document
that is scheduled to be released in June 2022.
5. Assessment of Fair Housing Housing Spring 2023 AFH work has been integrated fully into the Housing Element (see 4 above). The Housing
Department plans to seek City Council approval of
an AFH Plan at the same time as the Housing
Element.
6. Align Zoning with the General Plan PBCE Fall 2022 New urban village and mixed-use zoning districts to facilitate mixed-use residential development were
approved by Council on May 18, 2021 (Phase 1b).
City-initiated rezonings will follow to align the
zoning with General Plan land use designation of
properties within Urban Villages and other growth
areas. (Phase 2). To take advantage of SB 940 before
the bill expires on January 31, 2023, staff plans to
complete this phase 2a of this work by this date.
II. Work Items Initiated and Underway
Rank Item Lead
Department
Planned
Completion
Status Update
7. Work with the Bay Area Housing
Finance Authority (BAHFA) on
Moderate-income Financing
Strategy
Housing/
OEDCA/
Finance
Winter 2022 As directed by Council in May 2021, staff will work with BAHFA to pursue a moderate-income housing
financing model that uses JPA-issued bonds focused
on public benefit. BAHFA hired an executive
director in spring 2022 who is now building a team.
Housing posted a job listing in fall 2021 for staff to
work on moderate-income strategies but has not yet
been able to hire. Staff has advised the sponsors of
AB 1850 that would affect this product.
8. Amend the Zoning Ordinance to
Allow for 100% Affordable
PBCE Fall 2022 Staff will bring forward updates to the Zoning Ordinance to allow 100% affordable mixed-use
projects in the Commercial Pedestrian and
Commercial Neighborhood Zoning districts in
Urban Villages with a Site Development Permit,
rather than a Special Use Permit or Conditional Use
Permit.
9. Explore Opportunities for Highdensity Residential Development in Areas Surrounding San José State
PBCE/
Housing
Spring 2023 Staff intends to add this work as an action item in the Housing Element work program, which means
the work would be initiated at some point following
certification of the Housing Element next year.
10. Allow Affordable Housing on
Assembly Use Sites
PBCE/
Housing
Winter 2022 This would enable any site containing assembly uses (including but not limited to houses of worship) with
a Public/Quasi Public General Plan designation to
allow 100% deed-restricted affordable housing to be
developed as a secondary use in conjunction with the
primary use of the property for assembly uses.
Council directed staff on September 22, 2020, to
work on this as resources become available as part
of its Citywide Residential Anti-Displacement
Strategy (Recommendation 8). Outreach to
developers has occurred and development of this
policy continues.
II. Work Items Initiated and Underway
Rank Item Lead
Department
Planned
Completion
Status Update
11. Develop Impact Fee Registry OEDCA Fall 2022 Staff has begun work to develop a unified place listing all fees and taxes for residential development.
It will include a point of contact for each that is
responsible for providing information and estimates.
12. Explore Temporary Suspension of
Construction Taxes for Affordable
Housing
OEDCA/
Housing
Fall 2022 Staff has started work to analyze the fiscal
implications of a construction tax suspension and
will bring forward a recommendation to the City
Council in fall 2022.
14. General Plan Amendment to Fully
Implement Removal of Commercial
Requirements for Affordable
Housing
PBCE Fall 2022 Staff will bring forward a General Plan Amendment to implement the Council direction from December
2021 to remove commercial requirements for all
affordable housing throughout the City. The
commercial requirement was removed from Policy
IP-5.12 that allows affordable housing in unplanned
Urban Villages.
15. Implementing Zoning Ordinance to
allow Housing in Business Corridors
PBCE Fall 2022 As a part of the General Plan Four-Year Review, the City Council approved allowing for housing in
certain business district corridors. Staff will bring
forward a Zoning Ordinance update to implement
this item and has been added as a new work item.
17. Explore the creation of a Land Trust Housing Spring 2023 The City’s two-year fellow who was regularly assisting the new South Bay Community Land Trust
(SBCLT) ended his term at the City in February
2022. Housing staff recently met again with SBCLT
to discuss future preservation funding from Measure
E and is collaborating with SBCLT on COPA
program design. Staff also issued SBCLT a support
letter for a foundation grant and is creating nonprofit capacity building plans that could help SBCLT and
others. Staff plans to procure consulting help for a
CLT feasibility study. This work has been
deprioritized given Housing Element work, but staff
expects to issue the RFP in fall 2022 and complete
work in 2023.
II. Work Items Initiated and Underway
Rank Item Lead
Department
Planned
Completion
Status Update
18. Moderate-income Housing Strategy Housing/
OED/Finance
Winter 2023 Council deprioritized the Moderate-income Housing Strategy to #25 on the Roadmap waitlist in March
2021. Housing posted a job listing in fall 2021 for
staff to refresh the moderate-income housing
analysis but has not yet been able to hire.
19. Update Downtown Zoning to
eliminate parking requirements
PBCE Winter 2022 Through the American Cities Climate Challenge (ACCC), staff is comprehensively evaluating
parking requirements in Downtown and other areas
around transit. Staff will return to City Council in
June 2022 to get Council direction on a proposed
policy framework for Downtown and citywide and
then will return in fall 2022 with an ordinance for
Council consideration.
21. Explore Policy for Housing on
Public School Lands
PBCE Re-Initiate
Work once
#10 is
Complete
As directed by Council in February 2021, explore
policy changes for public school land conversions
that could provide more opportunities for housing
and revenue for public school districts. Staff has met
with most school districts to discuss the proposed
policy. Due to a recent and significant loss of staff
this item is currently on hold. Staff anticipates
returning to this work once the work item related to
Affordable Housing on Assembly Use Sites is
complete.
23. Consider Strategies to Eliminate
Incentive to Use Outside Bond
Issuers
OEDCA/
Housing/
Finance
Fall 2022 Staff has conducted a preliminary analysis of its bond issuance fees and policy. Staff will consider
potential strategies and bring forward any
recommendations with the next Housing Crisis
Work Plan Update.
II. Work Items Initiated and Underway
Rank Item Lead
Department
Planned
Completion
Status Update
24. Develop an Affordable Housing
Siting Policy
Housing Winter 2023 Staff brought the proposed Affordable Housing Siting Policy to City Council for consideration on
August 31, 2021. At this meeting, the City Council
requested that staff conduct additional research to
reconsider thresholds used to determine Category 3
neighborhoods. Additional information and policy
recommendations will be brought forward to the
Community and Economic Development Committee
in Fall 2022.
25. Explore the Creation of a Land
Acquisition Loan Fund
Housing Winter 2023 Creating a source for site acquisition financing is part of the Citywide Residential Anti-Displacement
Strategy’s Recommendation 3, Explore a
Community Opportunity to Purchase
Program/Ordinance (COPA). Housing staff held
several meetings with lenders on preservation
acquisition financing needs, but is pausing work to
focus on the Housing Element draft until late
summer 2022.
26. Complete the PDO/PIO Fee Study PRNS/CMO December
2022
Information is available online here. A community
meeting is targeted for May 19, 2022. Staff intends
to present a recommendation to the City Council in
December 2022.
27. Update to Council Policy 5-1:
Transportation Analysis Policy
DOT Fall 2022 Staff is currently evaluating potential strategies to update the Policy to further streamline housing. Staff
provided an update to the Transportation and
Environment Committee on May 2, 2022 on its work
to date. The committee gave direction to further
modify staff’s approach and to return to the
committee with updates.
III. Work Items To Be Initiated
Rank Item Lead
Department
Planned
Initiation
Status Update
13. Explore Reducing Signature Project
Size Threshold
PBCE Summer 2022 As directed by Council, explore reducing the minimum size lot required for the Signature Project
Policy IP-5.10.
16. Modify Martha Gardens Specific
Plan
PBCE Staffing
Resources
Dependent
The Martha Gardens Specific Plan predates the
current General Plan and needs to be updated to
reflect current development standards including
height and density. This may also include exploring
expanding the boundaries of the Plan area. Staff has
started background work, but initiation of the public
process is TBD due to significant staff departures on
the Citywide Team including the project manager on
this item.
20. Apply the Mobilehome Park Land
Use Designation through Cityinitiated General Plan Amendments to the Remaining 56 Mobilehome
Parks
PBCE Staff and
Budget
Allocation
Dependent
Council directed staff to initiate these additional
General Plan amendments in March 2020. However,
Council did not allocate staff resources to accomplish
this work. Work is contingent on sufficient budget
allocation by City Council.
22. Establish Regular Coordination
Meetings to Communicate
Affordable Housing Timelines
OEDCA/
PBCE/
Housing
Summer 2022 Staff intends to coordinate the first regular meeting in summer 2022.
28. Updated Feasibility Study for
Commercial Linkage Fee
OEDCA/
Housing
Leasing
activity or
Summer 2023
As directed by Council in March 2022, start the
process to initiate an updated feasibility study in
either 18 months or once there are one million square
feet in executed leases of new construction over
100,000 sq. ft. in the Downtown over more than one
building, whichever happens first.
30. Explore Allowing “SB 9” Type
Housing on Additional Properties
PBCE Staffing
Resources
Dependent
In December 2021, Council directed staff to cease
work on Opportunity Housing and instead develop
comprehensive standards to implement SB 9,
including standards that would allow some SB 9 type
projects on properties zoned R-2 Two Family and
properties listed on the Historic Resources Inventory.
Initiation of this process is TBD due to significant
staff departures on the Citywide Team.