Community & Economic Development Committee (ced)
May 23, 2022

Housing Crisis
Work Plan Update
May 23, 2022
Community and Economic Development Committee
Item (d)2
Office of Economic Development and Cultural Affairs
Jerad Ferguson, Housing Catalyst
Housing Department
Rachel VanderVeen, Deputy Director
Department of Planning, Building, and Code Enforcement
Michael Brilliot, Deputy Director
2 Overall Progress 25,000 Housing Units by 2023
Entitled, Under Construction, or Completed
15,000 Market Rate Units
10,000 Affordable Units
20,483
5,183
7,410
7,890
16,885
4,441
6,175
6,269
3,598
742
1,235
1,621
0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000
Total
Completed
Under
Construction
Planning
Approval
Affordable Market Rate Combined
2018 2022 Q1
3 2827
2248
717
1081
808
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Q1
Market Rate Housing Units Receiving Building Permits
4 Affordable Housing Units Receiving Building Permits
146 134
663
609
158
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Q1
Completed Work Plan Items
Implementation of Commercial Linkage Fee (CLF)
Eliminate Commercial Space Requirements for Affordable Development Reimagine Underutilized Business Corridors to Allow for Housing 5 Housing Element Update is Focus of Work
6 • Cross departmental effort to complete Housing Element Update for 2023-2031 cycle
• Update must include an assessment of fair housing
• Public participation across all economic segments
• Other work plan items maybe on hold or delayed
Citywide Planning Team Staff Vacancies
• Citywide Planning Team lost over 40% of its staff from fall 2021 through winter 2022
• Actively recruiting and have filled four vacancies
• Still recruiting for 3 Senior Planners and 2 Planners • Staffing vacancies and turnover affecting project
timelines
• Some housing crises work items are delayed or
temporally on hold
7 Work Plan Highlights
• Allow Affordable Housing on Assembly Use Sites
• Explore Policy for Housing on Public School Lands
• Apply the Mobilehome Park Land Use Designation
through City-initiated General Plan Amendments to the
Remaining 56 Mobilehome Parks
8 • 25,000 housing unit goal
• Biannual reporting
• Inter-departmental team
focused on housing policy and
programs
• Unified location for tracking
policies and programs
Housing Crisis
Work Plan
2018-2023
• Closely aligned with Housing
Element and Strategies
• RHNA as unit goal
• Annual Reporting
• Inter-departmental team
focused on housing policy and
programs
• Unified location for tracking
policies and programs
Housing Catalyst Team
Work Plan
2023+
Future of Housing Crisis Work Plan
9 Housing Crisis
Work Plan Update
May 23, 2022
Community and Economic Development Committee
Office of Economic Development and Cultural Affairs
Jerad Ferguson, Housing Catalyst
Housing Department
Rachel VanderVeen, Deputy Director
Department of Planning, Building, and Code Enforcement
Michael Brilliot, Deputy Director