Community & Economic Development Committee (ced)
February 26, 2024

Housing Catalyst Team Work Plan
Community and Economic Development Committee
February 26, 2024
Item d(1)
Jerad Ferguson, Principal Planner, PBCE
Kristen Clements, Division Manager, Housing Department
1 Background
2 2018
Housing Catalyst
Team Established
November 2022
Final Update on
Housing Crisis Work
Plan
Creation of
Housing Catalyst
Team Work Plan
June 2023
Council Adopts
Housing Element
Housing Catalyst
Work Plan at CED
Committee
August 2023
Housing Catalyst
Work Plan at City
Council
January 2024
HCD certifies
Housing Element
Housing Catalyst Team Work Plan
3 Near-term
Medium-term
Long-term
Housing Element Programs
2023
-2031
Housing Catalyst
Team
Work Plan
Near-term Housing Element
programs underway or
initiated in next two years
125 Multi-part Work Items – Production, Preservation and Protection Additional housing-related
work items from Council or
staff
Impact and Level of Effort
4 • High Impact
• Moderate Impact
• Low Impact
• Legally Required
• To Be Determined
Impact Effort
• Low Effort
• Moderate Effort
• High Effort
Work Plan Highlights
5 • Housing on Public/Quasi Public Lands (P-24)
• City Infill Housing Ministerial Approval Ordinance (P-7) • Small Multifamily Housing (P-35)
• CEQA Analysis for Urban Villages (P-37)
• Evaluation of Urban Village Planning Process (P-40)
• Prohousing Designation (P-23, P-40)
Key Anti-Displacement Work Items
6 • Establish a Preservation NOFA (R-2)
• Preservation and Community Development Capacity Building (N-4) • Mobilehome Park General Plan Designation for Remaining Mobilehome Parks (R-6)
• Tenant/Landlord Resource Centers and Code Violations Reporting (S-1) • Eviction Prevention - Housing Collaborative Weekly Eviction Prevention Court Clinic, Eviction Diversion Program, and Other Support for Legal Services (S-12)
• Local Enforcement of State Tenant Protections (S-32)
Housing Production
7 Building Permits Issued
Next Steps
8 • Report to Housing and Community Development Commission on March 14th
• Combined City Council item on Housing Catalyst Team Work Plan and Housing Element Annual Progress Report on March 19th • Launch “dashboard” version of work plan
• Advance individual work items
8 Housing Catalyst Team Work Plan
Community and Economic Development Committee
February 26, 2024
Item d(1)
Jerad Ferguson, Principal Planner, PBCE
Kristen Clements, Division Manager, Housing Department
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