Housing Element and
General Plan
Annual Progress
Reports
Community Development Department
March 17, 2025
City Council Meeting
Contributing Staff
Housing Element APR
Steve Golden
Principal Planner
Steven Peck
Assistant Planner
Rachel Horst
Housing Manager
Jennifer Mora
Housing Specialist
General Plan APR
Somer Smith
Senior Planner
Simin Zakavand
Associate Planner
Background on Annual Progress Reports
• Government Code Sections 65400 and 65700 require local planning agencies to submit an Annual Progress Report (APR) on the status of their General Plan and Housing Element
• Health and Safety Code Section 34176.1(f) requires local jurisdictions to submit an annual Housing Successor Agency Report
Background on Annual Progress Reports
• 2023-2031 Housing Element
• Adopted on May 20, 2024
• 6th RHNA cycle
• 2nd year of reporting for APR
• San Mateo General Plan 2040
• Adopted on March 18, 2024
• 1st year of reporting for APR
Housing Element: RHNA Breakdown
Affordability
Levels
6th Cycle
RHNA
Allocation
Projection
Period
(6/30/22-
1/30/23)
2023 2024 Total Units
(all years)
Total
Remaining
RHNA by
Income Level
Very Low 1,777 1 24 20 45 1,732
Low 1,023 13 24 20 57 966
Moderate 1,175 25 20 20 65 1,110
Above
Moderate
3,040 10 24 107 141 2,899
TOTAL 7,015 49 92 167 308 6,707
RHNA = Regional Housing Needs Allocation
Housing Element: RHNA Breakdown
• Major projects that began construction in 2024
• Peninsula Heights – 67 units (290 total units; 29 affordable) • 477 9th Ave – 120 units (12 affordable) – started March 2025 • Major projects that were completed in 2024
• Kiku Crossing – 225 units, 100% affordable
• 303 Baldwin – 64 units (6 affordable)
• 3069 East Kyne (Bay Meadows - Res 6 Block) – 54 units (5 affordable)
Housing Element: ADUs
• ADU Activity in 2024
• 84 ADU applications submitted
• 64 ADU permits issued
• 7 discretionary ADU applications processed
• 78% of ADU permits issued located in
High/Highest Resource areas of San Mateo
• ADU Ordinance updates targeted for adoption
in 2025
• ADU affordability survey to be required for
permit submittal
Housing Element: SB 9
• Since 2022, five SB 9 applications
have been submitted
• Three are ministerial
• Two are discretionary
• In 2024, two SB 9 applications were
deemed complete
• Of the two, one required discretionary
review and was appealed to the
Planning Commission
SB 9 Project
Types
TOTAL
Urban Lot Split
(ULS)
1 Two-Unit
Development
(TUD)
1 ULS + TUD 3
Housing Element: Future (pipeline) projects
Project Name Proposed
# of Units
Hillsdale Mall Redev. 1,392
Concar Passage 869
715 N. San Mateo Dr 181
668 E 3rd Ave 125
1650 S Amphlet Blvd 256
1218 Monte Diablo 75
230 S El Camino Real 28
TOTAL 2,926
SB 330 Preliminary Applications PAs under Review Approved PAs Project Name Proposed
# of Units
Fish Market 260
Bespoke 71
Block 20 72
222 S. Fremont St 50
228-231 State St 10
328 Tilton Ave 4
TOTAL 467
Project Name Proposed
# of Units
Hayward Park Station 191
Block 21 111
Hillsdale Terraces 68
1919 O’Farrell St 49
616 S. B St (Nazareth Vista) 48
1 Hayward Ave 18
222 E. 4th Ave (Draeger’s) 10
TOTAL 495
Progress on Goals, Policies, & Programs in 2024
• Measure T (Policy H.1.20)
• Streamlined Housing Application
Review Process (Policy H1.6)
• Minimum Residential Densities in
Mixed-Use Developments with a
Residential Component (Policy H1.9)
• Family-Sized Residential Units (Policy
H.1.5)
• Tenant Protections/Anti-Displacement
(Policies H3.4, H3.6, and H5.4.1)
• Zoning Code Amendments (several
Policies)
2024 General Plan APR
Background on General Plan 2040
• Eight Elements
• Three Themes
• Environmental Justice
• Sustainability
• Community Engagement
• Equity Priority Communities
• Climate Change & Sea Level Rise
• Ballot Measure T (LU 1, LU 1.3 and LU 1.9)
• Seven SB 330 Preliminary Applications
• 2,926 units (544 BMR units)
• Climate Change Adaptation Plan for Sea Level Rise
(LU 10.9 and S 3.7)
• 3rd Ave & S Norfolk St Intersection Safety
Improvements Project (LU 8.8 and LU 8.11)
• North Central Complete Streets Plan (LU 8.8 and
LU 8.10)
Notable Progress on Implementation in 2024
Thank You
Steve Golden
Principal Planner
[email protected]
Rachel Horst
Housing Manager
[email protected]