South San Francisco City Council
January 25, 2023

City Council
January 25, 2023
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 Re-introduction to the Housing Element (HE)
 Local Review and Adoption Process
 Council Directed Revisions
 CEQA Clearance
 Recommendation to Adopt
3  State required update to the General Plan:
◦ Policy blueprint for expected housing growth with
opportunity sites equally distributed
◦ Zoning obligations to allow housing
◦ Programs to ensure fair and equitable access to
housing, preservation, and quality-of-life
4  State required update to the General Plan:
◦ A mandate to construct housing
◦ A specific development proposal for an opportunity
site (Municipal Services Building, for example)
5  Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA)
◦ State estimated number of needed housing units
◦ 3,956 units for this housing cycle
Previous RHNA Cycle 5 (2015-2013)
◦ 1,864 units required (~1,200 issued permits)
◦ City receives credit for building permits issued during a reporting year
◦ 3,859 units issued building permits OR entitled
 3,223 market rate units
 636 affordable units
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Units
Moderate
Units
AboveModerate
Units Total Units
RHNA 871 502 720 1,863 3,956
RHNA w/20% Buffer 1,045 602 864 2,236 4,747
Type
Pipeline Projects 225 408 50 2,898 3,581
ADUs (Based on High Projection) 102 101 101 - 304
Opportunity Sites 546 1,319 580 10,663 13,108
Total to Comply with RHNA 873 1,828 731 13,561 16,993
 New HE proposes zoning capacity to allow up
to 13,000 new units
◦ Pipeline projects would add 3,500 more units
◦ 304 new ADUs also projected
7 Lindenville
ECR - South
ECR - North
South Airport
8 Corridor Area Acreage Unit Capacity % of Total
Lindenville 73.46 5,393 41%
El Camino Real 26.62 2,130 16%
South Airport Blvd 66.74 5,586 43%
Total Capacity 166.82 13,109 100%
RHNA Target | +
20% Buffer 3,956 | 4,747
Excess Capacity 9,153 230% +
9  Airport Land Use Commission
◦ Reviewed on August 25, 2022
◦ Approved for compatibility with SFO land use plan
 CC Study Session
◦ Reviewed draft on January 11, 2023 and provided
comments
 PC Recommendation on January 18, 2023
 CC Consideration TONIGHT
10  Target for Adoption is January 31, 2023
◦ Draft Housing Element is now in substantial
compliance with State Housing Law
◦ City avoids Builder’s Remedy with adoption by
January 31, 2023
11  Sent to HCD on July 5th for first review
 Comments provided December 7, 2022
 City revised draft HE to respond to comments
12  Requested additional analysis for:
◦ Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH)
◦ Clarification on ADU calculations
◦ Additional descriptions for opportunity sites
◦ Verifying adopted zoning for a variety of housing
types
◦ Updates to proposed programs to ensure proactive
outreach and clear deliverables
13  January 11, 2023 Study Session edits:
◦ Program EQ-6.3: Clarify timing for prioritization of
Affordable Housing Funds
◦ Program CRT-7.2: Adopt a 30du/ac minimum
density for housing on sites with institutional uses
◦ New program CRT-8.3: Explore Veteran’s Housing
Opportunity
◦ Program CRT-9.1: Study affordable housing
overlay with options for projects to have less than
100% affordable units
14  Covered by General Plan Update EIR that
evaluated zoning and capacity changes used
to meet RHNA
 CEQA Exemption Section 15061(b)(3) for
policy document without land use changes
 Adopt CEQA Resolution
 Adopt General Plan Resolution
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