2023-2031
Housing Element Update
City Council
December 12, 2023
2City of Sunnyvale – 2023-2031 Housing Element Update – City Council – December 2023 Agenda
• Overview
• Housing Capacity
• Fair Housing
• Timeline
• Key Topics
• CEQA
• Recommendation
3City of Sunnyvale – 2023-2031 Housing Element Update – City Council – December 2023 Housing Element Overview
• City’s plan to meet the housing needs of the community Required element of the General Plan
Accommodates fair share of regional housing need
Updated every 8 years
Required Review and Certification by Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD)
1999
4City of Sunnyvale – 2023-2031 Housing Element Update – City Council – December 2023 Housing Element Overview (cont.)
• Housing Element Contents
Housing Needs Assessment
Fair Housing Analysis
Evaluation of Previous Housing Element
Housing Sites Inventory
Analysis of Constraints
Policies and Programs
Policies
and
Programs
Needs
Assessment
Fair
Housing
Analysis
Sites
Inventory
Constraints
Evaluation
5City of Sunnyvale – 2023-2031 Housing Element Update – City Council – December 2023 Housing Capacity
Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA)
6City of Sunnyvale – 2023-2031 Housing Element Update – City Council – December 2023 Housing Capacity (cont.)
Lower
Income
Moderate
Income
Above
Moderate
Income
Total
Percentage
of Total
Capacity
2023-2031 RHNA 4,677 2,032 5,257 11,966
Approved Projects 321 522 999 1,842 11%
Lawrence Station Area Plan 1,096 227 379 1,702 10%
Downtown Specific Plan 126 48 50 224 1%
El Camino Real Specific Plan 1,204 367 502 2,073 12%
Moffett Park Specific Plan 4,418 0 5,208 9,626 56%
Village Centers 0 797 0 797 5%
Additional LUTE Sites 299 316 6 621 4%
ADUs 96 136 41 273 2%
Total Capacity 7,560 2,413 7,185 17,158 100%
Surplus +2,883 +381 +1,928 +5,192
7City of Sunnyvale – 2023-2031 Housing Element Update – City Council – December 2023 Fair Housing
AB 686 expands duty to
affirmatively further fair housing
(AFFH)
Housing Elements are required to:
• Equitably include community
in outreach process
• Assess fair housing
• Evaluate and address how
sites will AFFH
• Adopt policies and programs
that remediate identified fair
housing issues
Fair Housing
Enforcement and
Outreach Capacity
Segregation and
Integration
Racially and Ethnically
Concentrated Areas of
Poverty and Affluence
Disparities in Access to
Opportunity
Disproportionate
Housing Needs and
Displacement Risks
8City of Sunnyvale – 2023-2031 Housing Element Update – City Council – December 2023 Fair Housing
(cont.)
High/Highest Resource
• 29% of all sites
Moderate Resource
• 13% of all sites
Low Resource /Focused
Area of Investment
• 58% of all sites
• MPSP and LSAP
9City of Sunnyvale – 2023-2031 Housing Element Update – City Council – December 2023 Housing Element Timeline
Jul 8, 2022 Draft HE submitted to HCD
Oct 6, 2022 HCD Comment Letter #1
May 24, 2023 Revised HCD Draft submitted to HCD
July 10, 2023 Errata to Revised HCD Draft sent to HCD
July 21, 2023 HCD Comment Letter #2
Oct 12, 2023 Second Revised HCD Draft submitted to HCD
Oct 20, 2023 –
Nov 20, 2023
CEQA Initial Study/Negative Declaration Public
Review
Nov 17, 2023 Errata to Second Revised HCD Draft published Nov 27, 2023 Planning Commission Hearing - Recommendation Nov 29, 2023 HHSC Hearing - Recommendation
Dec 12, 2023 City Council Adoption Hearing
10City of Sunnyvale – 2023-2031 Housing Element Update – City Council – December 2023 Key Topics
Lower-Income sites in
Higher-Resource
Areas
Missing Middle
Housing
Park Dedication
Requirement
Errata to Second
Revised HCD Draft
Source: Steinberg Hart
11City of Sunnyvale – 2023-2031 Housing Element Update – City Council – December 2023 HCD Finding (Oct 2022)
Lower-Income Sites in Higher Resource Areas
• Address isolation of lower-income RHNA in Northern
Sunnyvale and lack of lower-income sites in Southern
Sunnyvale
• Address public comments on housing in high resource
areas (e.g. southern Village Centers)
Increase Village Center density to >30 du/ac
• 30 du/acre = “default density” for lower-income housing 12City of Sunnyvale – 2023-2031 Housing Element Update – City Council – December 2023 City Response
Lower-Income Sites in Higher Resource Areas
(cont.)
• Modified Program H3 to increase affordable
housing in high resource areas
• Increase Village Center density >30 du/acre
• Designate additional southern Sunnyvale sites for higher density residential
• Increased goal of 750 lower-income units in higher
resource areas
• Complete rezone by December 2026
13City of Sunnyvale – 2023-2031 Housing Element Update – City Council – December 2023 HCD Finding (Oct. 2022)
Missing Middle
• Establish development
standards for missing
middle housing types
• Encourage missing
middle in higher
opportunity areas
Source: Google Street View
Missing Middle in Sunnyvale
14City of Sunnyvale – 2023-2031 Housing Element Update – City Council – December 2023 City Response
Missing Middle (cont.)
• Added Program H21
o Small lot subdivisions in
zoning districts such as
R1.5 and R1.7
o Smaller lot sizes and
modified setbacks
o Expedited review
o Ministerial approval for
certain products not
requiring lot splits
EXAMPLE
• 2 R-0 lots (60’ x 100’)
• 4 MM lots (60” x 50’)
• 45% FAR Maximum
• One shared driveway
• Attached or Detached
• Similar to SB9
15City of Sunnyvale – 2023-2031 Housing Element Update – City Council – December 2023 HCD Finding
Park Dedication Requirement
Oct 2022 Comment Letter
• Analyze Park Dedication Requirement and address
public comments on Park In-Lieu Fees for lot splits
• Include more specific commitments in fee program
July 2023 Comment Letter
• Analyze Park Dedication Requirement’s impact on
multifamily housing types
16City of Sunnyvale – 2023-2031 Housing Element Update – City Council – December 2023 City Response (based on Council Feedback)
Park Dedication Requirement (cont.)
Modified Program H19
o Reduced Park Dedication In-lieu fees
• Dual Urban Opportunity (DUO) lot splits
• Missing Middle housing types
No greater than $60,000/unit
o Special Needs units (SROs, senior units)
No greater than $35,000/unit
o Multifamily units
Average 30% reduction
17City of Sunnyvale – 2023-2031 Housing Element Update – City Council – December 2023 Errata to Second Revised HCD Draft
• Minor revisions based on Nov 16 call with HCD
Usable Open Space Requirements (Program H18)
• Annual monitoring and mid-cycle review
Park Dedication Requirement (Program H19)
• Annual monitoring and mid-cycle review
Missing Middle (Program H21)
• Ensure maximum allowable densities are feasible
Zoning Code Modifications (Program H23)
• Parking requirements for studio units not to exceed
one space/unit
• HCD conditional approval received on Dec 11!
18City of Sunnyvale – 2023-2031 Housing Element Update – City Council – December 2023 CEQA
Initial Study/Negative Declaration
• No unmitigated impacts that
have not been addressed in
prior Environmental Impact
Reports, including:
• LUTE
• Specific Plans
Comment Period
• Oct 20, 2023 to Nov 20, 2023
• No comments received
19City of Sunnyvale – 2023-2031 Housing Element Update – City Council – December 2023 Alternative 1
Make the findings and adopt the Resolution in
Attachment 2 to the report to
a. Adopt the Negative Declaration in Attachment
3 to the report, and
b. Amend the General Plan by Adopting the
2023-2031 Housing Element as included as
Exhibit A
Recommendation