HomeMy WebLinkAboutITEM 9 - APPEAL OF REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENTS ALLOCATION APPEAL OF REGIONAL
HOUSING NEEDS
ASSESSMENT ALLOCATION
TUSTIN CITY COUNCIL
OCTOBER 20, 2020
TUSTIN ' S COMMITMENT TO ADDRESSING HOUSING NEEDS
• THE CITY OF TUSTIN:
• HAS SHOWN ITS COMMITMENT TO ADDRESSING ITS SHARE OF THE REGION 'S
CRITICAL HOUSING NEEDS
• IS A LEADER IN BUILDING AFFORDABLE WORKFORCE HOUSING AND
HOUSING FOR THOSE OF ALL SOCIOECONOMIC LEVELS.
• WITH HOUSING IN THE MASTER-PLANNED COMMUNITIES OF TUSTIN RANCH AND
TUSTIN LEGACY, OVER 8,000 SINGLE AND MULTIPLE FAMILY HOMES HAVE BEEN BUILT
HERE OVER THE PAST 30 YEARS
WHAT IS " RHNA" AND WHY DOES IT MATTER ?
• THE " REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT IS A PERIODIC
STATE-MANDATED PROCESS
• IT QUANTIFIES THE NEED FOR HOUSING STATE-WIDE AND THEN
ALLOCATES THAT NEED TO CITIES AND COUNTIES TO ADDRESS IN THE
HOUSING ELEMENTS OF THEIR GENERAL PLANS.
• LARGE RHNA ALLOCATIONS CAN REQUIRE CITIES TO PLAN FOR
AND ALLOW DEVELOPMENT OF FAR GREATER RESIDENTIAL DENSITIES
THAN THEIR CONSTITUENTS WANT.
HOW DOES THE RHNA PROCESS WORK?
• STEP 1 : THE STATE ESTIMATES THE HOUSING NEED OVER THE NEXT
EIGHT (8) YEARS FOR EACH REGION OF THE STATE.
• THE STATE HAS DETERMINED THE HOUSING NEED IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
is 1 ,341 ,827
• STEP 2: THE HOUSING NEED IS BROKEN DOWN BY INCOME GROUPS
(E.G., VERY-LOW INCOME, LOW INCOME, MODERATE INCOME,
AND ABOVE-MODERATE.)
HOW DOES THE RHNA PROCESS WORK?
• STEP 3: `SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF
GOVERNMENTS" (SCAG) THEN ALLOCATES THAT OVERALL
NUMBER TO INDIVIDUAL CITIES AND COUNTIES.
• OUTCOME: ON SEPTEMBER 4, 2019 . SCAG ISSUED ITS DRAFT
ALLOCATION FOR TUSTIN : 6,765 NEW HOUSING UNITS BETWEEN
NOW AND 2028.
WHAT IS TUSTIN ' S DRAFT RHNA ALLOCATION ?
• TUSTIN 'S DRAFT HOUSING ALLOCATION : 6,765 UNITS INCLUDES:
• VERY-LOW INCOME UNITS: 1 .720
• LOW INCOME UNITS: 1 .,043
• MODERATE INCOME UNITS: 1 , 129
• ABOVE-MODERATE INCOME UNITS: 2,873
WHAT IS TUSTIN ' S DRAFT RHNA ALLOCATION ?
• THOSE FIGURES:
• IF NOT REDUCED, WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE NUMBER OF
RESIDENTIAL UNITS THAT THE CITY MUST PLAN AND ZONE FOR IN
ITS NEXT HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE.
• WOULD LIKELY RESULT IN SUBSTANTIALLY LARGER GENERATION
OF RESIDENTIAL HOUSING OVER THE NEXT H YEARS.
• WOULD REPRESENT A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF
RESIDENTIAL UNITS IN TUSTIN.
IS TUSTIN ALONE IN BEING ALLOCATED A LARGE
RHNA REQUIREMENT?
• NO. MANY OTHER JURISDICTIONS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ALSO
RECEIVED LARGE DRAFT ALLOCATIONS.
• UNDER STATE LAW, SCAG HAD TO ALLOCATE OVER 1 .3 MILLION
UNITS THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
• HOWEVER, TUSTIN AND MANY ORANGE COUNTY CITIES BELIEVE
THEY WERE ALLOCATED A DISPROPORTIONATELY LARGE
PROPORTION OF THE ALLOCATION.
POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF THE ALLOCATION
• INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF ALLOWED RESIDENTIAL UNITS IN THE CITY.
• INCREASES IN MAXIMUM ALLOWED DENSITIES OF RESIDENTIAL
DEVELOPMENT IN SOME AREAS OF THE CITY.
• CHANGES IN TUSTIN 'S ZONING CODE TO ALLOW RESIDENTIAL
DEVELOPMENT IN AREAS WHERE IT IS NOT CURRENTLY PERMITTED,
PERHAPS INCLUDING MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS IN SOME AREAS.
• INCREASES IN THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC.
POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF THE ALLOCATION
• INCREASES IN THE UTILIZATION OF PUBLIC RESOURCES SUCH AS
PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES.
• INCREASES IN DEMAND FOR UTILITIES LIKE WATER, WASTEWATER,
ELECTRICITY, GAS, ETC.
• INCREASES IN THE DEMAND FOR PUBLIC SERVICES, I.E. POLICE, FIRE,
CITY SERVICES, ETC. AND
• IMPACTS TO THE CITY 'S SCHOOL SYSTEM.
THE CITY ' S OPPOSITION TO THE DRAFT
ALLOCATION SO FAR :
• CITY STAFF AND THE CITY COUNCIL HAVE ACTIVELY AND
REPEATEDLY URGED SCAG:
• TO ENSURE LOCAL INPUT ON THE ALLOCATION PROCESS;
• TO REVISIT THE LAST-MINUTE CHANGES MADE IN ADOPTING THE
ALLOCATIONS;
• TO BE FAIR AND EQUITABLE IN THE ALLOCATIONS.
• NEVERTHELESS, SCAG APPROVED THE DRAFT ALLOCATIONS.
APPEAL PERIOD
• CITY STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING WITH HARRIS & ASSOCIATES TO
PREPARE AN APPEAL OF THE DRAFT ALLOCATION TO TUSTIN.
• THE DEADLINE TO APPEAL IS NEXT MONDAY, OCTOBER 26.
• THE SCAG APPEAL APPEARS TO BE THE ONLY AVAILABLE APPEAL.
• COURTS HAVE DECLINED TO CONSIDER LAWSUITS ABOUT THESE
ALLOCATIONS.
APPEAL PERIOD
• IF OTHER CITIES AND COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ARE
SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR APPEALS, THE CITY 'S RHNA ALLOCATION
COULD ACTUALLY INCREASE.
• SCAG IS REQUIRED TO ALLOCATE ALL 1 .3 MILLION UNITS, SO A
REDUCTION IN ONE CITY WILL RESULT IN INCREASES ELSEWHERE.
RECOMMENDED ACTION :
1 . AUTHORIZE THE APPEAL OF TUSTIN 'S RHNA ALLOCATION; AND
2. AUTHORIZE STAFF TO RESPOND TO ANY APPEAL OF ANOTHER
AGENCY ' S RHNA ALLOCATION THAT COULD RESULT IN AN INCREASE
IN THE RHNA ALLOCATION TO TUSTIN; AND
3. AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL FORMS AND
DOCUMENTS REQUIRED OR APPROPRIATE TO SUPPORT THE APPEAL
AND RESPONSE(S) .
QUESTIONS ?