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MEMORANDUM
TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Michalyn DelValle, Community Development Director
Byron Turner, Principal Planner
DATE: March 26, 2019
SUBJECT: Update to the Lake County General Plan, Chapter Four, the Housing Element 2014-2019, GPAP 16-05; Negative Declaration (IS 16-11)
EXHIBITS:
A. Board Resolution
B. 2014-2019 Housing Element, as amended by the State Department of Housing and Community Development.
C. Planning Commission Staff Report, including Initial Study
I. SUMMARY OF REQUEST
State Housing Law (Government Code ?6580 et seq.) requires all communities to assess the affordability of their housing and to maintain an inventory of resources relevant to meeting the needs of both existing and future populations, every five years. This document is an update to the previous 2009-2014 Housing Element, adopted in 2012, and amends Chapter four of the Lake County General Plan (2008).
The Lake County Community Development Department (CDD) requests that the Board of Supervisors review revisions to the 2014-2019 Housing Element Update and adopt the document as part of the Lake County General Plan. The Department of Housing and Community Development has requested that the County make revisions to the document in order to comply with State housing element law.
Once the amendments are adopted by the Board of Supervisors the 2014-2019 Housing Element Update must be re-sent again to HCD for certification. The Document must be certified by the state in order to remain eligible for state funding sources.
The 5th cycle planning period for the County of Lake is June 30, 2014 to August 14, 2019. On May 24, 2016, the County of Lake submitted a draft housing element to HCD for review. On June 22, 2016, HCD issued an 8-page findings letter to Lake County noting multiple necessary revisions to the housing element for compliance with state housing element law. On June 29, 2016, the County of Lake submitted an adopted housing element ...
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