Oct 15, 2026 Planning Commission

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GOOD.

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ALL RIGHT.

[CALL TO ORDER]

WHO WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, UH, TO ORDER FOR OCTOBER 15TH, 2026.

MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL

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COMMISSIONER CLEMSON HERE.

COMMISSIONER CHAMBERS.

COMMISSIONER ES HERE.

COMMISSIONER SANTOS.

HERE.

COMMISSIONER TEMPLAN HERE.

VICE CHAIR WARE HERE.

CHAIR CASTILLO.

HERE WE HAVE QUORUM.

THANK YOU.

PLEASE

[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]

HAND OVER YOUR HEART.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION NATION UNDER GOD WITH LIBERTY.

WITH LIBERTY, JUSTICE FOR PAUL.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

UH, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE READ THE FIRST ITEM.

ITEM NUMBER

[1. 26-56426 Recommendation to receive and file Director’s Report.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

MAY I HAVE A MAKER IN A SECOND, PLEASE? THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER SANTOS AND COMMISSIONER CLEMSON.

WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO STAFF FOR OUR PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU.

CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS.

UM, JUST WANNA GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE.

UM, STARTING ON SATURDAY, OVER 5,000, UM, PEOPLE WILL BE COMING TO DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH FOR THE, UM, INTERNATIONAL CITY COUNTY MANAGERS, UH, CONFERENCE.

AND SO PEOPLE WHO RUN CITIES, UM, ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND WORLD WILL BE HERE, UH, TO LEARN FROM EACH OTHER, BUT TO ALSO LEARN A LOT ABOUT WHAT WE DO.

UM, OUR TEAM'S VERY INVOLVED IN GIVING DIFFERENT TOURS AND SHARING WHAT WE'RE DOING, UM, ON THE PLANNING SIDE.

SO, UM, WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

AND IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SEEING A WHOLE GROUP OF FOLKS INTERESTED IN THE WORK OF PLANNING IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT, UH, COME CHECK IT OUT.

UM, OTHER THAN THAT, WE'RE EXCITED TO CELEBRATE COMMUNITY PLANNING DAY THAT WE'LL GET TO LATER IN THE AGENDA.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

ANY QUESTIONS? DIRECTOR'S REPORT.

SEEING THAT I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION.

UM, DO WE, UH, CAN WE SCHEDULE OR POSSIBLY LOOK AT, UH, IN THE NEAR FUTURE, UM, AN UPDATE ON THE SECOND OF PCH TRAFFIC ISSUES? UM, I THINK THE LAST TIME WE INQUIRED ABOUT IT, UH, THEY, THEY HAD JUST HAD A CHANGEOVER IN, I THINK, THE TRAFFIC SENIOR TRAFFIC ENGINEER OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.

YES.

IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO GET AN UPDATE ON THAT, ESPECIALLY AS THE DEVELOPMENTS IN THAT PART OF TOWN ARE STARTING TO COME ONLINE? YEP.

THANKS FOR THAT FEEDBACK.

WE'LL LOOK AT, UM, GETTING THAT ON A FUTURE DISCUSSION.

PERFECT.

THANK YOU THERE BEING NO QUESTIONS.

UH, I'LL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISHING TO MAKE COMMENTS ON THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT? SEEING NONE.

ANY VIRTUAL COMMENTS? IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE.

NOW.

IF DIALING IN TELEPHONICALLY, PRESS STAR NINE NOW.

SEE NONE.

THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU.

UH, UH, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.

MOTION IS CARRIED.

PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM.

ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A RECOMMENDATION

[2. 26-56431 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the Planning Commission meeting of Thursday, October 1, 2026.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

CAN I HAVE A MAKE AND SECOND PLEASE? THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER TEMPLE.

AND COMMISSIONER.

WHERE? ALL RIGHT.

COMMISSIONERS, ANY, UH, COMMENTS? I'M SEEING NONE.

OKAY.

WE'LL NOW TAKE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS, ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE.

ANY VIRTUAL COMMENTS? IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE.

NOW, IF DIALING IN TELEPHONICALLY, PRESS STAR NINE NOW.

SEEING NONE, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UH, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.

AS A REMINDER, IF YOU RECEIVE THE AGENDA PACKET AND, UM, REVIEW THE MINUTES, YOU CAN VOTE ON THE MINUTES.

THANK YOU.

MOTION IS CARRIED.

PERFECT.

PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM.

ITEM NUMBER

[3. 26-56432 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation on Community Planning Day, being celebrated on October 15th at Planning Commission followed by “Pizza with a Planner.”       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

AND MAKE HER IN A SECOND PLEASE.

THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER LE AND COMMISSIONER SANTOS.

I WILL TURN IT OVER TO STAFF NOW FOR PRESENTATION.

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UM, I'M VERY EXCITED TO CELEBRATE WITH YOU THIS EVENING.

UM, EVERYTHING, UH, RELATED TO PLANNING AND PLANNING WITH OUR COMMUNITY.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, A COUPLE OF INFORMATIONAL UPDATES FOR YOU HERE AT THE COMMISSION, UH, MEETING FOLLOWED BY PIZZA, UM, WITH A PLANNER IN THE LOBBY.

UM, AND I WANNA START BY RECOGNIZING OUR STAFF.

WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE GROUP OF STAFF WHO PLAN FOR AND WITH OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, AND THEY INSPIRE ME EVERY DAY IN THE WORK THAT THEY DO, AND MANY OF THEM ARE HERE.

SO I'M GONNA ASK STAFF HERE IN THE AUDIENCE TO STAND UP AND BE RECOGNIZED.

WOO , WHETHER IT'S PROCESSING AND ENTITLEMENT, OR WORKING WITH, UM, SOMEONE WHO'S TRYING TO START A NEW BUSINESS OR BUILD NEW HOUSING, WHETHER IT'S HELPING FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE OUR, UH, COMMUNITIES MORE RESILIENT, SAFER, UM, AND MORE CONNECTED.

OUR PLANNERS DO INCREDIBLE WORK ACROSS ALL OF OUR DIVISIONS.

UM, AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT THEY DO WHEN WE'RE HERE TO GATHER.

A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WE TALKED ABOUT THAT, UH, THIS IS PART OF THE BROADER NATIONAL COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH, WHICH A PA RECOGNIZES OCTOBER OF EVERY YEAR TO HIGHLIGHT HOW PLANNING IS ESSENTIAL TO EVERY COMMUNITY AND HOW PLANNERS ARE UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO IDENTIFY SOLUTIONS TO COMMUNITIES, UH, MOST DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING ISSUES, INCLUDING RELATED TO HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, AND LAND USE.

UM, AND WE CELEBRATE THAT EACH YEAR BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE ONLY THING THAT'S CONSTANT IS CHANGE.

AND I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT KEEPS HAPPENING FASTER AND FASTER.

AND PLANNERS CAN HELP WITH, UH, NAVIGATING CHANGE THROUGH DATA-DRIVEN INSIGHTS, EXPERTISE, AND A LONG-TERM COMPREHENSIVE VISION FOR THE FUTURE, TO PROVIDE BETTER CHOICES FOR HOW WE LIVE AND WORK.

THIS HELPS US MAKE SAFER, MORE RESILIENT, AND MORE PROSPEROUS COMMUNITIES.

HERE ARE SOME OF THE WAYS WE HELP MANAGE THAT CHANGE, WHETHER IT'S UPDATING AND IMPLEMENTING NEW POLICIES, REVIEWING PROJECTS TO MAKE THEM BETTER AND DETERMINE WHETHER THEY'RE APPROPRIATE IN THE LOCATION.

THEY'RE PROPOSED FACILITATING REVIEW WITH ALL KINDS OF OTHER AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE PART OF THE PROCESS, WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH COMMUNITY TO ENSURE A TRANSPARENT, UM, UH, AND COMMUNITY DRIVEN PROCESS.

AND HERE ARE THE MORE SPECIFICS OF EXACTLY HOW WE DO THAT THROUGH PROCESSING LAND USE AND ENTITLEMENT PERMITS, CONDUCTING OUR ZONING CODE REVIEW, ADMINISTERING OUR HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROGRAM, DOING THE CITY'S ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PURSUANT TO CE QA AND NEPA, AS WELL AS DOING OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN UPDATES AND IMPLEMENTATION, AND A WHOLE HOST OF OTHER LONG RANGE AND POLICY PLANNING EFFORTS.

LAST MEETING, WE GAVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ON ALL OF THESE MAJOR INITIATIVES, WHICH ARE UNDERWAY HERE, SHOWN ON THE SLIDE, AND TWO OF THEM IN BOLD ARE OUR HOUSING ELEMENT AND OUR WEST SIDE PROMISE.

AND YOU'RE GONNA GET TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ON EACH OF THESE INITIATIVES TODAY.

JUST A QUICK REMINDER, AGAIN, THERE'S A FEW MORE DAYS FOR PEOPLE TO APPLY FOR THE URBAN PLANNING AND DESIGN INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.

THAT APPLICATION CLOSES ON MONDAY, AND HERE ARE SOME WAYS PEOPLE CAN STAY INVOLVED WITH PLANNING BY SIGNING UP FOR OUR INFORMATIONAL NEWSLETTERS THROUGH LINK LB AND FOLLOWING US ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR VISITING OUR WEBSITE.

THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

QUESTIONS, STAFF.

SEEING NONE, ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO MAKE, UH, COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? SEE NONE.

ANY VIRTUAL COMMENTS? IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE.

NOW, IF DIALING IN TELEPHONICALLY, PRESS STAR NINE NOW.

SEE NONE.

THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU.

UH, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.

MOTION IS CARRIED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM.

ITEM NUMBER

[4. 26-56435 Recommendation to receive and file an update on the City of Long Beach’s 6th Cycle Housing Element Implementation, including updates on housing production trends, housing policy efforts, the Housing Element mid-cycle equity assessment and application to extend the City of Long Beach’s Pro-Housing Designation. (Citywide)       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

THANK YOU.

CAN I HAVE A MAKER AND A SECOND PLEASE ON THIS ITEM? THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER TEMPLE.

COMMISSIONER LINSON.

I'LL TURN IT OVER TO TO STAFF FOR PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU CHAIR.

UH, PROJECT PLANNER, ADRIANA OCHOA AND, UH, LIST DURBIN TOWN WILL GIVE THE PRESENTATION ON THE STAFF SIDE.

OKAY, AWESOME.

GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.

UM, TODAY

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UM, WE WILL DISCUSS WHAT MAKES UP THE HOUSING ELEMENT, PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW OF PROGRAM 7.3, THE MIDTERM EQUITY ANALYSIS, AND DISCUSS NEXT STEPS.

UM, MY NAME IS ADRIANA OCHOA.

I AM ONE OF THE CITY'S HOUSING POLICY PLANNERS, AND I'M JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUE ALYSSA DURAN, OUR DEPARTMENT EQUITY SPECIALIST.

SO WHAT IS THE HOUSING ELEMENT? THE HOUSING ELEMENT IS ONE OF SEVEN REQUIRED ELEMENTS OR CHAPTERS OF THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN.

IT PLAYS A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE IN HELPING THE CITY PLAN FOR HOUSING BY ASSESSING A CITY'S HOUSING NEEDS TO MEET THESE NEEDS.

IT ESTABLISHES A ROADMAP FOR ACCOMMODATING PROJECTED HOUSING UNIT DEMAND FOR EXISTING AND FUTURE RESIDENTS OVER A SPAN OF EIGHT YEARS.

SPECIFICALLY, IT SETS CITYWIDE GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND POLICIES FOR MEETING THE HOUSING NEEDS OF ITS RESIDENTS ACROSS INCOME LEVELS.

THE HOUSING ELEMENT LAYS OUT THE CITY'S PLAN FOR REMOVING BARRIERS TO HOUSING PRODUCTION, TO COUNTER THE WELL-DOCUMENTED HOUSING SHORTAGE, AND HELP ENSURE THAT THE CITY IS PLANNING FOR ITS FAIR SHARE OF AFFORDABLE AND MARKET RATE HOUSING.

WE ARE IN CURRENTLY IN OUR SIXTH CYCLE HOUSING ELEMENT, COVERING THE YEARS OF 2021 TO 2029.

SOME OF THE TOP ISSUES IDENTIFIED WHEN PREPARING THE PLAN INCLUDED HOUSING COST BURDEN, RENTER ISSUES AND OVERCROWDING.

IT WAS NOTED THAT 43% OF ALL LONG BEACH HOUSEHOLDS ARE HOUSING COST BURDEN, MEANING THAT THEY SPEND 30% OR MORE OF THEIR INCOME ON HOUSING.

AND 61% OF HOUSEHOLDS ARE RENTERS AND ARE MORE ECONOMICALLY VULNERABLE THAN HOMEOWNERS DUE TO RENT INCREASES FAR OUTPACING INCOME.

AND WE LEARNED THAT MANY OF OUR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IN NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST LONG BEACH HAVE DIS HAVE BEEN DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY OVERCROWDING AS A RESULT OF INCREASED HOUSING COSTS, STAGNANT WAGES AND LIMITED HOUSING SUPPLY.

THE CITY'S STRATEGY TO ADJUST THESE CHALLENGES IS OUTLINED IN CHAPTER SIX OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT KNOWN AS OUR HOUSING PLAN.

GOALS WERE DEVELOPED TO MEET THE LARGEST ISSUES FACING RESIDENTS AND ENSURE THAT THE CITY PROVIDES THINGS LIKE FAIR AND EQUAL OPPOR EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS WITH VARIOUS NEEDS.

THESE GOALS ARE BROKEN DOWN INTO POLICIES, PROGRAMS, AND SPECIFIC ACTION ITEMS, WHICH SET THE CITY'S POLICY AND PROGRAM DIRECTION FOR HOUSING.

THE HOUSING ELEMENT IS USED WHEN REVIEWING DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, BOTH HOUSING AND NON HOUSING, AND IT GUIDES ALL FUTURE CITY ORDINANCES THAT THE CITY DEVELOPS AS THEY MUST BE CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN OF WHICH OUR HOUSING ELEMENT IS A CRUCIAL COMPONENT.

HCD REQUIRES CITIES TO REPORT ON ACTION ITEMS IN THE GENERAL PLAN IN AN AN ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT EVERY YEAR.

THIS REPORT HELPS STAFF, HELPS STAFF TO ENSURE OUR IMPLEMENTATION EFFORTS STAY CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS, POLICIES, AND IMPLEMENTATION MEASURES OUTLINED IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT.

IN ADDITION TO THIS REPORTING, ONE OF THE PROGRAMS OUTLINED IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT IS PROGRAMED 7.3, A MIDTERM EVALUATION OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT IMPLEMENTATION, WHICH WE WILL DISCUSS NEXT.

SO AS PART OF THE, UM, CONDITIONS FROM UH, CALIFORNIA HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTS, UM, CONDITIONS FOR APPROVING OUR PLAN, UM, WE INCLUDED PROGRAM 7.3 TO EVALUATE, UM, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ELEMENT AND CERTAIN FAIR HOUSING OUTCOMES AND FINDINGS FROM THIS ANALYSIS WOULD RESULT IN RECOMMENDATIONS FOR US TO ADJUST IMPLEMENTATION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE CYCLE AND PREPARE FOR THE SEVENTH CYCLE UPDATE.

UM, SO THE COMPONENTS OF THIS, UH, EVALUATION, WE DEVELOPED A MULTI, UH, PRONGED EVALUATION TO GAIN A BROAD UNDERSTANDING OF THE STATE OF HOUSING IN THE CITY.

THE EVALUATION INCLUDES A REPORT OF PROGRAM PERFORMANCE DURING THE SIXTH CYCLE, A MAP AND DATA DASHBOARD TO VISUALIZE TRENDS CITYWIDE AND A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT INCLUDES A ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION WITH LOCAL HOUSING ORGANIZATIONS, A COMMUNITY SURVEY AND SEVERAL OUTREACH EVENTS.

DATA AND FINDINGS FROM EACH OF THESE PROGRAM COMPONENTS WILL BE COMPILED INTO A FINAL REPORT WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATES, WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND CALIFORNIA HCD.

WE'LL NOW EXPLORE PRE PRELIMINARY FINDINGS FROM OUR ANALYSIS.

SO THIS TABLE SHOWS THE CURRENT PROGRESS TOWARDS OUR REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ALLOCATION, A STATE, UH, ESTIMATE OF HOUSING UNITS NEEDED ACROSS THE CITY BY AFFORDABILITY LEVELS, WE'VE DEVELOPED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF UNITS ACROSS INCOME LEVELS, BUT NEEDS STILL OUTPACES SUPPLY, ESPECIALLY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

OUR CURRENT ALLOCATION REQUIRES 26,000 UNITS TO MEET THE NEEDS FROM EXISTING OVERCROWDING AND PROJECTED POPULATION GROWTH.

IN THE DARKER GRAY ROW ON THE TABLE,

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ALTHOUGH WE'RE ON, ON PACE TO MEET THE MARKET RATE DEVELOPMENT NEEDED, WE'RE ONLY ABOUT 6% OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEEDED.

A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE COST OF BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND LACK OF FUNDING AND SUBSIDIES.

TO DO THAT, THE CITY HAS PROVIDED PROGRAMS TO HELP WITH HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF ADUS, INCLUDING FOR PEOPLE WITH, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING VOUCHERS.

UM, WE ALSO PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED SOME OF THE PROGRESS WE'VE MADE THROUGH THE, THE CITYWIDE HOMELESSNESS EMERGENCY DECLARATION, AS WELL AS CHANGES TO SOME OF OUR REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS, SUCH AS THE OVERHAUL OF OUR ZONING CODE.

SO NOW WE'LL DISCUSS SOME OF THE RESULTS FROM OUR SURVEY.

UM, SO WE RELEASED THIS SURVEY TO THE PUBLIC, UM, AND CONDUCTED SEVERAL TARGETED OUTREACH EVENTS TO SURE TO ENSURE THAT THOSE MOST IMPACTED BY OUR HOUSING POLICIES AND THOSE USING OUR PROGRAMS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND.

UM, SO WE RELEASED THIS SURVEY THROUGH SOME OF OUR PUBLIC, UM, PLANNING FOR HOUSING WORKSHOPS THROUGH PARTNERSHIP WITH THE OFFICE OF HOMELESSNESS STRATEGIES AND PARTNERSHIPS, AS WELL AS IN-PERSON CANVASSING AT THE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER AND THE MOBILE ACCESS CENTER.

UM, AND THROUGH VIRTUAL OUTREACH, UM, WITH CITY PARTNERS AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS.

SO WE RECEIVED 548 TOTAL RESPONSES TO OUR SURVEY, UM, AND NOTICE SEVERAL DEMOGRAPHIC DATA POINTS THAT HIGHLIGHT CRITICAL HOUSING INEQUITIES IMPACTING OUR RESIDENTS.

UM, SO WE SAW THAT BLACK RESIDENTS ARE OVERREPRESENTED IN OUR SURVEY DATA MAKING UP 34% OF RESPONSES DESPITE BEING ONLY 12% OF THE BROADER POPULATION.

ACCORDING TO RECENT CENSUS ESTIMATES, 60% OF OUR RESPONDENTS HAD A HOUSEHOLD INCOME BETWEEN ZERO AND $30,000, WHICH IS ABOUT ONE THIRD OF THE CITYWIDE MEDIAN.

ADDITIONALLY, OVER HALF OF RESPONDENTS LIVED IN THREE ZIP CODES IN NORTH CENTRAL AND DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH.

AND SO THIS INDICATES TO US THAT HISTORICALLY DISCRIMINATORY POLICIES AND DISINVESTMENT OVER TIME STILL DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACT BLACK RESIDENTS IN PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO THE RACIAL EQUITY FOCUS IN OUR SIXTH CYCLE HOUSING ELEMENT IS A CRITICAL NEED FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE HOUSING POLICY AND PLANNING.

IN ADDITION, 49% OF OUR RESPONDENTS INDICATED THEY HAVE A PERMANENT OR LONG-TERM DISABILITY WHERE US CENSUS DATA INDICATE THAT ONLY 7.9% OF RESIDENTS UNDER THE AGE OF 65 HAVE A DISABILITY.

WE ALSO SAW THAT ABOUT 21% OF RESPONDENTS WERE AGE 65 AND OLDER, UM, WHEREAS THE CENSUS ESTIMATES THAT THEY'RE ONLY 13.5% OF THE OVERALL POPULATION.

SO OLDER ADULTS ARE SLIGHTLY HIGH, MORE REPRESENTED, UM, IN OUR SURVEY RESPONSES THAN IN THE POPULATION OVERALL.

AND THIS SHOWS US HOW THE HOUSING AND AFFORDABILITY CRISES DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACT VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.

LIKE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND OLDER ADULTS, THESE RESIDENTS ARE LIKELY TO BE ON A FIXED INCOME WITH LIMITED ABILITY TO INCREASE EARNINGS AND WILL RELY ON PROGRAMS LIKE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS TO AVOID DISPLACEMENT OR BECOMING HOMELESSNESS.

WE ALSO ASKED OUR RESPONDENTS TO REFLECT ON THEIR MOST RECENT EXPERIENCE SEARCHING FOR HOUSING IN LONG BEACH AND HOW EASY OR DIFFICULT IT WAS TO FIND HOUSING THAT MET 10 DIFFERENT CRITERIA.

OUR USERS RANKED THEIR EXPERIENCE FROM VERY DIFFICULT TO VERY EASY.

RESPONDENTS NOTED THAT FINDING HOUSING THAT MEETS THEIR NEEDS IS CHALLENGING, EXPERIENCING THE MOST DIFFICULTY FINDING HOUSING THAT IS AFFORDABLE IN THEIR DESIRED PART OF THE CITY AND IS HIGH QUALITY.

THIS TABLE SHOWS THE TOP 10 CONCERNS ABOUT HOUSING ACCESS, CONSISTENT WITH THE PREVIOUS QUESTION ABOUT SEARCHING FOR HOUSING.

THE LACK OF SUPPLY AND AFFORDABILITY ARE THE GREATEST CONCERNS REPRESENTED AMONG RESPONDENTS.

WE ALSO WANTED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT RISK FACTORS MIGHT MOST BE CONTRIBUTING TO HOUSING INSTABILITY ACROSS OUR CITY.

SO WE PROVIDED A LIST OF 14 OPTIONS FOR RESIDENTS TO SELECT, RANGING FROM FINANCIAL CHALLENGES SUCH AS RENT INCREASES OR LOSS OF INCOME TO INTERPERSONAL CHALLENGES SUCH AS, UH, HOUSEHOLD OR LANDLORD DISPUTES.

USERS COULD SELECT HOWEVER MANY OF THESE FACTORS THEY EXPERIENCED IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS.

WHAT WE SAW WAS THAT IT'S VERY COMMON FOR SURVEY RESPONDENTS DO EXPERIENCE DISPLACEMENT RISK FACTORS.

84% OF RESPONDENTS EXPERIENCED AT LEAST ONE RISK FACTOR AND 60% EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE.

THE FOUR MOST COMMON DISPLACEMENT RISKS ARE FINANCIAL IN NATURE, SHOWING HOW WIDESPREAD AND IMPACTFUL THE COST OF LIVING CRISIS IS.

SO IN ADDITION TO THE DATA GATHERED AS PART OF THE RESIDENT EXPERIENCE SURVEY, WE'VE ALSO CREATED A DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING DATA MAP.

THIS MAP PROVIDES STAFF AND THE PUBLIC WITH A TOOL TO SPATIALLY UNDERSTAND QUALITY OF LIFE AND EQUITY INDICATORS SUCH AS EMPLOYMENT AND INCOME, HEALTH, HOUSING CONDITION, HOUSING CONDITIONS, HOUSING PRODUCTION, AND TRANSPORTATION DATA.

THE QR CODE SHOWN HERE LINKS TO THE MAP, WHICH

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WE WILL ALSO BE RELEASING A DATA DICTIONARY IN THE COMING MONTHS TO FURTHER BREAKDOWN LAYERS SHOWN HERE IS AN EXAMPLE TAKEN FROM THE MAPPING DASHBOARD USING DATA TAKEN FROM LA COUNTY'S UNLAWFUL UNLAWFUL DETAINER FILINGS FROM 2018 TO JULY OF 2026, WE CAN SEE UN UNLAWFUL DETAINER FILINGS ACROSS THE CITY.

DATA SUCH AS THIS CAN HELP US SPATIALLY UNDERSTAND HOUSING CONDITIONS NEEDS, AND BEGIN A DISCUSSION FOR POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS.

THIS TOOL CAN HELP US MAKE INFORMED, INFORMED DECISIONS AS WE IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS AND PREPARE FOR FUTURE HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATES.

SO AS WE LOOKED ACROSS THE DATA SOURCES THAT WE HAD COLLECTED THROUGH THIS EVALUATION, WE HAVE SEVERAL PRELIMINARY CONCLUSIONS TO DRAW FROM THIS DATA.

UM, FIRST IS THAT OUR PREVIOUS EFFORTS HAVE HELPED US MAKE PROGRESS TOWARDS OUR GOALS.

HOWEVER, THE HOUSING CRISIS AND ECONOMIC TRENDS IMPACT RESIDENTS BEYOND WHAT OUR HOUSING PLAN AND PROGRAMMING PROVIDES FOR.

UM, SURVEY RESPONSES REFLECTED AN URGENT NEED FOR HOUSING POLICY AND PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF LOW INCOME RESIDENTS.

REMEDY HISTORICAL HARMS AGAINST COMMUNITY OF COLOR, PARTICULARLY FOR BLACK RESIDENTS IN FORMERLY REDLINE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND PROTECT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN OLDER ADULTS.

FROM DISPLACEMENT IN WRITTEN COMMENTS, RESIDENTS NOTED CHALLENGES ACCESSING SAFETY NET RESOURCES BECAUSE OF LONG WAIT TIMES, COMPLICATED PROCESSES AND LIMITED SUPPLY OF RESOURCES, AS WELL AS A LACK OF PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES FOR GROUPS SUCH AS SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

SO IMPROVING HOUSING STABILITY REQUIRES AN INTERSECTIONAL EQUITY APPROACH, WHICH STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO ADOPT IN FUTURE UPDATES AND A FOCUS ON ROOT CAUSES OF HOUSING INSTABILITY SUCH AS AFFORDABILITY.

RELATEDLY, MANY OF THE PROGRAMS AND ACTION ITEMS WE HAVE COMPLETED OR ARE SCHEDULED TO COMPLETE CAN HELP US EARN WHAT IS CALLED A PRO-HOUSING DESIGNATION.

HDS PRO HOUSING DESIGNATION PROGRAM RECOGNIZES CITIES THAT TAKE MEANINGFUL STEPS TO SUPPORT HOUSING PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION.

AMONG THE BENEFITS OF THE PROGRAM INCLUDE ADDITIONAL STATE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.

ADDITIONALLY, QUALIFYING AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS ARE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL PRIORITY POINTS IN STATE FUNDING APPLICATIONS FURTHER HELPING US REACH OUR HOUSING GOALS.

THIS DESIGNATION MUST BE RECERTIFIED EVERY THREE YEARS LONG.

BEACH'S CURRENT DESIGNATION SUNSETS IN JANUARY OF 2027, STAFF HAS RELEASED AN ONLINE DRAFT OF THE APPLICATION, WHICH CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE@LONGBEACH.GOV SLASH PROH.

IN THE COMING MONTHS, WE'LL BE RELEASING THE COMPLETE MID-CYCLE EQUITY ANALYSIS WITH A FULL ANALYSIS OF THE SURVEY RESULTS THAT WE DISCUSSED IN PART HERE TODAY.

THIS EFFORT, AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, WILL INFORM THE NEXT UPDATE TO THE HOUSING ELEMENT, WHICH WE ESTIMATE TO BEGIN IN EARLY 2027.

WE WILL RELEASE FUTURE UPDATES ON OUR HOUSING ELEMENT WEBSITE@LONGBEACH.GOV SLASH HOUSING ELEMENT.

THANKS FOR YOUR TIME, AND WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS.

AND IF YOU CAN NOTE FOR THE RECORD, COMMISSIONER CHAMBERS AS A ATTEND.

NOTED.

YES, COMMISSIONER.

SO THE RESPONSES ARE VERY SKEWED DEMOGRAPHICALLY.

SO ARE WE TREATING THIS AS JUST THE RESPONDENTS THAT REPLIED TO THE SURVEY, BUT IN ADDITION, LOOKING AT THE OVERALL DEMOGRAPHICS THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE RESPONSES FROM BECAUSE IT JUST ALL LOOKS SKEWED BASED ON, WE KNOW AFRICAN AMERICANS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE MOST IMPACTED, BUT IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE IT'S LOOKING AT THE DEMOGRAPHICS IN TOTALITY.

YEAH, SO, UM, THIS WAS SORT OF A CONCERTED EFFORT TO FOCUS ON REACHING PEOPLE WHO USE OUR HOUSING SERVICES AND PROGRAMS. SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S NOT SORT OF UNEXPECTED THAT WE WOULD SEE A SPECIFIC DEMOGRAPHIC, UM, IN, IN THOSE RESULTS.

UH, IT'S SORT OF INTENDED TO BE PAIRED WITH THAT BROADER DATA THAT'S IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT ITSELF.

THAT TELLS US MORE BROADLY.

IT WAS KIND OF HIGHLY SUMMARIZED AT THE BEGINNING, BUT WE KNOW 40% OF 43% OF ALL HOUSEHOLDS OR HOUSING COST BURDEN ACROSS THE WHOLE CITY, WHETHER THEY'RE RENTERS OR OWNERS.

UM, AND WE KNOW THAT, UM, BETWEEN, UM, THE LAST, UH, 10 YEARS THAT WE LOOKED AT THIS, UM, HOUSING COSTS WENT UP ABOUT 40% WHILE WAGE IS STAGNATED.

SO WE KNOW THAT THAT TREND, UM, IS, IS STILL HITTING BROADLY.

UM, SO THE IDEA HERE WAS TO FOCUS MORE SPECIFICALLY ON COMMUNITIES MOST IMPACTED WHO ARE TRYING TO USE OUR PROGRAMS TO UNDERSTAND IT.

UM, DO YOU WANNA GIVE A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION, ALEJANDRO? YEAH.

IT WAS ALSO A TARGETED EFFORT, AND IT KIND OF RELATES TO COMMISSIONER CLEMSON'S QUESTIONS AROUND THE OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION ELEMENT SURVEY FROM LAST MONTH.

IN TERMS OF THAT SURVEY, SKEWING MUCH MORE TOWARDS OUR MORE AFFLUENT, UM, WIDER HOMEOWNER, UM, RESIDENTS.

WE TEND TO HEAR A LOT MORE FROM THOSE RESIDENTS IN GENERAL, AND WE INQUIRE ABOUT CITY SERVICES.

WE HEAR A LOT LESS OVERALL FROM, UH, OUR POOR

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UM, AND WE KNOW THAT, THAT THEY'RE THE MOST DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THE HOUSING CRISIS.

SO THIS WAS A RECOGNITION THAT IT WASN'T GONNA BE STATISTICALLY, UH, REFLECTIVE SAMPLE OF THE CITY'S POPULATION OVERALL, BUT THAT THERE WAS REALLY CRITICAL QUALITATIVE DATA THAT WE COULD GET IN TERMS OF HOW THE FOLKS THAT ARE MOST, UH, THEY'RE KIND OF AT THE FRONT LINES OF THE HOUSING CRISIS ARE NAVIGATING THAT CRISIS THEMSELVES BECAUSE WE KNOW WE HAVE ENOUGH DATA, UM, JUST AT THE, AT THE MACRO LEVEL TO KNOW THAT IF WE CAN SOLVE THE CRISIS FOR THOSE FOLKS, ODDS ARE EVERYBODY ELSE IS ALSO GOING TO BENEFIT AS WELL.

THE SECOND QUESTION, THE OTHER IS THE, UH, THOSE WHO IDENTIFY IT HAVE AS HAVING A DISABILITY AND CONSIDERING THAT THE MAJORITY OF RESPONDENTS WERE OLDER IN AGE, SO IT MAY BE I HAVE LEG ISSUES OR HAVE OTHER THINGS THAT'S NOT A QUALIFIED DISABILITY.

DOES THAT FACTOR INTO WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MEETING THE NEEDS OF THOSE WHO ACTUALLY HAVE DISABILITIES? OR IS THERE A DIFFERENT SURVEY? HOW ARE WE DEALING WITH THAT THE SAME WAY LIKE WE'RE DEALING WITH THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND THE WAY THAT YOU JUST, UM, EXPLAINED, THEY'RE GONNA GET A LITTLE MORE DETAILED IN A SECOND, BUT JUST, UH, SORT OF AT A HIGH LEVEL, WE KNOW THAT, UM, IN LONG BEACH AND MANY PARTS OF THE NATION, THE FASTEST GROWING GROUPS OF UNHOUSED RESIDENTS, OUR OLDER ADULTS, AND THAT, UM, UH, FOLKS ON A FIXED INCOME, UM, TEND TO BE THOSE, UM, THAT HAVE THE GREATEST CHALLENGES RELATED TO, UM, LACK OF SUFFICIENT HOUSING ACCESS.

UM, SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS, UM, FOR OUR HOUSING PLAN, UH, THERE DOES NEED TO BE THAT INTERSECTIONALITY.

UM, AND SO THE HOUSING ELEMENT DOES HAVE POLICIES LIKE TRYING TO MOVE TOWARDS MORE UNIVERSAL DESIGN, TRYING TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO, UM, DEVELOP HOUSING THAT'S ACCESSIBLE TO ALL AGES AND ABILITY STATUSES.

UM, BUT CERTAINLY THERE CAN BE MORE, MORE TO THAT, UH, MORE TO THAT AS WE GO INTO THE NEXT CYCLE, ESPECIALLY AS WE SEE HOW THE DATA IS MOVING.

AND I'M, I'M ASKING BECAUSE THERE WAS A COMMENT THAT ONLY 7% ARE ACTUALLY LABELED DISABLED.

IT'S VERY HARD TO BE LABELED DISABLED.

AND IF YOU ARE, UM, OF OLDER AGE, IT'S MORE DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE STAIRS AND OTHER THINGS.

SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE, EVEN THOUGH THAT SEEMS LIKE A VERY SKEWED HIGHER NUMBER THAN THOSE ARE LABELED DISORDER, I MEAN DISABLED, THAT WE'RE TAKING THAT INTO CONSIDERATION THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A CLINICAL DISABILITY TO BE MOBILELY, UM, UNABLE IN SOME WAYS.

GO AHEAD.

YEAH, I WANTED TO JUMP IN HERE TOO AS WELL.

UH, JUST ON THAT I WANTED, MAKE SURE I DIDN'T, UH, MISUNDERSTAND.

WAS IT 49% OF THE PEOPLE WHO RESPONDED, UM, UH, IDENTIFIED AS HAVING A DISABILITY? YES.

YES.

OKAY, THANKS.

YEAH, AND TO THAT END, AS, AS, AS YOU SAID, COMMISSIONER, IT'S VERY, THE, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOUR LIVED EXPERIENCE AND WHAT YOU FACE IN TERMS OF ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES AND BEING LEGALLY CLASSIFIED AS HAVING A DISABILITY DON'T NECESSARILY LINE UP IN THIS COUNTRY.

UM, THERE'S BEEN ADDITIONAL OUTREACH AND, UM, FEEDBACK WITH THE COMMISSION ON AGING AND THE COMMISSION ON ACCESSIBILITY WITH THE CITY AS WELL.

SO THAT KIND OF CONTINUES A TARGETED APPROACH.

BUT THE SURVEY PROVIDES SOME DATA THAT IS STILL VERY HELPFUL, EVEN IF IT MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY BE STATISTICALLY REPRESENTATIVE.

UM, THAT CAN BE A STARTING POINT FOR MORE TARGETED CONVERSATIONS WITH, UM, COMMISSIONS OR OTHER BODIES THAT ARE FOCUSED ON THESE ISSUES.

UM, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT ACCESSIBILITY IS USUALLY AN UNDER-REPORTED ASPECT OF BOTH THE CRISIS ITSELF AND ALSO WHAT WE CONSIDER SAFE, HEALTHY LIVING CONDITIONS FOR RESIDENTS.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER? UH, SO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS PRESENTATION TOGETHER.

UM, I'M ALWAYS HAPPY TO SEE, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON WITH, UH, HOUSING.

UH, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS HERE.

UM, SO I GUESS FIRST OFF, THERE, THERE'S A, THERE'S A EQUITY REPORT THAT'S GONNA BE COMING SUBSEQUENTLY, AND THAT'S GONNA FOCUS ON SPECIFICALLY EQUITY, RIGHT? IT IS, IT'S A FOCUS ON AN EQUITY ANALYSIS, BUT IT'S HAVING US LOOK AT ALL OF THE PROGRAMS, WHICH OF COURSE WE DO IN OUR ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT THAT WE, WE BRING TO YOU EACH YEAR AND THEN BRING TO HCD, BUT WITH THIS ONE, WITH A GREATER EQUITY FOCUS TO IT.

YES.

AND, UH, WHEN, WHEN DO WE SEE THE ANNUAL REPORT? IT USUALLY COMES TO COMMISSION IN MARCH.

MARCH, OKAY.

MM-HMM .

UM, SO ARE WE GOING TO, WOULD IT BE THE MARCH REPORT THAT WE WOULD SEE SOMETHING LIKE A REVIEW ON WHETHER OR NOT, YOU KNOW, OUR POLICIES ARE HAVING THE DESIRED EFFECTS? I, AT LEAST AS FAR AS NUMBERS GO, I SUPPOSE Y YEAH, BOTH IN TERMS OF INCORPORATING THE, THE MID CYCLE EQUITY ANALYSIS, THE FULL FINAL REPORT, KIND OF HIGH LEVEL, UH, TAKEAWAYS INTO THE ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT, AS WELL AS, UM, REPORTING ON SPECIFIC PROGRAMS AND ACTIONS WITHIN THE HOUSING ALMOND.

MM-HMM .

PARTICULARLY SINCE WE'RE NOW GONNA BE IN THE BACK HALF OF OUR CURRENT CYCLE,

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YEAH.

UM, SO, SO JUST TO BE, JUST SO I'M CLEAR THAT THAT, THAT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WILL GET COVERED IN IN THE MARCH REPORT, NOT IN THE ONE THAT WE'RE EXPECTING COMING UP.

THE INTENT OF THE MID-CYCLE ANALYSIS IS TO DO OUR BEST TO SAY HOW, HOW THESE POLICIES ARE IMPACTING OUR GOALS.

MM-HMM .

UM, AS YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES INTERVENTIONS TAKE FIVE OR 10 YEARS BEFORE YOU CAN SEE THE OUTCOMES, RIGHT? AND SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARD FROM A TIMING PERSPECTIVE TO SAY, CAN WE FULLY EVALUATE THE IMPACT? UM, BUT WE HAVE MORE OF AN IMPACT ANALYSIS IN THE EQUITY REPORT THAN IN THE ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT, WHICH IS MUCH MORE OF THAT OUTPUT.

LIKE, HAVE YOU DONE EACH OF THESE PROGRAMS OR NOT? OKAY.

MM-HMM .

UM, YEAH, I MEAN, I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK OF, OF THE, THE TYPES OF STUFF THAT WE'RE DOING ON OUR END HERE AND WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOME UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT, HOW SUCCESSFUL THE POLICIES ARE.

UM, I GUESS THEN THIS PROBABLY DOES LINE UP WITH THE EQUITY ANALYSIS, BUT, UH, GIVEN THAT THE MAJORITY OF OUR HOUSING HAS BEEN BUILT IN LOW RESOURCE NEIGHBORHOODS, ARE WE LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL INCENTIVES TO PROGRAMS? WHAT, WHAT, WHAT HAVE YOU TO MOVE THOSE SOME OF THE HOUSING INTO AND BUILD MORE HOUSING IN HIGH RESOURCE NEIGHBORHOODS? YEAH.

UH, WE'RE TRYING TO MAXIMIZE EVERY TOOL IN THE TOOLKIT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

OUR UPDATE TO THE ENHANCED DENSITY BONUS THAT CAME THROUGH HERE EARLIER THIS YEAR IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MORE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES THAT IDEALLY, WE'LL BOL SHOW BOLSTER THE FEASIBILITY OF NEW HOUSING PRODUCTION IN HIGH RESOURCE AREAS IN PARTICULAR.

UM, THERE IS ADDITIONAL KIND OF FOLLOW UP ACTIONS THAT ARE TARGETING, UM, SPECIFIC VERSIONS OF THAT.

UH, ONE, UH, EXAMPLE IS OUR RELIGIOUS FACILITY, WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO BE AN OVERLAY THAT'S NOW MORE OF AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE EDB UH, ORDINANCE.

UM, WE'RE HAVING A WORKSHOP NEXT WEEK TO PARTNER DEVELOPERS WITH CONGREGATIONS, UM, TO, UH, IDEALLY FOSTER POTENTIAL RELATIONSHIPS THAT TURN INTO DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS WITH AN AFFORDABLE FOCUS IN HIGH RESOURCE AREAS.

SO THAT'S KIND OF AN IMPLEMENTATION ACTION THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY REQUIRE CODE UPDATE THAT WILL START TO MOVE THE NEEDLE.

UM, THERE'S ALSO ACTIVITY HAPPENING, UH, WITH OUR SISTER BUREAU ON THE HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES SIDE IN TERMS OF PRIORITIZING, UM, AFFORDABLE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, UM, IN NOFA S NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY, UM, UH, O OPTIONS THAT GO OUT, UM, BY HAVING HIGHER SCORE AND CRITERIA, UH, FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE IN HIGH RESOURCE AREAS.

UM, SO THERE'S A SUITE OF ACTIVITIES THAT ARE IDEALLY GOING TO MOVE THE NEEDLE.

UM, PART OF IT WITH SOME OF THESE LIKE ENHANCED DENSITY BONUS IS THAT DEPENDING ON WHEN THEY COME ONLINE, UM, AND WHERE WE ARE IN THE DEVELOPMENT CYCLE OVERALL, IT MIGHT NOT HAVE AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT.

THAT'S WHERE SOMETHING LIKE THE MID CYCLE REPORT CAN BE REALLY HELPFUL BECAUSE IT TAKES A LONGER TIMELINE VIEW OF HOW PROGRAMS THEY'RE DOING OVER A FOUR TO FIVE YEAR PERIOD.

OUR ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT THAT COMES EVERY MARCH REALLY JUST FOCUSES ON WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE LAST CALENDAR YEAR.

AND SO IT CAN BE HARD TO GET THAT KIND OF FULLER PICTURE.

UM, SO I THINK A LOT OF, UH, A GOOD TEMPERATURE CHECK WILL BE IN THAT EQUITY REPORT.

AND THEN THE NEXT, UM, ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT IN MARCH WILL BE, UM, A MORE TIMELY FOLLOW UP ON THAT.

UM, AND IT'LL BE A GOOD SENSE OF WHERE SOME PROGRAMS ARE PROBABLY STILL GOING TO BE FALLING SHORT, AND WE HAVE EVEN MORE REASON TO, UM, TRY TO BE MORE AMBITIOUS WITH OPENING UP, UM, ADDITIONAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES IN HIGH RESOURCE AREAS.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M REALLY CONCERNED WITH IS AROUND, UH, UH, TIMELINES, HOW LONG IT TAKES FOR US TO DELIVER EVEN HOUSING THAT WHERE THE CITY IS NOT DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN, IN, IN DELIVERING.

UM, AND OBVIOUSLY THAT HAS A HUGE IMPACT ON BOTH THE AVAILABILITY OF IT BECAUSE YOU CAN'T LIVE IN CONSTRUCTION SITE AND THE COST OF IT, BECAUSE THE LONGER A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT GOES ON, THE MORE EXPENSIVE IT GETS, THE MORE THAT YOU'RE AT RISK OF COST ESCALATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

UM, ARE WE LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE, I KNOW WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF APPROVAL, UH, REFORMS AND KIND OF DELEGATIONS OF AUTHORITY AND THINGS LIKE THAT FROM OUR COMMISSION BACK TO STAFF.

UH, ARE THERE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT?

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IT'S A TYPE OF THING THAT WE WANT TO INCORPORATE TO GET A SENSE OF HOW OUR APPROVAL TIMELINES HAVE SHIFTED, IDEALLY FOR THE BETTER FROM, LET'S SAY, FIVE YEARS AGO TO NOW.

THE OTHER PART OF IT TOO, AND THIS IS WHERE IT GETS, I'LL SAY LESS HANDS-ON FOR US ON THE PLANNING SIDE, IS THE TIMELINE FOR APPROVAL FOR AN ENTITLEMENT, UM, OR FOR BUILDING PERMIT ISSUANCE IS WHERE WE'RE MOST ACTIVE.

ONCE A PROJECT IS ON THE CONSTRUCTION STAGE, THERE'S A LOT LESS OF AN IMPACT THAT ZONING REFORM CAN HAVE, BUT THAT'S STILL, LIKE YOU SAID, A CRITICAL PART.

IF A PROJECT TAKES, LET'S SAY IT GOES FROM 18 MONTHS TO NINE MONTHS TO GET ENTITLED, BUT THE CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE DOESN'T REALLY CHANGE.

UM, THAT'S MAYBE HALF OF THE TOTAL DEVELOPMENT CYCLE THAT IS NOT BEING, UM, STREAMLINED ANYWHERE NEAR AS MUCH.

UM, SO WE DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS YET, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT PARTICULARLY BECAUSE NOW WE'RE ALSO GETTING CLOSE TO, UM, UH, LAUNCHING OUR SEVEN CYCLE UPDATE, UM, TO GET APPROVED IN 2029.

AND THAT'S GONNA MOST LIKELY BE A, A BIGGER FOCUS AREA.

THERE'S A LOT FOCUS ON ZONING REFORM GOING INTO THE SIX CYCLE AND LEADING OUT OF IT.

UM, WE KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT THE ONLY PART OF DEVELOPMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, AGAIN, CONTINUING TO JUST EVERY LEVER THAT WE CAN PUSH TO MAKE THINGS, UH, MORE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE EXPLORING IT.

SO GETTING THAT FIRST BASE LINE ASSESSMENT OF HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED AT EVERY STAGE WILL HOPE INFORM WHERE WE NEED TO FOCUS ENERGIES GOING FORWARD.

OKAY.

AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD, I I REALLY APPRECIATE HEARING THAT.

'CAUSE YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING TO SEE THINGS GOING SLOWLY .

UM, BUT, UH, THE OTHER THING THAT I THINK IS FRUSTRATING AND DIFFICULT FROM OUR POSITION IS A LACK OF VISIBILITY AND WHAT HAPPENS AFTER WE APPROVE A PROJECT.

AND, UM, A COUPLE OF PROJECTS THAT I, I, I, I'M AWARE OF COME TO MIND, UH, THE DOLLY VARDEN BEING ONE OF THOSE, UM, AND FOR FOLKS THAT DON'T REMEMBER THE, THE DOLLY VARS, THE, UH, OLD HOTEL THAT WAS ON PACIFIC, IT GOT APPROVED HERE.

WE HAD A HEARING, UH, AN APPEAL FOR HISTORICAL PRESERVATION OF THE SIGN, AND THEN IT BOUNCED AROUND BETWEEN I THINK US AND THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION, THE PRESERVATION COMMISSION, AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE PROCESSES IMPACTS AFFORDABILITY.

AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, AND PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THE PROJECT IS NOW NOT HAPPENING, AND I DON'T WANT TO ASCRIBE SPECIFICALLY ANYTHING TO, UH, TO THAT.

UH, BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE POINT IS THAT I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT.

YEAH.

AND, UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE FOUNTAIN WORLEY PROJECT BEING ANOTHER ONE WHERE IT WENT THROUGH A LOT OF APPEALS AND THEN ADDITIONAL, UH, UM, LAND HAD TO BE PURCHASED AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND ALL THESE THINGS, YOU KNOW, MIGHT BE OUT OF THE, OUT OF THE PURVIEW OF THE CITY TO, TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT.

BUT THE REASON I'M BRINGING IT UP IS BECAUSE I WANT US TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT KIND OF PATTERNS ARE HAPPENING.

AND EVEN IF IT'S SOMETHING LIKE FINANCING CONTINUES TO FOLLOW, FOLLOW THROUGH, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO ABOUT THAT, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW.

AND, AND SO, AND I THINK I'VE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, BUT LOOKING AT KIND OF A DISPENSATION OR, OR, OR DISPOSITION OF, UM, OF, UH, ENTITLEMENTS AND, YOU KNOW, GETTING DOWN INTO EVEN LIKE LAST ACTIONS OR, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, TRYING TO GET SOME MORE INFORMATION SO WE CAN HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT SEEMS TO BE TAKING A LOT OF TIME, WHERE DO PROJECTS FAIL, UM, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME ATTENTION GIVEN TO THAT ON OUR, FROM OUR PER FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE.

YEAH, I THINK THAT'S HELPFUL FEEDBACK AND A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION.

UM, THE, THE BASE INFORMATION YOU WOULD NEED FOR THAT ANALYSIS IS IN THE ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT BECAUSE IT TELLS YOU EVERY PROJECT THAT'S BEEN ENTITLED BUT MAYBE ISN'T UNDER CONSTRUCTION YET, AND THEN SHOWS YOU EVENTUALLY WHEN IT DOES GET THAT BUILDING PERMIT ISSUED AND CONSTRUCTION COMPLETED.

UM, BUT I THINK YOU BROUGHT UP TWO EXAMPLES OF, UM, A COUPLE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SITUATIONS THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE FULL CONTROL OF.

ONE THAT, UM, OUR BEST UNDERSTANDING IS DOES HAVE TO DO WITH FINANCING AND A PROJECT BEING VIABLE.

AND ANOTHER WHERE, UM, YOU KNOW, LITIGATION AND, UM, CQA RELATED LITIGATION COMES INTO PLAY.

UM, AND WE KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF REFORM IN THIS CYCLE RELATED TO CQA, UM, AND CQA LITIGATION.

SO, UM, I THINK THOSE, UM, THOSE TYPES OF PROGRESS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO OUR WORK AS WELL.

AND, AND I THINK THAT THE KEY DIFFERENCE IS THAT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE, THE ARENA PROGRESS REPORT HAS PROJECTS THAT WERE CANCELED ON THERE, DOES IT,

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WE PROJECTS THAT LEAD TO NOWHERE ARE RARELY BECAUSE OF A DENIAL, UH, IN OUR JURISDICTION.

UM, SO THAT'S A REALLY GOOD, UM, RECOMMENDATION FOR BOLSTERING OUR ANALYSIS BY LOOKING AT WHERE THE KIND OF ROADBLOCK HAPPENS FOR PROJECTS THAT DON'T CONTINUE FROM, YOU KNOW, POINT A TO B2C.

WE'VE BEEN PRETTY FOCUSED ON THE TIME BETWEEN ONE POINT AND THE OTHER.

WE DON'T NECESSARILY TRACK AS MUCH, AND PART OF IT IS BECAUSE OUR OWN STAFF CAPACITY AND NOT BEING REQUIRED TO BY THE STATE, OF COURSE, WHERE A PROJECT GO GETS TO POINT A, YOU KNOW, ACHIEVES MILESTONE ONE AND THEN JUST NOTHING HAPPENS AFTERWARDS.

AND PARTICULARLY FOR LARGER PROJECTS, THEY'RE NOT A TON OF THEM.

AND I DON'T WANT TO OVERCOMMIT, SO MY FUTURE SELF MIGHT REPRESENT THIS RIGHT NOW, BUT I THINK THE VOLUME MIGHT BE ACTIONABLE ENOUGH THAT WE CAN LOOK AT EACH INDIVIDUAL, YOU KNOW, 50 OR MORE UNIT PROJECT TO GET IT AT LEAST AN INITIAL, UH, ASSESSMENT OF WHERE I FELL APART FOR SOME, LIKE ALISON MENTIONED, WE, WE KNOW KIND OF ANECDOTALLY FINANCING MAYBE A DEVELOPER HAD OTHER ISSUES THAT FELL APART, THAT'S HAPPENED AS WELL.

UM, SO TO ONE, GET A SENSE OF SCALE AND THEN TWO QUALITATIVELY WHAT LED TO IT NOT CONTINUING FORWARD.

RIGHT.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT, THAT THAT WOULD BE REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE.

AND THEN JUST ONE, ONE MORE, ONE MORE THING.

IT'S MORE OF A, OF A JUST A COMMENT AND, UH, I, OR HERE I'LL MAKE IT A QUESTION.

WHAT CAN WE DO TO TRY AND ENCOURAGE SMALLER SCALE MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS? THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.

IT'S, IT'S, THANK YOU.

IT'S GOING TO BE PROBABLY ALSO A CRITICAL PART OF OUR, DEFINITELY OUR SEVEN CYCLE UPDATE.

UM, WE BENEFITED WHEN THE SIX CYCLE REQUIREMENTS CAME AROUND FROM BEING IN PROBABLY THE IDEAL POSITION FROM A TIMING PERSPECTIVE.

WE HAD JUST GONE THROUGH OUR HUGE LAND SETTLEMENT UPDATE, UM, THAT TOOK 15 YEARS, WHICH PROVIDED A HORIZON BUILD OUT OF 28,000 UNITS.

OUR ARENA ALLOCATION CAME DOWN A FEW YEARS LATER, AND IT WAS A LITTLE OVER 26,000 UNITS.

SO WE WERE ONE OF PROBABLY THE VERY FEW LARGE CITIES IN THE STATE THAT DID NOT HAVE TO DO A COMPREHENSIVE, UM, GENERAL PLAN UPDATE IMMEDIATELY AFTER.

UM, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE IN THAT POSITION THIS TIME AROUND, AND SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE TO GET REALLY CREATIVE.

AND THAT INCLUDES A LOT MORE FOCUS ON THOSE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTS LIKE MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING, THE SMALLER SCALE PROJECTS, 20 TO 50 UNITS, MAYBE THREE, FOUR OR FIVE STORIES, AND LESS OF THOSE GIANT SIGNATURE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN POPPING UP, I THINK PARTICULARLY IN DOWNTOWN, BUT STARTING TO HAPPEN IN OTHER PARTS OF CITY AS WELL.

UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OTHER CITIES LIKE LA FOR EXAMPLE, STARTING TO PIVOT TO MORE, MORE DIRECTLY.

UH, THEY JUST DID A MAJOR UPDATE, UM, AS THEIR LOCAL ALTERNATIVE TO SB 79 IMPLEMENTATION.

THAT WAS A BIG BILL THAT WENT INTO EFFECT IN JULY.

THE UP ZONED THE ENTIRE STATE AROUND, UH, TRANSIT STOPS THAT QUALIFIED.

UM, THEY DID THEIR OWN LOCAL ALTERNATIVE PLAN, AND A REALLY BIG FOCUS WAS REALLY PRIORITIZING, UM, SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS TO NOW ALLOW FOR THAT TYPE OF MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING, UM, TO, INSTEAD OF HAVING TO RELY ON MORE SKYSCRAPERS, HAVE A LOT MORE OF THAT GENTLER DENSITY HAPPEN, MORE SPREAD OUT, BUT STILL PRIORITIZING THOSE TRANSIT CORRIDORS THAT ARE PROBABLY MOST RIGHT FOR THAT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT.

WE HAVEN'T DONE SOMETHING LIKE THAT HERE YET, BUT IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE A HARD LOOK AT AS WE GET INTO THE SEVEN CYCLE.

I HAVE A, A QUESTION ON, ON OUR, UH, NUMBERS IN TERMS OF THE ARENA NUMBERS.

UM, GIVEN THAT AT AT LEAST, UH, AS WE ENDED 2025, WE WERE AT 25% ATTAINMENT OF, OF THOSE NUMBERS, HOW DOES OUR 2026 NUMBERS, WHERE, WHERE'S THE PROJECTION IN TERMS OF WHERE WE'RE GONNA LAND, UM, AT THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR? WE HAVEN'T DONE A COMPREHENSIVE POOL YET.

WE, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY TIME CONSUMING, SO WE TRY TO DO IT AS SOON AS THE YEAR ENDS.

MM-HMM .

UM, WE HAVE A INITIAL BASELINE ESTIMATE AROUND ADUS THROUGH THE FIRST NINE MONTHS, PRETTY MUCH IN LINE WITH THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, UM, AROUND FIVE TO 600 UNITS JUST ON ADUS.

IT'S REALLY IN THE LARGER PROJECTS, THOSE 50 PLUS UNITS PROJECTS THAT WE'VE SEEN IN SHARP DROP OFF.

WE MENTIONED IT IN OUR ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT THIS LAST SPRING, AND I THINK IT'S REITERATED IN THE, THE REPORT FOR THIS ITEM, UM, THAT WE CAN REASONABLY FORECAST OUR DEVELOPMENT PIPELINE TWO, THREE YEARS OUT BASED ON ENTITLEMENT APPLICATIONS, NOT NECESSARILY APPROVALS.

AND THOSE STARTED TO SIGNIFICANTLY DROP OFF, UM, AT THE END OF 2024.

UM, SO WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE PEAKED ALREADY FOR THIS CYCLE WITH WHAT WE SAW THE LAST THREE YEARS WHERE IT WAS AROUND A THOUSAND UNITS ON AVERAGE, UM, START TO BE CLOSER TO ADUS WITH MAYBE A

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AND, AND WITH THAT IN MIND, I KNOW THE GOVERNOR JUST SIGNED A BUNCH OF, UH, REGULATIONS IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS, UM, THAT WILL IMPACT HOUSING.

UM, HOW IS THAT GOING TO AFFECT, OR HAVE YOU GOT DONE ANY KIND OF ANALYSIS YET OF HOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT IMPACT IT'LL HAVE FOR THE CITY IN TERMS OF ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION? YEAH, WE DON'T HAVE A NUMERICAL ANALYSIS YET.

UH, WE'RE STILL, YOU KNOW, ANALYZING ALL THE NEW REGULATIONS AND, UM, WHAT WHAT, UH, WE THINK MIGHT COME OUT OF IT, BUT CERTAINLY THE DIRECTION OF THE LEGISLATION IS TO KEEP MAKING IT EASIER TO PRODUCE HOUSING, ESPECIALLY.