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File #: 19-1037 MEETING DATE: 10/21/2019
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
SUBMITTED TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
SUBMITTED BY: Oliver Chi, City Manager
PREPARED BY: Ursula Luna-Reynosa, Director of Community Development
Subject:
Receive and file the monthly status update on the 6th cycle Regional Housing Needs
Assessment (RHNA) process
Statement of Issue:
During the July 15, 2019. City Council Study Session, Community Development staff presented an
overview of the 6th Cycle RHNA process and related items of information as directed by the City
Council. At the end of the study session, the City Council requested monthly updates on the status of
the 6th Cycle RHNA process. This update provides a summary of what has occurred since the last
monthly update on September 16, 2019.
Financial Impact:
There is no fiscal impact.
Recommended Action:
Receive and file the monthly Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) process status update.
Alternative Action(s):
Provide alternative direction to staff.
Analysis:
The following is a summary of what has occurred during the RHNA process since the last monthly
update on September 16, 2019.
After the conclusion of the draft RHNA methodology comment period on September 13, 2019, where
three different methodologies were under consideration (Option 1, Option 2, and Option 3), SCAG
staff held a workshop for the general public and local jurisdictions on September 23, 2019, to preview
proposed changes to the draft methodology based on comments received and discuss next steps in
the process.
The revised methodology proposed by SCAG is essentially a version of Option 1 with the addition of
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new factors for existing need. For example, SCAG removed share of existing population and building
permit activity from the methodology. SCAG also added new factors such as access to jobs within a
30 minute drive and "high resource area" classifications as a threshold for social equity adjustment.
Transit access is now based on planned High Quality Transit Areas (HQTAs) through the year 2045.
The City previously commented on the draft methodologies and did not support the use of Option 1
due to its reliance on flawed data and inclusion of existing need as a major component of RHNA
allocation. SCAG has not made some of the data sources available for the revised version of Option
1 so it is difficult to comment on the accuracy of the data.
On October 7, 2019, the SCAG RHNA subcommittee reviewed the proposed draft methodology and
recommended approval to the SCAG Community, Economic and Human Development (CEHD)
Committee, which will consider the item at a meeting scheduled for October 21, 2019. Mayor Pro
Tem Semeta and Council Member Posey are members of the CEHD representing the City of
Huntington Beach and the Orange County Council of Governments, respectively.
The table below shows the potential 6th cycle RHNA numbers for Huntington Beach based on the
proposed methodology. The numbers in the table show three potential RHNA scenarios: HCD's
regional determination and SCAG's recommended alternatives (the high and low numbers). As
mentioned in last month's City Council RHNA update, SCAG filed a form objection to HCD's regional
determination number and recommended an alternative regional determination range. HCD is
expected to respond to SCAG's formal objection on the regional determination later this month.
City of Huntington Beach Potential 6th Cycle RHNA
Regional Regional DeterminationVery Low Low Mod Above ModTotal RHNA
Determination (# Source
Housing Units)
1,344,740 HCD (8-22-19) 1,001 593 627 1,405 3,625
821,000 SCAG Alternate 495 293 310 694 1,792
Determination - Low (9-
5-19)
924,000 SCAG Alternate 578 342 362 811 2,093
Determination - High (9-
5-19)
If approved by the CEHD, the draft methodology will be scheduled for consideration by the SCAG
Regional Council on November 7, 2019. If approved, the draft methodology will be sent to HCD for a
60 day review.
Environmental Status:
The filing of a status update on the 6th Cycle RHNA process is not a project as defined by Section
15378 of the CEQA Guidelines and is not subject to CEQA.
Strategic Plan Goal:
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6 T " CYCLE RHNA
UPDATE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
SUPPLEMENTAL
COMMUNICATION
MeMN Date
Agenda Item No.: e,L7)
OCTOBER 15 , 2019
HCD FINAL REGIONAL DETERMINATION
® August HCD determination SCAG region: 1 ,344,740 units
® SCAG objected to HCD regional determination
10/ 15/ 19 HCD final regional determination: 1 ,341 ,827 units
DRAFT SCAG REGION RHNA
... .. ........
COUNTY-, Mr/1,of Region % of Region
Total Imperial
County 190,266 1% 21 ,568 1 .60%
Total Los
Angeles County 10,253,716 53.50% 768,514 57.30%
Total Orange
County 3,222,498 16.80% 109, 181 8. 10%
Total Riverside
County 2,440, 124 12.70% 235,053 17.50%
Total San
Bernardino
County 2, 192,203 1 1 .40% 181 ,368 13.50%
Total Ventura
County 856,598 4.50% 26, 160 2%
Total DRAFT
SCAG Region 19, 155,405 100.00% 1 ,341 ,844* 100.00%
RHNA ALLOCATION :
DRAFT SCAG METHODOLOGY
Percentage
total
Very-low income 997 27.6%
(<50% of AMI)
Low income (50- 591 16.3
80% of AMI)
Moderate income 625 17.3%
(80-120% of AM 1)
Above moderate 1 ,400 38.8%
income (> 120% of
AMI)
Total DRAFT 3,614 100%
RHNA for HB
RHNA NEXT STEPS
a November 7: SCAG Regional Council Meeting vote on draft
RHNA methodology
• November 2019 — January 2020: HCD draft RHNA
methodology comment period
• February 2020: Final RHNA methodology adoption and
allocation to jurisdictions