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RESOLUTION NO. 38-2021
AUTHORIZING THE TOWN MANAGER TO SUBMIT
AN APPEAL OF DANVILLE'S 6TH CYCLE DRAFT REGIONAL
HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT (RHNA) ALLOCATION
WHEREAS, in June 2020, the California Department of Housing and Community
Development (HCD) determined that the San Francisco Bay region must plan to
accommodate 441,176 housing units over the upcoming 8 -year housing element cycle
(2023-2031); and
WHEREAS, according to Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG), this represents
a 135% increase from the previous housing element assignment; and
WHEREAS, ABAG formed a Housing Methodology Committee (HMC) that was charged
with evaluating and making a recommendation on how these housing units would be
allocated to the Bay Area's 101 cities and 9 counties; and
WHEREAS, the baseline methodology, weights and factors, and equity adjustments
advocated by members of the HMC would result in exacerbating a regional jobs/housing
imbalance by placing housing on the region's suburban edges and away from west and
south bay job centers, among other concerns; and
WHEREAS, on May 20, 2021, despite concerns raised, the ABAG Executive Board
approved a housing methodology and Draft RHNA Allocation; and
WHEREAS, Danville's Draft RHNA Allocation is 2,241 units, a 4 -fold increase from the
prior housing element cycle; and
WHEREAS, the State legislature has added impactful legislative changes that make it
more difficult to rezone lands as "housing opportunity sites," rendering the process so
infeasible as to be potentially out -of -reach of compliance; and
WHEREAS, the Government Code allows any local jurisdiction within the ABAG region
to file an appeal to modify its Draft RHNA Allocation; and
WHEREAS, the Town wishes to explore and preserve all procedural and legal options,
including an appeal of ABAG's RHNA allocation; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the Town Council authorize the Town Manager to submit an appeal of
Danville's 6th Cycle Draft Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) allocation.
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APPROVED by the Danville Town Council at a regular meeting on July 6, 2021 by the
following vote:
AYES: Arnerich, Fong, Morgan, Stepper, Storer
NOES: None
ABSTAINED: None
ABSENT: None
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