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a. Receive a presentation on the San Mateo County 21 Elements Initiative; and
b. Discuss and provide direction regarding a similar initiative for the County of Monterey.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Receive a presentation on the San Mateo County 21 Elements Initiative; and
b. Discuss and provide direction regarding a similar initiative for the County of Monterey.
SUMMARY:
The Housing Advisory Committee received a report on the San Mateo County 21 Elements Initiative at its March 2022, meeting and recommended that the initiative model be presented to the Board of Supervisors for its consideration. The San Mateo County Department of Housing and the San Mateo County City/County Association of Governments have co-cosponsored the 21 Elements program since 2006. The program name is derived from the fact that all 20 cities plus the County (21 Elements) are participating in the project. The 21 Elements program was originally established to assist the 21 jurisdictions in San Mateo with the coordination and preparation of their Housing Elements. The jurisdictions recently completed their third housing element cycle under the 21 Elements model.
DISCUSSION:
The 21 Elements framework is best seen through two projects undertaken by the San Mateo County Department of Housing and the City/County Association of Governments (C/CAG) over the last 15-years to support the preparation of the housing element that each city and the county are required to submit to the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD). First, C/CAG had worked with the 21 jurisdictions to develop Priority Development Areas (PDAs). These PDAs, along with C/CAG's role as the congestion management agency for the County allowed the jurisdictions to align their Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) with agreed development areas and traffic corridors. Second, the 21 Elements program created a common foundation of shared data and ...
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