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Description
San Bruno City Council Meeting January 26, 2021
7. 2023-2031 Housing Element Update
D
D
B
Good
evening,
honorable
mayors
and
city
members
of
the
city
council,
my
name
is
pamela
and
I
am
the
city's
community
and
economic
development
director
with
me
tonight.
I
have
lisa
koster
sanders
from
good
city
company
who
has
been
assisting
the
city
and
preparing
our
housing
element
as
well
as
josh
abrams
from
21
elements
and
michael
smith,
city
city,
a
senior
planner
I'll,
be
providing
this
council.
An
update
of
the
regional
housing
needs
allocation
arena
status,
as
well
as
the
housing
element
process.
B
Tonight's
agenda
will
start
with
the
background
on
the
housing
elements
and
why
we
need
to
prepare
them.
What
do
we
do?
How
does
it
work
and
how
does
it
relate
to
our
current
unit
cycle
that
we're
in
right
now
I'll
provide
a
snapshot
of
where
we
are
with
venus
5
and
move
on
to
the
next
week
of
projection?
B
Have
on
the
background,
since
1929,
as
mandated
by
state
law,
each
city
and
the
county
are
required
to
accommodate
their
first
year
of
regional
housing
meets
through
a
housing
element
update
the
california
department
of
housing.
Community
development
hcd
determines
the
overall
housing
needs
and
the
fair
share
for
each
region.
B
In
turn,
the
association
of
bay
area
government
abad
allocates
the
bay
area
region.
Housing
needs
to
each
county
and
cities
within
each
county.
The
renowned
assignment
for
each
jurisdiction
is
comprised
of
the
four
following
income
category
very
low,
which
is
50
of
ami
low,
eighty
percent
of
ami,
moderate
income,
120
ami
and
also
above
moderate
income.
The
ami
represents
the
average
median
income
for
the
san
mateo
county.
B
B
As
of
today,
citizen
burnout
is
behind
our
meetings
obligation,
but
we
remain
to
be
in
compliance
with
our
current
housing
elements
you
may
want
to
ask:
why
is
that
important?
The
city
wants
to
be
in
compliance
with
housing
elements
so
that
we're
eligible
for
qualifying
state
and
regional
funding
opportunities
to
promote
more
housing,
transportation
or
parks
initiatives.
B
As
you
can
see
on
the
chart,
we
have
produced
very
little,
which
is
zero
of
the
very
low
income
units
about
a
total
of
67
of
low
income,
47
moderate
income
units
54
of
the
moderate
income,
which
comes
to
a
total
of
168
units
as
of
by
december
2019,
and
this
is
the
same
chart
that
sam
has
brought
to
council
reach
april.
As
part
of
the
annual
progress
report.
That's
forwarded
to
hcp
for.
B
Review
the
good
news
is:
we
have
made
some
progress
in
2020..
If
you
remember,
city
council
approved
a
large
residential
project
at
mills
park
center,
which
comprised
a
total
of
427
units.
In
august,
we
have
included
additional
single-family
constructions
that
skyline
approved
additional
adus,
we're
also
anticipating
additional
residential
projects
to
be
approved
through
its
entitlement
in
2021.
B
This
includes
the
grandview
terrorist
development
of
29
units
22
condor
units
of
271,
el
camino,
in
addition
to
many
adus
and
single
family
residents.
The
total
arena
of
obligation
numbers
that
city
of
san
bernardino
is
required
to
complete,
includes
both
building
permits
that
are
issued
as
well
as
buildings
that
have
finished
construction
that
receive
the
final
occupancy.
B
Moving
on
to
reno's
sixth
allegation
of
allocation,
the
planning
effort
for
arena
six
has
been
underway
for
some
time,
but
the
official
numbers
were
coming
out
as
a
drug
release.
Starting
last
summer
in
june,
2020
hcd
allocated
about
441
000
housing
unit
for
the
entire
bay
area.
This
is
a
significant
increase
of
approximately
135
percent
from
the
vena
5..
It
is
also
worth
noting
that
region
gives
the
biggest
increase.
B
B
Some
of
the
major
factors
that
affected
the
changes
between
october
and
december
is
that
there
were
adjustments
made
in
the
final
draft
of
the
play
of
the
planned
area
2050,
which
affected
the
methodology
and
the
final
allocation
for
venus
6..
This
also
shifted
the
area
where
jobs
is
projected
and
also
the
transit
rich
communities.
The
avatar
staff
also
explained
that
there
are
policies
regarding
public
lands,
aging
shopping
malls,
office
park,
pipeline
project,
etc.
B
B
B
B
A
few
days
after
staff
was
made
aware
of
the
new
allocation.
We
immediately
contacted
staff
to
understand
the
reason
for
dramatic
50
increase
the
day
after
city
manager
empty
mayor
for
the
reconsideration
and
objection
letter
to
a
bag
asking
for
the
reason
of
an
additional
1062
units
and
see
if
we
can
ask
for
a
reconsideration
of
the
numbers.
Unfortunately,
despite
our
protests,
abec
will
approve
the
proposed
methodology
and
the
final
draft
that
leaves
city
san
bruno
with
a
total
of
3192
units.
B
How
does
that
tie
into
the
housing
element
update
process?
Assuming
that
members
becomes?
Our
final
allocation
staff
has
been
collaborating
with
21
elements
to
update
the
housing
element.
We
have
done
site
needs
assessment,
we're
identifying
new
future
sites
that
can
satisfy
the
new
numbers,
and
we
will
also
be
looking
at
reselling
additional
sites,
refining
the
site
inventory
and
to
prepare
goals
and
policy
for
the
new
housing
element.
This
is
a
two-year
planning
effort
with
a
target
completion
date
by
the
end
of
december
2022,
so
that
ngcd
can
certify
our
housing
element
in
january
2023.
B
B
The
next
step
is
for
ava's
staff
to
forward
their
recommendation
to
hcd
to
approve
the
final
allocation.
If
hcd
approves
the
final
allocation,
the
city
will
have
a
chance
to
make
an
appeal
to
the
final
allocation
during
summer
of
this
year
before
the
final
allocation
is
finalized.
By
december
of
this.
E
B
What
does
that
mean
for
us,
the
next
steps
for
city
san
bruno?
We
will
continue
to
work
on
additional
projects.
We
will
also
formally
file
an
appeal
to
hce
by
summer
if
our
final
allocation
does
not
get
changed.
City
council
should
continue
to
review
an
approved
pipeline
project
so
that
the
additional
units
can
count
towards
arena
5
allocation,
and
we
will
also
continue
to
collaborate
with
21
elements
to
prepare
the
housing
element
update
along
with
other
cities,
anticipating
the
arena
6
allocation
to
be
finalized
later
this
year.
A
Oh
and
first
thank
you
to
the
director
and-
and
let
us
all
congratulate
you
on
your
appointment
to
the
being
the
director
and
this
wasn't
the
welcome
gift.
We
were
hoping
to
give
you,
but
we
appreciate
that
you
have
been
on
top
of
this.
So
thank
you
and
what
I'd
like
to
do
is
first
go
to
our
my
colleagues
and
see.
We've
got
any
questions
and
then
we
certainly
we'll
see
if
anyone
from
the
public
does
as
well.
C
It
has
to
do
with
the
fact
that
the
allocation
for
the
bay
area
was
made,
and
the
distribution
of
that
allocation
among
the
city
among
the
various
cities
didn't
seem
quite
fair,
where
you
know
some
of
the
cities,
their
allocation
actually
went
down
and
ours
went
up.
You
know
very
very
significantly,
because
I
think
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
send
the
right
message
to
our
to
our
residents
that
we
are
committed
to
adding
housing
and
and
in
doing
our
part,
to
solve
the
housing
crisis.
C
D
Council
member
hamilton,
thank
you
for
pointing
that
out,
you're,
absolutely
right
and
the
argument
that
we
made
to
aim
back
in
the
letter
that
the
mayor
and
I
signed
and
in
the
comments
that
both
myself
and
director
pamela,
who
made
were
at
a
high
level
saying
sam
bruno,
is
not
a
nimby.
Community
boom
same
bruno
actually
upzone
a
significant
portion
of
our
community
through
the
transit
corridors,
recognizing
that
there
is
a
regional
housing
need
and
going
through
a
elaborate
and
intensive
community
input
process.
To
say
we
know
we
need
to
build
more
housing
where.
D
D
D
We
we
understood
that
to
be
our
fair
share
of
the
regionals
housing
need.
Unfortunately,
what
happened
in
the
final
analysis
is
abac
applied
what
they
call
to
be
a
equity
analysis
and
that
information
was
released
on
december
18
without
a
lot
of
fanfare,
and
so
there
were
a
number
of
cities,
not
just
san
bruno.
At
this
meeting
last
thursday
saying
wait,
wait,
wait!
You
are
moving
too
fast.
The
city's
only
receiving
these
allocations.
D
Only
many
of
them
only
receive
word
of
how
intensive
the
allocations
were
within
the
last
two
weeks
and
abag
released
them,
giving
only
roughly
a
month's
notice
seven
days
before
the
the
end
of
the
year
holiday
season
begun,
and
in
that
final
analysis,
what
they
did
is
they
shifted
additional
housing
to
transit-rich
communities
and
communities
that
had
sites
that
they
thought
could
develop.
Additional
housing
in
particular.
D
What
we
were
able
to
find
out
in
just
the
literally
right
before
that
meeting
is
that
they
had
flagged
a
number
of
our
sites
that
are
within
the
control
of
the
airport
landings
authority
that
has
both
height
restrictions
and
sound
restrictions
as
places
where
housing
can
be
built.
We
disagree
with
the
methodology.
A
number
of
cities
disagree
with
the
methodology
and,
in
fact
our.
D
D
B
D
D
Francisco
had
more
units
applied,
but
percentage-wise
we're
the
second
highest
and,
and
we
think
fundamentally
there's
some
challenges
with
the
model
that
they
back
applies.
I
know
I
went
off
in
a
tangent,
but
I
want
to
I
want
to
let
the
council
and
the
community
know
that
we're
definitely
tracking
tracking
this
and
we
we
definitely
attend,
intend
to
appeal
and
we're
not
saying
we're
anti-housing,
we're
saying
the
methodology
is
flawed.
C
Thank
you,
and
actually
that
leads
directly
into
my
into
my
other
question,
which
is
the
the
you
know
what
was
just
approved.
There's
it
was
they're
calling
it
the
final
draft
and
but
then
the
actual
approval
doesn't
take
place
until
spring
and
then
we
do
that
and
then
we,
the
appeal
the
appeal
process
happens
in
summer.
Is
there
a?
Is
there
a
chance?
The
numbers
will
shift
again
before
that.
I
I,
the
word
draft
sends
a
little
chill
that
they'll
say:
oh,
oh,
and
by
the
way,
here's
another
30.
D
Change
that
decision
to
make
the
impact
more
drastic,
that's
the
only
way
that
the
model
can
change.
Typically,
what
happens
in
these
cycles
is
once
a
draft
is
approved.
There's
then
the
appeal
process,
and
that
is
the
way
that
communities
articulate
why
that
their
allocation
does
not
represent
a
fair
share.
C
A
To
my
questions,
thank
you,
your
councilmember,
you
know
we
do
have
a
member,
let's
go
to
the
public
just
because
somebody
has
been
waiting
and
in
case
they
need
to.
We
have
a
few
people
in
case
they
need
to
make
their
comments
known
and
then
wish
to
maybe
need
to
leave
the
meeting.
So
we
have
several
so
why
city
clerk,
if
we
can
open
it.
F
All
right,
I
find
it
amazing.
The
government
continues
to
follow
the
na
nh
in
a
plan.
That's
completely
overcome
by
events
and
out
of
date.
You
know
the
government's
unable
to
be
flexible.
Someone
needs
to
tell
these
people
that
the
emperor
have
no
has
no
close
and
just
a
quick
question.
I
know
you
can't
answer
it
now,
but
what
legal
authority
does
this
board
have?
F
Is
the
third
order
effect
of
the
corona
virus
or
housing
and
transportation
problems
seem
to
be
solved?
All
these
companies
and
people
are
moving
out
of
the
bay
area.
There
was
a
great
quote
today
on
the
sf
gate
by
john
gardner,
the
founder
and
ceo
kickoff,
who
said
what
else
can
god
in
the
world
and
government
come
up
with
to
make
this
place
less
livable?
F
You
know
where
are
people
leaving
here
is
because
of
the
commute,
the
pollution
crime
covid,
and
they
don't
have
to
work
here
anymore.
They
can
work
from
lake
tahoe,
they
can
work
from
eli
nevada,
it
doesn't
matter
they
can
all
work
from
home.
As
far
as
housing
goes,
I
did
a
quick
survey.
If
you
look
at
the
aperture
and
avalon
apartment
buildings,
they're
all
looking
for
renters,
if
you
search
for
apartments
in
san
bruno
there's
numerous
available,
why
why
are
they
full
or
why
aren't
they
full?
F
F
You
know
having
to
bring
their
own
shopping
bags
and
take
prep
public
transportation.
You
know
nobody's
going
to
want
to
commute
from
here
to
san
francisco,
because
everybody's
leaving
bart
director
liz
aims
recently
said
you
know,
I
don't
see
how
bart
survived
the
commercial
real
estate
market
is
pretty
bad
right
now.
You
know
you
can't
it's
no
longer
lucrative
with
all
the
requirements,
and
you
know
you
can't
force
a
developer
to
build
and
that's
why
this
plan
is
going
to
fail.
F
F
F
You
know
what,
if
we
don't
have
any
open
space
left?
What
are
they
going
to
do
with
this
plan
for
the
cities
that
don't
have
space
to
build?
You
know,
and
then
last
thing
I
got
is
you
know?
What's
the
cost
of
the
city
in
terms
of
infrastructure,
police
and
fire
equipment,
you
know
we're
going
to
buy
two
fire
trucks.
How
many
more
do
we
need?
How
many
more
fire
or
police
officers
and
police
cars
are
gonna
need
city
services
required,
increase
in
city
services,
etc?
F
E
Thank
you.
So,
although
we
are
in
the
middle
of
a
recession-
and
there
are
some
empty
units,
this,
these
housing
prices
continue
to
be
sticky
and
while
people
are
trying
to
pay
similar
rents,
incomes
are
going
way
down.
So
this,
this
housing
crisis
has
deepened,
I'm
an
essential
worker.
As
a
school
teacher
for
south
city
schools,
I
have
to
pay
4
200
monthly
for
a
three
and
a
half
bedroom
single
family
home,
and
there
was
no
rent
decrease
over
2020
10
years
ago.
E
E
What
can
we
do
to
make
housing
prices
fairer
for
essential
workers?
Our
arena
numbers
are
higher
because
we
didn't
build
nearly
enough
units.
As
noted
in
the
report,
only
168
of
the
1100
plus
units
were
built
in
the
last
five
years
and
the
427
units
from
the
mills
park
will
only
bring
us
to
half
of
what's
asked
for
in
san
bruno.
E
If
effort
is
given
to
meet
the
housing
allocation
rather
than
contest
it,
given
how
severe
the
housing
crisis
is
for
all,
but
the
richest
residents
and
workers,
I
welcome
this
more
ambitious
housing
allocation
and
you
should
too,
let
us
be
a
leader
in
housing
by
showing
our
neighbors
how
intelligent
housing
growth
is
done.
If
we
do
so
we'll
be
have
met
a
better
part
of
our
quota
for
this
coming
allocation,
we'll
be
in
much
stronger
position
to
demand
our
neighboring
cities
to
step
up
their
housing
development
efforts.
E
H
It's
really
hard
to
follow
up
after
jules's
comments.
That
was
that
was
my
I'm
really
proud
of
my
fellow
residents
strong
comments.
I
agree
with
everything
he
just
said:
I'm
not
really
sure
we're
just
build
off
of
that
we're
still
87
behind
on
our
existing
arena
numbers.
We
don't
have
to
re-hash
that,
but
we
can
look
forward
into
our
continuing
expansive
growth
for
youtube
and
how
we're
seeking
other
aptitude
opportunities
to
grow.
I
really
think
we
should
drop
our
existing
appeal.
H
I
don't
think
that
this
existing
allocation
is
is
crazy
to
think
about.
When
you
hear
me
out
when
you're
thinking
3129,
it's
not
a
lot
when
you
frame
it
in
the
number,
when
you
frame
it
less
as
a
number
and
more
as
an
individual
people,
more
living
space
faces
names
and
families.
As
jules
pointed
out
prior,
we
have
a
massive
deficit
to
make
up
for
even
beyond
what
our
current
you
know.
H
Arena
cycle
allocates
for
and
there's
considerable
argument
that
stating
that
even
in
the
arena
allocation
is
not
fairly
equivalent
to
our
deficit,
to
our
massive
deficit
of
housing
needs
as
far
as
like
how
it
can
affect
rent
prices.
But
you
know
what
does
this
all
represent?
It
represents
people,
as
I
said,
we're
planning
out
for
more
than
a
decade
in
housing
crisis.
Now
look,
I
know
this
is
daunting
and
every
city
is
going
to
have
these
similar
challenges.
H
Every
city
is
going
to
have
to
update
their
housing
elements
rezoned
for
sites.
You
know
work
with
their
existing
specific
plans,
but
with
so
many
communities
in
this
together
there's
going
to
be
tools
and
resources
available.
It
won't
be
that
bad.
You
know
I
would
ask
that
we
drop
the
appeal
and
we
work
on
getting
ahead
of
our
current
appointment
and
work
and
trying
to
meet
our
existing
goals.
H
The
sooner
we
can
get
ahead
of
it
and
the
more
focus
that
we
have
on
that,
the
better
we
can
serve
our
community
again.
These
numbers
represent
faces
names,
families
and
stories,
and
also
I
hate
to
do
this.
I
never
do
this,
but
kovid
axing
the
housing
crisis.
That's
a
myth.
Rents
have
may
have
dropped
slightly,
but
it's
still
expensive
to
live
here.
H
Single-Family
homes
remain
relatively
static
in
their
prices.
Coveting,
the
housing
demand
does
not
apply
to
in-person
jobs.
Rents
are
still
high
for
essential
workers,
janitors,
auto
workers
and
people
who
have
to
show
up
in
person
which,
by
the
way,
are
disproportionately
marginalized
communities
and
communities
of
color.
Thank
you
have
a
good
night.
I
I
Hello,
whenever
you're
ready,
okay,
I'm
ready
hi,
my
name
is
fun
li
and
I'm
an
architect
and
a
resident
of
san
bruno
for
the
past
three
years.
It's
really
really
hard
to
be
speaking
after
jules
and
alex,
because
my
points
align
with
them
as
well
on
the
approach
we
have
regarding
the
arena
numbers.
I
believe
that
there's
no
point
in
doing
the
appeal
because,
like
you
said
it's
going
to
be
an
uphill
battle,
if
we
reduce
the
numbers
for
san
bruno,
other
city
will
have
to
make
up
for
that
numbers.
I
I
We've
moved
five
times
in
six
years,
because
we
struggle
to
fight
affordable
housing
and
we
ended
up
here
in
san
bruno,
renting
a
two-bedroom
apartment
with
my
brother
and
we
sharing
cost
by
commuting
using
the
bar
and
the
caltrain.
So,
like
you
said,
you
know,
san
bruno
there's
a
there's,
a
a
lot
of
need
to
have
more
housing
in
san
bruno,
because
this
is
a
major
region
transit
hub.
I
So
I
believe
we
all
should
come
together
and
proceed
with
plans
to
meet
the
arena
numbers
as
soon
as
possible,
and
you
know
even
with
the
covet
that
drives
everyone
that
drives
a
lot
of
people
out
of
the
bay
area.
What
about
the
people
that
wanted
to
stay
like
us?
You
know
we.
Yes,
there
may
be
a
little
bit
of
a
rent
reduction.
I
We
got
like
five
percent
reduction,
but
we
already
paid
like
50
of
our
income
for
rent,
so
yeah
now
we're
paying
like
what
45
of
our
income
for
rent.
I
mean
it's,
not
it's
not
a
lot.
It
doesn't
make
a
big
difference.
You
know
we
want
to
stay
here
and
lead
a
sustainable
life.
We
don't
want
to
be
forced
out
of
the
bay
area
like
everyone
else,
so
you
know
this
isn't.
I
C
J
Hi
this
is
sheila.
Can
you
hear
me?
Yes,
whenever
you're
ready,
okay?
Well,
I
I
think
you
know
having
been
someone
who
moved
into
california
when
I
was
about
40
years
old
with
no
children,
and
I
was
a
professional
and
we
came
to
northern
california
because
my
husband
is
from
california
and
for
him.
Essentially,
it
was
coming
home.
You
know
from
where
we
were
living
out
of
state.
I
understand
the
struggles
and
the
concerns.
I
think
that
I've
heard
with
regard
to
income
levels
and
housing
prices.
J
J
We
slowly,
you
know,
got
our
foot
in
the
door,
worked
really
long
hours
and
did
what
we
could,
but
we
again
we're
not
raising
a
family,
so
those
were
choices
and
trade-offs.
We
had
to
make
today
when
I
look
at
what
I've
always
considered
to
be
high
density
housing
in
all
of
these
neighborhoods,
which
were
predominantly
built
in
the
40s
and
50s.
J
I
worry
about
the
infrastructure.
I
worry
about
the
closeness
when
you
consider
the
pandemics,
which
will
probably
continue
to
come.
I
worry
about
people
who
want
the
vaccines
and
there's
no
supplies.
I
worry
about
the
empty
storefronts.
I
worry
about
the
infrastructure
and
how
we're
going
to
support
this
and
then
the
reliance
on
public
transportation,
which
again
puts
you
in
high
density
situations,
which
is
not
good
when
you're
in
a
pandemic.
J
So
it's
a
complicated
issue.
I
think
we
should
continue
with
the
appeal.
I
think
we
need
to
continue.
The
appeal
we
need
to
factor
in.
Where
is
the
green
space?
Where
are
we
going
to
go
to
exercise?
Are
we
going
to
have
the
water
to
be
able
to
you
know
just
drink?
You
know
and
keep
ourselves
alive,
there's
serious
issues
here
with
these
numbers,
so
I
would
encourage
the
city
not
to
abandon
the
appeal
and
to
work,
as
the
first
speaker
said,
in
trying
to
get
these
regulations
and
standards
realigned
for
practical,
practical
situations.
G
K
Dunham
evening,
council,
my
name
is
mike
dunham.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
tonight.
I'm
actually
a
burlingame
resident,
but
I'm
calling
in
because
very
much
what
you
guys
do
in
san
bruno
affects
us
and
vice
versa.
What
burlingame
does
or
does
not
do
will
very
much
affect
your
residence,
so
I
think
it's
important.
We
all
tackle
this
housing
crisis
together.
K
K
I
think
if
you
continue
to
do
things
like
this,
like
appeal,
your
arena
allocation,
it
just
sends
a
message
to
sacramento
that
san
bruno
is
not
willing
to
do
its
parts,
which
makes
more
and
more
likely
that
our
legislators
will,
in
turn
strip
authority
from
local
cities
to
be
able
to
make
their
own
decisions
about
developments.
This
arena
process
is
very
much
the
state's
way
of
saying.
K
I
think
you'll,
see
legislators
lose
their
patience
for
this
approach,
and
just
say
you
know,
you
know
what
we're
going
to
take
more
drastic
action.
So
I'd
really
caution
you
to
be
careful
about
this.
The
other
reason
to
not
appeal
is
whether
your
number's
two
thousand
three
thousand
or
six
thousand,
it's
merely
a
down
payment
on
the
amount
of
housing
that
we
need
to
build
here
on
the
peninsula
and
that
san
bruno
needs
to
build
within
your
own
borders.
We've
this
this
crisis.
We
are
facing
is
decades
in
the
in
the
making.
K
K
I
think
that
in
the
long
run,
the
difference
between
2000
or
3000
really
doesn't
matter,
and
I
would
encourage
you
all
and
to
direct
your
staff
to
spend
time
coming
up
with
strategies
to
actually
hit
these
goals
rather
than
sort
of
these
fruitless
appeals
that
are
unlikely
to
work
and
will
just
bring,
I
think,
the
ire
of
the
state
on
your
back.
I
suspect,
that's
not
actually
what
you
all
truly
believe.
K
B
B
B
L
Great,
so
thanks
thanks
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
plymouth,
annesburg's
resident
of
san
bruno
for
coming
on
almost
four
years
now.
I
wanted
to
push
back
on
a
couple
of
things
that
were
said
regarding
this
allocation
of
housing
and
the
idea
that
this
is
unfair
for
san
bruno.
I
am,
I
think,
it's
entirely
fair.
L
We
have
you
know,
as
javon
outlined
pretty
much
the
best
transit
accessible
location
on
the
peninsula,
and
as
such
we
should
have
the
most
housing
to
to
to
match
up
with
that
that
one,
you
know,
one
of
the
reasons
that
we
moved
to
san
bruno
was
because
it
is
such
a
good
location
for
transit.
Whether
you
have
a
car
or
fly
for
work,
or
you
know,
are-
are
taking
public
transit.
L
The
other
thing
that
I
wanted
to
say
was
while
it
is
true
that
people
are
moving
out
of
california
somewhat
more
than
they
have
in
the
past.
That
is
not
actually
reducing
the
population
of
california.
The
population
of
california
is
still
growing,
it's
just
growing
slower
than
it
did
before.
So
we
still
need
a
lot
of
new
housing
to
make
up
for
the
deficit
of
housing
that
has
accumulated
over
the
past
several
decades.
K
I've
listened
to
on
climate
change
was
paul
hawkin,
the
editor
of
the
book
drawdown,
and
he
had
this
interesting
idea,
which
is
that
you
know
one
way
of
thinking
about
climate
change
is
like.
Why
is
this
happening
to
me?
Why
is
all
this
environmental
disaster
happening
to
me
and
he
sort
of
flipped
the
flipped
it
a
little
bit?
He
said
why
is
this
climate
change
happening
for
me?
I
think
san
bruno
should
really
look
at
these
new
reno
numbers
as
an
opportunity.
K
You've
heard
from
previous
speakers
the
cost
of
the
real
human
cost
of
the
high
housing
prices
in
our
area,
accelerating
homelessness
needing
to
move
all
the
time,
send
paying
half
your
income
on
rent.
This
is
a
real
opportunity
for
san
bruno
as
a
city,
its
leaders
and
the
leaders
across
the
bay
area
to
do
something
to
help
people
to
bring
them
into
quality
housing,
to
give
them
the
security
of
being
able
to
to
live
in
a
place
that
they
can
call
home.
You
know
this
is
kind
of
like
the
paris
accord
moment.
For
us.
K
This
is
the
do
or
die
moment.
Are
we
going
to
bend
the
emissions
curve
or
not?
Are
we
going
to
make
sure
that
housing
homelessness
in
california
starts
to
go
down
rather
than
increases
year
over
year
forever?
And
ever?
Are
we
going
to
be
able
to
bring
back
the
california
dream
for
people
who,
at
all
income
level
levels,
not
just
those
who
are
paid
high
incomes
in
a
booming
industry
really
seriously?
I
think
you
need
to
not
appeal
this
renal
application.
K
M
Despite
claims
to
the
contrary,
these
numbers
make
san
bruno
one
of
the
worst
offenders
of
jobs
to
housing
ratios
in
santo
county.
I
also
want
to
vigorously
contest
the
notion
made
earlier
that
cities
don't
build
housing
while
this
is
technically
true.
Cities
absolutely
set
the
vast
majority
of
conditions
that
determine
whether
or
not
housing
will
be
built.
This
isn't
just
about
zoning,
but
things
like
parking
minimums,
permitting
time
frames
and
the
atmosphere
of
whether
or
not
a
city
is
amenable
or
friendly
to
new
housing.
M
Certainly
the
mills
pro
the
mills
park
debacle
has
materially
affected
the
latter
point,
and
the
city
will
need
to
find
a
way
to
recover
from
that
to
attract
new
housing
opportunities
in
the
future.
Should
you
choose
to
dispute
these
numbers
at
avag?
The
city
should
know
that,
unlike
past
cycles,
local
advocates
will
absolutely
provide
rebuttals
and
submit
our
own
opposition.
M
A
D
Councilmember
mason,
why
don't
I
take
that
again:
javon
grogan
city
manager
with
regard
to
affordable
housing
and
other
housing
projects
for
that
matter,
you're
absolutely
right.
There's
a
shortage
of
capital
right
now
and
and
deals
that
essentially
were
not
inked
and
funded
before
covet
19.
A
lot
of
those
transactions
are
actually
not
occurring.
D
That
said,
san
bruno
has
actually
been
insulated,
a
bit
from
a
depression
of
interest
during
covet
19..
In
fact,
we
have
seen
a
sustained
interest
in
san
bruno,
both
on
the
commercial
and
the
residential
side,
largely
related
to
the
fact
that
we
have
up
zones
for
more
housing
along
our
transit
corridor.
Provided
that
foundational
zoning
and
regulations.
D
G
G
But
I
also
want
to
just
bring
up
that.
My
other
concern
is
that
we
haven't.
It
doesn't
appear
that
we
have
had
sufficient
staffing
to
move
the
day-to-day
house
renovations
that
we
have
right
now
during
coven,
and
so
what
is
the
city
planning
to
do,
or
what
can
we
do
or
how
can
the
council
support
the
city
manager
to
get
a
strong
planning
department
that
is
well
staffed
to
pursue
this
number?
If
we
end
up
with
this,
this
very
high.
A
B
B
D
B
D
Council-
and
the
public
knows,
is
that
we
have
beefed
up
our
staff
now
with
both
coming
to
the
to
the
city
council
for
additional
personnel,
but
also
during
this
period
added
additional
consultants,
both
on
the
advanced
planning
and
current
planning
side,
and
so
because
we
are
talking
about
a
bag
planning
requirement
or
that's
coming
down
from
the
state
of
california.
We
will
also
have
to
adjust
our
advanced
planning
staff
likely
with
contractors
to
update
our
plans
to
meet
the
the
new
arena
allocation,
whether
it
stays
at
the
roughly
3
000
or
goes
back
to
2000.
D
That's
advanced
planning.
On
the
current
planning
side,
we
are
supplementing
our
staff
with
contractors.
The
good
part
about
that
is
that
the
permit
fees
cover
the
full
rate
plus
our
overhead.
We
are
absolutely
analyzing
our
staffing
to
determine.
Do
we
need
additional
staff,
full-time
planners
and
they're
sort
of
the
balance
there,
where
you
want
to
staff
to
your
what
you
need
on
a
regular
day
or
on
a
regular
year
and
flex
with
contractors
right
now,
we're
flexing
certainly
with
contractors,
but
we
may
need
additional
staff
and
we
are
currently
doing
that.
G
N
I
can
say
from
ecag
we
we
had
the
arena
presentation
at
one
of
the
prior
sea
cag
meetings,
and
I
didn't
hear
anybody
who
was
happy
about
the
numbers
that
they
were
getting
handed
and
and
that
I
I
have
to
agree.
I
mean
you
know
it's
listening
to
the
speakers.
I
have
to
say
that
everybody
is
right,
whether
they're
they're
pro
or
against
everybody's
right
and
everybody
brings
some
really
valid
points
to
the
conversation.
N
But
at
the
end
of
the
day,
I
don't
think
it's
as
simple.
It's
not
as
simple
as
saying
yeah.
Let's
just
take
it
all
on,
and
it
was
interesting
actually
to
hear
what
from
the
other
council
members
in
other
cities,
you
know
their
their
reasons.
For
you
know
not
not
agreeing
with
the
numbers
and-
and
I
think
the
biggest
biggest
impact
to
us
is
that
we
had
a
number
that
we
were
saying.
N
Okay,
it's
a
hard
target,
it's
a
difficult
target
to
meet,
but
we
can
probably
do
it
and
then,
having
that
whole
formula
change
again
and
then
having
that
number
increase
by
by
50-
and
you
know
some
of
the
speakers
brought
up
some
really
interesting
points
about
us.
You
know
contributing
to
the
problem
and
that
that
is
you
know
it's.
It's
also
something
that
we
should
consider,
but
it
doesn't
necessarily
make
it
easier
for
us
to
accommodate
additional
growth.
N
So
it's
a
tough
one.
It's
definitely
a
tough
one.
I
you
know,
I
agree.
We
need
to
add
more
housing,
but
even
adding
more
housing
isn't
going
to
fix
the
the
income
disparity
that
we
have
in
the
bay
area
and
it's
getting
worse
and
worse
and
adding
all
those
high-tech
jobs
makes
that
situation
worse
and
worse,
and
so
you
know
we
have
currently
zoning
for
a
thousand
a
thousand
more
units
but
nobody's
building
them.
So
you
know
it's
it's
not
like
we're
holding
up
anything
right
now.
N
N
At
the
end
of
san
mateo
avenue,
we
took
some
bold
steps
with
that
one
and
made
some
concessions
on
parking,
and
that
was
a
hard
one
to
sell
to
the
public
and
we're
seeing
the
impact.
But
we
saw
the
impact
when
it
was
near
capacity
of
of
how
not
having
that
parking.
You
know
made
a
difference.
We
weren't
able
to
ever
lease
out
the
retail
space
because
there
was
no
parking
and
so
there's
real
consequences
to
doing
that,
and
it's
empty
now
yeah,
I
mean
there's
nobody
in
it.
N
N
And
you
know
there's
you
know
it
seems
to
be
a
lot
of
market
rate
units
there's,
definitely
not
enough
below
market
rate
units,
but
you
know,
even
when
we
start
zoning
more
there's,
no
guarantee
that
anyone's
going
to
want
to
build
those.
So
it's
been
a
problem
that
we've
been
dealing
with
for
a
long
time
and
it's
not
from
from
a
lack
of
trying.
N
A
A
This
is
where
because
you're
you're
golden
near
the
transportation,
but
at
the
same
time
we
don't
own
it
and
nobody's
coming
in
to
say
let's
build
it,
and
I
think
what
we
also
hear
as
as
we
are
from
our
community
is
well.
Housing
is
great,
but
it's
not
affordable.
So
you
can
say-
and
I've
heard
that
criticism
is
like
you
can
bring
in
100
units,
but
I
can't
afford
them
or
others
can't
afford
to
remain
here.
So
really,
how
does
that?
How
does
that
help
us
as
a
community?
A
But
you
know
other
other
communities
have
been
having
growth
and
trying
to
work
diligently
on
that.
Not
any
not
everybody
offline
loves
the
arena
numbers.
I
just
found
that
ours
were
more
excessive
and,
and
yes
there's
some
commentary,
saying
hey,
you
guys
need
to
you
need
to
catch
up,
and
you
need
to
do
your
part
like
the
rest
of
the
county.
But
at
the
same
time
I
just
want
to
make
sure
with
whatever.
That
number
is,
that
it
was
assessed
correctly
and
the
documents
are
are
true
and
accurate
to
what
it
represents.
A
D
D
Downtown
with
two
new
housing
projects,
the
city
has
been
and
will
continue
to
meet
with
developers
and
found
the
pavement
to
have
more
development
downtown
one
of
the
challenges.
Even
though
we
have
provided
the
foundational
zoning
and
actually
provided
additional
value
to
the
properties
by
increasing
the
zoning.
D
Is
that
they're
small
parcels,
and
so
it
really
takes
a
developer
with
a
big
checkbook
and
a
long
vision,
because
they
have
to
do
property
assemblage
and
they
have
to
go
to
individual
owners
in
order
to
get
enough
pieces
of
the
pie
to
develop
a
large
multi-unit
building.
And
so
we
do
have
a
number
of
developers
that
have
expressed
interest
of
wanting
to
build
multi-units
downtown
and
it's
a
process.
D
The
city
has
in
many
ways
done
its
part
with
the
transit
quarters
plan.
But
it's
not
something
that's
going
to
happen
overnight
and
we
talked
about
the
economic
development
manager
position
to
be
in
a
position
that
we
can
add
that
will,
on
a
day-to-day,
be
primarily
focused
on
hitting
the
pavement
supporting
our
businesses
and
incentivizing
development.
And
so
that
is
one
position
that
we'll
be
looking
at.
D
But
but
absolutely
we're
working
at
it,
but
it
it
takes
a
it,
takes
a
development
partner,
that's
willing
to
maybe
buy
a
parcel
and
keep
working
on
that
other
parcel,
because
the
property
owner
is
not
ready
to
sell
or
it
has
a
lease.
That's
not
going.
That's
not
going
to
expire
for
another
five
years,
and
so
it's
a
tough
process.
C
C
C
So
my
question,
my
question
for
our
city
manager
is
that
we
want
to
have
a
reasonable
number,
an
achievable
number,
and
it
will
take
additional
effort
to
find
where
we're
going
to
put
this
housing,
because
we
would
have
to
up
zone
a
large
portion
of
the
city
and-
and
we
want
something-
that's
achievable
and
we
are
willing
to
do
our
part.
So
what
would
it
take?
My
question
to
staff
is:
what
would
it
take
to
to
approach
anywhere
near
these
numbers?
D
So,
council,
member
medina,
we
have
not
gone
through
the
detailed
several
month
process
to
analyze,
where
zoning
could
potentially
be
changed
in
order
to
go
from
the
the
2000
which
we
knew
to
be
in
december.
To
now,
the
which
we
knew
in
october
to
now
the
3000
that
that
came
out
in
december.
So
that
process
has
not
been
done.
But
I
think
what
I
hear
council
articulating
and
what
staff
said-
and
I
was
repeated
for
members
of
the
of
the
public,
especially
the
housing
advocates-
is.
D
D
But
they
will
still
have
to
travel
outside
of
here
to
get
to
where
their
gods
are
another
way
to
do.
It
is
to
actually
build
the
housing
where
the
jobs
are
and
not
have
communities
like
us
take
on
more
of
the
region's
housing
burden
to
actually
have
a
truly
lower
being
the
vehicle
miles,
traveled
communities,
and
so
we're
it's
it's
not
that
we're
against
housing.
It's
unfortunately,
just
that.
We
believe
that
the
methodology
that
added
an
additional
thousand
units
to
san
bruno
if
incorrect.
D
D
D
The
good
news
is
that,
as
developments
are
approved
and
people
pay
the
city's
affordable
housing
in
luffan
in
luffy,
which
is
separate
from
the
requirement
for
residential
units
to
actually
build
housing,
but
as
commercial
developments
come
online
and
they
pay
our
affordable,
housing
and
luffy
are,
are
the
city's,
affordable
housing
fund
rules
and
then
we
can
invest
in
either
affordable
rental
or
affordable
sale.
But
it
takes
having
development
to
raise
that
local
capital
to
then
inject
into
the
market.
G
Okay,
thank
you,
and
I
just
want
to
echo
what
I
think
all
the
council
members
have
said.
I
don't
think
the
issue
is
whether
we
want
housing
would
probably
sound
like
a
broken
record
at
this
point,
but
I
think
we
just
have
some
very
practical
restraints
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
whatever
allotment
we
get,
we
can
actually
achieve
and
clearly
we
haven't
met
our
first
allotment
and
that's
with
the
approval
of
every
single
development
that
has
come
to
this
council.