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City of San José, California
City Council Evening Session, June 20, 2023
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A
C
C
A
E
Since
the
Inception
of
the
home
Key
Program,
San
Jose
has
had
great
success
receiving
four
home
key
Awards
totaling
over
107
million,
which
were
comprised
of
three
hotels
and
one
interim
housing
site
combined.
The
home
key
Awards
thus
far
will
create
441
new
units
for
people
experiencing
homelessness
for
this
third
round
of
home.
Key
applications
we'll
build
on
that
success
in
our
expertise
and
our
priorities
are
addressing
gaps
in
our
current
homeless
and
housing
system
and
leveraging
Partnerships
to
address
operating
and
service
costs
at
sites.
E
This
year,
the
state
has
some
new
requirements
for
home.
Key,
most
notable
is
a
30-year
affordability.
Covenant
also,
applicants
will
be
scored
higher,
who
can
demonstrate
operating
funding,
Leverage
and
referrals
to
home.
Key
projects
must
be
made
through
a
regional,
coordinated
entry
system
which,
to
date
on
previous
home
key
projects.
The
city
has
not
used
coordinated
entry,
so,
for
example,
on
our
interim
housing
referrals,
we
take
referrals
directly
from
San
Jose
Street,
Outreach
teams
and
targeted
encampments.
E
So,
for
this
round
of
home
key,
the
housing
department
did
do
a
request
for
information
process
seeking
proposals.
A
panel
comprised
of
Housing
Department
staff,
the
County
Office
of
Supportive
Housing
and
the
Housing
Authority
staff
evaluated
the
proposals.
There
were
11
responses,
eight
from
hotel
owners
who
were
seeking
to
sell
their
property
but
had
no
developer
partner
or
service
provider
partner.
And
then
there
was
a
rehab
and
a
new
construction
proposal
submitted
that
were
not
selected
by
the
panel
for
a
variety
of
reasons,
including
feasibility
cost
and
site
control.
E
E
E
We
will
be
back
to
you
if
we
are
awarded
to
get
authority
to
purchase
the
property
and
appropriate
any
funds
we
would
receive
and
we're
also
planning
to
work
with
the
Council
Office
on
community
engagement
and
between
now
and
when
the
application
is
due.
We
do
have
some
continued
due
diligence
to
do
on
the
property.
E
And
with
that
we're
available
for
questions
thanks.
F
Where
the
woman
has
to
flee
and
the
children
are
displaced,
that
being
able
to
have
a
home
and
a
space
where
not
only
the
not
only
the
mother,
but
the
child
can
be
stabilized,
because
you
know,
there's
no
fault
they're
confused,
very,
very
and
the
more
that
the
city
can
invest
in
environments
like
in
to
address
this
particular
social
ill
in
our
community.
The
better
life
will
all
be
because
that
is
passed
down
as
well.
F
That's
something
that
the
B
be
Mendes
up
next
door
had
talked
explicitly
about
when
she
created
that
nonprofit.
F
Secondly,
is
that
the
nonprofits
within
proximity
of
these
housing
developments
that,
if
that
could
be
considered
like
whenever
you,
whenever
you're
putting
in
a
specifically
or
a
specific
segment
of
the
population,
into
a
housing
area
that
automatically
that
that
should
trigger
some
kind
of
relationship
or
some
kind
of
connection
with
the
non-profit?
That's
in
proximity
to
that
housing
development,
so
that
so
that
there
could
be
kind
of
a
seamless
connection
to
that
and
also
ensure
that
those
non-profits
are
fortified
with
everything
they
need
for
that
population.
Thank
you.
B
Blair,
followed
by
Brian
and
Brian.
We
accidentally
put
your
hand
down.
So
please
put
your
hand
back
up.
Blair
go
ahead.
G
I've
learned
an
important
additional
step
today.
I've
actually
learned
too
important
additional
steps
today,
this
past
weekend
to
talk
more
when
we're
talking
about
comprehensive
housing,
we
talk
about
Sheltering
programs
for
Sheltering
in
the
unhoused
and
truly
affordable
housing,
and
then
the
fourth
one
is
preventative
messages.
How
do
we
work
towards
preventative
ideas
and
home
key
is
a
part
of
the
of
the
whole
conundrum
of
ideas,
the
whole
process
of
ideas
that
just
a
thanks.
G
It
has
been
a
really
good
program
and,
like
I've
always
tried
to
say
we
have,
you,
know
kind
of
our
established
good
practices,
how
to
really
want
to
consider
how
to
help
the
unhoused
and
the
practices
that
were
taking
place
before
home
key
that
I
think
if
we
spend
fundamental
good
time
around,
like
like
learning
to
fund,
you
know
housing
staff
to
follow
the
unhoused
clients
from
beginning
to
end.
G
We
don't
have
enough
of
that
that
we
all
want
to
really
do
good
luck
in
those
sort
of
efforts
and
there's
certain
programs
like
that
that
we've
always
talk
about
that.
This
is
really
a
time
to
really
consider
those
things.
Good
luck!
How
we
can
do
that!
Thank
you.
B
H
I
think
this
is
a
wonderful
idea,
highly
support
it.
Hopefully
we
can
recreate
it
I
think.
That's
why
they're
going
for
the
grant.
The
other
thing
is
I
wish
in
developments.
I
know
the
city
can't
force
people
to
do
this,
but
highly
encourage
that
there's
always
Child
Care
available,
no
matter
even
if
it's
a
quote-unquote
high-end
development,
because
Child
Care
is
super
expensive,
I'm
sure
everybody
is
aware
of
that.
Thank
you.
I
Yeah
before
I
emotion,
I
just
have
a
couple
of
questions.
Actually,
so
one
thank
you
for
for
the
presentation
and
two
is
this:
our
first
home
key
that
is
not
technically
a
motel,
since
it's
an
old
frat
house
on
South
11th
right.
E
I
I
No,
no
I
I've
been
as
somebody
who
who
has
always
wondered
what
happened
to
that
fraternity,
I'm,
okay,
that
it's
no
longer
there
I
think
it
was
an.
It
was
The,
Knack
I,
don't
know
nak
whatever
fraternity,
it
was,
but
it
was
just
sitting
there
and
I
know
that
I
had
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
available
apartments
or
rooms
or
whatever
you
may.
You
want
to
call
it,
but
there's
also
is
this
the
first
one
that
we're?
I
Actually,
this
is
the
first
one
that
we
actually,
that
is
going
to
be
providing
child
care
as
well.
E
I
Just
excited
that
it's
happening
in
in
District
three
I
continue
to
say
that
our
that
our
our
Council
district
is
it's
doing
it's.
You
know
it's
being
proactive
and
making
sure
that
we're
housing,
our
our
own
house,
especially
folks
who,
who
are
experiencing
violence
in
their
in
their
lives,
domestic
violence
in
their
life.
So
with
that
I
motion
to
support
item
844.
J
I
really
love
that
it's
going
to
have
child
care.
I,
think
that,
as
we
look
for
other
opportunities,
I
think
that
that
that
would
be
great
to
be
able
to
find
locations
where
that's
available
so
or
that
it
could
be
created
because
I
think
that
more
and
more
it's
such
a
high
need.
So
I
am
delighted
and
hopefully
we'll
be
able
to
get
this
one
way
or
another.
Thank
you.
K
Thank
you,
mayor
I,
just
wanted
to
thank
staff
for
their
work
in
bringing
this
this
application
proposal
forward
and
especially
wanted
to
highlight
the
the
value
that
we're
going
to
get
as
a
city,
considering
the
potential
operating
costs
are
going
to
be
borne
by
the
county
and
and
and
that
is
especially
significant,
given
how
many
people
are
going
to
be
able
to
help
and
and
the
the
the
maximization
of
of
of
public
of
public
work,
whether
it's
city
or
county,
on
on
this,
this
housing
crisis.
So
thank
you.
L
A
B
This
is
for
item
10.1
c
20
file,
number
23,
937
I,
don't
know
if
they're
still
here.
A
B
A
B
And
that
letter
was
emailed
to
all
of
you.
A
M
All
right
good
evening,
my
letter
that
I
sent
to
everybody
on
Council
was
titled
good
afternoon.
That's
changed
so
my
wife
and
I
have
had
a
parcel
in
San
Jose
for
almost
40
years,
and
we've
got
a
pending
tentative
map,
application
for
61
single
detached
homes,
each
to
include
an
Adu
using
the
city
and
state
density.
Bonus
law,
in
spite
of
being
proximate
to
high
quality,
Transit
Corridor
stops
and
two
major
Transit
stops.
Planning
has
insisted
that
we
be
downsized
to
15..
M
Adoption
of
tonight's
amendments
to
CP
5-1
should
help
being
proximate
to
high
quality
Transit.
According
to
SQL
guidelines,
our
project
should
always
have
been
presumed
to
have
a
less
than
significant
Transportation
impact.
If
our
project
was
in
the
city
of
Mountain
View,
it
would
screen
out
and
be
exempt.
M
We
wanted
the
commissioner's
help
with
several
aspects
and
ask
the
same
of
you
tonight.
Our
traffic
consultant
and
we
have
had
trouble
getting
responses
to
technical
issues
from
the
Transportation
portion
of
planning.
We
understand
everybody
is
busy
and
we
are
just
Mom
and
Pop,
but
Direction
and
answers
from
a
lead
person
would
be
helpful.
M
The
transportation
analysis
Handbook
of
April
of
this
year
on
the
first
page
of
appendix
C
sites,
a
2002
study
which
broadly
concludes
and
provides
a
formula
that
a
project
whose
proposed
density
is
twice.
The
surrounding
existing
density
should
reduce
the
VMT
the
proposed
project
by
about
30
percent.
M
Both
planning
and
sequa
allow
specifics
of
a
proposed
project
to
be
factored
into
the
reduction
of
VMT
for
a
project.
Our
project
provides
a
density
greater
than
twice
that
of
the
neighborhood
in
the
plan.
Bay
Area
2050.
It
identifies
specific
PRC
statutes
that
allow
sequest
streamlining
of
housing
projects
that
meet
conditions
of
a
sustainable
Community
strategy.
M
B
H
I
I
don't
know
as
much
as
I
would
like
to,
but
that
gentleman
did
make
some
good
points
and
it
does
go
back
to
and
I
think
the
mayor
and
Council
are
trying
to
stall
the
Staffing
shortage
issues
that
the
communication
between
citizens
and
different
departments
lacks
not
because
of
steadfastness
on
the
part
of
Staff,
but
because
they
are
inundated,
and
that
goes
for
police
officers.
Firemen,
even
though
people
are
becoming
fully
staffed,
there's
got
to
be
tire
tiredness.
H
B
N
I'm
sorry,
I'll,
wait.
Yeah,
sorry.
A
Thanks
just
before
we
entertain
a
motion
on
land
use,
consent
just
pertaining
to
the
gentleman
who's
waited
very
patiently.
Now
it
is
no
longer
the
afternoon,
as
he
pointed
out,
is
there
a
staff
able
to
just
kind
of
reference
The
Next
Step
here?
Is
this
obviously
better
if
we
can
take
it
offline,
but
since
he
has
waited
for
hours,
is
there
any?
Are
we
aware
of
the
property
it's
being
referenced.
O
Yes,
thank
you.
Matt
Chris
button
director
of
planning
building
code
enforcement.
We
did
get
an
opportunity
to
look
at
Mr
cyrack's
letter
earlier
today.
Obviously,
his
concerns
that
are
raised
are
related
to
the
development
project,
not
to
the
consent.
Calendar
item,
which
is
the
changes
to
the
VMT
policy,
we'll
follow
up
directly
and
make
sure
we
have
answers
to
his
questions.
I.
A
Appreciate
that
very
much
and
so
item
c
c,
which
he
referred
to,
does
not
impact
your
ability
to
work
with
him
on
that
issue.
O
A
P
O
Thank
you
Matt
again,
Chris
Burton,
director
of
planning
building
code
enforcement,
while
our
team
is
coming
down
to
the
books,
I'll
just
start
by
expressing
a
lot
of
appreciation
and
gratitude
to
an
amazing
team.
This
is
the
culmination
of
almost
three
years
worth
of
work
and
and
some
of
the
most
important
work
we
do
in
the
development
sphere
to
really
resolve
issues
around
the
production
of
Housing
and
and
to
even
go
beyond
with
our
policy
framework.
This
is
the
first
step
in
a
process
to
certify
the
housing
element.
O
A
As
Chris
did
I'll
take
the
opportunity
to
thank
everybody
on
staff
who
I
know
have
worked
tirelessly
for
a
very
long
time
to
pull
together
this
iteration
of
our
housing
element,
including
a
lot
of
back
and
forth
with
our
partners
at
the
state
level.
Thank
you
all
for
all
of
your
work.
Look
forward
to
getting
to
a
point
where
we're
wrapping
this
up
and
have
an
approved
housing
element.
Thank.
R
I'll,
kick
it
off
just
it's
General
introductions!
Good
evening,
mayor
and
city
council.
My
name
is
Ruth
Cueto
and
I'm.
A
principal
planner,
with
planning
building
code
enforcement
with
me
today
is
Kristin
Clements
with
the
housing
department,
Jared
Ferguson,
with
planning
and
Michael
Brio,
as
well
as
Chris
Burton
and
Jackie
Morales
ferrand
and
Joshua
ishimatsu.
R
R
R
R
Given
the
technical
nature
of
the
document
and
the
timeline,
we
decided
to
front
load
a
lot
of
the
engagement
and
Outreach
at
the
beginning
of
the
process.
The
draft
sent
to
hcd
in
September
of
last
year
incorporates
a
community's
input
and
feedback.
The
project
team
intentionally
designed
the
engagement
process
to
front
load
feedback
from
community
members.
It
is
in
this
stage
that
the
public
is
able
to
have
the
most
influence.
The
early
Focus
was
on
deeply
understanding.
The
range
of
housing
needs
concerns
and
issues
both
through
data
and
public
feedback.
R
Public
engagement
has
been
a
critically
important
part
of
the
process
to
create
this
plan.
San
Jose
pleased
a
huge
emphasis
on
doing
Outreach,
to
educate
and
to
get
feedback
through
a
variety
of
methods
both
from
General
members
of
the
public
and
some
subject
matter
experts
we
began
Outreach
for
our
assessment
of
fair
housing
in
2019
we
held
focus
groups
of
protected
class
residents.
Then
we
assembled
working
groups
on
different
program
areas
to
help
refine
and
prioritize
ideas.
R
We
partnered
with
non-profits
to
get
residents
speaking
languages
other
than
English
to
give
feedback,
and
we've
been
hearing
from
folks,
including
emails
and
comment
letters
up
until
today,
we've
tracked
feedback,
including
all
from
all
the
events
we
hosted
in
2019
chapter.
One
of
the
document
provides
a
summary
of
the
extensive
process.
Appendix
H
provides
more
detailed
information
and
each
program
in
policy
in
chapter
3
also
cites
the
community
feedback
that
supported
that
strategy
to
be
included
in
the
plan.
R
This
slide
summarizes
some
of
the
statistics
from
our
community
engagement
process,
including
convening
over
100
meetings
and
engaging
over
4
200
participants,
which
include
duplicates
the
city
received.
Compliments
from
several
organizations
about
our
extensive
Outreach
process
and
our
state
reviewer
has
been
satisfied
as
well.
R
Q
You
Ruth
in
order
to
achieve
the
62
200
goal
of
accommodating
housing.
The
fair
housing
analysis
that
staff
did
together
with
a
consultant
indicates
that
there
are
several
factors
that
have
exacerbated
our
existing
segregation
in
the
community,
so
this
lists
some
of
those
elements
and
the
programs
and
policies
in
chapter
3
are
designed
to
help
address
these
conditions.
Q
These
policies
include
redlining,
which,
which
created
patterns
of
development
that
continue
to
deny
communities
of
color
Equitable
opportunities
to
build
wealth.
Even
today,
our
development
patterns
still
disproportionately
exclude
protected
class
members
from
living
in
higher
resource
areas,
so
the
state
requires
jurisdictions
to
to
seek
to
redress
past
wrongs
and
then
to
change
inequitable
patterns
of
investment
by
acting
differently
going
forward.
Q
Q
There's
a
long
list,
but
just
some
of
the
classes
include
right:
people
by
race
and
ethnicity,
whether
they're
a
senior
what
their
familial
status
is
their
sex,
gender
and
sexual
orientation,
disability
status,
marital
status
and
even
what
income
sources
they
pay
for
their
rents
with
that's
called
source
of
income
discrimination.
Q
Almost
half
of
the
policies
and
programs
in
the
housing
element
are
those
that
especially
affirmatively
further
fair
housing
per
staff's
analysis,
which
the
state
required
us
to
do
and
those
strategies
actually
require
more
targets
and
Milestones
than
some
other
strategies
do,
which
is
why,
when
you
look
at
chapter
three,
not
every
row
has
the
same
level
of
specificity.
There
is.
There
is
a
method
to
this
madness
per
the
state.
Q
This
slide
outlines
five
major
areas
of
needs
that
we
identified
and
were
our
organizing
principles
to
for
the
housing
element.
In
some
ways,
we
derived
these
areas
of
need
from
analyzing
data
and
from
public
input
at
the
many
public
engagement
events
and
efforts
that
Ruth
listed
first.
The
need,
obviously
is
to
address
affordability
of
Housing
and
prevent
help
prevent
displacement.
Q
San
Jose,
of
course,
is
one
of
the
most
expensive
places
to
live
in
the
country
and
it's
causing
many
families
to
move
out
of
the
area.
The
second
need
obviously
clearly
is
to
address
homelessness
and,
as
we
know,
housing
costs
and
local
income
inequality
have
both
increased
and
therefore
have
also
increased
homelessness.
Q
Q
Fourth,
the
need
is
to
address
disparities
in
opportunity
that
exist
among
residents
of
different
neighborhoods
because
of
segregation
and
historic
policies
such
as
redlining.
Some
residents
have
not
had
the
same
access
to
resources
and
to
opportunities
as
others,
and
finally,
we
heard
loud
and
clear
about
people
who
are
living
with
disabilities.
They
consistently
identified
issues
in
our
Outreach
process
that
they
have
great
difficulty:
finding
accessible
housing
and
accessible,
affordable
housing.
Q
In
addition
to
identifying
housing
needs
in
San
Jose,
the
document
also
identifies
and
analyzes
both
non-governmental
and
governmental
constraints,
on
the
maintenance,
Improvement
and
development
of
housing
for
all
income
levels.
So
we
know
there
are
very
a
lot
of
variables
in
the
production
of
housing
that
affect
whether
it
goes
forward,
but
costs
in
recent
years
have
been
the
most
significant
constraint
on
the
supply
of
housing.
Q
For
those
for
those
deals
in
terms
of
governmental
constraints,
we
know
oh
I'm,
sorry
I
wanted
to
note
resident
opposition.
You
know
we
heard
in
some
of
the
comments
from
the
public
that
we
really
should
cite
resident
opposition
to
housing,
citing
as
a
constraint,
and
we
did
add
it
to
the
to
the
draft,
and
we
did
that
analysis.
We
know.
Opposition
to
new
housing
can
lead
to
longer
review
periods
or
results
in
lower
unit
counts.
Q
So
this
both
increased
costs
and
reduces
the
amount
of
housing
that
we
can
get
built
for
governmental
constraints
based
on
our
analysis,
fees
and
exactions
that
we
have
in
San
Jose
are
in
line
with
other
jurisdictions
in
the
Bay
Area.
They
do
not
represent
an
undue
constraint
on
housing,
however,
because
this
is
a
key
area
that
the
city
can
directly
control.
We
have
included
a
program
related
to
reevaluating
the
fees
and
taxes
on
housing
periodically
to
ensure
we
don't
create
barriers
to
housing.
Q
Foreign,
so
this
slide
is
a
summary
of
the
five
goals
that
we
established
for
the
housing
element,
and
you
can
see
each
section
of
the
types
of
strategies
also
called
policies
and
programs
that
kind
of
snuggle
up
under
each
goal.
Obviously,
a
lot
of
the
programs
could
fit
under
more
than
one
goal,
but
first
goal
is
to
create
an
abundant
and
affordable
housing
stock
appropriate
for
our
existing
residents
goal
two
is
to
have
sufficient
housing
for
people
experiencing
homelessness,
and
these
strategies
hook
very
closely
to
the
community
plan
to
end
homelessness.
Q
That
is
a
county-wide
plan,
goal
three
housing
stability
and
opportunity
to
build
wealth
for
all
residents.
This
is
where
you
see
renter
protections
and
legal
services
work
and
then
other
issues
related
to
access
to
housing
goal
four
is
about
neighborhoods.
This
is
a
little
bit
more
of
a
pronounced
Focus
for
this
cycle
of
the
housing
element.
Q
The
goal
is
that
we
have
healthy,
thriving
neighborhoods
that
have
access
to
all
of
these
good
amenities
and
are
good
places
to
live,
even
if
not
every
place
is
the
same
as
others
that
is
part
of
fair
housing,
making
sure
that
people's
experience
once
they
leave
their
home
is
a
safe
and
positive
one
in
the
neighborhood
that
they
live
in
and
then
finally
goal.
Five
is
more
of
a
systems
goal.
What
would
it
look
like
if
we
over
time
did
that
systems
work
and
focused
on
populations
that
really
needed
more
help
over
time?
Q
Q
Q
Many
of
the
programs
and
policies
that
are
laid
out
is
work
that
staff
has
already
been
doing
or
has
already
been
proposed
and
approved
by
the
city
council.
So,
for
instance,
there
are
some
items
rolled
over
from
the
housing
crisis,
work
plan
and
pulled
into
the
housing
element.
There
are
also
strategies
in
there
from
the
Citywide
residential
anti-displacement
strategy,
so
under
all
three
p's
production
has
over
40
strategies
related
to
both
market
rate
and
affordable
housing.
Q
Preservation
has
about
a
dozen
strategies,
and
you
know
the
most
notable
that
we've
been
talking
about
is
no
longer
Copa,
that's
been
removed,
but
but
to
issue
regular
preservation,
nofas
for
acquisition
and
Rehab
of
existing
properties,
and
then
finally,
there
are
about
20
protection
strategies.
Council
had
directed
us
to
look
at
a
right
to
council
program
and
the
implications
and
other
Alternatives,
and
so
that
is
in
there.
Q
It's
aspirational
on
what
staff
believes
are
the
right
responses
to
what
the
state's
direction
is
and
the
work
they
drive
us
to
do,
but
it
also
respects
council's
power
to
ultimately
make
the
policy
decisions
for
these
items,
except
for
those
items
that
are
required
by
law.
You
kind
of
you
kind
of
have
to
approve
those,
so
there's
a
lot
in
there,
but
we'll
go
on
to
the
next
section
that
Jared
is
going
to
talk
more
about
the
site's
inventory
and
how
we
came
up
with
that.
U
U
Opportunity
sites
are
the
largest
category
to
account
for
variation
in
the
risks
of
projects
not
being
developed
like
we
expect
in
all
of
these
categories,
the
unit
capacity
of
our
inventory
is
more
than
what
is
required
by
Rena
San
Jose
has
a
total
buffer
of
33
percent.
The
state
recommends
a
buffer
of
at
least
15
percent,
and
we're
exceeding
that
here.
U
The
methodology
we
use
to
identify
opportunity
sites
was
based
on
the
experience
of
Developmental
last
cycle,
and
staff
believes
that
we
have
created
a
methodology
that
provides
a
reasonable
and
realistic
capacity
based
on
our
available
data.
Our
33
buffer
also
provides
for
additional
variation
or
cushion
should
should
some
sites
fall
short.
Additionally,
we
have
made
revisions
and
added
substantial
analysis
on
the
realistic
capacity
methodology
based
on
hcd
comments
and
feedback,
all
Sites
identified
as
opportunity
sites
allow
for
residential
development
under
the
general
plan,
as
it
is
today.
U
This
means
that
out
that
outside
of
North
San
Jose
all
the
sites
we
identified
as
opportunity
sites
can
move
forward
with
housing.
Now
they
have
the
appropriate
General
plan,
designation
and
Zoning
to
facilitate
housing,
even
though
sites
within
unplanned
Urban
villages
further
refine
the
site's
inventory
staff
filtered
for
Parcels
that
had
characteristics
more
conducive
to
development
based
upon
experience
in
the
past
planning
period,
while
the
exact
methods
varied
by
location.
U
Generally,
this
included
filtering
out
properties
that
had
existing
multi-family
uses
had
existing
planning
permits
issued
in
the
last
four
years
had
building
permits
issued
for
new
construction
in
the
last
eight
years
and
were
smaller
than
half
an
acre
to
calculate
a
realistic
capacity
on
the
selected
sites.
The
city
worked
with
its
consultant
Ptolemy
and
their
building
block
building
blocks
platform,
which
is
the
basis
of
our
current
SJ
housing
site
Explorer.
U
The
methodology
created
and
created
to
estimate
capacity
first
looks
at
allowable
residential
capacity,
based
on
the
site's
General
plan.
Designation
then
looks
at
historical
trends
of
projects
to
inform
capacity
calculations
for
each
parcel
in
the
inventory.
The
buildings
building
blocks
platform
identified
a
set
of
five
similar
developments
in
the
previous
housing
element
cycle.
U
The
site
inventory
must
also
identify
sites
to
accommodate
Housing
Development
throughout
the
city
in
a
manner
that
affirmatively
furthers
fair
housing
opportunities.
Hcd
is
advised
that
this
means
that
sites
identified
to
accommodate
the
lower
income
portion
of
the
Arena
should
not
be
concentrated
in
lower
resource
areas,
as
defined
by
the
state's
opportunity.
Maps
staff
has
identified
89
percent
of
sites
for
lower
income
arena
in
moderate,
high
and
highest
resource
areas.
U
R
We
want
to
note
that,
since
the
Planning
Commission
hearing
staff
has
made
changes
to
the
document
as
summarized
in
this
slide.
There
were
some
error.
Corrections
and
other
changes
are
pursuant
to
feedback
we
received
from
hcd
but
were
not
able
to
incorporate
into
the
Planning
Commission
version
of
the
document.
R
Next
steps,
if
Council
approves
the
document,
we
will
move
swiftly
to
resubmit
the
document
per
state
law
requirements.
Hcd
will
have
60
days
to
review
and
determine
whether
we
are
in
compliance
or
if
additional
changes
are
needed.
With
this
timeline,
we
can
expect
to
hear
back
from
hcd
by
mid-august.
R
These
next
two
slides
we'd
like
to
address
the
council
memoranda
that
was
received
on
Friday
regarding
the
housing
element.
The
first
memoranda
is
from
Council
Members
ortizen.
Torres
generally
staff
supports
the
proposed
changes.
We
are
requesting
that
item
1a1
be
modified
from
Implement
to
explore
such
a
program
as
there
is
no
funding
identified
for
this
work
and
non-profit
capacity
still
has
to
be
assessed.
R
The
council
memoranda
from
council
member
Jimenez
in
staff's
opinion.
The
changes
requested
in
the
memo
are
not
consistent
or
necessary
for
hcd's
guidance.
We
believe
this
document
substantially
complies
with
housing
element
law
and
it
reflects
the
feedback
received
from
hcd
after
nine
months
of
working
back
and
forth
with
them
to
address
comments.
R
Staff
estimates
that
adding
the
work
contained
in
this
memo
would
require
several
weeks,
if
not
months,
of
additional
work
that
would
further
delay
certification
regarding
item
two
staff
does
not
support
the
recommendation
to
remove
section
10
of
the
resolution.
As
we
mentioned,
this
is
standard
language
that
other
cities
are
using
and
hcd
is
supportive
of
that
approach.
R
R
Also
incorporating
a
study
session
at
this
time
would
add
an
estimated
two
months
to
the
submission
deadline.
Timeline
regarding
items
3A
and
3B
hcd
has
reviewed
the
items
listed
in
3B
and
given
us
comments
already,
but
has
not
required
or
requested,
these
changes
for
additional
milestones
and
metrics.
We've
been
working
with
hcd
over
several
months
to
focus
on
meeting
their
many
technical
requirements
and
believe
that
we've
responded
to
all
of
their
comments.
However,
if
hcd
does
bring
up
additional
comments
on
these
or
other
items
in
the
memo,
we
will
revisit
them.
R
Strategies
identified
as
affh
were
selected
by
an
identified
methodology.
We
will
take
another
look
to
make
sure
nothing
was
inadvert
inadvertently
omitted
as
a
handful
of
items
were
combined
and
then.
Lastly,
regarding
item
four,
the
housing
element
does
have
an
existing
language
access
plan
staff
created
it
in
consultation
with
the
office
of
racial
equity
and
language
access
staff.
R
We
we
offered
Community
meetings
and
online
surveys
in
Spanish
and
Vietnamese
we've
translated
meeting
notices,
social
media
posts
and
other
Outreach
materials
as
well
as
slideshows
slideshows
in
Spanish
and
Vietnamese,
and,
as
we
noted
before,
we
included
community-based
organizations
in
our
Outreach
efforts
to
encourage
participation
by
limited
English-speaking
populations.
R
W
Michael
Brio
I'm
on
my
knees,
actually
encouraging
highly
to
approve
the
housing
element
tonight.
Also.
Maybe
we
can
get
a
larger
desk
for
staff
since
there
are
so
many
of
us
working
on
this,
we
couldn't
all
fit.
W
I
will
say
that
you
know
I
think
as
as
Ruth
touched
upon,
we've
we've
had
a
lot
of
great
dialogue
back
and
forth
on
this
housing
element
and
we've
had
multiple
rounds
with
working
with
Chelsea
our
commoner
at
hcd,
and
we're
confident
that
you
know
we
have
a
a
compliant
substantially
compliant
housing
element.
W
So
we
encourage
you
to
approve
it
tonight,
delaying
delaying
that
in
in
some
way
could
it
could
we
don't
want
to
sort
of
jeopardize
chances
of
getting
potentially
housing
and
transportation
grants
down
the
road
if
there
is,
there
could
be
potentially
an
impact
to
that
with
if
we
delay
significantly
in
addition
to
that,
I
just
want
to
note.
I
know
that
we've
shared
this
with
you
privately,
but
a
lot
has
changed.
As
we
talked
to
you
in
101s
we
now
have,
as
of
today,
they
were
coming
in
today.
W
14
Builders
remedies
projects.
We
have
three
in
District
One
foreign
district,
one
in
District
Four,
one
in
District,
Five
Five
in
District,
six,
one
in
district,
seven
and
three
in
District,
10.
and
so
I'm.
Not
approving
it
tonight
would
keep
the
window
open
for
Builders
remedy
projects.
So
I
just
want
you
to
be
aware
of
that,
and
with
that
we'll
open
it
up
to
discussion.
A
X
Good
evening,
mayor
council
and
staff,
my
name
is
Anthony
tordios
and
I
am
speaking
today.
To
reiterate
my
concerns,
the
draft
housing
element
before
the
council
does
not
meet
the
requirements
laid
up
by
hcd
and
the
state
legislature
and
is
therefore
unlikely
to
be
certified
by
hcd
in
its
current
form.
I
have
submitted
a
letter
to
Council
on
hcd.
That
I
believe
provides
substantial
evidence
that
the
draft
element
overstates
the
realistic
capacity
of
the
site's
inventory
by
tens
of
thousands
of
units.
X
If
hcd
chooses
to
refuse
to
certify
the
adopted
element,
hcd's
memorandum
on
requirements
for
housing
element,
compliance
for
March
of
this
year
specifically
recommends
that
jurisdictions
adopt
elements
only
after
receiving
a
letter
from
hcd
finding
the
draft
meets
statutory
requirements.
I
encourage
Council
to
heed
hcd's
advice.
X
If
the
council
remains
intent
on
adopting
the
draft
element,
despite
the
substantial
concerns
and
evidence
of
non-compliance
raised
by
members
of
the
public,
then
I
would
encourage
you
to
support
council
member
jimenez's
memo
and
specifically
instruct
staff
to
return
to
council
for
direction.
Should
hcd
refuse
to
certify
the
current
draft.
Thank
you
for
your
time
and
consideration.
T
I'm
Robert
Wood
I'm,
professor
of
strategic
management
at
San,
Jose,
State
and
I'm.
The
chair
of
the
housing
Committee
of
the
San
Jose
State
faculty,
Union
and
I
want
to
say
that
as
an
educator
and
as
a
guy
who
spent
more
than
20
years
in
Boston,
have
two
relevant
degrees
from
Boston
from
Massachusetts
institutions.
I
put
a
lot
of
energy
into
trying
to
articulate
what
a
met.
What
San
Jose
could
learn
from
Boston.
S
T
These
events
that
the
that
the
staff
conducted
and
it
wasn't
really
like
they
were
trying
to
listen.
If
you
read
the
the
the
discussion
of
constraints
in
the
current
draft,
you
would
have
no
idea
that
the
2011
General
plan
increased
constraints
and
that
the
city
has
the
option
of
getting
rid
of
that
those
increased
constraints
we
as
our
Union
in
want
to
have
those
constraints.
T
Undone,
the
performance
of
the
city,
housing
production,
since
the
adoption
of
the
2011
plan
makes
it
extremely
unlikely
that
anything
remotely
like
62
000
units
can
be
produced
and
the
plan
that
is
product
is
that's,
been
delivered
and
I
can't
imagine
that
hcd
is
not
going
to
see
that
so
I
think
we
need
to
be
thinking
about
what
happens
if
and
when
this
state
does
not
certify
this
plan.
Thank
you.
If
we
can,
if
we
in
the
University
can
do
anything
to
help,
we
would
love
to
do
that.
S
Good
evening,
mayor
City,
Council
staff,
thank
you
for
all
your
hard
work
on
the
housing
element.
I
want
to
first.
Thank
you
for
giving
me
the
opportunity
to
speak
today.
My
name
is
Renee
Baez
and
I'm.
A
field
representative
for
the
NorCal
carpenters
union
and
today,
I
want
to
speak
about
three
simple
things
which
will
benefit
the
housing
element
and
the
city
of
San,
Jose
and
I.
Believe
these
three
things
should
also
be
basic
labor
standards.
S
One
is
the
use
of
apprenticeship
programs,
two
is
health
care
for
workers
and
their
families
and
number
three
is
local
hire.
You
see,
projects
that
invest
in
apprenticeships,
local
hiring,
Health
Care
is
the
right
choice
for
construction
workers
and
the
community.
Now
I'd
also
like
to
State
and
mention
that
cities
like
Foster,
City,
Redwood,
City
and
Menlo
Park
have
already
adopted
this
into
their
housing
element,
stating
encourages
developers
and
contractors
to
evaluate
hiring
local
labor,
hiring
from
or
contributing
to
an
apprenticeship
program,
increasing
resources
for
labor
compliance
and
providing
livable
wages.
S
So
I'm
asking
that
San
Jose
one
of
the
most
influential
cities
in
the
state
of
California
also
adopt
similar
language.
You
see
we
can
go
around
to
any
project
in
the
area:
Bascom
Avenue,
Silver,
Creek,
West,
San,
Carlos
Street.
A
lot
of
these
projects
do
not
have
Labor
requirements
and
they
could
be
considered
a
crime
scene
just
by
how
much
these
workers
are
getting
robbed
of
their
wages
and
benefits
and
I.
S
Don't
believe
that
should
be
that's
right
now,
there's
a
few
things
that
can
take
the
housing
element,
way:
staff
tax
fraud,
human
trafficking,
there's
a
few
things
that
can
mitigate
those
requiring
these
developers
and
general
contractors
to
hire
of
responsible
general
contractor
who
will
do
right
by
the
workers
and
the
community
I've
mentioned
this
numerous
times,
and
also
on
the
Planning
Commission.
S
Now
I'd
love
to
sit
down
and
have
a
conversation
also
forward
these
documents
for
Redwood
City,
Menlo,
Park
and
Foster
City,
so
you
guys
can
look
at
them
and
maybe
you
guys
are
missing
out
on
something
it's
already
submitted.
Thank
you
appreciate
your
time.
Y
Our
counties
veterans
here
can
be
brought
directly
into
our
apprenticeship
program
through
the
helmets
to
hard
hatch
program.
I
was
hoping
that
my
veteran
brothers
were
still
going
to
be
here,
but
it's
a
long
time.
I
always
wanted
to
share
with
them.
How
I
would
benefit
I
benefited
from
it
where
I
was
tossed
around
so
many
jobs,
I
were
promising.
A
higher
veterans
were
all
about
hiring
veterans,
but
not
really.
Y
The
Carpenters
were
the
first
ones
that
actually
gave
me
an
actual
chance
to
a
real
career,
and
not
only
were
there,
training
fees
be
taken.
Care
of
better
veterans
can
collect
their
GI
Bill,
while
going
through
the
program.
Apprentices
go
through
the
entire
Pro
program
without
owning
a
dime,
it's
even
possible
for
apprentices
to
purchase
their
first
homes
close
to
where
they
work,
while
in
the
apprenticeship
program
to
be
able
to
create
a
local,
viable
pool
of
skills.
Laborers
is
one
of
the
main
missions
of
the
Carpenters
Union.
Y
The
Carpenters
Union
also
offers
excellent
Healthcare
program
where,
sadly,
so
many
workers
have
none.
These
workers
have
to
rely
mainly
on
social
programs
and
overly
tax
emergency
rooms.
When
my
son
was
injured,
while
playing
varsity
football,
he
had
torn
a
ligament
in
his
hand
and
lost
motor
functions
of
one
of
his
fingers.
My
son
had
the
medical
coverage
to
repair
his
hand
and
bring
them
back
to
100
functionality
through
top-notch
physical
therapy.
Y
Z
Z
Z
So
consistent
with
the
letter
that
we
sent
to
council
this
morning,
we
are
concerned
that
the
Copa
policy
is
not
included
as
a
possible
strategy
in
the
housing
element
and
there
are
no
additional
anti-displacement
strategies
to
address
the
Gap
left
when
council
did
not
move
forward
with
Copa.
We
are
also
concerned
with
the
lack
of
details
in
several
other
strategies.
Z
We
would
also
like
to
note
that
we
support
the
sisa
puede
collectives
letter
to
the
council,
as
well
as
the
collectives
in
the
anti-displacement
Coalition
letter
to
hcd.
This
also
includes
support
for
two
Council
memos
on
this
item,
one
from
council
member
Jimenez
and
one
and
the
other
from
Council
Members,
Ortiz
and
Torres.
Z
It's
important
to
note
that
the
purpose
of
the
housing
element
is
to
have
each
City
identify
their
housing
needs
and
use
local
knowledge
using
the
using
local
knowledge
and
then
use
that
to
develop
programs
and
policies
and
identify
sites
to
meet
those
needs
meaningfully.
Addressing
Community
engaged
engagement
input
is
essential
to
having
a
compliant
housing
element
with
that.
We
would
like
to
thank
staff
for
its
hard
work
on
the
housing
element
thus
far
and
to
the
mayor
and
Council
for
your
considerations
of
our
comments.
Thank
you.
So
much
Paul.
F
F
So
San
Jose
has
not
even
yet
come
to
a
point
where
they
have
affirmed
these
histories
that
were
fought
right
here
at
Sacred,
Heart
Church
on
behalf
of
our
people,
because
they
knew
what
what
was
happening
to
us.
The
segregation
I
grew
up
in
d11
d11
is
the
lowest
designation
on
the
red
line
map
you
can't
get
any
lower
than
that
is
body
of
a
horse.
F
I
have
that
document,
I
read
it
I
study
it
I,
get
motivated
by
it
and
and
and
the
the
city
needs
to
understand
that
there's
a
certain
time
when
you
practice
humility,
you
sit
down,
you
be
quiet
and
you
listen.
You
just
say:
listen.
We
don't
want
to
hear
your
policies
anymore.
Your
policies
got
us
into
this
situation
in
the
first
place,
so
you're,
not
in
any
position
to
start
telling
us
what
we
need
to
do
or
what
you're
going
to
do
for
us.
F
You've
already
done
that
you've
already
done
that
I'd
like
to
thank
the
the
three
previous
speakers,
especially
the
the
homeboys
from
the
from
the
unions,
because.
F
When
model
cities
came
here
and
and
and
and
the
Center
for
Performing
Arts
was
going
up,
there
was
no
excellent
labor
there
and
they
fought
for
that
and
they
got
it
together
with
and
Salmo
Candelaria
of
the
black
parades.
So
we
need
to
understand
that
there
is
a
legacy
of
that
deprivation
wages
and
we
need
to
start
instituting
it.
V
Good
evening,
mayor
Mayhem
vice
mayor
kamehamehan
council,
my
name
is
Amy
Cody
and
I'm,
a
resident
of
the
Moreland
West
neighborhood,
located
in
the
Westgate
area
of
district.
One
I'm
calling
to
thank
City
staff
for
getting
us
in
a
position
to
meet
our
Arena
obligations
and
step
up
efforts
to
preserve,
protect
and
provide
affordable
housing
in
San,
Jose
housing
element
updates
are
a
big
deal
and
given
our
location,
my
neighbors
and
I
have
needed
to
follow
the
process.
V
In
three
cities
the
Moreland
West
neighborhood
is
located
in
San,
Jose
and
Campbell,
and
our
local
high
school
and
shopping
are
in
Saratoga
together.
San,
Jose
and
Saratoga
expect
construction
of
many
new
residential
Towers
in
the
Westgate
area.
Local
residents
ask
that
the
high
density
residential
development
that's
coming
be
accompanied
by
the
best
multi-jurisdictional
planning
possible
to
accommodate
5
000
new
residents
along
Prospect,
Road
and
Saratoga
Avenue.
Our
cities
must
work
together
to
realistically
consider
parking
needs
and
adequately
invest
in
transportation,
Transit
and
traffic
safety
improvements,
as
well
as
parks,
open
space
and
schools.
AA
Hi
good
evening,
good
evening,
mayor
vice
mayor,
council,
members
and
members
of
the
community,
my
name
is
Carla
Samaya
and
I
am
a
concerned.
Citizen
of
the
community.
I
am
here
to
speak
in
favor
of
the
memos
put
forth
by
council
members,
Ortiz
and
Torres,
as
well
as
council
member
Jimenez,
and
just
like
to
leave
it
at
that,
and,
and
also
just
I
was
listening
earlier.
AA
I
would
just
hope
that
there
would
be
a
little
bit
more
of
Outreach
to
other
members
of
the
community,
because
I
know
that,
in
speaking
with
other
people
like
in
my
neighborhood
I
know
that
this
is
a
topic
that
is
not
really
well
known
and
so
it'd
just
be
appreciated.
If,
if
there
could
be
more
of
an
Outreach
done
to,
especially
for
people
like
me,
I
live
in
affordable
homes,
so
just
yeah.
Thank
you.
AB
Good
evening
my
name
is
Kylie
Clark
and
I'm,
a
member
of
the
real
Coalition
and
rails
housing.
Justice
work
group
we're
very
grateful
that
we've
been
able
to
work
with
the
city
as
you
create
your
housing
element
like
Emily
said,
and
as
you
can
see
in
the
letter
that
we
sent
to
council
this
morning,
we
are
extremely
concerned
that,
in
the
absence
of
Copa,
there
are
no
anti-displacement
strategies
in
the
housing
element
to
address
this
Gap,
and
we
request
that
you
consider
this
and
that
you
work
to
fill
the
gap.
AB
We're
also
concerned
with
the
lack
of
detail
in
unhoused
Services,
especially
considering
that
San
Jose
has
the
fourth
largest
unhouse
population
in
the
country.
Housing
and
homelessness
are
inextricably
linked
and
it's
imperative
that
homelessness
be
deeply
incomprehensively
addressed
in
the
document
that
will
serve
as
San
Jose's
housing
plan
for
the
next
eight
years.
Specifically,
now
that
San
Jose
will
have
no
encampment
zones,
a
form
of
criminalization
of
homelessness,
that's
been
proven
to
be
harmful
and
counterproductive.
AB
We
recommend
the
city
include
a
plan
in
the
housing
element
that
ensures
individuals
whose
encampments
are
swept
have
access
to
their
belongings,
including
medication,
and
have
a
safe
place
to
go
when
they
lose
their
home.
We
would
also
note
that
we
support
the
SI
SE
puede
collective's
letter
to
council,
as
well
as
the
anti-displacement
letter
to
hcd.
This
includes
support
for
the
two
council
members
on
this
item,
one
from
council
member
Jimenez
and
the
other
from
Council
Members
ortizen
Torres.
AB
AC
Good
evening
my
name
is
Ali
saberman
and
I'm
here
on
behalf
of
the
housing
Action
Coalition
and
as
a
district
3
resident
for
conducts
I've
been
working
on
housing
elements
across
Santa,
Clara
and
San
Mateo
County,
and
been
working
extremely
closely
with
hcd.
With
that
said,
this
housing
element
is
not
legally
compliant
and
likely
will
not
be
approved
by
hcd
for
the
following
reasons.
First,
inaccurate
methodology
and
false
realistic
capacities
I
want
to
Echo
the
comments
of
commissioner
tortillos.
AC
He
did
a
really
great
job,
laying
out
significant
concerns
on
the
realistic
capacities
and
then,
in
my
letter,
I
spoke
quite
a
bit
about
the
inadequate
methodology
for
the
site
inventory.
These
are
important
because
if
our
numbers
are
inflated
and
sites
aren't
likely
to
be
redeveloped,
Arena
numbers
will
not
are.
We
will
not
hit
Arena
targets.
The
buffers
aren't
big
enough
and
we
do
not
see
this
as
compliant.
AC
Additionally,
and
in
terms
of
programs
and
policies,
you
make
a
number
of
recommendations
for
ministerial
development
standards,
improving
Urban,
Village
program
preservation,
programs,
encouraging
local
hire,
echoing
our
partners
at
the
door.
Pal
Carpenters,
but,
above
all,
I
am
deeply
concerned
with
the
lack
of
public
transparency
that
this
housing
element
has
said
has
had
I'm,
specifically
deeply
concerned
with
the
comment
that
the
city
tried
to
front
load
feedback
from
the
community
ranging
from
2019
to
2021.
This
was
before
a
draft
housing
element
was
even
produced.
AC
I've
never
seen
a
city
act
this
way
towards
the
public
and
not
be
receptive
towards
comments
and
allow
for
study
sessions
and
additional
engagement
and
based
off
the
comments
that
the
city
received.
I
really
hope
that
the
city
takes
time
to
respond
to
these
comments
and
incorporate
it
for
a
better.
AD
Good
evening
my
name
is
Isela
Reyes
with
the
Sacred
Heart
Community
Service
I
am
a
member
of
the
housing
Justice
work
group
as
part
of
the
non-profit
racial
Equity
action
leadership,
Coalition
consistent
with
the
letter
that
we
sent
to
council
this
morning.
We
are
very
concerned
that
the
Copa
policy
is
not
included
as
a
possible
strategy
in
the
housing
element
and
that
there
are
no
additional
anti-displacement
strategies
to
address
the
Gap
left
when
Council
failed
to
pass
a
Copa
policy.
We're
also
concerned
with
the
lack
of
details
and
several
other
strategies.
AD
For
instance,
we
would
like
the
city
to
coordinate
with
Community
organizations,
especially
those
who
serve
historically
Redline
communities
as
a
way
to
affh
when
implementing
and
outreaching
to
the
public
on
the
tenant
right
to
council
program.
We
also
recommend
that
the
community
Liaisons
with
lived
experience,
be
integrated
into
the
program
so
that
they
help
support
tenants
facing
eviction.
I
would
also
like
to
note
that
we
support
the
Cesar
Boyle
collective's
letter
to
the
council,
as
well
as
the
collectives
and
the
anti-displacement
letter
to
hcd.
AD
G
Hi
Blair
Beekman
here
a
really
nice
public
comment.
Just
a
lot
of
creation
and
voices.
I
haven't
heard
before
it's
been
nice
today,
I
think
they've
offered
some
interesting
good
advice
for
yourself.
A
couple
comment
couple
comments:
back:
a
person
commented
on
questioning
your
reporting
on
how
you're
addressing
the
community
and
how
that
process
is
working.
G
I've
tried
to
learn,
really
important
lessons.
You
know
the
work
I
do
with
tech,
accountability
that
you
know
and
to
deal
with
kind
of
the
nimbyism
issues
that
we
have
to
deal
with
with
housing
so
much
with
affordable
housing
with
sites
encampment
sites.
You
know
government-sponsored
encampment
sites,
RV
sites.
G
G
You
know
isolated
segments
and
that
we
learned
that,
as
we
talk
about
issues
of
where
to
place
future
RV
sites
and
such
it
becomes,
it
may
start
at
a
neighborhood
level,
but
we
asked
that
neighborhood
level
to
look
around
the
city
and
and
talk
to
other
parts
of
the
city
and
learn
how
it
can
be
to
really
find
the
best
spots.
It
sounds
like
you're
talking
about
you.
You've
got
maps
that
show
the
best
spots
here.
You're
talking
about
that
you're
you
you've
got
a
you
know
certain
coordinates
now.
G
It's
a
part
it's
important
to
to
share
that
with
the
public
and
and
and
each
neighborhood,
so
each
neighborhood
can
get
a
sense
and
we
work
together
work
out
this
nimbyism
idea,
where
things
may
not
be
good
for
this
neighborhood,
but
can
work
over
here
and
it's
not
letting
neighborhoods
help
negotiate
that
out
together,
we
got
to
work
towards
that
and
I
hope.
That's
the
lessons
we
learn
and
thanks
for
everyone's
public
comment
today,.
AE
I
don't
agree
that
this
current
iteration
of
our
housing
element
is
a
true
reflection
of
the
community-led
solutions
that
many
residents
and
Community
organizations
work
towards.
The
purpose
of
the
housing
element
is
to
identify
programs
and
policies
that
will
help
the
city
meet
it's
Rena's
renegals
using
local
knowledge
because,
as
we
know,
those
who
are
closest
to
the
issues
are
closest
to
the
solutions.
AE
The
importance
of
the
housing
element
and
its
impact
to
generate
solutions
for
developing
more
housing
at
all
levels
of
affordability,
especially
low-income
and
extremely
low
income,
is
the
city's
most
urgent
issue
to
address.
And
if
we
want
to
achieve
our
mission
of
creating
and
sustaining
safe,
livable
and
vibrant
communities
for
our
diverse
residents,
we
must
Center
our
Solutions
on
their
voices
and
lived
experiences
when
Council
failed
to
pass
a
Copa
policy,
its
removal
left
a
gap
in
our
housing
element
that
has
not
been
addressed
through
additional
anti-displacement
strategies.
AE
This
is
highly
concerning,
because
addressing
Community
needs
and
meaningfully
incorporating
residence
input
is
essential
to
a
compliant
housing
element.
The
housing
element
should
be
a
community-led
document,
and
this
process
is
not
true
to
the
spirit
of
proactive,
Community
engagement
and
Outreach
to
involve
meaningful
participation
from
residents
of
low
socioeconomic
status,
neighborhoods
communities
of
color,
Youth
and
Working
Families
I
request
the
city
council
to
lay
this
vote
and
return
the
housing
element
draft
to
staff
for
additional
review
and
to
incorporate
our
community's
feedback
and
input.
Thank
you
for
considering
my
comments.
AF
Hello,
my
name
is
Justin
lardenwa
I'm,
the
vice
chair
of
the
San
Jose
Planning
Commission,
but
I'm
speaking
to
that
as
individual
first
I
want
to
thank
staff
for
all
their
hard
work
right.
Compiling
a
housing
element
is
a
daunting
undertaking.
So
thank
you
for
that.
I
sent
a
letter
last
week
expressing
concerns
about
the
process
around
this
housing
element.
Draft
I
don't
feel
that
the
Planning
Commission
or
the
city
council
has
had
adequate
time
to
review
the
draft,
and,
while
my
concerns
were
about
the
process
itself,
I
also
Echo.
AF
What
commissioner
tortillos
raised
in
his
letter
in
public
comment
about
the
content
on
the
housing
element.
I
recommend
going
forward
with
the
recommendations
from
councilmember
jimenez's
memo,
except
that
I
think
you
should
submit
this
draft
to
hcd
as
the
draft
rather
than
for
approval.
That
will
maintain
your
ability
to
make
substantive
changes
to
the
housing
element
in
response
to
feedback
from
hcd.
AF
AF
There
have
not
been
any
public
engagement
meetings
for
the
second
draft
and
I
think
that
the
city
should
codify
what
Jimenez
is
calling
for
as
a
requirement
and
then
also
codify
requirements
about
timeline
of
publication
before
public
hearings,
so
that
we're
not
in
the
situation
again
with
either
future
drafts
of
this
cycle
or
in
future
housing
limit
Cycles.
Thank
you.
N
Good
evening
my
name
is
Ruth
Callahan,
I'm
speaking
out
against
the
approval
of
ministerial
right
for
infill
in
single-family
neighborhoods
and
against
any
further
info
development
along
Highway
85
and
the
adjacent
neighborhoods.
Our
Cruiser
Woods
area
was
impacted
greatly
when
the
state
eminent
domained,
four
single-family
homes,
deep
on
each
side
of
Branham
Avenue
to
build
Highway
85..
We
saw
our
neighbors
homes,
bulldozed
families,
displaced
students,
forced
to
move
to
other
schools
and
areas
of
the
city
now
to
engage
in
a
social
engineering
experiment.
N
The
same
housing
department
that
is
under
a
state
audit
because
of
the
failure
to
end
the
encampments
proposes
to
end
single-family
neighborhoods.
If
this
element
is
approved,
it
will
trigger
a
movement
for
a
charter
referendum
to
end
this
practice
and
to
have
all
land
use
policies.
The
general
plan
2040
the
housing
element
all
approved
by
the
voter
and
remove
the
city
staff,
including
the
council,
from
the
decision-making
process.
All
other
eight
cities
in
the
county
get
to
approve
their
General
plan
and
Housing
Development.
N
AG
I'm
Mary
Helen
Doherty,
a
resident
of
District
three
and
a
member
of
Sacred
Heart
housing
action
committee.
Over
the
past
few
months,
we've
been
communicating
the
need
to
implement
new
policies
to
prevent
displacement
and
the
trauma
that
comes
from
an
eviction.
We
believe
the
right
to
counsel
is
one
of
these
policies
that
will
ensure
everyone
facing
an
eviction
hearing
has
a
right
to
an
attorney.
AG
Thank
you
to
council,
member,
Ortiz
and
Torres
for
their
memo
in
support
of
the
right
to
council
that
endorses
the
recommendation
to
issue
an
RFP
to
study
the
benefits
of
the
right
to
council.
We
believe
that
the
right
to
council
will
be
a
game
changer
in
keeping
our
community
in
staying
in
diverse
Dynamic
and
distinctive
keeping
families
together
and
making
our
city
a
place
where
everyone
belongs.
Thank
you
to
the
staff
for
all
their
work
on
this
and
please
support
the
policies
in
the
document.
Thank
you.
AH
Okay,
honorable
mayor
council,
members
and
staff,
I
am
Martha
butzier
the
co-president
of
the
League
of
Women
Voters
for
San
Jose
Santa
Clara,
the
League
of
Women
Voters
of
San
Jose
Santa
Clara
recommends
that
the
city
council
forward
the
housing
element
to
the
state
Housing
and
Community
Development
Department
for
compliance
review.
The
league
has
tracked
the
development
of
this
plan
from
its
beginning.
We
note
that
there
are
some
serious
deficiencies,
but
the
implications
of
not
submitting
at
this
time
outweigh
those
deficiencies.
AH
We
would
encourage
the
city
to
make
every
effort
to
address
these
in
future
updates
to
this
plan,
possibly
during
the
annual
annual
review
now
required
by
law.
We
recognize
that
there
will
be
continuing
work
to
improve
and
major
progress
toward
achieving
the
program
metrics
and
goals.
We
recommend
that
a
progress
report
is
made
public
on
a
regular
basis.
Thank
you.
So
much
for
your
service
to
the
city
of
San,
Jose.
AI
Hi
Gabriel
Hernandez,
the
director
of
the
csip
weather,
Collective
and
also
part
of
the
real
coalition
first
want
to
thank
the
housing
department
staff
and
we're
going
to
Miss
Jackie
and
all
the
work
that
she's
done.
But
again
it's
not
just
about
Coppa.
AI
It's
not
about
the
attempted
raid
on
the
measure
e-funding,
it's
not
about
the
local
tenant
reference
policy
that
was
in
your
last
housing
element
eight
years
ago
that
we
uplifted
and
finally
got
prioritized.
AI
AI
You
know
they
say
well
Gabrielle.
If
you
hold
up
the
process,
you
know
projects
might
not
get
Built
Well.
When
you
Rick
tried
to
read
the
measuring
money,
affordable
housing
projects
were
at
risk.
Well,
Gabrielle
they're
going
to
be
able
to
build
without
any
going
through
the
the
Planning,
Commission
and
and
so
on
and
so
forth.
AI
Well,
you
know
what
they
build
in
our
neighborhoods
without
any
restriction,
they
don't
have
to
go
to
the
Planning
Commission
Welcome
to
our
neighborhood,
even
the
BART
apologized,
for
the
historical
things
that
they've
done
to
our
neighborhood,
putting
up
one-on-one-
and
you
know
the
state
and
680-
and
all
these
things
guests
in
our
families,
but
again
only
up
to
King
Road
to
the
west
of
King
Road,
because
they're
not
willing
to
include
developing
our
Urban
Village.
AI
That's
right
down
the
street
from
the
other
other
Urban
Villages,
where
they're
going
to
develop
out,
think
out
and
and
work
with
Community
with
the
new
BART
station
coming
in.
So
all
I
can
say
is
someone's
going
to
listen
to
us
all
as
we're
going
to
continue
to
do
is
raise
our
voices
raise
our
community's
voices.
AJ
Yes,
good
evening,
mayor
Mayhem
vice
mayor
kamehameh
and
members
of
the
city
council,
Matthew,
Reed
or
director
of
policy
at
Silicon
Valley
at
home,
we've
been
an
active
participant
in
the
housing
element
process
up
to
date
in
San
Jose,
and
we
are
supportive
of
the
draft
housing
element
before
you
this
evening.
It's
not
perfect,
but
we're
here
to
support
the
work.
We
really
want
to
thank
staff
for
the
tremendous
amount
of
work
over
the
last
couple
of
years.
AJ
We
do
believe
that
there's
still
work
to
be
done
to
refined
language
as
Ms
Credo
described
in
the
coming
days,
we'll
be
submitting
proposed
edits,
which
we
see
as
non-substantive
edits
to
clarify
and
strengthen
programs.
We
support
the
edits
proposed
by
council
members,
Ortiz
and
Torres.
We
appreciate
council
member
jimenez's
desire
to
lean
into
this
process,
which
has
not
been
super
accessible
with
Wisconsin.
AJ
The
six
cycle.
Housing
element
is
required
to
create
a
plan
to
meet
a
full
range
of
housing
needs
residents
in
San,
Jose
that
protect
vulnerable
residents,
preserve
existing
affordable
homes
and
remove
constraints
on
Housing
Development.
Given
the
critical
nature
of
the
housing
element,
the
bar
is
very
high.
AJ
We
do
agree
that
there
is
a
weakness
stemming
from
copa's
removal.
This
places
more
emphasis
on
the
importance
of
remaining
preservation
strategies
and
we
have
supported
concerns
raised
by
the
Sensei
quite
a
collective
and
the
real
Coalition.
There
are
some
really
important
thoughtful
pieces
in
here,
but
it's
going
to
take
your
support
to
make
sure
it
can
be
done
efficiently
by
your
staff.
B
L
Yes
good
evening,
can
you
hear
me
yes
great
good
evening
Council?
My
name
is
Jordan
Grimes
I'm
speaking
tonight
on
behalf
of
Greenbelt
Alliance,
as
detailed
in
our
joint
letter
with
the
housing
Action
Coalition.
We
have
serious
concerns
about
the
draft
particularly
related
to
the
site
inventory
methodology
around
realistic
capacity
calculations,
as
well
as
in
an
adequate
analysis
of
constraints
on
Housing
Development,
particularly
in
regards
to
zoning
construction
costs
and
the
relation
of
City
policies
to
them.
L
Moreover,
we
joined
the
real
Coalition
in
concerns
regarding
the
lack
of
tenant
protections
provided
with
the
removal
of
Copa
and
urge
Council
to
identify
and
commit
to
new
Protections
in
order
to
satisfy
requirements
to
affirmatively,
further
fair
housing.
And,
finally,
the
lack
of
community
input
and
local
knowledge
on
the
housing
need
on
the
ground
is
apparent
and,
unfortunately
deficient
and
more
must
be
done
to
ensure
it
is
sufficient.
L
Excuse
me,
San
Jose
must
make
real
commitments
to
ensure
badly
needed.
Infill
housing
is
built
throughout
the
city.
Thus
far,
the
element
does
not
present
an
effective
Vision
or
policies
for
realizing
those
needs.
We
appreciate
the
work
of
council
and
staff
thus
far
while
acknowledging
that
there
is
still
considerable
work
ahead
of
us.
We
look
forward
to
joining
you
collaboratively
in
that
work.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
time
this
evening.
A
J
I
didn't
know
it
was
going
to
be
first
I.
Just
want
to
thank
Steph
I
know
that
this
has
been
a
huge,
huge
effort
over
a
long
period
of
time.
So
I
want
to
thank
everyone
who
worked
on
this
and
I
saw
all
the
meetings
and
everything
that
you
went
out
to
do.
So.
Thank
you
so
much
for
that.
I
will
say
that
there
are
a
few
things
that
were
not
clear
to
me,
even
though
you
know
I.
Thank
you
for
giving
me
a
council
briefing
and
and-
and
you
know,
answered
questions
at
that
time.
J
I
was
just
wondering
a
few
things
and
perhaps
you
could
respond
to
them.
I
see
the
the
chapter.
3,
the
housing
goals
and
strategy
really
as
a
work
plan
for
the
next
few
years
and
I
know
that
you
have
your
short-term,
long-term
and
what's
ongoing.
All
the
time,
but
you
know
I
was
I,
was
very
very
curious
as
to
your
strategies
and
Milestones
whenever
I
think
about
strategies
and
Milestones
on
implementation,
I
think
about
what,
by
when,
how
much
and
who
and
where
right
that
is
clearly
identified.
J
So
I
I
think
that
it
would
be
stronger
if
that
was
answered
in
your
Milestones
area,
because
there
was
a
lot
of
good.
There
are
many
really
good
strategies
that
do
not
have
well.
When
is
it
going
to
be
who's
going
to
do
it?
J
How
is
it
going
to
happen,
and
so
they're
sort
of
like
throughout
the
implementation
section
on
chapter
three
I,
just
think
it
could
be
stronger
if
you
did
identify
find
that
if
you
did,
if
you
were
more
specific
and
I,
think
that
it
would
also
be
clear
as
to
what
are
we
committing
to
because
right
now
there
are
many
years,
and
you
know
just
sort
of
some
without
anything
very
much
on
there
and
you
know
I
mean
one
thing
would
be.
J
You
know
like
neighborhood,
Outreach
and
education
on
homeless,
housing
and
other
housing
topics,
and
it
just
says
materials
prepared,
CBO
under
contract
feedback
sessions
help
and,
to
me,
that's
very,
like
very
vague,
so
I
think
the
more
specific
it
would
be
helpful
to
know
okay
well
what
what
is
really
going
to
happen?
How
is
it
going
to
happen
by
when?
Is
it
going
to
happen
and
who's
going
to
do
it
so
I,
just
I
just
feel
that
that
whole
section
on
implementation
could
be
much
richer
and
stronger.
J
I
also
would
like
to
say
that
in
the
resolution
on
the
item
10,
where
you
talk
about
non-substantive
changes,
I
want
to
Define
that
as
clerical
changes
or
very
minor
Corrections,
anything
beyond
very
minor,
Corrections
or
or
clerical
changes
starts
to
sort
of
weave
into
the
substantive
right,
so
I
I
just
want
it
to
be
defined
very
clearly
on
that
and
I
also
would
like
to
know
on
the
constraints,
and-
and
this
is
something
that
I
know
we've
been
experiencing
for
the
last
few
years.
J
Why
was
Staffing
or
vacancies
not
part
of
a
constraint,
because
it
is
a
constraint.
I
mean
we've
heard
over
the
last
few
months,
how
it's
been
very
difficult,
you
know
in
terms
of
process
in
terms
of
hiring
in
terms
of
even
contractors
or
competing
for
contractors
in
the
workplace.
So
I
see
that
as
a
constraint,
so
I
just
am
asking.
AH
W
Yeah
I
mean
I,
think
well,
I
think
we
were
looking
at
it
more
sort
of
longer
term.
Over
the
last
previous
housing
element,
staffing
has
been
a
constraint.
It's
been
I
think
a
much
more
recent
constraint.
For
example,
my
staff
team
lost
40
percent
of
its
staff
in
in
a
month
of
two
couple
months,
but
I
think
we
were
looking
at
sort
of
the
longer
term
picture
and
not
sort
of
a
snapshot
of
where
the
Staffing
situation
is
in
time.
We
are
in
the
process.
W
We
should
be
full
almost
fully
staffed,
with
one
exception
of
one
position
in
the
coming
months,
so
I
think
we're
I
think
that
we
feel
confident
we're
able
to
address
that
that
situation
and
be
able
to
plow
forward
implementing
the
housing
the
housing
implement
the
housing
element,
yeah.
J
For
some
reason,
planners
are
very
hard
to
find
and
I
I
know
that
over
the
last
few
years,
there's
been
sort
of
a
a
trend
going
in
different
directions
and
not
into
the
planning
area.
I
mean
I
do
know
that
there
are
a
lot
of
Transportation
planners
but
not
sort
of
General
planners
and
so
I
think
over
the
next
few
years,
I
I
don't
see
it
changing
very
much
and
we'll
be
lucky
if,
if
I'm
wrong,.
W
Yeah
I
mean
fair
enough.
I
think
that
we
don't
have
a
challenge
finding
great
planners,
as
our
current
recruitment
is
showing
I
think
the
challenge
just
made
the
conversation
for
another
day
is
about
retaining
the
people
that
we
have
and
there's
a
lot
of
reasons
for
that.
But
I
think
that's
a
topic
for
another
day.
Q
The
state's
requirements
are
different
for
different
types
of
strategies
as
to
how
much
we
need
to
identify,
not
just
the
metric
by
which
we
would
know
if
we
had
accomplished
something,
but
also
the
targets.
The
ones
that
are
affiliated
with
production
and
preservation
are
the
ones
that
the
state
requires
us
to
set
Targets
on,
and
so
we
had
to
name,
for
instance,
how
much
we
would
anticipate
putting
out
in
a
preservation
nofa
and
how
many
units
that
might
get
so
there
were
certain
ones
we
had
to
establish
targets.
Q
Other
ones
were
a
little
harder
to
measure.
You
cited
the
Outreach
one
and
you
know
I
think
that's
a
good
example
of
we'll
be
doing
Outreach.
We
could
have
added
more
potentially
you
know,
like
numbers
of
meetings
held
numbers
of
people
reached
and
all
of
this,
because
it's
so
systems
oriented
difficult
to
gauge
by
you
know
outcomes
rather
than
outputs,
so
the
the
who
would
be
doing
it.
The
Departments
are
named
and
that's
all
that
the
requirements
were
what
to
name
the
Departments
involved.
Q
You
know
we
have
teams
identified
for
each
piece
of
the
work,
so
that's
part
of
our
work
plan
this
year
is
actually
to
look
at
the
short-term
strategies
that
we
need
to
start
and
get
done,
assign
them
to
our
teams
in
the
housing
department.
Have
the
policy
team
kind
of
facilitate
that
work
so,
overall,
you
know
this
is
not
a
perfect
document
and
we
could
add
detail
ongoing,
but
I
think
at
some
point
we
need
to
stop
and
say:
can
we
get
this
done?
It.
AK
And
let
me
just
add,
Jackie
housing
director
for
the
house
for
the
city
and
what
I
would
say
is
one
of
the
goals
that
we'd
like
to
do
with
the
housing
element
is
to
take
some
of
those
areas
where
you're
right.
Perhaps
we
didn't
provide
as
much
detail
and
dates
and
times
we
have
high
level
goals
and
we're
going
to
be
working
with
the
housing
Catalyst
team
to
actually
develop
a
more
refined
work
plan.
That
will
then
allow
us
to
achieve
the
results
that
you're
looking
for.
J
Thank
you
for
that
and,
lastly,
before
my
time
ends,
I
just
want
to
say
that
I
understand
the
urgency
in
which
you
want
to
do
this
and
you've
been
working
for
this
for
a
long
time.
But
I
will
say
that
I
agree
with
council
member
Jimenez
on
his
recommendation,
one
and
two
that
if
it
does
not
get
certified
that
it
should
come
back
to
us,
because
it
would
tell
us
a
lot
more,
should
hcd
decide.
No
we're
not
going
to
certain
we're
not
going
to
do
this.
C
C
I
think
that
some
of
that
probably
gets
lost
in
just
all
the
questions
and
things
of
that
nature
and
so
I
think
it's
just
a
very
important
to
keep
that
in
mind,
because
I
asked
my
questions
just
simply
to
get
clarity
and
we
put
out
the
memo.
Obviously,
in
conjunction
with
my
team
and
some
of
the
conversations
they've
had
with
you
all
and
different
capacities,
they
have
and
things
that
we've
seen
and
so
that
that's
really
it's
wanted
to
frame
sort
of
the
reason
I'm
asking
some
of
these
questions,
the
the
first.
C
Q
Yeah
I
could
start
to
answer
that
so
as
we,
if
the
council
votes
to
approve
we'll
submit
to
the
state,
if
the
state
has
further
comments,
it's
possible
that
they
would.
You
know
in
their
final
review
with
the
top
level
reviewers
Melinda
McCoy,
apparently,
is
our
top
level
reviewer.
She
may
have
a
couple
of
items
that
her
staff
did
not
address
already
with
us.
There
might
be
a
couple
of
of
things
to
address
left,
but
I
think.
Q
The
point
is
that
we
are
very
close
to
something
that
is
able
to
be
certified,
and
so
it's
not
a
question
of
whether
it's
just
a
question
of
when
and
what
the
process
is
to
get
there.
We
have
pretty
high
confidence
that
we
have
been
extremely
responsive
to
everything.
Staff
has
told
us,
so
we're
feeling
good
sending
this
back
in
in
our
hcd
staffer
does
understand
where
we
are
in
terms
of
you
know
not
having
gotten
the
sign
off.
Q
C
C
So,
and
so
one
possibility
is
they'll,
say:
hey
good
job
everything's
in
there
certified
ready
to
go
put
a
bow
on
it.
The
other
scenario
is
make
some
of
these
chain
make
some
changes
right
now
with
regard
to
the
changes.
What
because
I
have
trouble
with
this
word
substantive
sort
of?
Can
you
help
me
understand
in
in
anyone
actually
just
what
your
thoughts
are
around?
What
substantial?
What's
a
substantial
change?
What
isn't
you
know?
It's.
W
A
lot
of
the
comments
that
we've
received
thus
far
and
if
we
are
a
receiving
a
future
comments
which
we
may
would
we
anticipate
they'd,
be
like
this.
Please
explain
this,
provide
additional
explanation
on
your
methodology
or
clarify
this.
It's
more.
You
know
clarification
additional
explanation,
type
of
things.
We
did
go
on
a
tour,
so
Chelsea
our
reviewer
was
in
town
from
Sacramento
and
said
to
us.
Hey
I
really
want
to
go
on
a
tour.
W
Let's
go
and
tour
San
Jose
I'll
be
here
tomorrow:
do
you
want
to
do
it
and
we
said
sure
So
we
hopped
in
a
van
Josh's
van?
Actually
we
drove
around
the
city
for
about
four
hours
and
we
talked
through
a
lot
of
stuff
and,
as
we
talked
to
her,
it
became
clear
that
she
didn't
really
I
mean
San.
Jose
has
a
pretty
I'll
use
the
word
robust
and
unique,
sometimes
policy
framework,
and
she
didn't
fully
understand
that,
especially
the
Urban
Village
framework,
and
we
explain
it
to
it.
Just
oh
now,
I
get
it.
W
So
those
are
the
kind
of
things
where
you
might
get
comments.
Hey
it's
important
that
you
explain
this
further.
How
did
you
get
here?
So
that's
really
a
lot,
the
bulk
of
the
comments
that
we've
got
and
we
would
we
would
Define
his
I'm,
not
substantive,
we're,
not
changing
policies
and
programs
in
a
radical
direction.
We
may
be
clarifying
a
milestone
fighting.
You
know
a
further
analysis
that
type
of
thing.
C
W
Based
on
what
is
it
in
the
resolution
section
10,
it
would
not
unless
we're
making
what
we
call
substantive
changes
to
the
document,
we're
adding
new
programs.
New
policies
really
significantly
changing
the
course
of
Direction,
and
that
then
we
would
have
to
we're
obligated
to
bring
it
back
to
council.
W
But
if
it's
just
kind
of
that
sort
of
again
additional
analysis,
clarification
that
sort
of
thing,
then
then
the
ideas
we
would
go
back
and
forth
continue
to
work
with
them
as
we're
doing
now
and
button
up
the
document
address
their
final
comments
and
then
they
would
what
they
would
do
is
they
would
send
us
they
would
then
let
us
know
that
we're
good
and
they
would
send
us
a
certification
after
that.
C
Okay,
okay
and
then
one
thing
I
found
about
this
topic
is
you're,
going
to
have
what
I
say.
I
think
you'll
laugh
with
us
is
that
everyone
has
an
opinion
about
what
should
be
in
there.
A
lot
of
different
groups
in
the
community
want
this,
want
that
my
office
I'm
sure
you've
heard
we
think
this
and
that,
obviously
we
have
a
memo.
How
do
you
decide
what
to
incorporate
and
what
not
to
incorporate?
Is
there
anything
I,
I
guess
to
me?
It
all
seems
like.
Oh,
these
are
all
great
ideas.
C
Q
Even
though
this
is
a
really
ambitious
document,
we
had
to
be
careful
about
winnowing
out
some
of
the
items
that
we
didn't
think
would
be
impactful
enough
for
the
time
we
would
have
to
spend
doing
them,
so
staff
actually
did
an
internal
rating
and
ranking
exercise
where
we
figured
out,
which
ones
we
thought
most
furthered.
Fair
housing
most
made
impact
and
then
adjust
the
level
of
effort,
and
so
there
were
some
items
through
that
process
with
the
average
scoring
that
just
kind
of
dropped
below
the
line.
Q
We
just
didn't
think
we'd
have
resources
to
do
everything
we'd
like
to
do
okay
and
then
the
other
piece
of
that.
The
analysis
of
the
site's
inventory
I
just
want
to
say
that
the
state
is
extremely
specific
about
what
they
want
to
see
and
how
they
want
to
see
it.
In
general,
the
methodology
by
which
we
identified
the
inventory
was
based
on
our
own
knowledge
and,
as
Michael
said
really,
the
exercise
has
been
showing
our
work,
and
so
it
may
be
a
different
methodology
than
another
Community.
Q
That's
fine,
the
the
point
is:
is
it
clear
enough
that
the
hcd
reviewers
can
understand
and
so
to
us
at
this
point?
We've
we've
heard
so
much
input
from
the
community,
and
we
understand
people's
priorities
and,
at
this
point
kind
of
what
we're
deciding
to
to
you
know,
change
or
move
on
really
is
about.
How
do
we
get
certified?
Was
the
state
telling
us
we
must
do?
Okay,.
C
And
I've
heard
stories
of
say,
other
jurisdictions
having
organizations
groups
chiming
in
giving
feedback
and
other
jurisdictions
where
it
seems
like
hcd
was
they
heard
those
and
they're
like
hey
yeah,
that's
a
good
point.
Why
didn't
you
do
this
city
do?
How
are
we
making
certain
that
we
don't
encounter
that
here
right
that
that
some
of
these
groups
aren't
lifting
up
something,
that's
important,
we're
not
catching,
but
then
hcd
is
going
to
say,
hey
what
they
said
actually
makes
sense.
Why
wouldn't
you
incorporate
you.
Q
Know
we
had
a
couple
dozen
letters
through
the
first
draft
that
were
submitted.
Hcd
does
review
all
those
letters
we
had
to
make
sure
that
actually,
both
of
us
had
all
of
the
letters,
because
neither
neither
us
nor
the
state
had
actually
received
every
letter.
So
we
all
shared
information.
Our
reviewer
did
pick
out
a
handful
of
items
that
she
thought.
You
know
this
one
would
be
very
impactful
from
a
fair
housing
perspective.
You
should
accelerate
that
into
the
first
part
of
the
cycle.
Q
As
an
example,
she
noted
that
several
groups
had
expressed
in
an
interest
in
anti-displacement,
so
she
supported
the
items
that
were
in
there
and
said
you
may
want
to
make
them
a
little
bit
more
specific
or
whatever.
So
she
has
already
identified
things
that,
based
on
public
feedback
that
she
agreed
with,
and
we've
adjusted
and
Incorporated.
Q
C
So
assuming
this
is
approved
today,
you
send
it
out
to
hcd
at
the
end
of
this
month.
Does
that
is
whether
and
we
send
it
off-
they
have
60
days,
but
does
that
essentially
pause?
The
Builder's
remedy?
Does
that
hit
pause
on
the
button,
hit
pause
and
not
allow
any
of
these
to
go
through
or
how
does
that
function.
C
W
W
What
we're
anticipating,
because
of
the
dialogue
we've
had,
is
it's
more
just
back
and
forth
with
that
sort
of
minor?
Can
you
explain
this
better
I?
Don't
quite
understand
this.
Can
you
add
some
more
meat
on
the
Milestone
kind
of
thing?
Okay,
all
right
and.
AK
To
work
on
the
items
that
are
on
the
plan,
and
so
we
don't
want
to
throw
everything
in
there
and
not
have
an
achievable
work
plan
that
then
the
state
can
say
San
Jose,
you
did
not.
You
know,
make
progress
on
the
majority
of
these
items,
so
it's
really
important
we're
thoughtful
and
we
select
items
that
were
you
know.
We
believe
we
can
move
forward
on.
C
AM
I'm
excited
to
see
the
robust
plan
that
will
further
the
city's
housing
goals,
especially
in
the
field
of
fair
housing,
and
to
that
end,
council,
member
Torres
and
I.
We've
wanted
to
introduce
language
for
a
program.
We
believe
can
make
a
big
difference
for
the
habitability
of
our
of
our
City's
tenants,
especially
I
work
in
class
neighborhoods,
which
was
the
community-based
code
enforcement
program,
which
I
know
currently
exists
in
in
San.
AM
Francisco
I
think
that
could
build
a
partnership
between
tenants,
City
staff,
Grassroots
Community,
Partners
I
mean
I,
know
that
our
staff
in
general,
but
especially
our
code
enforcement
staff,
is
really
strained
when
it
comes
to
capacity
and
many
other
families
need
more
Immediate
Solutions,
especially
those
who
live
in
three
five
and
seven
another
working
class
pockets
of
of
the
city
and
I
know.
We
saw
the
suggestions
from
staff
and
I'm
happy
to
modify
the
language
to
explore.
AM
Definitely
don't
want
to
put
unfunded
Direction
on
on
staff
council
member
Torres
and
I
also
just
suggested
a
minor
language
change
for
the
right
to
council
program.
We
think
it's
great
to
have
a
housing
collaborative
but
and
a
right
to
council.
We
just
don't
want
it
to
be
either
an
or
so
we
appreciate
your
acceptance
of
that
and
then
I
wanted
to
add
some
strong
public
Outreach
language
for
the
Alum
Rock
East
Urban
Village
plan,
which
is
going
to
be
presented,
was
going
to
be
organized
soon.
AM
Also,
I
do
have
a
few
questions
before
I
make
a
motion
for
our
memo
and
I'm.
Just
I
know
you
guys
have
worked
a
lot,
a
lot
really
hard
on
this,
so
I'm
asking
more
of
just
like
because
obviously
some
things
were
mentioned
in
public
comments,
so
just
for
the
record,
and
so
I
may
already
have
the
answers
for
some
of
these.
But
can
you
talk
a
little
bit
about
specific
public
Outreach
I
guess
like
for
our?
Q
Foreign,
yes,
thank
you,
council
member.
Q
You
know
to
the
extent
that
this
plan
incorporates
items
that
were
taken
from
the
anti-displacement
strategy
that,
as
an
example,
was
work
that
involved
deep
Community
listening
for
a
couple
of
years,
together
with
somos
Mayfair
and
people
that
they
assembled
the
SI
SE
puede
Collective,
and
so
we
feel
like
the
Outreach
for
the
housing
element
really
reflects
some
of
the
items
and
the
Outreach
that
it
took
to
get
them
into
those
plans.
Q
We
can
go
through
chapter,
one
kind
of
summarizes:
our
Outreach
to
the
community.
We
tried
hard
to
actually
Outreach
to
the
Vietnamese
speaking
Community
we
tabled
at
the
Moon
Festival
we'd.
We
coordinated
a
Vietnamese
session
specifically
for
that
population.
Unfortunately,
we
just
had
low
attendance
at
these
items,
but
you
know
we
regularly
I
mean
there's
a
whole
plan
for
how
we
did
language
sensitive
Outreach.
We
did
Regular
e-blasts.
Q
We
made
sure
that
people
we
had
Spanish
translation
at
every
meeting
and
then
tried
to
make
sure
that
everyone
understood
how
to
request
other
languages.
If
necessary.
We
use
social
media
and
we
did
that
in
multiple
languages.
The
planning
buildings
Communications
team
was
working
on
that
so
I.
You
know
I
think
there
are
probably
20
answers
to
your
question:
I'm,
not
sure
if
I
hit
all
of
the
best
ones,
but
we
tried
to
be
you
know
very
language,
sensitive
and
language
conscious
and
really
do
kind
of
widespread
Outreach
through
surveys.
AM
I
appreciate
that,
like
I
saw
you
out
there,
working
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
for
the
record
that
we
highlighted
some
of
the
Outreach
strategies
in
regards
to
when
I
heard
this
in
one
of
the
public
comments
that
this
the
housing
element
lacks
anti-displacement
policies.
Could
you
speak
to
why
this
was
asked
and
are
we?
Is
this
a
true
assertation.
Q
I
just
went
through
our
anti-displacement
strategies,
summary
that
we
had
created
for
that
plan
and
I
think
I
count
about
10
items
that
are
in
the
housing
element
that
are
right
from
the
anti-displacement
strategy.
That
staff
has
not
yet
completed,
and
so
we
pulled
those
in
I
do
think.
Obviously
you
heard
for
a
lot
of
organizations.
Copa's
elimination
was
very
heartfelt
and
devastating,
and
frankly,
some
of
the
comments
on
there's
nothing
to
take
its
place.
Q
It's
kind
of
a
unique
program
to
try
to
build
you
know
an
ecosystem
of
developers
and
also
try
to
you
know
kind
of,
in
a
widespread
basis,
see
more
volume
to
keep
people
in
place.
You
know
the
preservation.
Nofa
is
the
next
second
most
powerful
preservation
item
and
again
everything
that
we
know
about
anti-displacement
strategies.
Q
It's
really
kind
of
a
combination
of
different
efforts,
no
like
one
big
program
necessarily
but
a
combination
of
many
different
things
in
many
different
ways,
such
as
Pro,
more
proactive
code
enforcement,
more
community
outreach
about
code
enforcement-
you
know
it
is.
It
is
lots
of
small
strategies
that
typically
make
up
a
good
anti-displacement
I.
AM
Appreciate
I
appreciate
that
and
then
finally
I
know
that
we
we
have.
You
know
some
of
the
brothers
from
carpet
NorCal
Carpenters.
They
questions
in
regards
to
the
absence
of
labor
standards
and
the
housing
element.
First
I
mean
I
guess
the
first
question
is:
are
labor
standards
within
the
housing
element
enforceable
and
then
two
was
there
any
thought
to
this?
When
you
guys
were
developing
it.
L
U
Jared
Ferguson
with
planning,
building
and
code
enforcement,
we
did
have
some
conversations
with
you
know
the
Carpenters
over
development
and
talked
about
some
of
their
language.
You
know
we
took
a
look
at
our
the
city,
you
know:
has
existing
programs
and
policies
in
place
to
support
Workforce
work
to
Future
has
an
existing
program
with
Building
Trades.
We
have
the
city's
prevailing
wage
requirement
on
Public
Works,
certain
Public
Works
projects.
U
We
have
our
City's
project,
labor
project,
labor
agreement
and
also
you
know
our
continued
work
on
the
wage
theft,
ordinance
and
also
you
know,
as
we
look
to
implement
recent
State
legislation
like
ab2011
and
sb6.
Those
also
have
labor
standards
in
them
as
well.
That
will
be
we'll,
be
you
know,
looking
to
to
enforce,
and
so
we
felt
like
those
combination
of
things,
those
existing
policies
and
programs.
Really,
you
know
kind
of
went
to
to
address
some
of
those
comments
that
they
they
had
so
okay,.
AM
Q
If
we
had
included
a
program
or
a
policy
initiative,
it
would
be
enforceable
to
the
extent
that
Council
approved
something
that
had
you
know,
enforcement
teeth
to
it.
The
language
that
Redwood
City
used,
which
was
widely
touted
by
Carpenters
Representatives,
actually
at
all
kinds
of
city
meetings.
That
I've
heard
really
is
really
more
about
making
marriages
about
local
trades
and
developers
and
so
kind
of
making
a
best
case
best
effort
to
promote
local
hire
so
more
of
an
initiative
than
a
policy
per
se.
That's
my
understanding
of
it.
AM
Q
To
me,
that
was
a
broader
conversation
with
the
city,
Council
and
kind
of
ran
outside
of
the
purview
of
what
just
the
housing
element
was,
which
is
how
to
increase
housing
choices,
especially
for
protected
class
residents.
There
is
some
wealth
building
pieces
to
that,
but
again
it's
for
protected
class
residents-
it's
not
just
in
general,
so
I
felt,
like
I
personally,
was
sympathetic
to
their
requests
and
felt
like
it
was
just
a
little
bit
out
a
little
bit
tangential
to
what
we
needed
to
put
in
here,
but
that
we
certainly
do
so
much
work.
Q
Consistent
with
what
they're
saying
I'll
say,
one
other
quick
thing:
State
legislation
such
as
AB
2011
that
was
passed
last
year
and
other
bills
also
have
kind
of
Labor
conditions
and
requirements
embedded
in
them,
and
so
you
know
to
the
extent
those
are
used
in
San.
Jose
will
also
be.
You
know,
checking
that
those
conditions
are
being
met
as
well.
We
won't
be
enforcing
per
se,
but
we'll
be
facilitating
and
making
sure
people
understand
kind
of
locally.
How
to
you
know
how
you'd
meet
that.
AM
Okay
and
I
believe
we
were
gonna
may
not
be
in
the
housing
element,
but
I
was
talking
to
some
staff.
They
said
we
were
going
to
be
looking
at
local
hire
as
a
as
a
concept
later
in
on
the
year.
So,
okay,
thank
you
so
much
for
answering
my
questions.
Like
I
mentioned.
AM
Some
of
them
already
knew,
but
I
think
it's
great
to
have
that
on
the
record
I'd
now
like
to
move
the
motion
for
approval,
as
well
as
the
memo
from
myself
and
council
member
Torres
and
then
I
know,
council,
member
Jimenez,
you're
still
asking
questions
but
I'll
we'll
keep
an
open
mind
to
if
you,
if
you
come
to
any
sort
of
suggestions.
Second,.
A
AL
Thank
you
very
much
for
this
comprehensive
document
covering
a
whole
bunch
of
stuff,
and
you
have
covered
a
lot
in
the
summary
two
areas.
I'd
like
you
to
comment.
One
I've
been
concerned
about
all
the
all
the
efforts
we
are
making
in
terms
of
affordable
homes
and
low-income
homes,
and
all
that
highlight
some
of
the
things
which
you
are
doing
in
this
housing
element,
which
will
prevent
segregation
happening.
Okay,
because
that
is,
you
know
with
all
the
good
intentions.
AL
We
do
not
want
to
end
up
having
low
income,
Towers
or
low-income
neighborhoods,
and
then
those
people
don't
get
any
good
facilities,
no
good
stores,
no
Goods
grocery
stores
and
all
that
sort
of.
So
we
don't
want
to
create
that
our
old
segregated
Society
again
so,
please
highlight
some
of
the
things
which
you're
doing
to
prevent
that
happening.
Q
Thank
you,
council,
member
you're
right
segregation
is
at
that
highest
level
of
how
do
we
really
tear
it
down
and
address
it?
The
items
really
building
housing
and
and
affordable
housing
in
places
it
hasn't
really
been
before
actually
would
bring
in
a
population
that
is
going
to
diversify
those
local
neighborhoods.
Potentially,
we
have
very
specific
patterns
of
race
and
ethnicity,
I
think
you've
seen
our
DOT
Maps
before
and
so
I
think
the
more
places
that
we
build,
housing
that
maybe
hasn't
seen
housing
building.
Q
AN
AN
You
know
across
across
the
city,
including
you
know,
High,
you
know
so-called
higher
resource,
neighborhoods
and
and
then
also
to
you
know
one
of
the
one
of
the
things
that
Ruth
mentioned
in
her
slide
presentation.
One
of
the
analyzes
that
we
have
to
do
is
to
look
at.
You
know
where
the
in
the
site
inventory
where
the
various
sites
are
for,
for
you
know
that
we're
projecting
that
have
capacity
for
affordable
housing
and
you
know
as
Ruth
put
up
in
the
slide.
You
know.
AN
Q
Yes,
there
is
one
on
in
here
on
mixed
income,
housing
specifically,
and
there
are
products
out
there
that
can
help
with
that
Cal
HFA
has
a
good
product,
and
so
yes,
that
is
that
is
one
of
them.
AL
Q
AL
So
the
second
item-
segregation
was
one.
The
second
was
finding
ways
to
accelerate
production
by
improving
our
permitting
processes,
our
planning
processes,
a
Pre-Sequel
and
all
that
any
of
those
are
now
part
of
our
commitment
in
as
a
part
of
the
housing
element
you
could
highlight.
A
couple
of
them
would
make
a
lot
of
people
at
ease.
R
Thank
you,
council,
member.
One
item
that
we
we
have
in
here
and
we
we
discuss
that
we've
already
been
doing
is
this
creation
of
the
housing
Catalyst
team.
It's
an
interdepartmental
team
with
housing
planning
parks,
office
of
Economic
Development
and
again
it's
so
that
the
internal
folks
are
talking
to
each
other
and
we're
identifying
how
we
can
facilitate
the
production
of
both
market
rate
and
affordable
housing.
We
have
a
program
I'm,
forgetting
the
p7
city
ministerial
infill
approval
ordinance.
R
So
that's
the
streamlined
ordinance
that
we're
looking
to
model
similar
to
what
we
see
with
SB
35
streamlined
projects.
So
that's
that's
one
that
we
think
can
help
streamline
housing
projects
and
it
won't
be
I
mean
so
far.
The
way
we're
sort
of
providing
the
flexibility
right
now
is
that
it
doesn't
have
to
be
100,
affordable,
that's
what's
required
under
SB
35,
so
we're
trying
to
open
that
possibility
for
products,
projects
that
are
not
just
100,
affordable.
AL
You
that's
excellent,
okay,
and
also
just
so.
Those
are
the
two
main
items
I
was
concerned
about,
while
you're
concerned
about
millions
of
them
in
there,
so
good
job
addressing
every
one
of
those
and
hopefully
those
things
are
going
to
produce
all
the
housing
commitments
you're
making
in
this
housing
plant
element.
So
good
luck
with
that.
A
I
Yeah,
the
the
substitution
kind
of
threw
me
off,
but
just
wanted
to
wanted
to
say
a
huge,
but
we
have
them
here
on
this
dice.
Of
course,
I
just
wanted
to
say
thank
you
to
to
staff
I.
You
know
this.
I
You
know
the
the
work
that
you
all
have
been
doing
is
is
incredibly
important
because
it's
hopefully
gonna
write
the
wrong
of
our
city
right
for
the
past
100
years,
50
years,
60
years,
I,
don't
know
Dutch,
Hammond
era,
I
get
I,
guess
and
so
and
I
just
want
to
give
a
quick
shout
out
to
Ruth.
So
congratulations
on
your
promotion.
Sorry
Don
I
saw
it
on
LinkedIn
and
I.
I
Know
that
there's
a
there's
a
substitute
motion
now
on
the
floor,
but
I
I
do
hope
that
my
colleagues
do
support
the
memo
that
myself
and
council
member
Ortiz
wrote.
You
know
we
were
intentional
in
our
language,
especially
when
it
comes
to
tenant
protections,
but
also
the
community-based
code
enforcement,
but
along
with
robust
community
outreach
when
it
comes
to
the
development
of
urban
Villages
right.
We
do
not
want
to
see
our
community
continue
to
be
displaced
when
it
comes
to
to
Urban
Villages
or
our
small
businesses,
as
well.
I
So
with
that,
thank
you.
A
Council,
member
and
congratulations
to
Ruth
councilmember
Cohen.
P
Yeah
I
just
want
to
take
a
moment
to
thank
all
of
you.
Who've
worked
on
this
for
so
many
years
and
first
and
so
hard
and
I
I
know
it
must
be
exceptionally
difficult
under
the
circumstances
that
are
of
the
scrutiny.
P
That's
on
this
process
because
there's
hundreds
and
hundreds
of
voices
who
all
are
are
chiming
in
throughout
and
making
I'm
sure
it
much
harder
for
you
to
continue
to
move
forward,
and
so
I
appreciate
that
we're
at
this
point,
I
think
it's
really
important
that
we
move
the
process
forward,
see
how
this
the
state
responds
and
not
assume
and
heading
into
the
process,
that
this
is
already
a
failure
and
that
you
know
and
that
we
have
to
make
some
more
changes
and
delay
the
process
even
further.
P
So
I
appreciate
that
I
want
to
ask
just
one
question
about
potential
next
step.
If,
in
fact,
we
find
that
there
is
a
substantive
I
mean
we,
you
know
there
are
a
lot
of
questions
about,
what's
substantive,
what's
not
right
and
what
it
mean.
If
there's
you
know,
I
fully
understand
if
there's
non
non-substantive
changes,
they're
asking
for
clarification
or
a
little
bit
more
detail
or
history
or
something
like
that
or
or
you
know,
clerical
type
of
changes
not
coming
back
to
council
makes
sense.
P
P
This
I
still
believe
that
would
have
been
helpful
and
I
think
we're
seeing
now
the
the
results
of
the
fact
that
people
feel
like
there
was
a
there
was
a
process
skipped
or
people
were
left
out
and
while
I
appreciate
the
difficulty
and
the
challenging
spot,
you
were
in
I
think
we
may
have
gotten
passed
some
of
that
if
we
had
just
held.
You
know
a
little
bit
more
of
a
group
discussion
earlier
in
the
process.
P
So
I
do
like
the
idea
that,
at
a
certain,
if
there
are
some
any
substantive
changes,
that
we
have
a
chance
as
a
council
to
hear
about
them
and
discuss
them
before
at
the
next
step
of
the
process,
so
I
would
like
that
to
be
part
of
the
next
step
of
the
process.
P
I'm
very
hopeful,
like
you,
are
that
that
won't
be
necessary
that
we're
going
to
get
our
certification
with
some,
maybe
minor
changes
and
move
on,
but
I
would
like
some
some
feeling
that
we
will
then
come
back
and
have
a
conversation
if
necessary.
Yeah.
W
I
think
one
approach,
councilman
Cohen,
that
might
address
your
desire-
is
that
once
we've
gotten
the
comments
from
hcd,
what
we
can
do
is
we
could
write
an
informational
memo
to
council
explaining
what
those
comments
are,
how
we've
addressed
them
and
then
it
would
be
really
up
to
council
to
decide
hey
we.
You
know,
we
think
this
needs
to
come
back
for
further
discussion
or
or
not,
but
I
think
that
that
would
be
an
approach.
I
think
that
could
sort
of
keep
us
moving
forward,
but
provide
the
opportunity
at
least
the
understanding.
W
P
It
would
be
a
rules
committee
discussion
at
that
point
to
decide.
I
mean
I
I
mean
again
when
you
say
have
Council
decide.
We
have
to
have
a
process
for
that,
and
you
know
we'd
have
to
either
agenda
as
having
a
discussion
here
or
have
a
conversation
at
rules
about.
Does
this
warrant
scheduling
something
I
think
that
makes.
AO
Councilmember
Cohen
Rosalind,
who,
if
I,
could
just
interject
just
for
a
moment
here.
Certainly
staff
is
committed
to
share
the
comments
that
we
get
back
from
hcd
I
do
want
to
remind
the
mayor
and
the
council
that
for
the
last
nine
months,
this
staff
has
been
working
very
very
closely
with
hcd
staff.
AO
We
would
be
totally
surprised
if
we
got
comments
back
that
were
substantive
in
nature.
That
would
cause
us
to
have
to
come
back
to
the
council,
but
understand
that
you
know
that
chance
is
out
there
to
Michael's
point
I
think
we'll
be
glad
to
issue
an
info
memo,
sharing
the
comments
that
we
do
get
back
from
hcd
and
expressing
that
as
we
assume
they're
going
to
be
non-substantial
and
so
that
we
can
continue
the
process
and
get
our
housing
element
certified
and.
P
And
I
fully
support
your
expectation,
don't
have
any
reason
to
disbelieve
it
and
I'm,
not
suggesting
anything
otherwise,
I
think
we
have
to
be
prepared
as
a
council,
just
in
the
in
case,
I
mean
we're
hearing
from
a
lot
of
people
who
are
convinced.
This
isn't
going
to
be
certified.
There's
substantial
issues,
I,
don't
necessarily
by
that
I
I.
Very
much
trust
the
folks
who
are
sitting
the
nine
of
you
who
are
sitting
there.
AN
P
And
and
and
believe
that
you
have
done
your
diligence
that
that
you
are,
you
know,
I
I
really
do
want
this
to
be
you
to
be
right
and
I
and
I
think
you're
likely
to
be,
but
I
just
want
to
be
prepared.
Just
in
case,
that's
all.
That's
all
I'm
suggesting
having
said
that
also
I
want
to
I,
want
to
really
appreciate
my
colleagues,
council
members,
Ortiz
and
Torres
for
their
memo
for
their
thoughtful
work
for
doing
their
homework.
I
mean
I
could
tell
as
council
member
Ortiz
introduced
it.
P
He
he
understood
what
he
was
talking
about.
He
understood
the
ramifications.
I'm
sure
is
his
memo.
Mate
council
member
Torres
did
as
well
and
and
I.
You
know,
I
I
appreciate
the
staff
agrees
with
their
recommendations,
or
at
least
is
not
opposed
to,
including
them
I
will
hold
out
to.
You
know
for
the
second
underlying
motion
to
support
the
memo
and
just
look
forward
to
wrapping
this
up
tonight.
Thank
you.
AP
Thank
you
just
briefly,
thank
you
for
the
presentation
and
all
the
work
that
the
whole
team
has
spent,
putting
the
housing
element
together
and
presenting
it
to
the
various
Outreach
efforts
that
you
had
over
those
many
months,
and
here
probably
so.
I
just
want
to
be
grateful
and
thank
you
for
all
of
that.
I
also
want
to
acknowledge
that
this
is
Jackie's
last
council
meeting
and
her
last
presentation
and
so
I
wish
you.
A
A
All
good
councilmember,
we
can
definitely
do
it
twice
and
were
you
done
yes,
okay,
great
yep,
councilor,
Jimenez.
Sorry,.
C
I
was
arguing
with
council
member
Cohen
over
here
I,
just
my
apologies.
I'm
kidding
it's
late,
so
I'm
going
to
be
super
brief,
so
I
I
was
just
telling
that
I
appreciated
his
comments.
C
I
think
there's
a
way
to
get
both
speed,
which
I
it's
I,
get
the
sense
staff
desires
and
get
a
chance
to
to
look
at
the
you
know
the
the
plan
if
it
gets
rejected
or
there's
substantive
comments
from
hcd
and
I
think
a
way
to
do
that
and
I
and
I
and
I
do
think
that
it
would
have
to
go
through
rules,
but
I,
don't
think.
There's
an
issue
with
us.
Agendizing
something
going
to
rules
agenda
is
something
sometimes
sometime
in
mid-august
or
so
as
a
placeholder.
C
If
you
will,
if
it
gets
approved,
wonderful,
that's
the
end
of
it.
If
it
doesn't
get
approved,
we
can
theoretically
have
a
very
quick
meeting
talk
about
it.
This
is
what
it
was.
It
wasn't
substantive
and
then
we
we
move
along
and
so
I
guess:
I,
don't
I,
don't
I
think
what
was
cited
at
the
beginning
of
the
conversation
or
the
presentation
was
the
two-month
delay
and
I.
Think.
There's
ways
around
that
I
think
that's
what
was
cited.
I
don't
know.
W
I'm,
sorry,
just
the
clarification,
I
think
what
we're
suggesting
is.
We
would
write
a
council
member
that
outlines
the
comments
we've
received,
how
we're
going
to
address
them.
That
would
then
go
to
rules
and
then
but
you're
saying
when
we
said
there's
a
two-month
delay.
It
would
be
a
two-month
delay
if,
if
there
is
a
full-blown
study
session,
I
think
you're
not
saying.
W
C
T
C
AK
AJ
AK
Staff
side
so
we're
we
would
have
to
drop
a
memo.
So
it's
not
having
something
that
you
know.
That's
pre-defined,
I
think
is
not
helpful,
because
the
comment
could
come
back
in
30
days
and
we're
gonna
jump
and
do
whatever
we
need
to
do
so.
I
think
we
just
need
to
be
patient,
get
the
comments
back
and
either
their
subs.
A
O
A
Q
Say
I
counted
and
something
about
you
know,
do
you
have
capacity
to
do
all
of
this
in
the
short
term
you
know.
Do
you
want
to
refine
like
by
moving
something
out
a
couple
of
months
to
get
into
long
term?
I
have
a
feeling
they're
going
to
do
just
advising
saying
oh
I'd,
like
a
little
a
couple,
more
sentences
to
justify
which
items
were
affh
items
and
a
couple
more
metrics.
W
Think
Johnny
should
come
down
and
address
this
comment,
but
yeah,
but
yeah
so
I
mean
they'll,
send
us
a
letter
saying
what
the
comments
are
and
we'll
go
through
them
and
we'll
share
them
with
counsel
and
again,
if,
as
Jackie
said,
if,
if
I
mean
to
some
extent,
I
realize
there's
a
little
bit
of
of
a
gray
area
some
person,
what's
one
person's
substantive
is
another
person's
technical
change.
C
And
I'll
just
say
before
you
answer
Johnny.
My
concern
is
this:
very
simply
is
that
you
all
have
been
doing
the
work.
I
appreciate
that
I
recognize
that
I'm
concerned
that
you're
gonna,
that
you
all
are
gonna
say
this
is
non-substantive,
but
we
would
otherwise
say
we
actually
think
that's
substantive,
and
how
do
we
make
that
distinction,
because
I
feel
like
I,
can't
help
but
feel
that
that
we're
not.
AK
Yeah
but
a
distinction
that
the
staff
is
making
is
that
non-subsidive
changes
are
you
need
to
add
a
period
here?
You
need
to
provide
a
little
more
explanation
on
something,
while
a
substantive
changes
that
you
have
not
met
the
requirements
of
fair
housing
under
the
housing
element
and
you
need
to
add
additional
policies
in
order
to
meet
that
requirement.
Okay,.
C
AK
AQ
AQ
First,
step
is
for
the
city
council
to
adopt
a
resolution
today
to
say
that
we
believe
we
have
a
is
a
housing
element
that
is
in
complying
with
state
law
check
right
and
after
the
action
of
council
today
we
believe
we
have
closed
the
door
on
any
Builders
remedy
application.
At
this
point,
the
second
step
in
the
process
is
to
go
to
hcd
to
get
certification
from
hcd
that
which
is
a
second
step
in
the
process.
AQ
Hdd
May
disagree
with
the
council's
finding
today,
at
which
point
we
would
go
through
the
process
to
make
sure
that
hcd
is
satisfied
with
the
housing
element.
Our
position
is
once
you
take
action
today
that
door
has
closed.
Others
May
disagree
with
that.
There's
no
case
law
on
this
Builder's
remedy
is
a
legal
Theory.
That's
never
been
tested
in
court,
so
we're
all
clear.
AQ
W
I'll
take
a
crack
at
it,
I
mean
the
comments.
Again
we
got
back
was
not
like
you
need
to
add
substantive,
listen
as
Jackie
said.
If
we're
getting
feedback
that
there,
you
really
need
to
look
at
adding
additional
strategies
or
policies,
they're
not
going
to
tell
us
what
they
are
but
they'll
say:
we've
gotten
this
feedback
from
community
members
and
groups
and
we've
looked
at
your
analysis
and
we
think
to
further
fair
housing.
You
need
to
add
additional
policies
and
programs.
W
What
we've
been
hearing
thus
far
and
we
anticipate
hearing
going
forward-
is
not
you
needed
to
add
this
and
that
and
that,
but
more
just
can
you
further
explain
this?
Can
you
make
your
Milestones
clearer
in
your
work
program?
I,
don't
quite
understand
that.
Can
you
provide
some
additional
analysis
on
this?
That
justifies
that
and
that's
the
kind
of
feedback
that
we've
heard
thus
far
and
we'd
anticipate
we'd
hear
those
kind
of
things
going
forward,
but
not
things
that
essentially
change.
C
Okay,
all
right
I,
just
yeah,
I
I,
don't
think
it's
unreasonable
to
bring
it
back.
Even
if
it's
for
a
brief
conversation,
I
understand
the
need
to
move
quickly,
I
I
know,
Michael
I
think
you
cited
sort
of
Grants
I
mean
I,
have
an
email
that
shows
that
some
of
those
grants
aren't
due
till
the
end
of
the
year,
the
dot
grants,
and
so
it
seems
to
me
we
have
time
but
I
also
understand
you
want
to
wrap
this
up.
C
I
get
it
I
get
it,
but,
but
it
seems
to
me-
and
this
will
be
my
last
comment-
that
we're
going
forward
with
an
extreme
amount
of
certainty,
which
is
fine
right,
which
is
great,
I,
hope
you're
right,
but
I
would
like
to
touch
it
again
as
a
council
just
to
have
a
brief
discussion,
even
it
can
be
like
a
10-minute
meeting
for
all
I
care.
I,
just
I
just
want
to
sort
of
hear
and
know
what
happened
and
I
know
an
info
memo
can
do
that,
but
I
think
that's
distinctly
different.
C
Let's
just
say
we
get
the
info
memo
and
there's
something
in
there.
We're
like
hey,
wait
a
minute.
What
is
that
then
we're
going
to
need
to
go
through
the
process
to
schedule
a
meeting,
we're
back
at
the
same
place
that
we're
recommending
now
it's
just
getting
the
placeholder
if
you
will
to
try
to
bring
it
back
for
a
brief
discussion.
That's
all!
That's
all
I'm
going
to
say,
but
thank
you
so
much
for
all
the
work
appreciate
it.
O
Just
to
sort
of
clarify
that
point,
so
you
know
I
think
there's
a
lot
of
good
conversation
here.
Council
member,
the
the
key
piece
to
bear
in
mind
is
obviously
the
housing
element
is
a
critical
part
of
the
general
plan.
So
there's
a
lot
of
language
replacing
there.
We
really
consider
the
housing
Catalyst
work
plan
as
our
implementation
plan
and
we
actually
have
an
update
coming
on
Monday
on
Monday
to
CED.
O
D
D
Thank
you
very
much
on
your
incredible
hard
work
and
I
know
the
constituent
appreciate
it
and
I.
You
know
even
Jackie
and
I
have
a
little
differences,
but
I
trust
her
toward
this
last
agenda
prior
to
leaving
us
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
and
congratulations
on
your
retirement.
A
AL
B
Okay,
so
we
have
nine
yeses
and
two
no's
Ortiz
and
Candelas
voted
no
okay.
L
B
A
A
A
AK
All
right,
I'm,
Jackie
and
I'm
here
mayor
and
council
members
to
talk
to
you
about
our
pro-housing
designation
application,
I'm
joined
today
by
Chris,
Burton
and
Kristen
Clements.
This
item
is
to
authorize
staff
to
submit
an
application
to
the
state
for
San
Jose
to
receive
a
pro-housing
designation.
Q
Q
The
program
is
basically
the
carrot
that
rewards
jurisdictions
that
are
doing
the
right
thing
and
supporting
Housing
Development.
The
state
gives
credit
for
existing
policies
and
programs
that
we've
got
in
place
and
those
in
the
housing
element
specifically
called
out
that
we
promise
to
get
into
place
in
the
following
two
years.
Q
As
of
last
Thursday
12
jurisdictions
in
California
had
received
the
designation.
11
are
in
final
stages
of
review
for
that
and
another
25
jurisdictions
have
submitted
for
the
designation,
other
big
cities
that
do
have
it
already.
San
Diego,
Oakland,
Sacramento
and
La
San
Francisco
is
in
the
middle
of
the
process.
So,
in
short,
this
is
the
group
of
big
cities
that
San
Jose
should
be
part
of,
and
we
we're
going
to
bring
this
to
you
a
few
months
back
but
decided
to
just
team
it
with
the
housing
element
and
go
from
there
really.
Q
What
the
pro-housing
designation
gets.
You
is
a
competitive
advantage
in
certain
programs
administered
by
hcd,
but
also
the
Strategic
growth
Council,
and
then
some
programs
by
Caltrans.
The
last
item
is
actually
pretty
brand
new.
There
is
a
new
pro-housing
incentive
pilot
program,
the
state
just
awarded
18
jurisdictions
in
the
in
the
state,
a
total
of
33
million
dollars.
You
have
to
have
a
pro-housing
designation
to
get
the
money
and
the
use
of
the
grant
is
something
that
would
accelerate,
affordable
housing
production
or
preservation
or
both.
Q
So
that's
exciting.
There
is
also
a
rumor
that
at
some
point,
the
the
debt
limit
allocation
for
Bond
cap
and
the
tax
credit
allocation
Committee
in
the
treasurer's
office
may
also
Institute
additional
points
for
jurisdictions
that
have
pro-housing
designations,
but
that's
not
yet
in
place.
Q
You
need
30
points
of
a
threshold
to
get
the
designation
on
programs
and
policies
across
four
different
categories.
This
is
our
projected
scoring
out
of
a
total
of
a
possible
60
points.
We
self-score
that
we
would
receive
approximately
43
if
we
can
argue
for
all
of
the
enhancements
that
also
apply,
which
is
a
little
esoteric.
So
that's
why
we're
going
to
work
with
staff
at
the
state
of
the
43
points,
39,
R4,
existing
programs
and
policies.
Q
Only
four
points
are
for
proposals
that
would
be
new
that
we
would
put
in
place
for
those
points
and
really
the
the
Four
Points
would
be
for
these
three
policies
which
are
taken
from
the
housing
element
and
by
approving
submission
of
this
application.
The
council
is
basically
indicating
its
willingness
to
support
staff's
work
on
these
three
items
when
they
come
back
in
front
of
council,
it
does
not
tie
your
hands
and
we
may
not
necessarily
need
these
points,
but
we
are
tying
it
to
items
that
clearly
would
be
eligible
under
the
housing
element.
Q
So
these
three
are.
The
first
is
to
modify
development
standards
to
promote
greater
development
intensity
in
Rincon
South,
which
has
been
on
planning's
plate
for
a
while,
and
that's
going
to
get
done
to
establish
a
minute.
The
ministerial
approval
processes
that
that
Ruth
actually
mentioned
were
infield
housing
that
meets
the
sqa
exemption
standard
and
provides
on-site,
affordable
units
and
meets
other
City
standards,
so
that's
exciting
and
then
finally,
to
actually
restart
the
amnesty
program
for
legalizing
unpermitted
accessory
dwelling
units.
F
You
hear
me
yes,
oh
thank
you
also
from
horseshoes.
It
appears
to
me
now
that
you
need
the
poor.
You
need
us
now
in
order
for
you
to
meet
the
housing
goals
of
the
of
the
of
the
housing
element.
Now
you
need
us
you
see
in
this
is
this
is
what
pisses
me
off
is
that
the
exploitative
behavior
on
the
part
of
the
city
that
exploits
our
conditions
to
get
the
grant
funding
and
then
once
you
get
it,
you
dog,
us
out,
I
mean
literally
dog
is
out.
F
Let
me
give
you
an
example
on
how
you
did
it.
95
to
115
percent
of
market
rate
housing
goals
have
been
met
from
2016
till
this
quarter,
2016
until
this
court,
that
is
nine
years
in
the
same
time
period
the
threshold
of
25
of
Eli,
DLI,
low-income
housing.
All
the
rest
has
never
broken
25
percent
from
2016
until
now.
Now
this
is
by
Design.
F
B
G
Hi,
thanks
for
the
statistics
by
Paul,
it
was
my
understanding
that
our
our
affordable
housing,
truly
affordable
housing
was
was
at
around
18
by
around
2015
or
16.
AL
S
G
It's
climbed
to
25
it
Paul's,
offering
more
honest
statistics
than
good
I
need
to
hear
that
I
need
to
know
that.
So
thank
you,
and
just
overall
I
I'm
I'm,
pretty
fairly
thankful
for
the
work
Jackie's
done
over
the
years,
and
it's
just
nice
to
be
here
at
this
item
at
this
time
and
one
go
last
time
so
be
it
public
comment
time
and
and
just
thanks
for
her
years
of
work.
P
Yeah,
thank
you.
I
just
wanted
to
say,
I
I'm
excited
about
this
application.
P
I
think
it's
you
know,
I
think
our
city's
been
a
leader
in
pushing
for
housing
and
I'm,
always
proud
to
tell
people
about
the
work
that
we're
trying
to
do
and
I
know
that
we're
we're
held
up
by
the
economics
and
the
market
and
other
things,
but
not
because
of
our
objectives
as
a
city
and
when
I
I
think
I
mentioned
the
story
before
when
I
go
to
a
league
of
cities.
P
As
a
as
a
member
of
the
board,
I
hear
truly
what
it
sounds
like
to
be:
non-pro
housing,
there's
a
lot
of
cities
out
there
who
are,
and
then,
under
this
kind
of
guise
of
being
for
local
control,
the
organ
pushing
the
organization
to
to
push
back
against
anything
from
the
state
that
actually
pushes
for
housing.
And
then
the
league
of
cities
going
out
and
saying
using
the
stories
of
the
cities
that
are
building
good
housing
to
say.
P
Sea
cities
are
doing
what
they're
supposed
to
do
without
actually
standing
up
to
the
cities
that
aren't
doing
what
they're
supposed
to
do
and
that's
what
I'm?
Trying
to
change
in
their
in
their
organization
by
saying
you
have
to
hold
accountable
the
cities
that
aren't
doing
enough
if
you're
going
to
tell
the
biggest,
if
you're,
going
to
tell
this
A
legislature
to
back
off
so
I'm,
proud
to
be
from
a
city
that
isn't
standing,
isn't
doing,
that.
P
There
are
two
three
cities
this
year
that
actually
dropped
out
of
the
league
of
cities,
because
the
league
of
cities
wasn't
successful
enough
at
stopping
the
state
from
pushing
them
to
build
housing.
There
were
anyway,
three
three
like
Redondo
Beach
and
a
couple
other.
You
know:
cities
in
southern
California
who
who've
dropped
their
membership
because
they're
not
happy
that
they
that
their
anti-housing
message
isn't
getting
through.
So
anyway,
that's
a
long
way
of
saying
I'm
excited
about
this
I
I
move
that
we
approve
this
application.
Second,.
A
AL
Am
I
think
applying
for
this
thing
for
being
a
pro-housing
and
having
all
those
commitment
items
which
we
talked
about
in
the
work
plan
for
the
housing
element
and
specially
accelerating
the
production
and
making
sure
that
we
are
not
going
to
have
segregated
Society
I
think
is
an
excellent
amount
of
effort
and
hence
I
totally
support
the
application
and-
and
we
deserve
the
title.
Thank
you
very
much
for
all
the
work.
A
A
Same
thing,
I
told
Sam,
two
minutes
anytime,
all
right,
so
we're
on
the
open,
Forum
opportunity
for
members
of
the
public
to
comment
on
any
items
pertaining
to
City
business
that
were
not
on
today's
agenda.
G
All
right,
thank
you,
Blair
Beekman,
here,
I
guess
I
wanted
to
comment
that
you
know
with
all
the
measure
e
issues.
G
Very
interestingly,
it's
set
up
yourselves
to
really
have
a
more
deeper
understanding
of
how
to
talk
about
comprehensive
issues
that
I
was
mentioned
by
mayor
Mahan,
that
you
know,
cities
like
la
and
I
guess:
San
Diego,
where
I'm
currently
living
they're
speaking
more
in
terms
of
just
issues
of
shelter,
they're,
not
talking
in
terms
of
affordable
housing,
comprehensive
Services,
preventative,
Services
and
good
tenants
rights
issues,
boy,
that's
another
one.
I
should
I
need
to
add
to
the
list
tenant
rights
issues.
G
So
you
know
when
you,
when
you
add
all
those
things
up,
we're
talking
about
those
things
very
much
in
San
Jose!
Congratulations!
That's!
It
sets
a
good
course
for
other
cities
of
California
to
understand
how
they
can
work
and
talk
about
issues
if
nothing
else
and
I
think
I.
Hope.
G
We've
learned
important
lessons
that
even
as
mayor
Mayhem
has
come
up
with
good
initial
ideas
of
quick
term
housing
We've
instead
trying
to
work
for
it
more
Progressive,
yet
really
stable,
good
ideas
about
affordable
housing
and
the
bond
issue
that
councilperson
kame
said.
We
should
just
really
commend
what
measure
EU
initially
started
out
to
do.
They
did.
It
did
a
really
nice
thing
and
we
should
really
and
thank
you
that
we're
respecting
it.
G
With
my
remaining
time,
I
wanted
to
comment
that
it's
important,
that
we
got
a
few
more
weeks
to
work
on
budget
issues
and
we
can
line
item
law
enforcement
if
we
really
have
to
I
hope
we
can
I
hope
we
can
look
at
Tech
things
where
needed
and
if
things
are
a
bit
redundant
and
over
the
top,
we
can
bring
it
back
a
bit
and
I
think
that's
important
to
consider
in
the
future
of
tech
issues
as
I
always
try
to
mention,
and
thanks
for
the
meeting
tonight,
Paul.
F
Yes
from
the
Horseshoe,
first
of
all,
I'd
want
to
talk
about
the
the
mural
right
there
on
Oak
Street
on
Oak
and
first
I.
Don't
know
if
councilman
tourist
is
aware,
but
the
mural
has
been
defaced
and
it
has.
It
has
graffiti
on
it,
and
the
the
man
was
kind
enough.
He
said
that
he
set
a
deadline
that
he
was
going
to
paint
over
it
and
he
didn't
do
that.
He
did
not
do
that
and
I
thank
him
for
that.
He
was.
F
He
was
kind
enough
and
sensitive
enough
to
know
the
importance
of
this
mural
to
this
community.
So
what
I'd
like
to
do
is
encourage
councilman
torres's
office
to
possibly
maybe
we
can
have
a
fundraiser
or
you
know
you
know
something
around
this
issue
and
possibly
get
the
graffiti
taken
off
and
maybe
maybe
just
the
whole
thing
touched
up.
You
know
if,
if
it's
going
to
stay
there,
obviously
he
wants
to
stay
there,
he's
allowing
me
to
stay
there.
Why
not?
Just
like
I
mean
just
really
really,
you
know.
F
You
got
a
poll
right
there
flag,
coming
down:
Father
Anthony,
Soto,
father,
father
macuti,
to
talk
about
the
history
of
these
men
that
made
literally
made
history,
and
now
it's
our
generation's
turn.
Look.