To: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
From: MARC WIENER, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
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RECEIVE AND FILE THE 2024 GENERAL PLAN AND HOUSING ELEMENT ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORTS TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND STATE OFFICE OF PLANNING AND RESEARCH
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
State law (Government Code Section 65400), effective January 1, 2018, requires all cities, including charter cities to provide an annual progress and status report to the legislative body (Mayor and City Council) on its General Plan. A separate report is also required on the City's progress in implementing its Housing Element. These reports are required to be submitted to the State Office of Planning and Research (OPR) and the State Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) by April 1 of each year. This administrative report serves as the City's 2024 General Plan Annual Progress Report and includes a summary of the 2024 Housing Element Annual Progress Report. The 2024 Housing Element Annual Progress Report is attached to this report.
BACKGROUND
This report is presented in two sections, with the first section serving as the City's 2024 General Plan annual progress report and the second section providing a summary of the City's 2024 Housing Element annual progress report.
Section 1. General Plan Annual Progress Report 2024
The General Plan Annual Progress Report (APR), excluding Housing Element information, is not required to be prepared in any particular format or on any standardized forms. OPR has issued general guidelines (July 11, 2007) to assist local governments with the development of the General Plan APR but the guidelines are intentionally general to allow maximum flexibility in form and content. OPR's stated purpose of the General Plan APR is to "... explain how land use decisions (during the 12-month reporting period) relate to adopted goals, policies, and implementation measures of the General Plan. The Gene...
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