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Resolution No. 9803
Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto of
Intent to Support Formation of a Housing Subregion of
Santa Clara County Local Governments to Facilitate and Implement
Countywide Housing Production Consistent with the Regional Housing
Needs Allocation (RHNA) Formula Currently Assigned by the
Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG)
WHEREAS, Housing Element Law (California Government Code Sections 65580
65589.8) provides for a Regional Housing Need Allocation (RHNA) process; and
WHEREAS, to implement such RHNA process in the San Francisco Bay Area, the State of
California has delegated to the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) responsibility to
adopt an allocation methodology, then use the adopted methodology to assign to each
jurisdiction in the Bay Area the obligation to zone enough housing development capacity to
accommodate production of a specific number of housing units during the period from 2023
through 2031; and
WHEREAS, Government Code Section 65584.03 provides that certain combinations of
local governments may form a subregion to perform RHNA for themselves in order to allocate
among themselves the total number of housing units assigned to them collectively by ABAG;
and
WHEREAS, the City of Palo Alto is interested in exploring the formation of a RHNA
subregion consistent with Government Code Section 65584 et seq and acceptable to ABAG and
the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) to facilitate
collaboration with the county and all cities in the County of Santa Clara, to efficiently and
effectively deliver housing production goals; and
WHEREAS, the Board of the Cities Association of Santa Clara County (CASCC) has
directed the review of the benefits of such a subregion and subsequently representatives of the
CASCC have formed a committee to evaluate and make recommendations regarding the
importance of and opportunities for success through shared housing strategies which could be
facilitated by a subregional effort; and
WHEREAS, housing is a countywide challenge, and housing production types, numbers,
density, appropriateness and affordability levels can vary in different communities, and the
cities within Santa recognize all production types are
important to the housing supply of the County and its related economic and social health; and
WHEREAS, the Cities are individually accountable for, and retain full local authority for,
identifying sites for housing development and for adopting and implementing housing policies
intended to facilitate production of housing to meet local, regional and state policy objectives
embodied in the numbers prescribed by ABAG in the Sustainable Community Strategy that will
be adopted by ABAG and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) in 2021; and
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WHEREAS; through mutual cooperation and planning, the production of these housing
units may be enhanced through collective efforts and resources, therefore creating a forum for
developing countywide policy consensus on matters related to the Sustainable Community
Strategy;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Palo Alto RESOLVES as follows:
SECTION 1. That it is in the best interest of the City to join with other cities in Santa
Clara County to explore creation of the RHNA subregion and that by working together to plan
for housing growth, the stage is set for implementing housing and more housing will ultimately
be built to meet the needs of the entire County and its residents.
SECTION 2. That the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to enter into
discussions regarding the formation of a RHNA subregion and the development of a workplan
and budget, and schedule of actions leading to the countywide, self-administration of the
housing needs allocation process, allocating the countywide total housing needs allocation
among all the Cities and unincorporated County by consensus; and to bring back a
recommendation and resolution for action to join a RHNA subregion, or in the alternative, an
explanation detailing the decision not to participate in the RHNA subregion.
SECTION 3. The Council finds that the adoption of this Resolution does not meet the
definition of a project under Public Resources Code Section 21065, thus, no environmental
assessment under the California Environmental Quality Act is required.
INTRODUCED AND PASSED: December 3, 2018
AVES: DUBOIS, FILSETH, FINE, HOLMAN, KNISS, KOU, SCHARFF, TANAKA, WOLBACH
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