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6th Cycle Program 1.4: Pursuant to AB 1397, certain <br />rezoning requirements apply if a lower-income housing site <br />identifiedin Appendix B was identified as a housing site (for <br />any income level) in a previous Housing Element’s site <br />inventory. The following vacant and nonvacant lower-income <br />sites are subject to this rezoning requirement: <br />1. Vacant lower-income sites that have been included in at <br />least two consecutive Housing Element sites inventories. <br />2. Nonvacant lower-income sites that have been included in a <br />prior Housing Element sites inventory. <br />The City will allow development by right pursuant to <br />Government Code §65583.2(i), and subject to conformance <br />with applicable objective design and development standards, <br />when 20 percent or <br />more of the units are affordable to lower-income households <br />on sites identified in Table 4-1 to accommodate lower-income <br />RHNA that were previously identified in past Housing <br />Element(s). <br />Comply with AB 1397 Fourth quarter 2023 Completed December 2023. <br />6th Cycle Program 1.5: Acquire and/or assist in the <br />development of one or more sites for housing affordable to <br />lowerincome households, including a focus on extremely low- <br />income households. Specific actions the City will undertake to <br />pursue this effort include: 1. Conduct outreach to and <br />coordinate with non-profit housing developers and owners of <br />identified sites to accommodate housing affordable to lower- <br />income households for the purpose of facilitating discussion <br />regarding potential opportunities, programs, financial support, <br />etc. 2. Actively assist owners of property zoned or designated <br />for high-density residential development (allow at least 30 <br />dwelling units per acre) in soliciting non <br />‑ <br />profit housing <br />organizations for proposals to develop housing affordable to <br />extremely low-, very low-, and low-income households on <br />available sites using Lower <br />‑ <br />Income Housing Fees. The <br />objective is to assure that owners of these properties are <br />informed of City affordable housing programs and resources <br />to support development of affordable housing. <br /> [... for further text see Housing Element Document] <br />Assist in the development of 100 below <br />market rate units over the planning period <br />Initial lower-income sites <br />outreach (September 2023); <br />subsequent lowerincome <br />sites outreach (September <br />2025 and September 2029) <br />o Religious institution <br />outreach (June 2023); <br />ongoing (within six months <br />of any changes to <br />regulations that facilitate <br />housing on such sites) (also <br />see Program 7.6) <br />o PUSD engagement (June <br />2025) <br />o Begin planning of at least <br />one housing site (January <br />2026) (see Program 1.7 for <br />earlier planning efforts on <br />sites that accommodate low- <br />income RHNA capacity) <br />o Other program aspects on <br />an ongoing basis <br />1. & 2. City has received and is currently reviewing an affordable housing proposal for <br />102 units at the Kiewit site. City is currently reviewing the Arroyo Lago residential <br />project which is undergoing the annexation process. The Steelwave residential project <br />is another projec that needs to be annexed to the City. City staff will continue to <br />outreach to other lower-income housing sites owners in calendar year 2025. <br />3. Outreach to religious site owners delayed due to competing priorities in 2024, but <br />will be conducted in the second half of 2025. <br />4. The City has been in communication with PUSD with respect to development of the <br />Downtown site in 2024, but no proposal has been brought forward as of December <br />2024. <br />5. & 6. Not yet started.