Escondido Housing and Community Investment Study

Escondido Housing and Community Investment Study

The Housing and Community Investment Study (Housing Study) would identify the City’s housing needs and establish clear goals and objectives to inform future housing decisions. The Housing Study would be made up of the following three components: Housing Element Update, Sector Feasibility Study, and East Valley Specific Plan. The Housing Element Update would allow the City to assess current conditions; plan for future conditions; and advance a set of programs to develop, conserve, and maintain fair housing choices for current and future residents. The Housing Element Update would also include an Adequate Sites Inventory that would demonstrate that there are enough sites within the City boundaries to accommodate the RHNA allocation. The Sector Feasibility Study would identify information and assess if, and to what degree, housing development is economically feasible. As a part of the Housing Element Update, the City will implement a rezoning program. The City is preparing a new East Valley Specific Plan, which would focus growth and increase density in the new East Valley Specific Plan Area. The land use plan would focus on maintaining existing uses, such as general commercial, while clustering them into different areas to create a more cohesive pattern and design.

Escondido

San Diego

Citywide

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, California Department of Transportation, District 11 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Diego Region 9 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of Toxic Substances Control, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT)

California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT)

Residential (Units 6164, Acres 191), Recreational (25 acres), Other (mixed use office/retail of 815,000 SF total)

General Plan Amendment, General Plan Element, Specific Plan

Aesthetics, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems