Sonoma County Housing Element Update

Sonoma County Housing Element Update

The Sonoma County Permit and Resource Management Department (Permit Sonoma) is preparing its 6th Cycle Housing Element Update, which will result in a series of zoning changes and a General Plan Amendment necessary to accommodate the County’s Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA). The RHNA is the number of dwelling units assigned to each jurisdiction by state and regional agencies that each city and county must plan for. The County is not responsible to construct the housing, but must identify and zone sites that can accommodate the assigned number of units for the duration of the 8-year Housing Element Cycle. For the current 5th RHNA cycle ending in 2022, the County was allocated a total of 515 units to be accommodated in its Housing Element inventory of adequate sites. The County’s 6th Cycle RHNA is 3,881 dwelling units.

Sonoma

Countywide

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Coastal Commission (CCC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Marin Region 7 (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 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, North Coast Region 1 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of Toxic Substances Control, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC), State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 18, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT)

California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT)

Other (General Plan Amendment and General Plan Element)

General Plan Amendment, General Plan Element, Rezone

Aesthetics, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Energy, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Wildfire