City of Palo Alto 2023-2031 Housing Element Update

City of Palo Alto 2023-2031 Housing Element Update

The proposed project consists of a complete update to the Housing Element and related edits to the City's Comprehensive Plan Land Use Element and Palo Alto Municipal Code. The goals, policies, and actions in the Housing Element are required to meet Palo Alto's Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA). Palo Alto's latest RHNA calls for 6,086 new housing units, including 2,452 new units for residents in the low-, very low-, and extremely low-income categories. The City chose to have a buffer of 10 percent above its RHNA. Thus, overall, the City's zoning and other land use regulations must accommodate at least 6,695 new units during the 8-year planning period. By comparison, the 2017 Comprehensive Plan anticipated - and the Comprehensive Plan Environmental Impact Report evaluated - the addition of 3,545 to 4,420 dwelling units between 2015 and 2030

Palo Alto

Santa Clara

Citywide, Countywide, San Francisco Bay Area

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), 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 Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (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 Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Office of Historic Preservation, 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 17, 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, District 4 (DOT), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), Department of Toxic Substances Control

California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), Department of Toxic Substances Control

Other (Comprehensive Plan Element Update )

General Plan Update, Rezone

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, 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, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire