SCH Number,Lead Agency Name,Lead Agency Title,Lead Agency Acronym,Document Title,Document Type,Received,Posted,Document Description,Document Portal URL,Project Title,Contact Full Name,Contact Authority,Contact Job Title,Contact Email Address,Contact Address 1,Contact Address 2,Contact City,Contact State,Contact Zip Code,Contact Phone Number,Location Coordinates,Cities,Counties,County Clerks,Location Cross Streets,Location Zip Code,Location Total Acres,Location Parcel Number,Location State Highways,Location Waterways,Location Airports,NOC Has Non Late Comment,NOC State Review Start Date,NOC State Review End Date,NOC Development Type,NOC Local Action,NOC Project Issues,NOC Local Review Start Date,NOC Local Review End Date,NOE Exempt Status,NOE Exempt Citation,NOE Reasons for Exemption,NOD Agency,NOD Approved By Lead Agency,NOD Approved Date,NOD Significant Environmental Impact,NOD Environmental Impact Report Prepared,NOD Negative Declaration Prepared,NOD Other Document Type,NOD Mitigation Measures,NOD Mitigation Reporting Or Monitoring Plan,NOD Statement Of Overriding Considerations Adopted,NOD Findings Made Pursuant,NOD Final EIR Available Location 2022010331,"Berkeley, City of",City of Berkeley,,City of Berkeley 2023-2031 Housing Element Update ,NOP,1/20/2022,,"The proposed project consists of a comprehensive update to the Housing Element and related edits to the City’s General Plan Land Use Element and Berkeley Municipal Code. The Housing Element is one of the seven state-mandated elements of the local General Plan and is required to be updated every eight years. The City of Berkeley is preparing the 2023-2031 Housing Element Update to comply with the legal mandate that requires each local government to identify adequate sites for housing to meet the existing and projected housing needs for varying income-levels in the community. It is intended to provide the city with a comprehensive strategy for promoting the production of safe, decent and affordable housing, and affirmatively furthering fair housing during the housing cycle. The Housing Element Update establishes goals, policies, and actions to address the existing and projected housing needs in Berkeley. The goals, policies, and actions in the Housing Element are required to meet Berkeley’s Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) allocation. Berkeley’s latest RHNA allocation calls for 8,934 new housing units, including 3,854 new units for residents in the low- and very low-income categories. The City must demonstrate to the State Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) that the City’s Housing Element has adequate land capacity and implementing policies to accommodate its RHNA allocation. In addition, HCD recommends that cities identify a “buffer” of 15% to 30% above RHNA for lower- and moderate-income categories. Thus, overall, the City’s zoning and other land use regulations must accommodate between approximately 9,750 and 10,500 new units. To identify the housing sites to be included in the Housing Element, the City will identify suitable and available housing sites and their capacity, screen for vacant and underutilized parcels, evaluate and analyze sites, and calculate potential buildout. In conjunction with the Housing Element Update, the City anticipates amendments to the General Plan including revising the Land Use Element to maintain consistency with the updated Housing Element. The Land Use Element revisions are to ensure consistency among all General Plan Elements upon implementation of the updated Housing Element. ",https://ceqanet.opr.ca.gov/2022010331,City of Berkeley Housing Element Update,Grace Wu,City of Berkeley,Senior Planner,GWu@cityofberkeley.info,"1947 Center Street, 2nd Floor",,Berkeley,CA,94704,5109817484,,Berkeley,Alameda,,,,,,"I-580/I-880, SR13, SR123","San Francisco Bay, several creeks",,Yes,1/21/2022,2/22/2022,Other,"General Plan Update, Rezone","Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, 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",1/21/2022,2/21/2022,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,