The Board of Supervisors set a November 10 hearing on changes to the county's affordable-housing requirements for new development. It also considered binding affordability terms for a Mission Isla Vista project and scheduled hearings on two land-use change requests.
On October 19, the Rancho Cordova City Council took up three housing items. One is a new residential project seeking its key design and lot-layout approvals. The other two are final sign-offs that move Lennar's Douglas 103 neighborhoods closer to construction.
The City Council took up a service contract for a senior housing project for people leaving homelessness and heard an update from its housing and homelessness task force. Two property maps, including one for the Norwood Townhomes, moved quietly through the system.
Lincoln's October 21 agenda included a citywide zoning update for home-based businesses and home kitchens, a deadline extension for a planned senior care facility, and a review of where approved projects stand.
On October 20, Auburn weighed sending two major planning documents and their environmental reviews to the City Council. Together, the plans would shape where and how new homes get built in the city for roughly the next two decades.
The Roseville City Council took up a major batch of new home lots in Amoruso Ranch, a final vote on electricity credits for affordable apartments, and an appeal of a shopping center approval. The Planning Commission reviewed changes to a long-running HP campus agreement.
The typical Santa Barbara rent reached $3,642 in September, up $162 from a year earlier, pushing the share of median household income spent on rent above 41%.
The Elk Grove City Council gave final approval to revised fees that new development pays toward affordable housing and created a program that gives priority to local residents and workers. It also extended its contract with an outside building-inspection firm.
At its October 13 meeting, the Sacramento City Council took up its yearly plan for federal housing and homelessness dollars, a proposal to create a new housing corporation, and an exclusive negotiating deal with Mutual Housing California. Behind closed doors, the council also discussed who will lead the region's main housing agency.
The Oct. 13 agenda included the final vote on a revised contract for the Railroad Block development downtown, fee credits and design approval for the Granite House project, and a consultant hire to rewrite Folsom's zoning rules. A fee update for the city's largest growth area was postponed to December.