RESOLUTION NO. _____________

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA

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RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF AB 2634 (LIEBER), HOUSING ELEMENTS AND WITH A REQUEST TO AMEND THE BILL TO PROVIDE LOCAL JURISDICTIONS THE FLEXIBILITY EITHER TO ACCEPT THE 50-50% PRESUMPTION OR
TO DETERMINE THE EXTREMELY LOW INCOME SHARE OF THE VERY
LOW-INCOME

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RESOLVED, by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo, State of California, that

 

WHEREAS, there is general agreement that there is a tremendous need for affordable housing; and

 

WHEREAS, the need for housing of families with extremely low incomes is equally acute and is not being addressed adequately by the current housing element planning process; and

 

WHEREAS, AB 2634 would require local jurisdictions to include in their housing elements an assessment of housing needs and an inventory of suitable land for residential development of extremely low-income (ELI) households, defined as those earning no more than 30% of the area median income (AMI); and

 

WHEREAS, AB 2634 would presume the amount of ELI housing is one-half of the local jurisdiction’s very low-income housing allocation; and

 
 

WHEREAS, a presumed a 50-50% split between ELI (<30% SMI) and very low-income (30-50% AMI) allocations does not necessarily reflect the number of ELI families of a local jurisdiction;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED AND ORDERED that the Board of Supervisors by adoption of this resolution does hereby support AB 2634 (Lieber) regarding housing elements and requests the bill be amended to provide local jurisdictions the flexibility either to accept the 50-50% presumption or to determine the ELI share of the very low-income.

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