Board directs competitive bid for county housing element after community concerns
Staff had proposed hiring PlaceWorks to prepare Lake County's 7th-cycle housing element, but after public comment and supervisor concerns about timeline, outreach and prior consultant performance the board directed staff to put the work out to competitive bid and seek any available deadline extensions from the state.
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County staff presented a proposal to contract with PlaceWorks to prepare Lake County’s seventh-cycle housing element, citing the firm’s prior work on the county’s housing action plan and an existing sites analysis. PlaceWorks’ work was described as essential to meeting the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) deadline (housing element due Aug. 15, 2027).
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