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Seal Beach receives housing element update; HCD sign-off contingent on rezoning steps and possible override of airport land-use commission
Summary
City staff briefed the council on the multi-year housing element update, including state review history, the 1,243-unit RHNA allocation, contested sites under the airport land use commission review and a timeline that would bring final council action in October; council voted to receive and file the update 5-0.
Seal Beach 'The City Council received and filed an update Aug. 11 on the city's housing element process, a required component of the General Plan that must be reviewed by the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD).
Director of Community Development Alexa Smittle walked the council through the multi-year process: the housing element work began in 2021, staff submitted multiple drafts to HCD, the city paused an environmental impact report while the project description stabilized, and the draft EIR was released in 2025. Smittle told the council, "Our exact number is 1,243 units," referring to the city's Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) obligation and summarized the sites the state…
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