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Riverbank updates housing-element draft; HCD review asks for revisions on sites, AFFH and programs

3550944 · May 28, 2025
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Summary

Consultant David Niskinan presented progress on the city's sixth‑cycle housing element update, outlined revisions requested by the California Department of Housing and Community Development, and announced a short public review and an anticipated fall adoption after HCD certification.

David Niskinan of JB Anderson Land Use Planning told the City Council that the city’s draft sixth‑cycle housing element (covering June 30, 2023 through Dec. 31, 2031) has been revised in response to a voluminous first‑round review from the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD).

Niskinan summarized the update steps: public workshops and outreach, preparation of the housing-needs assessment and sites inventory, Planning Commission and council hearings, the initial 90‑day HCD review and the current subsequent review and revisions. He said the city formally submitted a…

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