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Planning Commission reviews 2024 general-plan annual report; members press for stronger action on low-income housing
Summary
Planning staff reported 39 housing units permitted since the start of the current RHNA cycle and presented code and project updates; commissioners urged stronger action to close the city’s shortfall in low- and very-low-income housing.
Planning staff presented the City of Sonoma’s 2024 General Plan Annual Progress Report and the housing-element implementation update at Thursday’s Planning Commission meeting, and commissioners used the discussion to press for new funding and land strategies to meet the city’s state-assigned housing targets.
Planner Diane (staff) told the commission the city’s housing allotment for the current RHNA cycle is 311 units. Since the beginning of the cycle, staff reported, a total of 39 new units have been permitted — 10 in 2023 and 29 in 2024. The presentation listed several larger projects and code updates in progress, including the Montaldo (50 units, 25% affordable component) environmental review and the Hummingbird subdivision (15 units, presently under construction). Staff also summarized code and…
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