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Planning Commission forwards revised 2023–2031 housing element to Board after state finds it substantially conforming
Summary
The commission voted to recommend that the Board of Supervisors repeal the previously adopted 2023–2031 housing element and adopt a revised version that the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) indicated is in substantial conformance with state law as of Dec. 31.
The Santa Clara County Planning Commission on Jan. 17 voted unanimously to forward a favorable recommendation to the Board of Supervisors to repeal the Dec. 3, 2024 housing element adoption and adopt a revised 2023–2031 housing element update and related general plan amendments.
County staff told the commission the revised housing element incorporates minor changes requested by the California Department of Housing and Community Development, and HCD notified the county on Dec. 31 that the version before the commission is in "substantial conformance with the law," provided the county adopts the exact revised text. "If this exact housing element goes before HCD, the likeliness that it is officially certified would occur,"…
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