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Planning Department unveils revamped residential pipeline dashboard; commissioners press for additional context
Summary
Staff presented a redesigned residential pipeline 'housing dashboard' tracking entitled units vs. production and RHNA progress. Commissioners and public asked for AMI/price tables, clearer treatment of incoming planning applications, and cautioned that entitled units are not guaranteed to be built.
Planning Department staff presented a redesigned residential pipeline dashboard intended to improve transparency about entitled units, production toward RHNA goals and the city’s housing pipeline. Teresa Ojeda and colleagues explained that the new two‑page format separates entitled projects from actual RHNA progress, breaks out very‑low and low income categories consistent with state templates, and details the select pipeline by project status.
Public speakers and commissioners pressed for added context: Commissioner Richards and others requested linking AMI rent/sales tables to make the income categories meaningful; Mission YIMBY and others said the dashboard should include initial planning application counts (not only entitled projects) to detect early pipeline shifts after 2016 inclusionary changes. Planning staff and commissioners discussed how entitlements, building permits and construction timelines differ and that additional CEQA and permit tracking will be required to forecast what will actually be built by 2022.
Why it matters: the dashboard is the department’s quarterly public tool for measuring progress against regional housing allocations (RHNA) and helps the commission and public see gaps in production by income band and site status.
