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Hermosa Beach planners receive mid-cycle housing element report; staff warns of legal risks from Redondo decision
Summary
City staff told the Planning Commission the city is meeting overall housing production targets but is short in very-low/low/moderate categories and must improve unit accounting and site monitoring; the city attorney flagged an appellate decision that decertified Redondo Beach———raising overlay-zone compliance questions.
Hermosa Beach
Community Development Director Lisonbee Becker told the Planning Commission on Nov. 18 that the city
had a regional housing needs allocation (RHNA) of 558 units for the 2021
through-2029 cycle and, at mid-cycle, reported roughly 184 units in the pipeline with 116 completed.
"The city's regional housing needs allocation was a total of 558 units across all income categories," Becker said during her presentation, and added that the city is "right on target" from a total-production perspective but underperforming in very-low, low and moderate income categories.
Why it matters: state law requires jurisdictions to show realistically buildable sites and implementation of programs that produce units at the income levels in their RHNA allocations; failure to maintain a credible program can lead to legal challenges and the loss of HCD certification.
Becker outlined five program areas the housing element addresses: conserving existing housing resources (code enforcement,…
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