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Resident warns commission that housing-element overlays won’t meet RHNA goals
Summary
At the start of the Feb. 5 Planning Commission meeting, resident Jim Mosher told commissioners that Newport Beach may fall far short of its RHNA obligation — about 3,000 affordable units — and that recent court rulings limit use of overlays as a compliance mechanism.
During the public-comment period at the Feb. 5 Planning Commission meeting, local resident Jim Mosher told commissioners the city’s current approach to meeting Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) targets is not producing enough affordable units. Mosher said staff slides from a recent city-council planning session show overlays have yielded roughly 200 of the approximately 3,000 affordable units Newport Beach…
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