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Mendocino planning commission hears PlaceWorks on housing element, new environmental‑justice section
Summary
Consultants outlined the county's seventh‑cycle housing element process, draft RHNA numbers and a new environmental‑justice element. Commissioners pressed consultants on water capacity, vacation‑rental impacts and the county's ability to identify sites to meet a proposed unincorporated allocation of about 3,690 units.
PlaceWorks consultants presented an overview of Mendocino County’s seventh‑cycle housing element and a companion environmental‑justice element at the Planning Commission’s May 7 meeting, laying out deadlines, new state requirements and an initial estimate of the county’s Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA).
Cynthia Walsh, project manager for PlaceWorks, told commissioners the housing element is due Aug. 15, 2027, and emphasized the multistep review process required by the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD): an administrative draft, a 30‑day public review, an initial 90‑day state review, a short public response period and, typically, additional state review before certification. She said the county must plan for sites with adequate water and sewer…
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