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South Lake Tahoe planners hear draft 2027—2035 housing element outreach presentation; staff warns TRPA rules could limit state policy changes
Summary
City staff told the Planning Commission the city must plan for 291 units under RHNA for the 2027—2035 cycle and outlined programs, site inventory and new state laws; commissioners asked how TRPA regional rules and short-term rental trends could undermine the city's ability to meet those targets.
Jessica Wackenhut Lomeli, the City of South Lake Tahoe's housing manager, used a Planning Commission public outreach workshop to outline the draft 2027—2035 housing element and the steps the city must take to secure state certification.
—————————Lomeli said the housing element is a required general-plan element, heavily regulated by state law, and described the update process: an administrative draft, a public-review draft, a 90-day review by the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), resubmission as needed, City Council adoption and final HCD certification.
—————————Lomeli told commissioners: "In the current housing element, which is the 2022 to 2027 RHNA allocation, we had to meet 289 units in the city. And for this next housing element, we're going to have to meet 291 units." She said the RHNA total is broken down by income bands and that the site inventory maps vacant parcels to the income categories they could serve.
The presentation named PlaceWorks as the consultant preparing the administrative draft and listed the housing element's core components: a housing needs…
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