Temple City receives 2025 General Plan and Housing report; staff to use SCAG ADU model to classify affordability

The Temple City Council voted to receive, file and approve its 2025 Annual General Plan and Housing reports and directed staff to file the documents with the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) and the Governor's Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation (LCI).

City planning staff presented the report and highlighted housing production, assistance programs and steps to preserve the city's ability to count ADUs toward regional housing goals. Staff reported processing a total of 528 housing units in 2025 and assisting 28 households with approximately $229,000 in rental assistance and seven households with about $233,000 in housing rehabilitation funds.

The presentation addressed recent state guidance (effective Jan. 1, 2026) that tightened rules for categorizing ADUs as lower-income. "ADUs can only be counted if it's supported by historical affordability data or supported by a deed restriction," staff said. To respond, staff proposed using the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) regional ADU affordability analysis to apportion ADU permits across income categories; applying the SCAG model to Temple City's 52 ADU permits in 2025 produced a distribution across extremely low, very low, low, moderate and above-moderate income categories.

Staff also updated the city's housing-sites inventory and determined the inventory still demonstrates sufficient capacity to meet RHNA targets; staff described a modest projection adjustment for a specific site on Temple City Boulevard. Council approved the staff recommendation to file the report with state agencies.

The council's action documents the city's progress and establishes the methodology staff will use to provide evidence to HCD when counting ADUs toward lower-income categories.