Half Moon Bay City Council Approves HCD’s RHNA Cycle 6 Housing Element Leaving Church on Opportunity List with Acknowledgment that They Want a School There

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VIDEO. From the Half Moon Bay City Council Special meeting on Wednesday, August, 7th, 2024 at 7:00pm, as a hybrid meeting.

NOTE: Council member Robert Brownstone was participating remotely due to illness. Council member Deborah Penrose has to leave meeting after the first agenda item due to illness.

Vote was 4-0.

HCD stands for California Department of Housing and Community Development

RHNA stands for Regional Housing Needs Allocation

 

 

Agenda Item

2.B. SECOND HCD DRAFT HOUSING ELEMENT Staff Recommendation:

1) Acknowledge receipt of recommendations from the Planning Commission included in this staff report; and

2) direct staff to include any recommended revisions made by the City Council and direct staff, by resolution, to submit the “2023-2031 Housing Element, Second HCD Draft, July 30, 2024” (Second Draft) to the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD).

 


 

More on HMB’s HCD RHNA Housing Element on Coastside Buzz

Half Moon Bay’s 2023 RHNA Cycle 6 Housing Element Has More Affordable Housing than in the Past 10 Years

 

What the Heck is RHNA? SMCo Planning Commissioner, Lisa Ketcham, Explains How the Regional Housing Needs Assessment Program Affects the Coastside

Who Created RHNA (Regional Housing Needs Allocation) Planning Process? How Will HMB Meet the Cycle 6 Need to Build 480 Units in 8 Years?

The RHNA Housing Element Cycle 6 Demands Half Moon Bay Build “Affordable” and “Low Income” 480 Living Units

 

The RHNA Housing Element Cycle 6 Demands Half Moon Bay Build “Affordable” and “Low Income” 480 Living Units

 

City HMB Planning ~ 2015-2023 Housing Element Annual Progress Report (APR)

 


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  1. Mayor Joaquin Jimenez, District 3, 2024 Election

  2. Vice Mayor Harvey Rarback, District 2, 2024 Election

  3. Councilmember Robert Brownstone, District 1, 2026 Election

  4. Councilmember Deborah Penrose, District 5, 2026 Election

  5. Councilmember Debbie Ruddock, District 4, 2026 Election

 


 

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Map 503b Adopted 3.15.2022

 

 

 

 

From left to right 2024 Half Moon Bay Councilmembers: Robert Brownstone, Vice Mayor Harvey Rarback, Mayor Joaquin Jimenez, Deborah Penrose and Debbie Ruddock.

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