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RESOLUTION NO.
2000-78
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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO OBJECTING TO THE
3 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS' REGIONAL
HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT PROCESS FOR ESTABLISHING HOUSING
4 CONSTRUCTION TARGETS.
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(a) WHEREAS, the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) is
responsible for preparing the Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA), which identifies
regional, subregional and local targets for the amount and type of housing needed during the
9 current planning period (1998 - 2005).
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(b) WHEREAS, the timing of the current RHNA planning period has required SCAG
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to use outdated and inaccurate 1990 Census data to make housing needs projections for
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14 (c) WHEREAS, SCAG adopted a Draft RHNA in November 1999, with provisions for
1998-2005.
15 local jurisdictions to appeal the existing need assessments or the construction need allocations
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(d) WHEREAS, the City of San Bernardino filed an appeal of its RHNA on the basis
that the vacancy rate was too low, the housing unit loss was too low, and the household growth
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20 rate was too high.
21 (e) WHEREAS, the SANBAG member jurisdiction appeals have demonstrated flaws in
22 the RHNA data with actual recessionary growth data from the 1990's.
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(f) WHEREAS, SCAG staff is not recommending approval of the City's RHNA appeal,
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25 due partly to a failure to recognize the lagging economic recovery in the Inland Empire and
26 partly to rigid adherence to the policy of maintaining the RHNA targets for each subregion
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(g) WHEREAS, acceptance of any SANBAG member appeals will result m a
reallocation of units to other jurisdictions within the SANBAG subregion.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, FOUND, AND DETERMINED by the
Mayor and Common Council that the SANBAG Board of Directors petition the SCAG
Regional Council to:
ACCEPT all RHNA appeals from the SANBAG subregion.
DISREGARD the target cap proposed for the SANBAG subregion.
DISREGARD the zero-sum policy of reallocating excess units within the SANBAG
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subregion.
RE-ADDRESS the regional growth target with the State Department of Housing and
Community Development, supporting a reduction as needed to adjust for RHNA
appeals from the SANBAG subregion.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San
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2000-78
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1 RESOLUTION . . . OBJECTING TO THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
2 ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS' REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT
PROCESS FOR ESTABLISHING HOUSING CONSTRUCTION TARGETS.
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5 Common Council of the City of San Bernardino at a
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted by the Mayor and
joint regular
meeting thereof,
6 held on the 3rd day of April , 2000, by the following vote, to wit:
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Council Members AYES NAYS ABSTAIN ABSENT
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9 ESTRADA X
10 LIEN X
11 MCGINNIS X
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SCHNETZ
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14 SUAREZ
15 ANDERSON X
16 MCCAMMACK X
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Approved as to form
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The foregoing resolution is hereby approved this 5' Jz..... day of April
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25 JAMES F. ENMAN
26 City Att
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