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Planning and Building Department, Planning Division, Long Range Planning Unit, recommending the Board receive and file the following reports and provide direction if necessary: 2024 General Plan Annual Progress Report and 2024 Housing Element Annual Progress Report following public comment for submittal to the California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research and to the California Department of Housing and Community Development.
FUNDING: General Fund.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
General Plan Annual Progress Report
California Government Code Sections 65400 and 65700 as well as County General Plan Policy 2.9.1.1 require preparation of a General Plan Annual Progress Report (General Plan APR) for each calendar year on the status of General Plan implementation to be presented before the legislative body (Board) and submitted to the California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR) and to the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD).
The 2024 General Plan APR (Attachment A) includes six sections: 1) Introduction, 2) Major Planning Activities in 2024, 3) General Plan Overview, 4) General Plan Elements, 5) General Plan Implementation Plan, and 6) Planning and Development Activities. Appendix A provides the County’s growth monitoring charts (Attachment B), and Appendix B provides a list of the incomplete General Plan Implementation Measures (Attachment C). Appendix C provides the 2024 Housing Element Annual Progress Report (Attachment D).
The Introduction section explains the requirements of California Government Code and County General Plan policy for preparing and circulating the General Plan APR. The Major Planning Activities section describes key milestones of projects or programs that are tied directly to the General Plan for 2024. The General Plan Overview section provides a summary of recent General Plan updates, OPR’s guidelines on the content included in the General Plan APR, and a summary of the implementation ...
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