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Local Guidelines for Implementing the <br />California Environmental Quality Act (2019) AFFORDABLE HOUSING <br /> <br /> <br />2019 City of Santa Ana Local Guidelines 9-12 ©Best Best & Krieger LLP <br />As it relates specifically to CEQA, a Lead Agency designating a housing sustainability <br />district is required to prepare an EIR pursuant to Government Code section 66201 to identify and <br />mitigate, to the extent feasible, environmental impacts resulting from the designation. The EIR <br />shall identify mitigation measures that may be undertaken by housing projects in the housing <br />sustainability district to mitigate the environmental impacts identified in the EIR. Housing projects <br />undertaken in the housing sustainability districts that meet specified requirements, including if the <br />project satisfies certain design review standards applicable to development projects within the <br />district provided the project is “complementary to adjacent buildings and structures and is <br />consistent with the [agency’s] general plan,” are exempt under CEQA. <br /> <br />3 -152