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Planning and Building Agency <br />www.santa-ana.org/planning-and-building <br />Item # 8 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />Staff Report <br />March 21, 2023 <br />TOPIC: 2022 General Plan Annual Progress Report <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />City of Santa Ana 2022 General Plan Annual Progress Report <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />1. Receive and file the City of Santa Ana 2022 General Plan Annual Progress <br />Report. <br />2. Authorize staff to submit the City of Santa Ana 2022 General Plan Annual <br />Progress Report to the State of California Department of Housing and <br />Community Development (HCD) and the Office of Planning and Research <br />(OPR). <br />3. Direct staff to proceed with the formation of the Environmental Justice (EJ) Action <br />Committee. <br />DISCUSSION <br />Government Code Section 65400 requires local planning agencies to submit an annual <br />progress report on the status of the General Plan and progress in its implementation to <br />the local legislative body. The progress report is submitted to State of California <br />Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) and Office of Planning and <br />Research (OPR) annually. <br />The General Plan is a state -mandated document which plans the framework for the City <br />of Santa Ana's physical, social, and economic development into the future. The 2022 <br />General Plan Annual Progress Report documents and discusses the progress towards <br />the overall implementation of the various adopted elements of the General Plan during <br />the calendar year. This is the first General Plan Annual Progress Report prepared under <br />the new General Plan. The report includes highlights of major accomplishments and a <br />table detailing the work completed by various City agencies toward completing the <br />implementation actions across all General Plan elements in 2022 (Exhibit 1). <br />Housing Element <br />As required by HCD, the Housing Element portion of the progress report includes <br />detailed accounting of all housing projects submitted, reviewed, entitled, and <br />City Council 8-1 3/21/2023 <br />