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WHEREAS, the parcels listed in Attachment 3 and Attachment 4 to this Ordinance <br />may be developed at the residential density required by AB 2011 or the residential density <br />set forth in the City's General Plan, whichever is higher; and <br />WHEREAS, exempting the parcels listed in Attachment 1 and Attachment 2 to this <br />Ordinance will not result in a net loss of the total potential residential density in the <br />jurisdiction permitted by or subject to AB 2011 because there is a surplus of residential <br />capacity on the alternative parcels identified in Attachment 3 and Attachment 4 that are <br />eligible for AB 2011 streamlined review above the baseline residential density established <br />by Government Code sections 65912.113(b) and 65912.123(b) for the eligible parcels <br />whereby there will not be a net loss in the potential residential units permitted by or subject <br />to AB 2011 streamlining; and <br />WHEREAS, there will be no net loss of the potential residential density of housing <br />affordable to lower income households in the jurisdiction because the parcels identified <br />and listed in Attachment 3 and Attachment 4 allow density meeting or exceeding that <br />required by Government Code Section 65583.2(c)(3) of 30 dwelling units per acre, the <br />threshold established and deemed appropriate to accommodate housing for lower income <br />households for jurisdictions in a metropolitan county; and <br />WHEREAS, the City's local inclusionary housing ordinance, known as the <br />Affordable Housing Opportunity and Creation Ordinance (AHOCO), will require eligible <br />projects citywide to set aside units as affordable to lower and moderate -income <br />households for at least 55 years; and <br />WHEREAS, development of the alternative parcels eligible for AB 2011 streamlined <br />review and listed in Attachment 3 and Attachment 4 will result in affirmatively furthering <br />fair housing because the parcels are within census tracts that are generally categorized <br />as High Resource and Moderate Resource areas by the Fair Housing Task Force <br />Opportunity Map (2023) that was convened by the California Tax Credit Allocation <br />Committee and HCD (TCAC/HCD) and which have opportunity area composite scores <br />that have rapidly improved since first documented in 2021, are located within specific plan <br />areas and the five General Plan Focus Areas that have been the focus of redevelopment <br />and investment in the City, and provide increased access to amenities, public transit, and <br />jobs; and <br />WHEREAS, exempting the parcels in Attachment 1 and 2 will prevent housing from <br />being developed on sites that do not have the infrastructure needed to accommodate <br />high -quality housing and will not comply with the land use plan and housing program that <br />the HCD certified Housing Element is based upon; and <br />WHEREAS, the City of Santa Ana, based upon the written findings required for <br />exemption under AB 2011 and set forth above, exempts the parcels listed in Attachments <br />1 and 2 from the streamlined approval process for eligible projects provided by <br />Government Code sections 65912.114 and 65912.124; and <br />Ordinance No. NS-XXX <br />Page 3 of 5 <br />