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WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD <br />zoning laws. to promote more inclusive communities and affirmatively further fair <br />housing (AFFH). These amendments have also generated disputes and <br />confusion over whether local governments are violating fair housing laws by <br />discriminating against persons with disabilities or other protected characteristics." <br />The document -assumes the ordinances are not legally compliant and creates difficulties <br />faced by cities trying to reasonably regulate group homes. The document is labeled a <br />"technical advisory" but reads as a policy statement. There were apparently no public <br />hearings regarding the document. <br />"The <br />These actions by HCD and DOJ, as well as litigation, are challenges municipalities face <br />in adopting ordinances regarding group homes when the courts have found these <br />ordinancescompliant with State and federal laws. This was made evident through <br />interviews with. representatives of -cities. Interviewees also expressed concern that HCD <br />_- - -interpreted the -laws as being overly restrictive on zoning ordinances and failing to <br />protect the inhabitants of group homes. <br />Housing Element <br />- In the -State -of California, -all cities are required to develop a General Plan. The General <br />Plain serves -as a -blueprint for the future, prescribing policy goals and objectives to <br />- shape and -guide the physical development of the city. The General Plan is a <br />at informs future land use decisions, and it is <br />comp -document th <br />comprised of multiple elements.21 <br />The_ Housing -Element _is_one important part of a city or county's General Plan. Every <br />eight:years,` every -city, town, and county must update their Housing Element and have it <br />certified by -the -California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD). <br />The most:recent-cycle of the new Housing Element has been heavily impacted by the <br />State's laser focus on housing availability and affordability. <br />- - On-September-28 2021--Governor Gavin Newsom signed a suite of bills to boost <br />housing production across_ California which accompanies the Governor's 22 billion <br />- - - housing -affordability and homelessness package and ongoing work by the State to spur <br />more housing production; tackle barriers to construction, and hold local governments <br />- accountable. Taken together, the actions reflect the State's focus on creating more <br />ORANGE COUNTY GRAND JURY 2022 1 2023 Page 18 of 42 <br />