Item 32 - Resolutions to Exempt Parcels from AB 2011 and SB 6

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