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General Plan Amendment No. 2021-01 <br />July 19, 2022 <br />Page 5 <br />2 <br />8 <br />1 <br />4 <br />income housing units will be credited toward the remaining 91 units in the moderate- <br />income classification. <br />Table 3: Achieving the City of Santa Ana RHNA Target (2021-2029) <br />Income Group Total RHNA <br />Housing <br />Development <br />Credits* <br />Remaining <br />RHNA Units <br />Very Low (0-50% AMI)606 624 -18 <br />Low (51-80% AMI)362 1,012 -650 <br />Moderate (81-120% AMI)545 454 91 <br />Above-Moderate (120%+ AMI)1,624 5,547 -3,923 <br />TOTAL 3,137 7,637 -4,500 <br />*Housing development credits include Pipeline and ADU projections, and the reclassification of 231 Above- <br />Moderate to Moderate units based on the survey results. <br />Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) <br />Pursuant to Assembly Bill 686 (2018), the Housing Element must include an analysis and <br />determination of consistency with Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) <br />requirements. AFFH is defined as “taking meaningful actions, in addition to combating <br />discrimination, that overcome patterns of segregation and foster inclusive communities <br />free from barriers that restrict access to opportunity based on protected characteristics.” <br />To assess current disparities, the Housing Element includes a detailed Assessment of <br />Fair Housing. A key part of the Housing Element Update is to expand housing <br />opportunities in higher resource (referred to as “Higher Opportunity”) areas of the city or <br />in close proximity to these areas, which offer the best critical life outcomes with a high <br />concentration of good schools, jobs, health and life expectancy. These assessment areas <br />are mapped in Appendix E of the draft element. Actions to affect meaningful and positive <br />changes in this regard are included in the proposed Housing Plan and are expected to <br />achieve a positive change that affirmatively further fair housing. <br />Community Engagement <br />The California Government Code Section 65583(c)(6) requires that a diligent effort be <br />made to achieve public participation from all groups in the development of the housing <br />element. In addition, SB 1000 requires that local governments provide environmental <br />justice (EJ) communities with a meaningful opportunity to engage in government <br />decisions that affect them. <br />As part of the Housing Element Update, the City developed a public outreach program <br />that was designed with several overarching goals in mind, including facilitating equal <br />opportunity and access, and allowing a broad range of discussion. To that end, the City <br />held four virtual Housing Element Roundtable meetings with a variety of stakeholder <br />groups, three citywide workshops (two in-person and one virtual), and 11 environmental <br />justice focused workshops (10 virtual and one in-person). During the environmental <br />justice focused workshops, community members provided feedback and spoke of their <br />lived experiences, including issues such as housing burden, poverty, linguistic isolation, <br />and lead risk from housing; which directly correlate to the goals and policies in the