Three Element Update - Environmental Justice | Housing | Safety & Resilience Elements of the General Plan

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Welcome to the Vallejo General Plan Update Page

(3EU) Community Engagement Page

The City of Vallejo is updating the Housing, Safety, and Environmental Justice Elements of the General Plan to improve housing, safety, health, and equity in Vallejo. This is the main webpage for all three of these important tasks.



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HOUSING ELEMENT

The Housing Element will analyze Vallejo’s specific housing needs, identify sites suitable for housing, assesses fair housing conditions, and provide goals, policies, and programs to respond to identified issues to encourage development of additional adequate housing to meet the needs of all income levels in the community. Community input will be a key component of the Housing Element.



ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ELEMENT

“Environmental justice” is the concept that everyone deserves to live in a safe and healthy neighborhood, regardless of income, race, ethnicity, education, or other factors. The environmental justice component of this General Plan will gather data and community input on issues of equity, health, and environmental racism. Examples might include exposure to air and water pollution, access to parks and recreation, and access to healthy and affordable food. It will identify specific groups who are most impacted by these issues so that the City can develop policies to help improve conditions around them.



SAFETY AND RESILIENCE ELEMENT

The Safety Element will include updated information about natural hazards like earthquakes, fires, floods, and droughts, as well as evacuation and emergency preparedness and response. It must also identify how these and other hazards in Vallejo are exacerbated by climate change, and what populations, locations, and community features are particularly vulnerable to climate hazards and changing climate conditions. The Safety Element will provide strategies to reduce the risks of death, injuries, property damage, and economic and social dislocation and to increase the community’s resilience.


Welcome to the Vallejo General Plan Update Page

(3EU) Community Engagement Page

The City of Vallejo is updating the Housing, Safety, and Environmental Justice Elements of the General Plan to improve housing, safety, health, and equity in Vallejo. This is the main webpage for all three of these important tasks.



!!! STAY INFORMED !!!

BE SURE TO SUBSCRIBE FOR THE LATEST UPDATES BY ENTERING YOUR EMAIL IN THE "FOLLOW PROJECT" SECTION. (Located on the right on your desktop, or scroll down on your phone or mobile device)



HOUSING ELEMENT

The Housing Element will analyze Vallejo’s specific housing needs, identify sites suitable for housing, assesses fair housing conditions, and provide goals, policies, and programs to respond to identified issues to encourage development of additional adequate housing to meet the needs of all income levels in the community. Community input will be a key component of the Housing Element.



ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ELEMENT

“Environmental justice” is the concept that everyone deserves to live in a safe and healthy neighborhood, regardless of income, race, ethnicity, education, or other factors. The environmental justice component of this General Plan will gather data and community input on issues of equity, health, and environmental racism. Examples might include exposure to air and water pollution, access to parks and recreation, and access to healthy and affordable food. It will identify specific groups who are most impacted by these issues so that the City can develop policies to help improve conditions around them.



SAFETY AND RESILIENCE ELEMENT

The Safety Element will include updated information about natural hazards like earthquakes, fires, floods, and droughts, as well as evacuation and emergency preparedness and response. It must also identify how these and other hazards in Vallejo are exacerbated by climate change, and what populations, locations, and community features are particularly vulnerable to climate hazards and changing climate conditions. The Safety Element will provide strategies to reduce the risks of death, injuries, property damage, and economic and social dislocation and to increase the community’s resilience.


  • Draft Housing Element

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    NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY

    Public Review of the Draft

    Housing Element for the City of Vallejo

    Publish Date: September 3, 2024

    The latest version of the City of Vallejo Draft Housing Element is being released for public review starting September 3, 2024, to provide an opportunity for the public to review and provide comments before it is sent to the California State Department of Housing and Community Development Department (“HCD”) for a formal review. The tentative date for HCD submission is scheduled for September 13, 2024, in compliance with State Law requiring a 7-day public review in advance of formal HCD submittal (Government Code Section 65585).


    If you would like City staff to consider your comments before formal submission to HCD, please provide written comments on the Draft Housing Element by the end of day on Wednesday, September 11, 2024. This version, along with all previous versions, of the Draft Housing Element will remain available for public review and comment at the links provided below, through the entirety of the HCD review period (estimated to run for 60-days following submittal to HCD).


    All written comments on the new draft should be sent via email to Kristin.Pollot@cityofvallejo.net, or in person or by first class mail to:

    City of Vallejo, Planning Division

    c/o Kristin Pollot, AICP, Planning and Development Services Director

    555 Santa Clara Street, Vallejo, CA 94590


    The Draft Housing Element Update is available for public review at the locations listed below. For ease of reference, all revisions to the document are shown in tracked changes, with new additions from the July 2024 version, highlighted in yellow.


    • DRAFT HOUSING ELEMENT (with tracked changes), dated September 2024
    • Solano County Collaborative Website: https://solhousingelements.com/housing-elements/
    • And a physical copy of the document is located on the second floor (planning counter) at City Hall, 555 Santa Clara Street, Vallejo, CA 94590, and may be reviewed during regular hours of Monday through Thursday, 9 am -12 noon, and 1 pm – 3pm.

    Relevant Project Background: A Housing Element is a state required element of a City’s General Plan. The Housing Element must be updated every eight years and includes goals, objectives, policies, and implementation programs that address the maintenance, preservation, improvement, and development of housing within city limits. In addition, the Housing Element identifies sites appropriate for the development of multifamily housing. The latest draft Housing Element also includes other amendments necessary to comply with recent changes in State law.

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    June 8, 2024

    Please see link below for the public review “Subsequent Draft” of the City of Vallejo Housing Element. It is being released from July 8 through July 19, 2024, in order for the public to review and provide comments, before it is sent to the California State Department of Housing and Community Development Department for its review. For ease of reference, all revisions to the document are shown in tracked changes.

    Written comments on the public review “Subsequent Draft” Housing Element Update must be submitted before 5:00 pm on July 19, 2024, either via email to David.Storer@cityofvallejo.net or in person or by first class mail to:

    City of Vallejo, Planning Division
    c/o David A. Storer, AICP, Contract Project Manager
    555 Santa Clara Street, Vallejo, CA 94590

    The public review “subsequent” draft of the Housing Element may be found in the following locations:

    • Subsequent Draft Housing Element (with tracked changes), dated July 2024
    • Solano County Collaborative Website: https://solhousingelements.com/housing-elements/
    • And a physical copy of the document is located on the second floor (planning counter) at City Hall, 555 Santa Clara Street, Vallejo, CA 94590, and may be reviewed during regular hours of Monday through Thursday, 9 am -12 noon, and 1 pm – 3pm.

    Background: A Housing Element is a state required element of a City’s General Plan. The Housing Element must be updated every eight years and includes goals, objectives, policies, and implementation programs that address the maintenance, preservation, improvement, and development of housing in city limits. In addition, the Housing Element identifies sites appropriate for the development of multifamily housing. The Housing Element also includes other amendments necessary to comply with recent changes in State law. Prior to the submittal of the Subsequent Draft to the State Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) for their review and comment, a Subsequent Draft Housing Element has been prepared and now available for a 10-day public review and comment period.

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  • Draft Housing Element

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    The public review draft of the City of Vallejo Housing Element is being reviewed by the California Housing and Community Development Department (HCD). Staff expects comments from HCD by January 31, 2024. Staff will work with our consultant in addressing HCD’s comments and will bring any edits back to the community for review and input. The Planning Commission, the Housing and Community Development Commission and the City Council will each hold public meetings to consider this document, dates and times are to be determined. The purpose of each public meeting will be to provide an overview of the public review draft of the Housing Element, HCD comments and City response, provide an outline for the review process itself, and to ensure that the public will have an opportunity to provide verbal comments on document. Each of these meetings are held at City Hall, 555 Santa Clara Street, Vallejo, California. Members of the Public will be able to participate in-person or remotely via Zoom.


    Written comments on the public review draft of Housing Element Update may be submitted, either via email to Christina.Ratcliffe@CityofVallejo.net or in person, or by first class mail to:

    Christina Ratcliffe, AICP, Planning and Development Services Director

    555 Santa Clara Street, Vallejo CA 94590


    Do you want to attend a meeting and provide oral comments? Attend one or more of the meetings below:


    Public Meeting Dates and Locations

    Planning Commission Date: September 18, 2023. The meeting starts at 7:00 pm.

    Housing and Community Development Commission: October 5, 2023. Meeting Starts at 7:00 pm.

    City Council: October 24, 2023. The meeting starts at 7:00 pm.


    Each of these meetings is held at City Hall, 555 Santa Clara Street, Vallejo, California. Members of the Public will be able to participate in-person or remotely via Zoom.


  • Safety Element

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    Safety Element

    California Government Code Section 65302(g) (GC 65302) requires all local jurisdictions to update their Safety Element upon each revision of the Housing Element or Local Hazard Mitigation Plan. Vallejo’s Safety Element Update will occur concurrently with the Housing Element Update, which must be adopted by early 2023. The State of California specifies types of information that must be updated, notably, climate change resiliency and adaptation mitigation. Other topics relating to natural hazards, which are already addressed in the Safety Element but may be updated as necessary to reflect new information, include: fire risk, seismic risk, flood risk, site contamination, and the City’s ability to respond to natural and manmade disasters.

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    Housing Element

    In California, each city and county must adopt a Housing Element to plan for the housing needs of the community at all economic levels, including low-income and households with special needs. At its core, a Housing Element is an opportunity for the community to establish goals, policies, and programs to address local housing needs. The Housing Element is one of seven required elements of the City’s General Plan, which serves as the blueprint for how the city will grow and address changing needs for development.

    Every eight years, the City is required to update its Housing Element and have it certified by the California Department of Housing and Community Development. The City adopted the last update of the Housing Element in 2014. The current update to the Housing Element will guide housing development in Benicia in the 2023-2031 planning period. The community will have an opportunity to participate in the planning process, which is expected to run through the end of 2022.

    The foundation of the Housing Element is the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA), which is a State-mandated requirement that establishes each jurisdiction’s “fair share” of the total projected regional housing need. The State of California requires that each city provide adequate sites to meet its RHNA. Benicia’s expected share of the RHNA is 2900 housing units. The City is not required to build or finance new housing, but it must plan for it.

  • Environmental Justice Element

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    Environmental Justice Element


    “Environmental justice” is defined in California law as the fair treatment of people of all races, cultures, and incomes with respect to the development, adoption, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies. California law further states that environmental justice includes, but is not limited to, the following:

    • The availability of a healthy environment for all people.
    • The deterrence, reduction, and elimination of pollution burdens for populations and communities experiencing the adverse effects of that pollution, so that the effects of the pollution are not disproportionately borne by those populations and communities.
    • Governmental entities engaging and providing technical assistance to populations and communities most impacted by pollution to promote their meaningful participation in all phases of the environmental and land-use decision-making process.
    • At a minimum, the meaningful consideration of recommendations from populations and communities most impacted by pollution into environmental and land-use decisions.
    • Environmental justice goals, policies, and objectives must do the following:
    • Reduce the unique or compounded health risks in disadvantaged communities by reducing pollution exposure and promoting public improvements; public services; community amenities; and access to food, safe and sanitary homes, and physical activity.
    • Promote civil engagement in the public decision-making process.
    • Prioritize improvements and programs that address the needs of disadvantaged communities.
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    Get the latest news and information on the Vallejo General Plan Update here!

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