To: Board of Supervisors
From: Monica Nino, County Administrator
Report Title: PROPOSED RESPONSE TO GRAND JURY REPORT NO. 2306, AFFORDABLE HOUSING - A PLAN WITHOUT A HOME
RECOMMENDATIONS:
ADOPT report prepared by the Department of Conservation and Development as the Board of Supervisors' response to Contra Costa Civil Grand Jury Report No. 2306, entitled "Affordable Housing - A Plan Without a Home" (Report), and DIRECT the Clerk of the Board to transmit the Board's response to the Superior Court no later than September 18, 2023.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No fiscal impact.
BACKGROUND:
The 2022/23 Civil Grand Jury filed the above-referenced report dated June 14, 2023 (see Attachment) which was addressed to and received by the Board of Supervisors on June 20, 2023 and subsequently referred to the County Administrator and the Department of Conservation and Development Director, who prepared the attached response (see Attachment)
The civil grand jury began the investigation for the report by understanding how Contra Costa County (County and cities) is addressing the need for affordable housing. They began by reviewing California Housing and Community Development reports titled Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) results for the County, which identify housing permits issued for various income levels, related to the allocation of units assigned to various jurisdictions. After reviewing these reports, the grand jury concluded that most cities and unincorporated Contra Costa County were not meeting the goals, primarily for very low- and low-income resident housing.
Based on these initial findings, the grand jury focused its efforts on housing for residents classified as very low (50% Area Median Income (AMI)) or low (80% AMI) income. They wanted to understand who in local government is responsible for implementation of approved housing plans and why were those plans failing to address permit targets for very low- and low-income residents. They investigated ...
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