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(a) After the legislative body has adopted all or part of a general plan, the planning agency shall do both of the following:(1) Investigate and make recommendations to the legislative body regarding reasonable and practical means for implementing the general plan or element of the general plan, so that it will serve as an effective guide for orderly growth and development, preservation and conservation of open-space land and natural resources, and the efficient expenditure of public funds relating to the subjects addressed in the general plan.
(2) Provide by April 1 of each year an annual report to the legislative
body, the Office of Planning and Research, and the Department of Housing and Community Development that includes all of the following:
(A) The status of the plan and progress in its implementation.
(B) (i) The progress in meeting its share of regional housing needs determined pursuant to Section 65584 and local efforts to remove governmental constraints to the maintenance, improvement, and development of housing pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) of Section 65583.
(ii) The housing element portion of the annual report, as required by this paragraph, shall be prepared through the use of standards, forms, and definitions adopted by the Department of Housing and Community Development. The
department may review, adopt, amend, and repeal the standards, forms, or definitions, to implement this article. Any standards, forms, or definitions adopted to implement this article shall not be subject to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2. Before and after adoption of the forms, the housing element portion of the annual report shall include a section that describes the actions taken by the local government towards completion of the programs and status of the local government’s compliance with the deadlines in its housing element. That report shall be considered at an annual public meeting before the legislative body where members of the public shall be allowed to provide oral testimony and written comments.
(iii) The report may include the number of units that have been completed
pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 65583.1. For purposes of this paragraph, committed assistance may be executed throughout the planning period, and the program under paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 65583.1 shall not be required. The report shall document how the units meet the standards set forth in that subdivision.
(iv) The planning agency shall include the number of units in a student housing development for lower income students for which the developer of the student housing development was granted a density bonus pursuant to subparagraph (F) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 65915.
(C) The number of housing development applications received in the prior year.
(D) The number of units included in all development applications in the prior year.
(E) The number of units approved and disapproved in the prior year.
(F) The degree to which its approved general plan complies with the guidelines developed and adopted pursuant to Section 65040.2 and the date of the last revision to the general plan.
(G) A listing of sites rezoned to accommodate that portion of the city’s or county’s share of the regional housing need for each income level that could not be accommodated on sites identified in the inventory required by paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 65583 and Section 65584.09. The listing of sites shall also include
any additional sites that may have been required to be identified by Section 65863.
(H) The number of net new units of housing, including both rental housing and for-sale housing and any units that the County of Napa or the City of Napa may report pursuant to an agreement entered into pursuant to Section 65584.08, that have been issued a completed entitlement, a building permit, or a certificate of occupancy, thus far in the housing element cycle, and the income category, by area median income category, that each unit of housing satisfies. That production report shall, for each income category described in this subparagraph, distinguish between the number of rental housing units and the number of for-sale units that satisfy each income category. The production report shall include, for each entitlement, building permit, or certificate of occupancy,
a unique site identifier that must include the assessor’s parcel number, but may include street address, or other identifiers.
(I) If the city or county has received funding pursuant to the Local Government Planning Support Grants Program (Chapter 3.1 (commencing with Section 50515) of Part 2 of Division 31 of the Health and Safety Code), the information required pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 50515.04 of the Health and Safety Code.
(J) Internet website links to the information required in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 65940.1.
(K) All of the following information, with respect to the prior year, regarding each housing development project located within the local agency for which an application was submitted, a development was approved, or a building permit was issued:
(i) (I) Whether the application was submitted pursuant to Section 65852.2 or 65852.22, or if an application was submitted pursuant to both Sections
65852.2 and 65852.22.
(II) Whether the application was submitted pursuant to Section 65852.2, if the application was approved pursuant to a local ordinance adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 65852.2 or pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 65852.2.
(ii) Whether the project is seeking any bonus, concession, or waiver under Section 65915, and if so, the bonus, concession, or waiver as requested and as approved. Each bonus, concession, or waiver shall be recorded.
(iii) Whether the project was submitted pursuant to Section 65913.4.
(iv) Whether the project was submitted pursuant to Section 50675.1.2 of the Health and Safety Code.
(v) (I) Whether the project received an exemption from, or was subject to streamlining with respect to, the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code) pursuant to Section 65457, Sections 21080.50, 21081.3, 21094.5, 21099, 21155.1, 21155.2, 21155.4, 21159.22, 21159.23, 21159.24, 21159.25, or 21159.28 of the Public Resources Code, or Sections 15168, 15183, 15183.3, 15303, or 15332 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations.
(II) This clause does not apply to a project that is not subject to Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code due to ministerial approvals.
(vi) Whether the project was submitted
pursuant to Chapter 5.5 (commencing with Section 21163) of Division 13 of the Public Resources Code.
(vii) Whether the project was submitted with a preliminary application pursuant to Section 65941.1.
(L) The progress of the city or county in adopting or amending its general plan or local open-space element in compliance with its obligations to consult with California Native American tribes, and to identify and protect, preserve, and mitigate impacts to places, features, and objects described in Sections 5097.9 and 5097.993
of the Public Resources Code, pursuant to Chapter 905 of the Statutes of 2004.
(M) The following information with respect to density bonuses granted in accordance with Sections 65915 and 65915.7:
(i) The number of density bonus applications received by the city or county.
(ii) The number of density bonus applications approved by the city or county.
(N) With respect to preliminary applications submitted in accordance with Section 65941.1, the number of instances in which a preliminary application expired pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 65941.1.
(b) If a court finds, upon a motion to that effect, that a city, county, or city and county failed to submit, within 60 days of the deadline established in this section, the housing element portion of the report required pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) that substantially complies with the requirements of this section, the court shall issue an order or judgment compelling compliance with this section within 60 days. If the city, county, or city and county fails to comply with the court’s order within 60 days, the plaintiff or petitioner may move for sanctions, and the court may, upon that motion, grant appropriate sanctions. The court shall retain jurisdiction to ensure that its order or judgment is carried out. If the court determines that its order or judgment is not carried out within 60 days, the court
may issue further orders as provided by law to ensure that the purposes and policies of this section are fulfilled. This subdivision applies to proceedings initiated on or after the first day of October following the adoption of forms and definitions by the Department of Housing and Community Development pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a), but no sooner than six months following that adoption.
(c) The Department of Housing and Community Development shall post a report submitted pursuant to this section on its internet website within a reasonable time of receiving the report.
(d) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2024.