NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday, November 15, 2022 the City will hold a public hearing to consider and adopt the City’s 5-Year Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA) Plan and how the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) PLHA funds will be allocated. The PLHA Grant Program is funded by SB 2, referred to as the “Building Homes and Jobs Act”, which established a permanent, on-going source of funding dedicated to promoting and facilitating affordable housing development. The HCD PLHA Grant program will provide funding for the following five years (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023).  A copy of the City’s draft 5-year PLHA Plan to be considered is available to view here:  Click here.

The purpose of the HCD PLHA Grants Program is to fund housing-related projects and programs that assist in addressing the unmet housing needs of local communities. The City intends to utilize PLHA program funds to support and create affordable housing to address the community’s housing needs, potentially leveraged with other funding sources.  The City would engage in public-private partnerships to acquire properties and/or existing housing units to increase the inclusionary and affordable housing inventory within the City.  The draft City PLHA Plan for consideration is attached for public reference and comment.

The chart below estimates the last three years of funding allocation for this five-year funding cycle. The actual annual funding allocation will later be determined by HCD. The chart also shows a 5% allocation for City administration costs that is allowed by PLHA grant requirements.


Investment Priorities

Sand City will prioritize investments that increase the supply of housing for households at or below 60% of area median income, increase assistance to affordable owner-occupied workforce housing and facilitate housing affordability with an emphasis on live/work units/studios. PLHA funding may be used to assist in completing the following activities:

● Private-public partnerships to build live/work units/studios within the West End Planning District on City owned properties;
● Purchase of additional existing market rate units to increase the number of inclusionary affordable units into the current housing stock; and
● Implementing the inclusion of inclusionary affordable housing units into future residential and mixed-use developments.

The City Council will hold a public hearing on this item at its regularly scheduled Council Meeting on Tuesday, November 15, 2022, meeting starting at 5:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers at City Hall, 1 Pendergrass Way, Sand City, CA 93955.  Members of the public are invited to attend and be heard in person or virtually.  As allowed per Assembly Bill (AB) 361, this public hearing will be conducted virtually via Zoom and in person.  Members of the public may call in (669) 900-6833 (Meeting ID 461 472 8829) to be heard or may email comments to connie@sandcityca.org.  Instructions for public comments and having email comments read aloud on record will be listed at the top of the City Council meeting agenda (www.sandcity.org).  For further information on this application, please email the City’s Planning Department at chuck@sandcityca.org. To view the Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA): click here