Newport Beach
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Housing Element is In Compliance
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2021
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2029
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SB 423
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4 of the council members who spoke did not seem to be fans of the initial draft. Many expressed concerns over "overlaying" in the city. The chair was very vocal over his disapproval of this draft claiming it would "change the character of the city". Overall the plan proposed focused on very low and low income housing.
Important takeaways from the meeting were that the housing element is a work in progress but that in this process, this committee was adamant in reassuring they were taking public and city recommendations into consideration for the final document. Also was important to note that from the current total number of housing units, the end total will be smaller as the total contains the potential number of housing units as well.
Newport Beach Housing Element Initial Draft Review
March 22, 6 - 8 p.m.
https://www.newporttogether.com/housing-element-initial-draft
I made the following comment: Hello ... etc.
Government Code Section 8899.50 requires that all housing elements passed after Jan 1 2021 must affirmatively further fair housing. What does it mean to "affirmatively further fair housing?" There are 4 aspects in the code:
1. Address significant disparities in housing needs and in access to opportunity,
2. Replac[e] segregated living patterns with truly integrated and balanced living patterns,
3. Transform racially and ethnically concentrated areas of poverty into areas of opportunity, and
4. Foster and maintain compliance with civil rights and fair housing laws.
Newport Beach's Housing Element as written does not address all of these aspects. In particular, there is no mention of how Newport Beach plans to "replace segregated living patterns with truly integrated and balanced living patterns." According to Figure 3-8 on page 70 here, most of Newport Beach's census block groups are 75%-100% white, and 4 block groups are 95-100% white! Newport Beach's housing element has to explain how it is going to "replace" this existing "segregated living pattern with a truly integrated and balanced living pattern" as the law requires. There is no discussion at all of how Newport Beach is going to address these racially concentrated areas. The housing element should explain how they became so segregated and articulate policies that will desegregate them.
The consultant was like "thank you so much for your comment" very friendly