Intergovernmental Planning for Housing Linda Wheaton Intergovernmental Planning for Housing Annual Policy and Research Symposium The Transportation - Land Use - Environmental Connection: Planning For Growth UCLA Extension Public Policy Program, Lake Arrowhead October 15, 2007 Linda M. Wheaton, AICP Assistant Deputy Director, Division of Housing Policy Department of Housing and Community Development

Growing experimentation with interactive land-use & transportation In the past, existing or planned land-use designation generally accepted as given Recent experiments incorporate feedback from transportation to land-use & are interactive Allow communities to evaluate different future scenarios CA projects among the leading scenario planning projects nationally Adjustments in traditional transportation modeling

Housing-Related Inter-governmental Planning Regional Housing Need Allocation Process - State Housing Element Law Regional Transportation Planning Inter-Regional Planning Grant Program Regional Blueprint Planning

Players: State: HCD, Caltrans Regional: Councils of Government (COGs/MPOs) Local Area Formation Commissions (LAFCOs) Local: Cities & Counties, Public Interest Groups

Are current “regional planning” efforts resulting in better housing outcomes? Pioneering Comprehensive Planning Efforts Regional Housing Needs Allocations Objectives State Planning Objectives Experience with Regional Blueprint Planning, RTPs, etc. Influence of Other Evolving Inter-governmental Issues, e.g., Greenhouse gas emissions reductions, air quality, flood control