1. Addressing the Housing Affordability Crisis:
An Action Plan for San Diego
San Diego Housing Federation
25th Annual Affordable Housing &
Community Development Conference
October 13, 2016

2. Panelists Addressing the Housing Affordability Crisis:
An Action Plan for San Diego
Panelists
Marcela Escobar-Eck
Principal
Atlantis Group
Dave Gatzke
Vice President - Acquisitions
Community Housing Works
Steve Russell
Executive Director
San Diego Housing Federation
Brian Schoenfisch
Program Manager, Long Range Planning
City of San Diego’s Planning Department
San Diego Housing Commission | Slide #2

3. #1: Set Annual Housing Production Goals
Addressing the Housing Affordability Crisis:
An Action Plan for San Diego
#1: Set Annual Housing Production Goals
City Council sets annual housing production
goals and publishes annual scorecard tracking
progress against the goal.
Level of Government: Local & City Council
Timeline: Short-Term
Scope: Affordable & Market
Steve Russell | San Diego Housing Federation
San Diego Housing Commission | Slide #3

4. #2: Incentivize More 80/20 Developments
Addressing the Housing Affordability Crisis:
An Action Plan for San Diego
#2: Incentivize More 80/20 Developments
SDHC and/or City Council incentivize 80/20
developments to produce more affordable
units at lower cost, utilize unused 4% credits
and lower subsidy from SDHC.
Level of Government: Local, City Council & SDHC
Timeline: Short-Term
Scope: Affordable
Dave Gatzke | Community Housing Works
San Diego Housing Commission | Slide #4

5. #3: Defer Development Fees
Addressing the Housing Affordability Crisis:
An Action Plan for San Diego
#3: Defer Development Fees
City of San Diego implements a policy that
builds on existing deferral programs to defer
more development fees until Temporary
Certificate of Occupancy is issued.
Level of Government: Local & City Council
Timeline: Short-Term
Scope: Affordable & Market
Brian Schoenfisch | San Diego’s Planning Department
Dave Gatzke | Community Housing Works
San Diego Housing Commission | Slide #5

6. #4: Reduce Parking Requirements
Addressing the Housing Affordability Crisis:
An Action Plan for San Diego
#4: Reduce Parking Requirements
City and SDHC further reduce parking
requirements by amending the City’s Land
Development Code to include maximums
rather than minimums.
Level of Government: Local, City Council & SDHC
Timeline: Short-Term
Scope: Affordable & Market
Marcela Escobar-Eck | Atlantis Group
Brian Schoenfisch | San Diego’s Planning Department
San Diego Housing Commission | Slide #6

7. #5: Reduce Commercial Space Requirements
Addressing the Housing Affordability Crisis:
An Action Plan for San Diego
#5: Reduce Commercial
Space Requirements
City and SDHC reduce ground floor
commercial space requirements by amending
the City’s Land Development Code.
Level of Government: Local, City Council & SDHC
Timeline: Short-Term
Scope: Affordable & Market
Brian Schoenfisch | San Diego’s Planning Department
San Diego Housing Commission | Slide #7

8. #6: Unlock Land & Increase Ground Leases
Addressing the Housing Affordability Crisis:
An Action Plan for San Diego
#6: Unlock Land & Increase
Ground Leases
SDHC, City and local agencies inventory land, increase ground leases of land to affordable housing developers at below market rates or at nominal cost and make regulatory changes to unlock land for market rate housing.
Level of Government: Local, City Council & SDHC
Timeline: Short-Term
Scope: Affordable
Steve Russell | San Diego Housing Federation
San Diego Housing Commission | Slide #8

9. #7: Shorten Entitlement Process
Addressing the Housing Affordability Crisis:
An Action Plan for San Diego
#7: Shorten Entitlement Process
Mayor directs development services to
streamline entitlement process, including
implementing conceptual review and online
processing of approvals.
Level of Government: Local & City Council
Timeline: Short-Term
Scope: Affordable & Market
Marcela Escobar-Eck | Atlantis Group
Brian Schoenfisch | San Diego’s Planning Department
San Diego Housing Commission | Slide #9

10. #8: Approve Community Plans with Master EIRs
Addressing the Housing Affordability Crisis:
An Action Plan for San Diego
#8: Approve Community Plans
with Master EIRs
City Council expedites Community Plan
Updates and requires completion of Master
EIRs as part of process.
Level of Government: Local & City Council
Timeline: Long-Term
Scope: Affordable & Market
Marcela Escobar-Eck | Atlantis Group
Brian Schoenfisch | San Diego’s Planning Department
San Diego Housing Commission | Slide #10

11. #9: Support CEQA Reform Addressing the Housing Affordability Crisis:
An Action Plan for San Diego
#9: Support CEQA Reform
State legislation to streamline California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) for Infill
Projects. City Council action to amend local
CEQA thresholds.
Level of Government: State & Local
Timeline: Medium-Term
Scope: Affordable & Market
Marcela Escobar-Eck | Atlantis Group
Dave Gatzke | Community Housing Works
San Diego Housing Commission | Slide #11

12. #10: Align State Oversight
Addressing the Housing Affordability Crisis:
An Action Plan for San Diego
#10: Align State Oversight
Ad hoc committee issues recommendations to
align the five state housing oversight agencies
and policy processes.
Level of Government: State & Governor/Treasurer
Timeline: Medium-Term
Scope: Affordable
Steve Russell | San Diego Housing Federation
San Diego Housing Commission | Slide #12

13. #11: Increase State & Federal Resources
Addressing the Housing Affordability Crisis:
An Action Plan for San Diego
#11: Increase State & Federal Resources
Fair Share of Continuum of Care: Recommend a formula change to ensure San Diego gets fair share of homelessness funds.
Expand LIHTC to support development and preservation of affordable housing.
Increase Federal Rental Assistance for affordable housing.
Enact Moving to Work Authority to support people transitioning back to employment.
Level of Government: State, Federal, Congress & HUD
Timeline: Medium-Term
Scope: Affordable
Dave Gatzke | Community Housing Works
Steve Russell | San Diego Housing Federation
San Diego Housing Commission | Slide #13