1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

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

5. 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