City Council Special Meeting

MINUTES CITY OF HALF MOON BAY CITY COUNCIL WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 2024 ADCOCK COMMUNITY/SENIOR CENTER, 535 KELLY AVENUE CONVENE SPECIAL MEETING Mayor Jimenez called the meeting to order at 6:09 p.m. ROLL CALL / PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Jimenez led the Pledge of Allegiance. ROLL CALL PRESENT: Councilmembers Brownstone (remote), Penrose (left at 7:05 p.m.) and Ruddock, Vice Mayor Rarback, and Mayor Jimenez Pursuant to AB 2449, Councilmember Brownstone confirmed that no one over the age of 18 was in the room. REPORT OUT FROM RECENT CLOSED SESSION MEETINGS City Attorney Engberg announced that the Council met in Closed Session and no reportable action was taken. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Vice Mayor Rarback moved and Councilmember Ruddock seconded a motion to approve the agenda. The question was called and the motion carried unanimously. 1. CONSENT CALENDAR 1.A. AMENDMENT 8 TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH CIRCLEPOINT FOR PREPARATION OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT MOTION Councilmember Ruddock moved and Vice Mayor Rarback seconded a motion to approve the Consent Calendar. The question was called and the motion carried unanimously.Docusign Envelope ID: 452FE166-7E06-4D2F-A0ED-9CEE9AF8B199

August 7, 2024 City Council Minutes Page 2 of 5 2. RESOLUTIONS AND STAFF REPORTS Mayor Jimenez recused himself and left the dais. 2.A. UPDATE ON A PETITION FOR REFERENDUM RELATED TO THE 555 KELLY SENIOR FARMWORKER AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT City Attorney Engberg and Communications Director / City Clerk Blair presented the staff report. The following individuals addressed the Council:  Richard Simmons  Bill Heavlin  Noreen Heavlin  Steve Hyman  Nancy Fontana  Lili Rey  Kique Bazan  Hal Bogner  Vaughn Harrison  Corie Schwabenland  Dan Haggerty  Lucas Giese  Joann Rokosky  Ellen Hage  Rocio Avila  Ramie Dare  Doreen Gerritty  Frank Gerritty  April Vargas  Patricia Stevenson The Council discussed the item and asked questions. MOTION Councilmember Ruddock moved to schedule a special meeting prior to the ballot deadline. The motion died due to lack of a second. RECESS Vice Mayor Rarback called a recess at 7:05 p.m. The meeting reconvened at 7:24 p.m. with all Councilmembers present except Councilmember Penrose.Docusign Envelope ID: 452FE166-7E06-4D2F-A0ED-9CEE9AF8B199

August 7, 2024 City Council Minutes Page 3 of 5 2.B. SECOND HCD DRAFT HOUSING ELEMENT Housing Coordinator Noce presented the staff report. The Council asked questions of staff. The following individuals addressed the Council:  Mary Gothem  Christopher Devchich  Tom Clarkin  Nancy Clarkin  Armondo Garcia  Fr. Jose Corral  Genevieve  Spencer S  Adeline S  Anne Martin  Constance Nazzetti  Martin Botham  Bertha Sencion  Carlos Rivera  Gabriel Kulda  Carolyn Valonia  Marc Andreini  Consuelo Gomez  Jesus Gomez  Tim Lyons  Dave Memmer  Steve Wilson  Ary Bordi  Paul Kulda  Juliette Kulda  Nancy Fontana  Derek Kulda  Margaret Mattel  Virginia Supnet  Sam Lippert  Marlene Gomez  Gerald Dobbs  Betty Hollans  Helene BergezDocusign Envelope ID: 452FE166-7E06-4D2F-A0ED-9CEE9AF8B199

August 7, 2024 City Council Minutes Page 4 of 5  Teresita Siviloria  Kai Islander  Bill Softky  Kimberly Nguyen  Nicholas Jareso  Joseph Kulda  Maude Shumaker  Stephanie Armstrong  Jeremiah Armstrong  David Kulda  Liesi Taner  Canaan Taner  Julian Kulda  Lynde Meyers  Peter Kulda  Angelo Kulda  Carolina Carbajal  Lupe Zavala  Annelise Dobbs  Mary Ellen Kulda  Colleen True  Patricia Stevenson  Joy Moore  Cathy Catelano  Joann Rokosky  Carlyle Anne Young  Frank Gerritty  Jim Sutro RECESS Mayor Jimenez called a recess at 9:32 p.m. The meeting reconvened at 9:44 p.m. with all Councilmembers present except Councilmember Penrose. The Council discussed the item. MOTION Vice Mayor Rarback moved and Mayor Jimenez seconded a motion to: 1) acknowledge receipt of recommendations from the Planning Commission included in this staff report; and 2) direct staff, by resolution, to submit the “2023-2031 Housing Element, Second HCD Draft, July 30, 2024” (Second Draft) to the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD). The question was called and the motion carried 4-0-1, Councilmember Penrose absent.Docusign Envelope ID: 452FE166-7E06-4D2F-A0ED-9CEE9AF8B199

August 7, 2024 City Council Minutes Page 5 of 5 ADJOURNMENT Mayor Jimenez adjourned the meeting at 10:26 p.m. Respectfully Submitted: Approved: Jessica Blair, City Clerk Joaquin Jimenez, MayorDocusign Envelope ID: 452FE166-7E06-4D2F-A0ED-9CEE9AF8B199

CITY COUNCIL AGENDA SPECIAL MEETING CITY OF HALF MOON BAY WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 2024 ADCOCK COMMUNITY CENTER 535 KELLY AVENUE HALF MOON BAY, CA 94019 Joaquin Jimenez, Mayor Harvey Rarback, Vice Mayor Robert Brownstone, Councilmember Deborah Penrose, Councilmember Debbie Ruddock, Councilmember 6:00 PM This agenda contains a brief description of each item to be considered. Those wishing to address the City Council on any matter not listed on the agenda, but within the jurisdiction of the City Council to resolve, may come forward to the podium during the Public Forum portion of the agenda and will have a maximum of three minutes to discuss their item. Comments on City Manager Updates and Consent Calendar items should be made during the Public Forum section of the agenda. Those wishing to speak on a Business or Public Hearing matter will be called forward at the appropriate time during that item’s consideration. Please Note: Anyone wishing to present materials to the City Council, please submit seven copies to the City Clerk. Copies of written documentation relating to each item of business on the agenda are on file in the Office of the City Clerk at City Hall where they are available for public inspection. If requested, the agenda shall be available in appropriate alternative formats to persons with a disability, as required by Section 202 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 12132.) Information may be obtained by calling 650-726-8271. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, special assistance for participation in this meeting can be obtained by contacting the City Clerk’s Office at 650-726-8271. A 48-hour notification will enable the City to make reasonable accommodations to ensure accessibility to this meeting (28 CFR 35.102-35.104 ADA Title II). Wi-Fi: HMB Public Password: Recreation1

HYBRID MEETING PARTICIPATION PROTOCOLS This meeting will be held in-person and via Zoom for public participation. Remote participation is provided as a supplemental way to provide public comment, but this method does not always work. The public is encouraged to attend in person to ensure full participation. Public comments may be made in-person or remotely via Zoom, and interpretation will be available. All Councilmembers and staff will participate in person. During any public comment portions, attendees may use the “raise your hand” feature and will be called upon and unmuted when it is their turn to speak. The meeting will also be streamed on Channel 27, on pacificcoast.tv, and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/cityofhalfmoonbay. Please click to join the webinar: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87674804231 or join by phone at 669-900-9128, using Webinar ID 876-7480- 4231. If joining by phone, use *9 to raise your hand, *6 to mute and unmute. CONVENE SPECIAL MEETING ROLL CALL / PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE REPORT OUT FROM RECENT CLOSED SESSION MEETINGS 1. CONSENT CALENDAR 1.A. AMENDMENT 8 TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH CIRCLEPOINT FOR PREPARATION OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT Staff Recommendation: Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute Amendment 8 to the professional services agreement with Circlepoint for the preparation of an environmental impact report for the proposed Hyatt Place Hotel at a cost of $442,524. 2. RESOLUTIONS AND STAFF REPORTS 2.A. UPDATE ON A PETITION FOR REFERENDUM RELATED TO THE 555 KELLY SENIOR FARMWORKER AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT Staff Recommendation: Receive an update on a petition seeking “Referendum Against an Ordinance Passed by the City Council”, related to the 555 Kelly Affordable Housing Project, which was submitted to the City on August 1, 2024. 2.B. SECOND HCD DRAFT HOUSING ELEMENT Staff Recommendation: 1) Acknowledge receipt of recommendations from the Planning Commission included in this staff report; and 2) direct staff to include any recommended revisions made by the City Council and direct staff, by resolution, to submit the “2023-2031 Housing Element, Second HCD Draft, July 30, 2024” (Second Draft) to the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD). ADJOURN SPECIAL MEETING

BUSINESS OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HALF MOON BAY AGENDA REPORT For meeting of: August 7, 2024 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council VIA: Matthew Chidester, City Manager FROM: Steve McHarris, Interim Community Development Director TITLE: AMENDMENT 8 TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH CIRCLEPOINT FOR PREPARATION OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT ______________________________________________________________________________ RECOMMENDATION: Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute Amendment 8 to the professional services agreement with Circlepoint (www.circlepoint.com) for the preparation of an environmental impact report for the proposed Hyatt Place Hotel at a cost of $442,524. FISCAL IMPACT: The project applicant is required to deposit funds to cover the cost of the environmental impact report (EIR) consultant contract and City project management costs. BACKGROUND: On April 18, 2017, the City Council approved a professional services agreement with Circlepoint for preparation of an EIR in conformance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) for the proposed Hyatt Place hotel project. Circlepoint was selected following an open solicitation with a Request for Proposals (RFP). The original consultant contract was for $186,854. Amendment 1 was approved by City Council in June 2019 for an additional $46,240 and a total budget of $233,094. Amendment 2 was approved by the City Manager in May 2020 for an additional amount of $15,545 under his ten percent contingency authority. The second amendment increased the contract amount to $248,639. Amendment 3 would have exceeded the contingency and was approved by City Council on May 4, 2021, and brought the contract total to $299,244. Two subsequent amendments were approved by the City Manager, again, under his authority to approve use of the ten percent contingency. These were in the amounts of $7,625 for Amendment 4 and $11,150 for Amendment 5. Amendment 6 would have exceeded the contingency and was approved by City Council on November 15, 2022, and brought the contract total to $383,484. A subsequent amendment was approved by the City Manager under his authority to approve use of the ten percent contingency in the amount of $38,348 for Amendment 7. The total budget with Amendment 7 is $437.074. Additional funds are now needed to complete the Final EIR.

DISCUSSION: As previously reported to the City Council, the project has undergone a series of significant revisions and several pauses in processing, including changes in the project design team. City Council approved Amendment 3, and the two modest subsequent amendments that were covered by the contingency (Amendments 4 and 5), were approved to update the Draft EIR to incorporate these changes in project scope, including the introduction of Alternative 2, a reduced sized hotel project (102 rooms instead of 129) that incorporated additional land area including an expansion of the existing auto dealership to the south, and replacing the dealership new vehicle inventory on the north side of Seymour Street with future residential development. That changed the project description requiring additional consultant analysis. The combination of project delays and changes resulted in additional CEQA requirements such as vehicle miles traveled (VMT) analysis. VMT was not a CEQA standard when the project was initiated. The Draft EIR was completed and circulated for 60 days from July 15 – September 13, 2022. A Planning Commission hearing was held during the circulation period on August 9, 2022. Comments on the Draft EIR were extensive. Addressing them required more effort than initially anticipated or than is typical for a Draft EIR. One hundred and five comment letters, including over 500 comments, in addition to public hearing comments and public engagement input and an outreach meeting with Main Street Park during the circulation period must be responded to in the Final EIR. For Amendment 7, Circlepoint’s scope added two public hearings and support from the transportation subconsultant, W-Trans. Circlepoint’s schedule allows for ongoing coordination with City staff and would have brought the Final EIR forward into public review in March 2023. However, project delays required some additional analysis and comprehensive consistency checks which extended the Final EIR release and Planning Commission Public Hearing Notice to August 2, 2024 and exhausted the budget. Amendment 8 provides the final costs for the consultants to attend up to two hearings. Hearings will be attended by Circlepoint management staff, as well as by the subconsultants W-Trans, and FastCast to support transportation and visual simulation questions respectively is for $20,450. and would bring the total to $442,524. The applicant is prepared to cover these additional project costs. ATTACHMENT: Resolution for Amendment 8 to Professional Services Agreement with Circlepoint

Resolution No. C-2024-____ A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HALF MOON BAY AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT 8 TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH CIRCLEPOINT FOR PREPARATION OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR THE HYATT PLACE PROPOSAL AT SOUTH MAIN STREET AND HIGHWAY 1 (PDP-13-072) WHEREAS, the City received an application for a new hotel project proposal for a vacant site at South Main Street along Highway 1 and determined that an environmental impact report would be required; and WHEREAS, in 2017, the City issued a request for proposals (RFP) for preparation of an environmental impact report for the Hyatt House Proposal; and WHEREAS, following review of all ten submittals, the City has received proposals from ten consulting firms in response to the RFP; and WHEREAS, the proposed scope of work submitted by Circlepoint, a Bay Area firm providing of environmental consulting services, was determined to be the most responsive to the RFP; WHEREAS, City Council approved a professional services agreement for preparation of an environmental impact report for the proposed Hyatt Place project on April 18, 2017 in the amount of $186,854; and WHEREAS, the proposed project description, design and programming have been revised several times since the environmental review work was initiated; and WHEREAS, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) guidelines were updated effective January 1, 2019 and include revised and new impact thresholds which require additional environmental analysis; and WHEREAS, the City Engineer and Community Development Director have determined that the traffic study as originally scoped requires additional analysis; and WHEREAS, Amendment 1 to the contract was approved by City Council and Amendment 2 was approved by the City Manager as part of the contingency, Amendment 3 and 6 was approved by City Council, and Amendments 4, 5, and 7 were approved by the City Manager as part of the contingency; and WHEREAS, subsequently the applicant has brought forward a new project alternative with a new mix of land uses and project site area requiring additional CEQA analysis; and

WHEREAS, a high volume of comments, including over 100 letters and over 500 individual comments, were submitted on the Draft EIR that need to be addressed in the Final EIR; and WHEREAS, additional analysis and comprehensive consistency checks were required to organize and complete the Final EIR document which exhausted the contracted budget and requires remaining contract consultation services for public hearing purposes. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City Council of the City of Half Moon Bay authorizes the City Manager to execute Amendment 8 to the professional services agreement with Circlepoint for additional scope with an additional budget of $20,450 for professional consulting services for completion of the environmental impact report and public hearing presentation for the proposed Hyatt Place hotel project for a total not to exceed $442,524 with an expiration of December 31, 2024. ***************************************************************** I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly passed and adopted on the 7 th day of August 2024 by the City Council of Half Moon Bay by the following vote: AYES, Councilmembers: NOES, Councilmembers: ABSENT, Councilmembers: ABSTAIN, Councilmembers: ATTEST: APPROVED: ___________________________ _____________________________ Jessica Blair, City Clerk Joaquin Jimenez, Mayor

Page 1 of 2 BUSINESS OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HALF MOON BAY AGENDA REPORT For meeting of: August 7, 2024 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council VIA: Matthew Chidester, City Manager FROM: Jessica Blair, Communications Director/City Clerk Catherine Engberg, City Attorney TITLE: UPDATE ON A PETITION FOR REFERENDUM RELATED TO THE 555 KELLY SENIOR FARMWORKER AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT ______________________________________________________________________________ RECOMMENDATION: Receive an update on a petition seeking “Referendum Against an Ordinance Passed by the City Council”, related to the 555 Kelly Affordable Housing Project, which was submitted to the City on August 1, 2024. FISCAL IMPACT: There is no fiscal impact associated with this item. STRATEGIC ELEMENT: This action supports the Healthy Communities and Public Safety, Inclusive Governance, and Infrastructure and Environment Elements of the Strategic Plan. BACKGROUND: On June 26, 2024, the City Council, by resolution, denied appeals of the May 14, 2024, Planning Commission approval of the Coastal Development Permit and Architectural Review of the 555 Kelly Avenue Affordable Housing Development project, which would provide 40 units of senior and retired farmworker housing in a five-story building to be developed on City-owned land located at 555 Kelly Avenue, in Half Moon Bay. Following denial of the appeals, a group of individuals referring to themselves as the “Let HMB Voters Decide Committee” collected signatures and submitted a petition to the City seeking a referendum of the decision, presumably with the goal of placing the item on the November 5, 2024, general election ballot. After the initial count of the signatures by City staff, the City provided a letter (Attachment 1) to the proponents indicating that the referendum could not be processed by the City because the City Council’s action was not legislative in nature and not subject to referendum under State law.

Page 2 of 2 Notably, the petition references rescinding an “Ordinance” where no ordinance was introduced or adopted, nor did the Council take legislative action at the June 26 appeal hearing. The proponents provided a response to the City (Attachment 2), further clarifying their position and requesting an item be agendized at the August 7 special meeting of the City Council. DISCUSSION: At the August 7, 2024, City Council meeting, staff will provide an informational update on the referendum process in general and as applied to the 555 Kelly affordable housing project. There will also be an opportunity for public comment on the item as well as Council discussion. ATTACHMENTS: 1. City letter rejecting the referendum petition dated August 1, 2024 2. Let HMB Voters Decide Committee letter to City dated August 5, 2024

To: Maggie Rodriguez and Jessica Blair City of Half Moon Bay Elections Officials August 5, 2024 Dear Ms. Rodrigues and Ms. Blair, On behalf of the Let HMB Voters Decide Committee, I have received your letter affirming receipt of our referendum petition containing the signatures of well in excess of 10% of the City's electorate, but rejecting the referendum petition "after consulting with the City Attorney's Office." We do not agree, and we are aware that members of the City's own Planning Commission also do not agree. Under Elections Code section 9145, in response to a duly qualified referendum measure, Respondents have a ministerial duty to either repeal the challenged ordinance or submit it to a public vote: If the legislative body does not entirely repeal the ordinance against which the petition is filed, the legislative body shall submit the ordinance to the voters, either at the next regular municipal election occurring not less than 88 days after the order of the legislative body, or at a special election called for the purpose, not less than 88 days after the order of the legislative body. The ordinance shall not become effective until a majority of the voters voting on the ordinance vote in favor of it. (Elec. Code, § 9241 (emphasis added).) There is no “third option” of refusing to take any action. The California Constitution guarantees the right of the people to exercise repeal legislative enactments by referendum. (Cal. Const., art. II, §§ 9, 11.) The right of the people to utilize their initiative and referendum power, as reflected in the California Constitution, is one of the most precious rights of our democratic process. (Pala Band of Mission Indians v. Board of Supervisors of San Diego (1997) 54 Cal.App.4th 565, 574 citing Mervynne v. Acker (1961) 189 Cal.App.2d 558, 563.) California courts have long recognized the fundamental right of voter-initiated ballot measures: The state constitutional right of initiative or referendum is 'one of the most precious rights of our democratic process.' These powers are reserved to the people, not granted to them. Thus, it is our duty to 'jealously guard' these powers and construe the relevant constitutional provisions liberally in favor of the people's right to exercise the powers of initiative and referendum. (Pala Band of Mission Indians v. Board of Supervisors, supra, 54 Cal.App.4th 565, 573-74 (citations and internal quotations omitted).)

Referenda are one of very few options available to private citizens to protest government legislative action. For this very reason, the role of the government in the referendum petitioning process is limited to purely ministerial functions, including those found in section 9241. Despite these explicit, mandatory instructions, your office has refused to “entirely repeal the ordinance against which a petition is filed [or] ... submit the ordinance to the voters....” (Elec. Code, § 9241.) Instead, your office is denying voters their say on this important issue. In this regard, it is incontrovertible that refusal to perform a ministerial duty is generally an inappropriate means to challenge the constitutionality of an initiative or statute. (See, e.g., Lockyer v. City and County of San Francisco (2004) 33 Cal.4th 1055, 1119 ["If every public official who is under a statutory duty to perform a ministerial act were free to refuse to perform that act based solely on the official's view that the underlying statute is unconstitutional, any semblance of a uniform rule of law quickly would disappear, and constant and widespread judicial intervention would be required to permit the ordinary mechanisms of government to function"].) Moreover, enforcement of this policy against abuse by government officials is essential in the context of initiative and (even more so) in the referendum context. Because an initiative or referendum is often responsive to failure by the government to act on the people's will, the motivation and opportunity for abuse by officials of the government body is particularly great. (See, e.g., Amador Valley Joint Union High Sch. Dist. v. State Bd. of Equalization (1978) 22 Cal.3d 208, 228-229 ["(The ballot measure) is deficient as a means of legislation in that it permits very little balancing of interests or compromise, but it was designed primarily for use in situations where the ordinary machinery of legislation had utterly failed in this respect"].) Here, we have presented to you more than sufficient signatures to bring the City's decision to the ballot, and we accumulated sufficient signatures in a mere three weeks, without having an organization in place to do so when we began. By refusing us, you are cutting off Half Moon Bay's voters' reserved right of direct democracy. Hence, we strongly request that you process our petition as required until and unless a court of competent jurisdiction orders otherwise. A court order is the only way you may excuse the performance of your ministerial duty. This issue is so critically important to the voters of Half Moon Bay that we further demand that you place this matter on the agenda for the upcoming City Council Special Meeting scheduled for Wednesday, August 7, at 7 PM, so the public can be heard by our elected representatives, and that they can discuss and decide whether to promptly accept the clearly expressed desire by so many of Half Moon Bay's citizens that the matter be placed on the ballot, enabling all sides to clearly express and discuss this matter of great importance to the future of our city - or, alternatively, whether or not to seek a judicial order that you not perform your ministerial duty. On behalf of the Let HMB Voters Decide Committee, I am Sincerely Yours, Hal Bogner Cc: Brian Hildreth, partner, Bell McAndrews & Hiltachk, LLP Matthew Chidester, Half Moon Bay City Manager

Page 1 of 11 BUSINESS OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HALF MOON BAY AGENDA REPORT For meeting of: August 7, 2024 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council VIA: Matthew Chidester, City Manager FROM: Mike Noce, Housing Programs Manager TITLE: SECOND HCD DRAFT HOUSING ELEMENT ______________________________________________________________________________ RECOMMENDATION: 1) Acknowledge receipt of recommendations from the Planning Commission included in this staff report; and 2) direct staff to include any recommended revisions made by the City Council and direct staff, by resolution, to submit the “2023-2031 Housing Element, Second HCD Draft, July 30, 2024” (Second Draft) to the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD). NOTE: The current draft titled “2023-2031 Housing Element, Second HCD Draft, July 30, 2024” is available on the City’s website at www.hmbcity.com/housingelement (Attachment 2). FISCAL IMPACT: There is no fiscal impact associated with this action. STRATEGIC ELEMENTS: This action supports the Healthy Communities and Public Safety and Inclusive Governance Elements of the Strategic Plan. BACKGROUND: The Housing Element is one of the seven required general plan elements mandated by California state law. Each city and county must adopt a housing element that conforms to the detailed statutory requirements established in Article 10.6 (Sections 65580 to 65589.8) of the Government Code. The City’s Housing Element must be updated every eight years and certified by the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD). According to State law, all housing elements must identify and analyze existing and projected housing needs; affirm goals and policies; establish quantified objectives; identify financial and other resources; consider constraints to housing opportunities; and provide scheduled programs for the preservation, improvement, and development of housing.

Page 2 of 11 The Housing Element must identify adequate sites to meet the City’s Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) in a manner that best addresses housing needs in each jurisdiction. For Half Moon Bay this includes an array of housing options for all income levels, including rental and ownership units. The element must also provide for housing to serve large and multigenerational households, small households and seniors. Finally, the element must provide for diversity of housing construction and occupancy types including factory-built units, mobile homes, and emergency housing. Locating housing near transit, services, and other resources is also key to providing housing that meets the needs of residents. Timeline Prior to the release of the First HCD Draft Housing Element in May 2023,