Process took 7 drafts over more than a year.
After seven drafts, the state approved Los Gatos’s Housing Element, which dictates residential development in town for the next eight years. The North 40 development, seen here under construction in 2020, represents a fierce battle between strong town council control of development; and state laws requiring new housing and reducing red tape faced by developers.
Town officials sent the much-revised Housing Element, which dictates the location and amount of residential development in town for the next eight years, to the state Department of Housing and Community Development on March 18. The document outlines plans to build 1,993 housing units, a stark contrast to the goal of 619 units in the town’s previous Housing Element.
“Receiving state acceptance did not come easy,” Mayor Mary Badame said in a statement. “With six rejected Housing Element drafts, the town council established a focused agenda to openly engage the drafting and review process as a top priority.”before the final submittal to the state, as council members disagreed over the extent to which the document should dictate where small, multi-unit housing can be built.
“HCD appreciates the hard work and dedication the entire town staff provided in preparation of the town’s Housing Element and looks forward to receiving the town’s adopted Housing Element,” HCD Senior Program Manager Paul McDougall wrote in the letter announcing the state’s approval.
The council will soon be tasked with implementing the plans outlined in the Housing Element. The planning commission will first consider the document at a May 22 meeting, and the council will consider their recommendations at a June 4 meeting before sending the Housing Element back to HCD for final approval, according to the town’s website.Ask Amy: The athletes were using the big stalls, and I really needed oneHarriette Cole: After I got the job, I realized they think I'm someone else.
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