From: Liana C
To: Savita Vaidhyanathan <svaidhyanathan@cupertino.org>
Cc: City Clerk <cityclerk@cupertino.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2017, 5:34:28 PM PST
Subject:
Request to Change City Ordinances to Comply with Requirements of AB
1505 and to Add Affordable Housing Category "Extremely Low Income"
Dear Cupertino City Council and Housing Commission:
Please
add this letter to the public record regarding (a) requests to change
City ordinances to comply with requirements of AB 1505; and (b) requests
to add the affordable housing category "extremely low income" for
households earning 30% or less of the area median.
Assembly Bill 1505 is a bright spot among the current crop of State housing laws to be enacted in 2018.
The California Association of Councils of Governments supports AB 1505 and highlights the law’s benefits on its Web site, including:
AB 1505 provides that after the legislative body of the county or city makes the necessary ordinance amendments, the jurisdiction can require “as a condition of the development of residential rental units that more than 15% of the total number of units rented in the development be affordable to, and occupied by, households at 80% or less of the area median income….”
Provisions apply, but AB 1505 offers an excellent opportunity for cities like Cupertino to capture from rental housing projects 15% affordable housing units for homes for moderate-income, lower income, very low income, and extremely low income households.
I hope Cupertino will act quickly to avail itself to the benefits of AB 1505 by making the necessary ordinance changes so it can begin requiring the construction of the maximum amount of affordable housing at all new rental housing developments, as the law allows.
The California Association of Councils of Governments supports AB 1505 and highlights the law’s benefits on its Web site, including:
AB 1505 provides that after the legislative body of the county or city makes the necessary ordinance amendments, the jurisdiction can require “as a condition of the development of residential rental units that more than 15% of the total number of units rented in the development be affordable to, and occupied by, households at 80% or less of the area median income….”
Provisions apply, but AB 1505 offers an excellent opportunity for cities like Cupertino to capture from rental housing projects 15% affordable housing units for homes for moderate-income, lower income, very low income, and extremely low income households.
I hope Cupertino will act quickly to avail itself to the benefits of AB 1505 by making the necessary ordinance changes so it can begin requiring the construction of the maximum amount of affordable housing at all new rental housing developments, as the law allows.
And, while amending ordinances,
please consider adding the income category “extremely low income” to the
City’s affordable housing offerings so that more individuals and
families with incomes of 30% of the median can maintain homes here.
Disabled individuals and their families who have established support
networks in the area are depending on opportunities that will allow them
to continue living in Cupertino.
Sincerely,
Liana C
Cupertino resident
REFERENCES
+
California Association of Councils of Governments Web site, Bill
Tracker, "AB 1505 (Bloom & Chiu & Gloria) Land Use: Zoning
Regulations":
+ California Legislative Information, "AB 1505 Land Use: Zoning Regulations (2017-2018)":
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