City of Santa Ana, Downtown Orange County

Community Alert: City Announces Draft 2014-2021 Housing Element Update Now Available for Review

SANTA ANA, CA (November 6, 2013) – The General Plan contains the City’s values and vision for its future.  The Housing Element of the General Plan communicates goals, policies and programs to address Santa Ana’s local and regional housing needs and a sustainable quality of life.

Over the past year, the City has been working with the community to update the Housing Element and refine the City’s housing policy.  This effort studied a variety of housing considerations including maintaining and improving current housing stock, housing for groups of special needs, and where future housing can be developed.   This has also been an opportunity for the City to include relevant polices promoting health, safety, multi-generational housing options, cultural arts, wellness, and mobility as part of the Housing Element Update.

The Draft 2014-2021 Housing Element Update has been submitted to the State Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) for their review, and now available to the general public on line http://www.santa-ana.org/housingelement/2014-2021HousingElementUpdate.asp  A copy of the Draft Housing Element, as well as Draft Public Safety Element Update required to incorporate current flooding information per AB 162, may be viewed at the Santa Ana Main Library (26 Civic Center Plaza) and City Hall Planning Counter (20 Civic Center Plaza).

To learn more about this effort, and upcoming Planning Commission and City Council meetings to consider the Draft General Plan Elements, please visit http://www.santa-ana.org/housingelement/default.asp, or contact Associate Planner Melanie McCann at mmccann@santa-ana.org or (714) 667-2746.

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