Law will force 97.6 percent of California cities to build more. Including Pacifica.

By Adam Brinklow  Feb 2, 2018, 11:12am PST

In 2017, Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 35, a new law that demands California cities build more housing or risk temporarily losing control of some of their permitting and entitlements processes.

Few metros meet the state’s regular Regional Housing Needs Assessments—hence the need for a law to motivate more building—but it wasn’t until Friday, when the California Department of Housing and Community Development released the first assessment of cities that would be subject to the state’s new “streamlining process,” that the full extent of the law’s scope became clear.

It’s almost a clean sweep across the board: 97.6 percent of California cities and counties fall under some provision of SB 35 or another.

Only 13 places have satisfied housing expectations to a legally sufficient degree, among them Hillsborough, Napa County, and Sonoma County. (Note that this refers to the counties at large. Individual cities, including Sonoma and Napa themselves, failed to make the list.)

The overwhelming majority of metros—378 statewide—are subject to “streamlining for proposed developments with at least ten percent” affordable housing (priced for people making 80 percent of the area median value, per the law), including places like Alameda County at large, Carmel, Colma, Emeryville, Half Moon Bay, Los Altos Hills, Martines, Mill Valley, Millbrae, Pacifica, Pleasant Hill, Richmond, Sausalito, Sonoma, South San Francisco, Tiburon, and Union City.

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City Council meeting, Monday January 22, 2018

Attend in person, 2212 Beach Boulevard, 2nd floor. Or view on local television or live feed Pacific Coast TV. If you missed meetings, view on PCT26 YouTube!  The city council meeting begins at 7 p.m., or shortly there following. City Council updates and archives are available on the City Council website.      Channel 26 television schedule, see Monday, 01/22/18.  

Interactive City Council meeting agenda, 1/22/18.      City Council meeting agenda, 1/22/18, pdf pages.

Closed Session, 6:15 p.m.   Government code 54957 (b) (1).  City Manager performance evaluation. 
Open session, 7:00 p.m.  Call to order, roll call, salute to flag.  Closed Session report.  Special presentations:  San Mateo County "Get us moving", Cory Wolbach. 

Consent Calendar 

Item 11, Airport noise terrorizes many of our Pacificans.
But try Burlingame, you'll feel so much better-off here.

1.    Approval of financial disbursements (checks), FY 2017-18, report.  a) 12/16/17 - 12/31/17. 
2.    Approval of Minutes, report. a) 1/8/18.
3.    Approval of Caltrans (Route 1) San Pedro Creek Bridge Replacement Project, quarterly monitoring and annual report, report.  Agreements: a) Wilsey Ham Consultant.  b) SMCTA Measure A funding.  c) State/City monitoring.
4.     Approval of Calera Creek Water Recycling Plant communication control panel configuration, ATADModification Project, phase 2: Tesco Controls, Inc., report.  a) Agreement, $59,469.00.
5.    Approval contract change order 1,500 Esplanade Coastal Protection Rock Revetment Repair Project: Michael Roberts Construction, Inc. report.  a) Change order #1.  b) Site plan. $665,000 additional budget authority from Disaster Fund 38, 75% reimbursed by CalOES, 17% City insurance, 8% Excess ERAF funds.
6.    Resolution, part-time salary schedule, 1/23/18 (CA minimum age update) DRAFT, report/resolution.  a)  Changes from existing schedule.  b)  Clean completed schedule.
7.    Planning consultant project staff management, M-Group 2nd amendment: 2 consulting firms, (1 full-time employee 6 month equivalent), $150,000 (not to exceed $300,000) reimbursed by project applicants, report.  Amendments: a) 2nd (proposed).  b) 1st,  (and original agreement).
8.    Approval Collection System Project, FY 2016-17 construction contract change order, #2: C2R Engineering, Inc., $38,000 additional budget authority, Wastewater Enterprise Fund 34, report.  a) Agreement, change order #1, 12/29/17, $60,721.42, total at that time $675,480.07.
9.    Resolution, accept FEMA Firefighters matching funds grant, FY 2017-18, report/resolution.  a)  Letter approving North County Fire Authority safety equipment amendment. 
Oral communications. Public; Council, Staff.  Public hearings, none.  

Consideration

10.   Planning for new Pacifica Library opportunities and facilities, report.  a) Summary, 1/2018.
11.    Airport aircraft noise, adopt a City position, and develop letters advocating for the same, report. a)  List of City position statements, 1/2018.
Adjourn.     Note photo/graphic.  SF Gate/Getty Images, Mike Moffitt, 6/2/16,"New FAA flight paths bombard Pacifica with noise." 

Posted by Kathy Meeh

Enjoy your commute

This is the only solution Keener, Martin, and Digre left us with as an "alternative" to Highway 1 modernization and safety improvements. Won't be any more because they gave the $10,000,000 allocated to fix the Highway back to the county. Yep, gave it back. Those of you in that commute in the morning and afternoon make sure you thank Keener, Martin, and Digre, our council majority, for their gift of our tax money that we paid back to the county to reallocate to cities that want to repair their infrastructure. Enjoy your commute. 

Submitted by Jim Wagner 

"As we kick off the New Year, I hope that recent technology improvements at two intersections in Pacifica along Highway 1 will help keep traffic moving a bit more smoothly for you. Newly installed InSync Adaptive Traffic Control System cameras at the intersections of Highway 1/ Reina Del Mar and Highway 1/ Fassler Avenue are designed to provide an intelligent transportation system that enables traffic signals to adapt to actual traffic demand. The system has two main hardware components, the video cameras and the processor, sometimes referred to as "the eyes" and "the brain" of the system, respectively. The mounted video cameras count the exact number of cars demanding service at the intersection and how long they’ve been waiting, while the processor facilitates the changing of the traffic signal lights. The timing on when the lights change is prioritized based on the length of traffic queue and how long the vehicles have been delayed. This dynamic way of determining when the light should change enables the traffic signals to use green time efficiently. The City will be evaluating the effectiveness of the system during its initial operation. Let us know if you observe any improvements yourself by dropping an e-mail to CMOffice@ci.pacifica.ca.us.

Please let me know if you have comments or questions, and thank you for wanting to Connect with Pacifica!

Sincerely,

KEVIN WOODHOUSE

City Manager"

Planning Commission meeting, Tuesday January 16, 2018

Attend in person, 2212 Beach Boulevard, 2nd floor.  Or, view on local television or live feed Pacificcoast.TV, (formerly pct26.com).  If you miss civic meetings, view on PCT 26 You Tube!  The planning commission meeting begins at 7 p.m., or shortly there following.  Planning Commission updates, archives are available on the City website: City Council Agendas, and City Planning Commission.  Channel 26 television schedule, see Tuesday, 1/16/18.   

 

Interactive Planning Commission agenda, 1/16/17.    Planning Commission agenda, 1/16/17, pdf pages 381.

 

Open Session, 7:00 p.m.  Administrative:  Approval of Minutes (draft):  11-06-17;  Draft Minutes 11-20-17. Designation of liaison to City Council 1/20/18, none.   Consent items, none.   Communications:  Public oral. 

Continued Public Hearings

Item 1.  San Pedro Road development,
near Linda Mar Rehabilitation Center.

1.    GPA-932-16, RZ-195-16, SUB 234-16; APN 023-075-050. 6 single family residential development, and 1 lot for a private street development:  western terminus of San Pedro Terrace Road.  Attachments:  a) Resolution and COAs (draft).  b) Land Use/Zoning exhibit.  c) 1005 San Pedro Terrace.  d) Study Session report 7/16/2007.  e) Study Session report 5/5/2008.  f) Arborist report.  g) Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND).  h) San Pedro Creek, compliance monitoring report, 2007.  i) Local public letter comments to IS/MND response.  j.) Biologist additional information.  k) Federal and State permits status.  l) CEQA Revised Proposal Memo.  m)  Planning Commission staff report, 11/20/17. 

 New Public Hearings

2.    UP-090-17, CDP-383-17; APN 016-021-300.  Additional, separate 2-story, 2-family dwelling on existing 1 family dwelling lot, report.  Attachments:  a) Land Use/Zoning exhibit.  b) Resolution and COAs (draft). c) Project plans.

Communications:  Planning Commission, Staff, Adjourn. 
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Reference, development/planning acronyms.  APN, Assessor's parcel number.  CDP, Coastal Development permit. CZ, (Coastal Zone Combining) zoning districts. DP, development. GPA, General Plan Amendment.  LDR, low density residential.  PE, Parking Exception. PSD, Site Development permit. PV, Variance. S, Sign permit. SP, Specific Plan. RIA, Rent Increase Application.  SUB Subdivision. TA, text amendment (ordinance). UP, Use permit.  Zoning. California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).  CA CEQA Guidelines, Article 19, Categorical Exemptions: Class 1 categorical exemption, section 15301. Freestanding single-family residences set-back and parking, C-1, neighborhood commercial. C-3, Service Commercial.  R1, single-family residential, Reference.com. S, City of Pacifica Sign ordinance.  CA code, accessory (second residential) dwelling units, 65852.2.  Zoning/Planning Handouts, City of Pacifica.  RZ, rezoning.     Note: the area photograph (2 of 5) is stated as O San Pedro Terrace Road from Redfin/Amy Brenner, a Google map is included. 

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Supervisor Don Horsley to speak to Democrats, Saturday January 20th

The Pacifica-Daly City Democrats Club’s first monthly meeting of 2018 will be held on Saturday, January 20th. The Club is proud to announce that San Mateo County Supervisor Don Horsley will be our first speaker of the New Year.  

San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, 2017

We anticipate that Supervisor Horsley will update us regarding the State of San Mateo County and related issues affecting the City of Pacifica, including statewide and national issues affecting San Mateo County.

The Club’s January 20th meeting will begin at 9:30am in the rear banquet room at the Sharp Park Golf Course Restaurant.  A full breakfast is available at $12, a continental breakfast at $6 or just coffee for $3, although no purchase is necessary. And while meetings of the Pacifica-Daly City Democrats Club are free and open to the general public, please consider becoming a member in this year of critical mid-term elections!

Submitted by Connie Menefee, President Pacifica-Daly City Democrats Club

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Reference, Don Horsley.  San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, District 3.  Related. Mercury News/Kevin Kelly, 1/3/17,  "San Mateo County: Horsley to lead supervisors. Pine picked to be new vice president; new member Canepa takes seat."  ".... Horsley, who replaces outgoing Supervisor Warren Slocum as board president, said he wants the board in 2017 to improve services for foster youth, address mental health issues, improve transportation and housing options and promote public safety — as well as build on the successes and challenges of 2016." Fix Pacifica blog/Don Horsley, archived articles.  
Reference, Pacifica-Daly City Democrats. Facebook/about.  Note San Mateo Coumty Supervisor photographs from the Daily Journal/Sue Lempert, 1/24/17,"Kind words about the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors." 
 

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Pacifica Homeowners Coastal Planning Alert

For all Pacifica homeowners and businesses west of Hwy 1, Tuesday Jan 23 will be the first of several critical public coastal planning meetings, part of Pacifica’s Sea Level Rise planning process.  (For details, see the Planning Department’s Sea Level Rise webpage:  http://www.cityofpacifica.org/depts/planning/sea_level_rise.asp.)  The open-to-the-public meeting will be at City Council Chambers,  6PM .  This meeting could be the start of your home or business value being protected, or it could be the start of your neighborhood being red-lined to sea level rise.  Single-family and multi-unit residential, commercial, and other properties such as streets, pump stations, utility lines, schools, and other public assets are being listed, mapped, and a value placed on themby the Planning Department.  The Planners and their consultants will then decide how vulnerable each property is to different levels of projected sea level rise over the coming decades.  Further along in the process a “vulnerability assessment” will be made, which will be usable by banks and governmental agencies to decide whether your home can be refinanced, or rebuilt in the event of flood, and other decisions that will have a major impact on the value of your home or business.  So pay attention and attend-- decisions are underway that will determine if your property will be defended or not.

Submitted by Sharon Smoliarz

Suspicious incident at Ocean Shore School

Use the link below to view our press release on a suspicious incident at Ocean Shore School.

http://www.cityofpacifica.org/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?BlobID=13742

Submitted by Captain Chris Clements Pacifica Police Department

City Council meeting, Monday January 8, 2018

Attend in person, 2212 Beach Boulevard, 2nd floor. Or view on local television or live feed Pacific Coast TV. If you missed meetings, view on PCT26 YouTube!  The city council meeting begins at 7 p.m., or shortly there following. City Council updates and archives are available on the City Council website.      Channel 26 television schedule, see Monday, 11/27/17.  

Open session, 7:00 p.m.  Call to order, roll call, salute to flag.  Closed Session: none; report none.   Special presentations:  Library annual report, Julie Finklang

Interactive City Council meeting agenda 1/8/18.   and  City Council meeting agenda 1/8/18, pdf pages 53.

This meeting: there's even time
to discuss first baby of the year.

Consent Calendar   

1.      Approval of financial disbursements (checks), FY 2017-18, report.  a) 11/21/17 - 12/14/17.

2.     Approval of Minutes, report.  a) 12/11/17.

3.     Proclamation confirming a local emergency:  Westline Drive to the end of Beach Boulevard, report.  a) photos, 12/28/17. 

4.     Resolution for CA of of Emergency Services CA Public Assistance Program (CalOES), for non-state agencies, designating City Manager and Director of Public Works by title applicant's agent, report, resolution.

5.     Resolution accepting a 5-unit condominium (formerly 15 and 29 Montecito Avenue) subdivision improvements, report, resolution.

Oral communications. Public; Council, Staff.  Public hearings, none. 

Consideration

6.      Replacement of City vehicles, FY 2017 - 2018, resolution.

7.      Emergency Preparedness and Safety Commission appointments, report.  a) ordinance.  b) applicants.

8.      City Council liaison and committee assignments, report. a) 2017 meetings/representatives.

Adjourn. Note photographic from Buzzle, "9 really simple tips to run an effective stand-up meeting."

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Remember when rent control advocates said Costa-Hawkins would never be repealed?

Appeal of Costa-Hawkins Rent Control on Horizon

Dennis Evanosky

Tuesday, December 19, 2017

California state law bans local governments from imposing rent control on any new apartment construction. The law — the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act — defines new construction as dwellings with certificates of occupancy issued after Feb. 1, 1995. 

Costa-Hawkins also prohibits regulating rents on single-family dwellings and individually owned condominiums and townhouses 

Moves to repeal this law have appeared on two fronts: one in the State Assembly, the other as an initiative to place the appeal on the November 2018 ballot. 

Assembly Bill (AB) 1506 would flat-out kill the law, called the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act.  The ballot initiative, known as the “Affordable Housing Act,” would also spell the end for the law.

Last February, Bonta joined Assemblymembers David Chiu and Richard Bloom in introducing Assembly Bill (AB) 1506. “The Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act prescribes statewide limits on the application of local rent control with regard to certain properties. This bill would repeal that act,” the Legislative Counsel Digest advised. 

The Digest also says what happened: “Appropriation: No: Fiscal Committee: No; Local Program: No.” The bill never made it to the Assembly floor. 

Proponents of the measure to repeal Costa-Hawkins, called the “Affordable Housing Act,” will soon begin circulating petitions to qualify the initiative for the November 2018 ballot. 

“Rents for housing have skyrocketed in recent years, they said in the Oct. 23 filing.” Median rents are higher in California than any other state in the country, and among all 50 states.”

In addition, advocates for overturning Costa-Hawkins point out that the federal government considers rent as not affordable if renters spend more than 30 percent of their income on that expense. 

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