"Incorporating Environmental Justice & Safety Into Your Housing Element" Webinar

• Introduction (video 00:00-08:50, slides 1-8)
• Erik de Kok, State Office of Planning and Research (video 08:50-19:55, slides 9-19): “General Plan Safety and Environmental Justice (EJ) Elements: Nuts and Bolts,” provided Housing and Climate Resilience — Setting the Stage,” provided a landscape for how cities can think about housing and climate change planning goals.
• Michael Germeraad, MTC/ABAG (video 19:55-26:05, slides 20-25) “Resilience Requirements in Local Plans,” provided the planning landscape for Housing, Safety and EJ elements and Local Hazard Mitigation Plans.
• Erik de Kok, State Office of Planning and Research (video 26:05-47:45, slides 26-33) “Alignment and Integration Pathways for General Plan Element Updates,” provided overview of housing impacts in recent wildfires, Housing and Community Development’s role in recovery, and the need to integrate resilience with housing plans.
• Mary Jeyaprakash, City of Sunnyvale (video 47:45-1:00:25, slides 34-41) provided background on the EJ Element.
• Jack Liebster, Marin County (video 1:00:25-1:14:20, slides 42-53) provided background on Safety and Housing Element Updates.
• Will Nelson, Contra Costa County (video 1:14:20-1:47:55, slides 54-55) provided background on integrating EJ and other themes into General Plan Elements.
• Wrap Up (video 1:47:55-1:55:04, slides 56-60)

A 5-page review of resilience planning legislation, status, considerations and resources. The briefer includes:

• California resilience planning legislation and implications for Bay Area cities
• Framing upcoming Bay Area resilience planning
• Key considerations for addressing multiple planning requirements
• Annotated Bibliography of California resilience planning resources.

Kickstart the decision on whether to take an integrated planning approach by placing this sample agenda item on an upcoming staff meeting.

This document provides a summary of new safety element requirements to include climate change vulnerability and adaptation and greater attention to wildfire and evacuation routes.

This list of counties and cities includes the expiration date of the Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP) for each, and whether regional and state scans of data suggest if Senate Bill No. 1000 or Senate Bill No. 1241 must be met.