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Local Guidelines for Implementing the <br />California Environmental Quality Act (2023) ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT <br /> <br /> <br />2023 City of Santa Ana Local Guidelines 7-5 ©Best Best & Krieger LLP <br />dollars ($15,000,000), but less than one hundred million dollars <br />($100,000,000), in California upon completion of construction. <br /> At least 15 percent of the housing development project is dedicated as housing <br />that is affordable to lower income households, as defined in Section 50079.5 of <br />the Health and Safety Code. Upon completion of a housing development project <br />that is qualified under this paragraph and is certified by the Governor, the lead <br />agency or applicant of the project shall notify the Office of Planning and <br />Research of the number of housing units and affordable housing units <br />established by the project. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a local agency has <br />adopted an inclusionary zoning ordinance that establishes a minimum <br />percentage for affordable housing within the jurisdiction in which the housing <br />development project is located that is higher than 15 percent, the percentage <br />specified in the inclusionary zoning ordinance shall be the threshold for <br />affordable housing. <br /> Except for use as a residential hotel, as defined in Section 50519 of the Health <br />and Safety Code, no part of the housing development project shall be used for <br />a rental unit for a term shorter than 30 days, or designated for hotel, motel, bed <br />and breakfast inn, or other transient lodging use. Moreover, no part of the <br />housing development project shall be used for manufacturing or industrial uses. <br />The Governor may certify a leadership project for streamlining before the lead agency <br />certifies an EIR for the project if various conditions set forth in Public Resources Code section <br />21182 are met. The conditions include but are not limited to the following: (1) except as set forth <br />above, the project will result in a minimum investment of one hundred million dollars <br />($100,000,000) in California upon completion of construction; (2) the project creates high-wage, <br />highly skilled jobs that pay prevailing wages and living wages, provide construction jobs and <br />permanent jobs for Californians, helps reduce unemployment, and promotes apprenticeship <br />training; and (3) the project will not result in any net additional emission of greenhouse gases, <br />including greenhouse gas emissions from employee transportation. <br />If the Governor certifies a project as an Environmental Leadership Development Project, <br />any lawsuit challenging the project—including any potential appeals to the court of appeal or the <br />California Supreme Court—must be resolved, to the extent feasible, within 270 days of the filing <br />of the certified record of proceedings with the trial court. <br />This section shall remain in effect until January 1, 2026. This section does not <br />comprehensively set forth the rules governing Environmental Leadership Development projects. <br />For more information, please see Chapter 6.5 of the Public Resources Code, starting with Public <br />Resources Code section 21178. <br />7.06 PREPARATION OF DRAFT EIR. <br />The Lead Agency is responsible for preparing a Draft EIR. The Lead Agency may begin <br />preparation of the Draft EIR without awaiting responses to the Notice of Preparation. However,