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Local Guidelines for Implementing the <br />California Environmental Quality Act (2023) AFFORDABLE HOUSING <br /> <br /> <br />2023 City of Santa Ana Local Guidelines 9-20 ©Best Best & Krieger LLP <br />proponent agrees to a change in objective standards. Issuance of subsequent <br />permits shall implement the approved development, and review of the <br />permit application shall not inhibit, chill, or preclude the development. For <br />purposes of this paragraph, a “subsequent permit” means a permit required <br />subsequent to receiving approval under subdivision (b), and includes, but is <br />not limited to, demolition, grading, and building permits and final maps, if <br />necessary. <br /> <br />(i) (i) This section shall not affect a development proponent’s ability to use any <br />alternative streamlined by right permit processing adopted by a local <br />government, including the provisions of Government Code section <br />65583.2(i). <br /> <br />(ii) This section shall not prevent a development from also qualifying as a <br />housing development project entitled to the protections of Government <br />Code section 65589.5. This paragraph does not constitute a change in, but <br />is declaratory of, existing law. <br /> <br />(j) CEQA does not apply to actions taken by a state agency, local government, or the <br />San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District to: <br /> <br />(i) Lease, convey, or encumber land owned by the local government or the San <br />Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District or to facilitate the lease, <br />conveyance, or encumbrance of land owned by the local government, or for <br />the lease of land owned by the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit <br />District in association with an eligible TOD project, as defined pursuant to <br />Section 29010.1 of the Public Utilities Code, nor to any decisions associated <br />with that lease, or to provide financial assistance to a development that <br />receives streamlined approval pursuant to this section that is to be used for <br />housing for persons and families of very low, low, or moderate income, as <br />defined in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code. <br /> <br />(ii) Approve improvements located on land owned by the local government or <br />the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District that are necessary to <br />implement a development that receives streamlined approval pursuant to <br />this section that is to be used for housing for persons and families of very <br />low, low, or moderate income, as defined in Section 50093 of the Health <br />and Safety Code. <br /> <br />(k) For purposes of this section the following definitions shall apply: <br /> <br />(1) “Affordable housing cost” has the same meaning as set forth in section <br />50052.5 of the Health and Safety Code. <br /> <br />(2) (A) Subject to the qualification provided by subparagraph (B),