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2014 -2021 SANTA ANA HOUSING ELEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY ELEMENT UPDATES CITY OF SANTA ANA 1. Introduction As required by CEQA, the rezoning of sites along First Street and Fifth Street would require the preparation of environmental documentation that clarifies the impacts of residential /mixed uses to infrastructure, the existence of any environmental constraints, and programs to mitigate impacts as required. Housing Preservation State law requires that housing elements include an analysis of "assisted multiple - family housing" projects regarding their eligibility to change from low income housing to market rates by 2024 (10 years from the start of the planning period). Assisted housing is multiple - family rental housing that receives government assistance under federal, state, and /or local programs. Santa Ana currently (2013) has over 2,500 assisted housing units. If there are units at risk of converting to market rate rents by 2024, the element must include a detailed inventory and analysis, including the following information: ■ Each development by project name and address ■ Type of governmental assistance received ■ Earliest possible date of conversion from low income use to market rates ■ Total elderly and nonelderly units that could be converted ■ An analysis of costs of preserving and /or replacing those units at risk in the current planning period. ■ Resources that could be used to preserve the at -risk units ■ Programs for preservation of at -risk units and quantified objectives There are 798 units at risk of being converted to market rate between 2014 and 2021 and 880 units at risk between 2014 and 2024. This includes all projects that have received public subsidies and are deed restricted to be affordable to lower income households in Santa Ana, 1.4 GENERAL PLAN AND ZONING Figure 6, General Plan Land Use Mcp, shows existing land use designations within the City of Santa Ana. The update to the City's General Plan Housing Element consists of an updated determination of housing needs within the City and revisions to policies and programs the City would implement to address those needs. The draft 2014 -2021 Housing Element identifies adequate sites for potential residential /mixed -use development that could accommodate unmet portions of the RHNA by 2021. The entire housing need can be accommodated within three of the identified areas: Metro East Overlay, Harbor Corridor Specific Plan, and the TZC. Of these areas, only the Harbor Corridor Specific Plan area requires a General Plan Amendment and Zone Change to modify allowed land uses. At this tune, the Harbor Corridor Specific Plan and FIR are being prepared and are anticipated to be approved in early 2014. Page 22 • The Planning Center I DC&E Decembep 2013 75A -44