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No later than December 31, 2022, the Marin County Board of Supervisors and Marin's city and town councils should jointly create a regional authority, or empower an existing authority such as the Transportation Authority of Marin, to coordinate affordable and workforce housing policy on a countywide basis. City of San Rafael Response to Grand Jury Findings and Recommendations SANRAFAR City of San Rafael Response to Grand Jury Report Findings and Recommendations "Affordable Housing: Time for Collaboration in Marin" (June 24, 2022) This recommendation will not be implemented because it is not warranted or reasonable. The City agrees that more collaboration on housing policy and funding would be beneficial and will likely result in more affordable housing in our communities. In fact, much work has been done to date, as described below, and additional opportunities are being developed. The City values the County's leadership in providing technical expertise and convening Marin jurisdictions, and hopes that role will continue to develop. The City remains open to additional collaboration and/or more formal arrangements in the future. However, forming a Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) with 12 jurisdictions would take a significant investment of time, funding and energy that would likely impair current housing efforts, and of course requires willing partners. Doing so by December 31, 2022 is not a realistic timeline, particularly given that each Marin jurisdiction is currently striving to meet statutory deadlines to submit their housing element by January 31, 2023. Below is a brief summary of existing and recommended new pursuits for strengthening interjurisdictional coordination and planning around affordable and workforce housing: Existing collaboration The City has long participated in housing collaboration with the County and other cities and towns, beginning in 2008 with the development of the countywide Housing Element Workbook, which provided a shared template, background information and model programs and policies for development of the 2009 Housing Element. This effort resulted in all Marin municipalities receiving certified housing elements, which in turn made more housing funds available. In 2019, City staff joined a countywide working group of Planning Directors and planning staff to encourage interjurisdictional collaboration on housing issues and solutions, with a specific focus on responding to new state legislation to streamline housing developments. The working group established common goals and coordinated on housing legislation, planning, production, and preservation of existing affordability. The working group meets once monthly and has evolved from briefings and discussions regarding state housing legislation into collaboration on projects to facilitate the development of more housing in Marin County. The group received funds from ABAG to work collaboratively on shared Housing Element deliverables including translation dollars, Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing products, visualizations, and a countywide website. In some instances where the City already had begun certain policies and projects ahead of other jurisdictions, the City shared its conclusions and remained open to alignment when in service to increasing housing supply. Future collaboration The City intends to expand collaboration with the County and other cities and towns in the following ways: 1. Commit to collaboration: In the City's draft 2023-2031 Housing Element, a proposed new program would "Collaborate with Marin County, cities and towns to address regional planning and housing issues" This would require the City, along with Marin County and other cities and towns,

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Implementation of Housing Element programs: During implementation of the 2023- 2031 Housing Element, the City will collaborate with the County and other cities and towns on program implementation, especially those related to Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing and tenant protections. This will include: Model ordinances: helping to inform model ordinances developed by the County, to be considered by the Board of Supervisors and City Councils.

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Housing Element Collaboration: Develop a deeper and more formalized collaboration on the Housing Element in the future. This could include: • Shared Housing Element components and policy toolkit: Develop shared

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Funding collaboration: explore ways to more effectively collaborate on shared funding for affordable housing. This could include: • Inclusionary policies: Developing more consistent fees to encourage and facilitate more affordable housing as part of new market rate developments and increase funding for affordable housing. Regional housing trust fund: Consider the establishment of a regional housing trust fund which would make state applications more competitive and lower the administrative burden for cities and towns. Community Development Block Funds: Continue to collaborate as part of the Marin County entitlement community on using CDBG funds to fund affordable housing and leverage other State and Federal Sources. Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA): Continue to collaborate as an entitlement community to use PLHA funds on housing-related projects and programs that assist in addressing the unmet housing needs of our local communities. The Bay Area Housing Finance Authority (BAHFA): Actively participate and support the efforts of BAHFA to raise funds to help address affordable housing and housing stability. City of San Rafael Response to Grand Jury Findings and Recommendations