San Ramor City of SAN Ramon 7000 Bollinger Canyon Road*

PDAs recognize the importance of housing near transportation and jobs for developing prosperous communities. City Response: F1. The respondent agrees with the findings.

Plan Bay Area 2040 seeks to combine transportation, jobs and housing as a solution to the needs of our growing population. City Response: F2. The respondent agrees with the findings.

While State law mandates that ABAG conduct the RHNA process, a city is not required to subsidize and/or build the units; it is only required to demonstrate that local zoning will not impede development. City Response: F3. The respondent agrees with the findings.

Inclusionary zoning programs provide incentives and regulatory waivers to builders and developers who produce both affordable and market rate homes within the same project. City Response: F5. The respondent agrees with the findings.

The city's Inclusionary Housing ordinance helps to provide AH in that city. City Response: F6. The respondent agrees with the findings.

Inclusionary Housing Ordinances sometimes include the option for the developer to pay in lieu fees instead of constructing AH units. City Response: F8. The respondent agrees with the findings.

The city supplements the shortage of funds for AH by requiring builders to pay impact fees, in lieu fees, or other construction and remodeling fees. City Response: F9. The respondent agrees with the findings.

Infill costs less to service than new development because it takes advantage of the existing infrastructure. City Response: F10. The respondent agrees with the findings.

The elimination of redevelopment agencies resulted in a reduction of the number of AH units constructed in the city by eliminating a major source of funding for affordable development projects. City Response: F11. The respondent agrees with the findings.

The city delegates to the builder, owner, or management company of AH properties the responsibility for gathering and validating AH clientele information, as well as maintaining lists of potentially interested buyers. . . Grand Jury Report No. 1614, "Where Will We Live?" City of San Ramon Response City Response: F12. The respondent partially disagrees with the findings. The responsibility for gathering and validating AH clientele information as well as maintaining lists of potentially interested buyers varies on a case-by-case basis depending on the project, the funding source for the development of AH, and the requirements of an Affordable Housing Agreement.

There is no accessible centralized information source for available AH, which compounds the problems created by the AH shortage for those who are searching for affordable housing. City Response: F13. The respondent partially disagrees with the findings. The City, in conjunction with the Tri-Valley Affordable Housing Committee, produces and maintains a Tri- Valley Affordable Rental Housing Opportunities Guide on a biennial basis that identifies AH rental opportunities in San Ramon, Danville, Dublin, Pleasanton, and Livermore.