Regional Planning Initiatives
Sustainable Communities Strategy (SCS)
In 2008, SB 375 was signed into law. It
requires each of the state's 18 metropolitan areas to reduce greenhouse
gas (GHG) emissions from cars and light trucks. Each region must develop
a Sustainable Communities Strategy (SCS) that promotes compact,
mixed-use commercial and residential development that is walkable and
bikable and close to mass transit, jobs, schools, shopping, parks,
recreation and other amenities. Regional agencies, including the
Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) and the Metropolitan
Transportation Commission (MTC), are leading this effort with the
initiative called Plan Bay
Area. The SCS will affect local jurisdictions in terms of access to
regional transportation funding, and in the forecasts that drive housing
element requirements.
Plan Bay Area documents, including
information on SB 375 (Steinberg), and the various SCS scenarios can be
found here.
County correspondence on the SCS
| May 17, 2011: |
|
Initial Vision Scenario
staff report to the Board of Supervisors |
| June 9, 2011: |
|
Letter from County to ABAG on the
Initial Vision Scenario |
| January 31, 2012: |
|
Jobs-Housing
Connection Scenario staff report and presentation to the Board
of Supervisors |
| February 6, 2012: |
|
Letter from County to ABAG on the
Detailed Scenarios |
| March 20, 2012: |
|
Jobs-Housing
Connection Scenario staff report and presentation to the Board
of Supervisors |
Urbanized 101 Corridor Priority Development
Area (PDA)
Regional Transportation Plan (RTP)
Transportation 2035
is the name of the Bay Area's current Regional Transportation Plan. It
outlines how approximately $218 billion in anticipated federal, state
and local transportation funds will be spent in the nine-county Bay Area
during the next 25 years. The RTP is to be updated every four years, the
next update to be adopted in April 2013. The
Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) is the agency
responsible for this work.
The
Transportation Authority of Marin works closely with the MTC to
facilitate local Marin transportation funding and programs.
Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA)
The Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA)
is a state mandated process for determining how many housing units,
including affordable units, each community must plan for through zoning
and development policies. The California Department of Housing and
Community Development (HCD) assigns the housing need for the Bay Area,
and it is ABAG's responsibility to distribute this need to local
governments. ABAG develops a methodology for assigning units to each
city and county in the nine-county Bay Area. This allocation is the
total number of housing units, by income category, for which each
jurisdiction must plan in their Housing Elements.
The current RHNA cycle spans the years
2007-2014. The
next cycle covers the years
2014-2022, and information on that
RHNA allocation process can be found in the Housing Needs section of the
One Bay Area site. Information on Marin County's Housing Element can be
found on the County's
Affordable Housing webpage.
County correspondence on RHNA
| May 17, 2011: |
|
Spheres of Influence staff report
to the Board of Supervisors |
| March 20, 2012: |
|
Jobs-Housing Connection Scenario and Draft RHNA staff report and
presentation to the Board of Supervisors |
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