Development Streamlining Efforts
In response to the results from the Development Streamlining Questionnaire, and as part of our efforts to accelerate housing production, SCAG has prepared a series of guidance materials included below. The guidance material topics were carefully selected based on feedback and include a combination of streamlining options or exemptions under CEQA and other state laws.
- What is CEQA Streamlining?
- Senate Bill 375: CEQA Streamlining
- CEQA Exemptions for Housing Projects: Project Eligibility Review Matrix
- Density Bonus Law: What are Incentives, Concessions, and Waivers?
- Senate Bill 9: Ministerial Approval of Duplexes and Urban Lot Splits
- Senate Bill 10: Local Rezoning for “Missing Middle” Housing Production
- Senate Bill 35: Affordable Housing Streamlined Approval
- Senate Bill 330 and Senate Bill 8: Summary of Housing Crisis Act of 2019
- CEQA Categorical Exemptions
- CEQA Streamlining For Infill Projects and Projects Consistent With Community Plan and Zoning
- CEQA Article 12.5 - Exemptions For Agricultural Affordable and Infill Housing
- Legislative Summary of AB 2345 - Density Bonus Law
- Transit Priority Project and Transit-Oriented Project CEQA Exemptions
- Workshop #1 Powerpoint
- Workshop #2 PowerPoint
- Workshop #3 PowerPoint
- Workshop #4 PowerPoint
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Housing Policy Leadership Academy
SCAG is pleased to share that the Housing Policy Leadership Academcy (HPLA) concluded in December 2022, following the success of a 10-month educational and traning program offered across eight cohorts. The online traning course brought together local leaders in monthly sessions to explore the relationship between policy, planning and housing development.
Housing Policy Forum Series
SCAG’s Commitment to Southern California’s Housing Crisis
The SCAG Housing Policy Forum Series offers an opportunity for emerging and established leaders to engage in shared learning about housing policy issues and trends while identifying opportunities for cross-sector collaboration and innovation. This initiative seeks to educate policymakers and thought leaders on best practice solutions to support coalition building and equitable housing development.
REAP 2.0
The REAP 2.0 program is a flexible program that seeks to accelerate progress towards state housing goals and climate commitments through a strengthened partnership between the state, its regions, and local entities. REAP 2.0 seeks to accelerate infill housing development, reduce Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT), increase housing supply at all affordability levels, affirmatively further fair housing, and facilitate the implementation of adopted regional and local plans to achieve these goals.
Other-To-Residential Toolkit
The State’s Regional Early Action Planning (REAP) grant program has supported the creation of the Other-to-Residential Toolkit, a unique tool that guides planners and policymakers step-by-step in facilitating more residential development in their jurisdictions by converting underutilized non-residential (other) land uses to residential.