DATE: March 25, 2026
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Development Services Department
TITLE: ACCEPT AND FILE THE HOUSING ELEMENT ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2025
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that the City Council accept and file the Housing Element Annual Progress Report (APR) for calendar year 2025 pursuant to Government Code Section 65400.
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
Pursuant to Government Code Section 65400, each local jurisdiction within the state of California is subject to the preparation of an Annual Progress Report (APR) updating the status and progress towards implementing its General Plan Housing Element and meeting its Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA). As part of this process, the APR for the prior calendar year must be considered at an annual public meeting before the local legislative body and provided to the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) and the Governor's Office of Planning and Research (OPR) on or before April 1 of each year. The purpose of this agenda item is to fulfill that requirement.
The City's 2021-2029 Housing Element was adopted by the City Council on June 16, 2021, re-adopted on September 13, 2023, and certified by HCD on November 14, 2023.The current 6th cycle of the Housing Element covers the period of April 15, 2021 to April 15, 2029, during this period Oceanside was allotted a RHNA of 5,443 housing units at four income levels (1,268 - Very Low, 718 - Low, 883 - Moderate, and 2,574 - Above Moderate). This amount represents the number of housing units that Oceanside is expected to construct by the end of the 6th cycle. HCD uses the APR as a tool to track the number of housing units constructed during the eight-year housing element cycles and determine the City's progress in meeting its share of housing in accordance with the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) process. This state-mandated process requires cities and counties to plan for their fair s...
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