2011 California Code
Government Code
TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58]
ARTICLE 10.6. Housing Elements
Section 65584.7

(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(1) Accurate and current data to estimate housing needs is necessary to ensure that state, regional, and local agencies plan effectively.

(2) The Department of Finance, which is charged with providing demographic data to aid effective state and local planning and policymaking, released updated population projections for the state on July 9, 2007.

(3) The updated projections released by the Department of Finance represent a decline of over 30 percent from the prior projection in the near-term population growth for the area within the regional jurisdiction of the Sacramento Area Council of Governments.

(4) Authorizing the department to adjust its regional housing needs determination for the Sacramento Area Council of Governments region is allowed only because a substantially different projection was released by the Department of Finance prior to the adoption of the Sacramento Area Council of Governments final regional housing need allocation plan, and will not alter the schedule for its adoption.

(b) (1) Consistent with the revised population projections released by the Department of Finance on July 9, 2007, the department, for the fourth revision of the housing element pursuant to Section 65588, and prior to the adoption of the final regional housing need allocation plan by the Sacramento Area Council of Governments, may revise its regional housing need determination for the Sacramento Area Council of Governments. The revised determination by the department shall be consistent with the current population projections of the Department of Finance and with the methodology used for the initial determination for the region.

(2) The revision of the regional housing need determination shall not extend the time for, or reinstate any right to, an appeal, request for revision, or public comment or consultation period established pursuant to this article with respect to the determination of the regional housing need and the allocation to local government members of the Sacramento Area Council of Governments.

(3) This section does not change or modify the deadline established in Section 65588 by which local governments within Sacramento Area Council of Governments are required to adopt revised housing elements.

(c) This section is not intended to change or modify the deadlines in Sections 65584.01 to 65584.08, inclusive.

(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2014, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2014, deletes or extends that date.

(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 696, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2008. Repealed as of January 1, 2014, by its own provisions.)