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Comment 15 for Comments in general on ARB Implementation of SB 375 (sb375-general-ws) - 1st Workshop.
First Name: Chris
Last Name: Mohr
Email Address: cmohr@hlcsmc.org
Affiliation: Housing Leadership Council-San Mateo Co.
Subject: Comments on ARB's implementation of SB 375: housing & GHG reduction
Comment:
Mary Nichols Chair, Air Resources Board 1001 "I" Street P.O. Box 2815 Sacramento, CA 95812 Dear Chairwoman Nichols and members of the board: The Housing Leadership Council of San Mateo County (HLC) urges you to adopt the comprehensive recommendations from the Regional Targets Advisory Committee (RTAC) at your November 19, 2009, meeting. Crafted by a representative group of stakeholders and your able staff, the RTAC report carefully balances greenhouse gas reduction goals with social equity considerations of the impacts on lower-income Californians. A nonprofit membership organization founded in 2001, HLC works to accelerate the creation of new homes at all affordability levels in San Mateo County to create opportunities and a viable quality of life. We believe housing for everyone strengthens our community. HLC’s vision is that people who work, live, or grow up in San Mateo County will have the opportunity to reside here. It is critically important to provide sufficient homes for the jobs provided here, and the result will be a cleaner enviroment as well as a more balanced housing market. We support your particular consideration of the following recommendations from Housing California: 1. Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) should update their data collection and modeling to quantify the greenhouse gas reduction impacts of housing affordability, gentrification, and jobs-housing fit. As defined in the report, "jobs-housing fit" is the extent to which the rents and mortgages in a community are affordable to people who work there. In theory, a stronger jobs-housing fit should allow Californians to reduce their commute times and distances. However, this link needs to be tested and quantified, as do the links between home affordability generally and gentrification. 2. Performance measures for the sustainable communities strategy should include the jobs-housing fit and 5 other housing-related measures. 3. MPOs' progress in meeting goals should be measured through modeling and other sound scientific approaches. 4. The co-benefits of greenhouse gas reductions should be measured and reported. We appreciate your consideration of our views. Sincerely yours, Christopher Mohr Executive Director Housing Leadership Council of San Mateo County
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2009-11-03 15:22:05
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