Item3.Addendum with Attachment 6
PREPARED BY: ERIN WALTERS AND JOCELYN SHOOPMAN
Associate Planner and Associate Planner
110 E. Main Street Los Gatos, CA 95030 ● 408-354-6832
www.losgatosca.gov
MEETING DATE: 06/16/2022
ITEM NO: 3
ADDENDUM TOWN OF LOS GATOS
HOUSING ELEMENT ADVISORY BOARD REPORT
DATE: June 15, 2022
TO: Housing Element Advisory Board
FROM: Joel Paulson, Community Development Director
SUBJECT: Review and Discussion of the Housing Element Draft Goals, Policies, and
Programs.
REMARKS:
Attachment 6 contains public comments received after the completion of the Staff Report.
The title of Figure 2.8 on page 2-13 of the draft Housing Needs Assessment (Attachment 1) is
mislabeled and will be corrected to match Figure 8: Jobs-Household Ratio as labeled in the
Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) and Metropolitan Transportation Commission
(MTC) Housing Data Needs Report, page 19. The text contained under Figure 2.8 is the same as
the language of the Housing Data Needs Report .
ATTACHMENTS:
Previously received with the June 16, 2022, Staff Report:
1. Draft Appendix Housing Needs Assessment
2. Draft Appendix Review of Previous Housing Element
3. 2021 Annual Progress Report to HCD
4. Draft Goals, Polices, and Implementation Programs
5. Letter from Silicon Valley At Home
Received with this Addendum Report:
6. Public Comments received between 11:01 a.m., Friday, June 10, 2022, and 11:00 a.m.,
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
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From: Phil Koen <>
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To: Erin Walters <EWalters@losgatosca.gov>
Cc: Jennifer Armer <JArmer@losgatosca.gov>; Joel Paulson <jpaulson@losgatosca.gov>; Jocelyn
Shoopman <jshoopman@losgatosca.gov>; ; Rick Van Hoesen
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Subject: Re: Figure 2.8 of the draft Housing Element -
Thank you for the update.
I would like to point out one other controversy, namely the update provided for HOU Action 1.2 from
the prior HE. If you read action 1.2 and compare it to the Town Code amendment, it is clear the
amendment did not implement the action as written in the HE.
The problem is the Town’s discussion of the achievements/effectiveness is not descriptive enough to
inform the reader that the action was not implemented. While it is true there was an amendment which
addressed action 1.2, it does not definitively state the result of the amendment- namely action 1.2 as
drafted was not implemented.
For sake of accuracy and completeness, the discussion needs to be modified.
Thank you.
Phil Koen
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Subject: Figure 2.8 of the draft Housing Element -
EXTERNAL SENDER
Hello Joel,
In reviewing the draft Housing Element, Figure 2.8 (attached) is mis-labeled. The graph should be jobs-
household ratio as reported by ABAG in their Housing Needs Data Report and not jobs per employed
resident ratio as shown. I have also attached the ABAG Figure 8 which is the same graph. If you read the
footnote to figure 2-8 it discusses the source data and explains the jobs-household ratio and not a jobs
per employed resident ratio .
Also, the write up on the bottom of page 2-12 which describes Figure 2.8 is factual incorrect. Again,
please refer to page 18 of the ABAG document for the proper description. ABAG did not publish a jobs
per employed resident ratio in the Housing Needs Data Workbook. Schedule POPEMP-13 from the
workbook is the data source for both figure 2.8 and Figure 8.
Given that the Town’s jobs-household ratio as of 2018 is 1.59 and the County’s ratio is 1.71, the logical
conclusion is the Town is “exporting” housing to the surrounding county area. Stated another way,
relative to the surrounding county communities, the Town has more housing which is being “imported”
by those jurisdictions which have more jobs. This is an important point to understand since the 2040
General Plan on an incremental basis is planning for 3,738 more housing units with jobs increasing by
only 759 from 21,171 in 2018 to 21,930 projected in 2040. On an incremental basis the Town’s jobs-
housing ratio is .2, which is materially below the ideal ratio of 1.0 and supports the “exporting” of
housing conclusion.
In short, a .2 jobs-housing ratio indicates that the Town is “exporting” these incremental units to
surrounding county jurisdictions which are employment rich. This is also confirmed by the GHG study
which shows VMT is increasing as residents drive from Los Gatos to their jobs in surrounding areas.
I would also respectively request that the draft Housing Element provide a more complete discussion
regarding Figure 2.8.
Thank you.
Thank you.
ATTACHMENT 6