Alex Nunez
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The review concluded that the BMR program is effective in increasing the supply and diversity of affordable housing.
Council approved the recommendation to further study specific amendments based on the housing element criteria and bring back recommended amendments for additional discussion prior to the actual ordinance amendments.
The ordinance amendments are implemented in a two-phase process.
Phase one of the ordinance modification process was completed in February 2025, where EPC and city council held public hearings and approved the first set of BMR ordinance updates focused on criterion five, cleanup items.
Phase two took place in November of 2025.
City Council approved recommended amendments for the remaining housing element evaluation criteria based on the direction given in the December 2023 study session.
The remaining seven amendments will be discussed in detail this evening.
The First Amendment focuses on the second housing element evaluation criteria, improved physical accessibility of BMR units.
After further study, it was found that approximately 13 to 18% of low-income households in California have a physical disability, and that existing state and federal building codes already require extensive accessibility features in designated accessible units.
It was determined that adding local accessibility requirements beyond those standards is difficult due to need, cost, and limited administrative capacity.
Developers indicated additional features would need to be optional and incentivized, though some developers voluntarily include adaptable units that can be modified later.
In November 2025, Council supported staff's recommendation to require 15% of the BMR units or one unit minimum to be accessible.
This approach improves access to BMR housing without imposing additional local requirements.
Amendment number two adds requirements that an applicant must meet if they propose alternative compliance rather than building integrated onsite BMR units.
These changes provide greater clarity for applicants and require applicants to provide comprehensive information necessary to more effectively and efficiently review a development application for compliance with the BMR Ordinance.
Based on council direction, the November 2025 meeting, the general requirements being made include keeping land dedication and offsite development of BMR units on the list of allowable alternative compliance options, adding acquisition preservation of existing housing units to the list of alternative compliance options, clarifying that alternative compliance applies to both rental and ownership projects,
The value of an applicant's proposal be no less than the value of providing the units on site.
The applicant must contribute financial resources to facilitate the proposal, providing sitting oversight if the applicant proposes a partnership with another entity, and developers must submit a complete below market rate compliance plan as part of their development application.
Before reviewing the first compliant option, it's important to note that it incorporates lessons learned from previous city projects, which help to inform the development of these amendments.
Secondly, when evaluating a proposal, staff will use the in lieu fee to measure equivalency
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