Orinda City Council, May 19, 2026
The council received a report on the city's grant funding efforts and reviewed the proposed inclusionary housing ordinance and the Affordable Housing Subcommittee's recommendations, asking staff to investigate further.
1 h 47 min in session · date on the body’s own agenda listing
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The council received a report on the city's grant funding efforts and reviewed the proposed inclusionary housing ordinance and the Affordable Housing Subcommittee's recommendations, asking staff to investigate further. 29:34
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Councilmember Roxy and I did the downtown revitalization meeting where we have greenlighted to be brought up to the council a facade improvement program, uh, which works with landlords, uh, to do small enough improvements that we hope it will make for quick and easy decisions to upgrade exterior facades around town.Brandyn Iverson · Mayor22:20
I am not sure I know when we say we have to have affordable units, say the 10%, is that moderate? Low income? What exact below market standard is being applied?Brandyn Iverson · Mayor1:11:20
I feel like that should have been in the presentation. So it's actually less than 10% if it's very low, it's more than 10% if it's moderate, it's 10% if it's all low income?Brandyn Iverson · Mayor1:12:05
For what it's worth, the city manager has mentioned that to me in private conversation, and it's very appealing because that's the, that's the main constraint, right? It's the, it's the amount of time and cost that they have to put in before they're even in front of the planning department.Brandyn Iverson · Mayor1:38:59
I have one other just very minor addition to that list, and maybe that's with the Affordable Housing Subcommittee, to look at how other jurisdictions have dealt with the comparability issue in the state. State density bonus, because I gotta believe that's happening in jurisdictions with much larger projects and at a more troubling scale.Brandyn Iverson · Mayor1:45:53
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