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interest loan--and their ability to deal with a contractor... With problems- of displacement , you open up a - completely different spectrum--what can they afford , • what ' s available to them . Bob Norris said that that ' s what concerned him. He said he hoped that Rivas would outline what the Committee was getting into " in the political arena . " Jim Fales pointed out that whenever a federal program is used there are certain specific requirements . He- said that he tried in the beginning to divide his program outline between " structures " and "people" . There may be areas of inquiry that require talking to everybody in the area . "You ' re not building housing just to look at it . " Ken Schroeter said that there were a complex of needs and a complex of solutions , some of which had federal monies attached . A total solution would combine needs - - and solutions without stepping on anybody ' s personal wants . • Mary Henderson said that she heard the staff "telling us that it isn ' t easy . " She also announced that Assembly Bill 1687--which would allow cities to have their own fair housing laws , thus correcting the pre-emption by the State- -has gone from the Assembly to the Senate where it is being heard in the Local Governmental Committee . REDWOOD SHORES Chairwoman Henderson said that since the last meeting she had had "more than -a few discussions " with Councilman Norris and Planning Director Schroeter in order to come up with input for both the Redwood Shores and Ei!*arald Hills plans to put before the Planning Commission . She handed out copies of a draft statement (appended ) . She said that she thought particularly important Item "C" of the statement-- extending to the rest of the City the requirement for a " sufficient distribution" of housing by type , size , and cost in new developments . While most people feel that the new Redwood Shores general plan may be the first plan to come before the Council , in fact the Hills plan may be . She suggested that perhaps the Committee could report to the Planning Commission on the specific issues in her draft statement . Bob Norris said that he sees that any revision of the General Plan for Redwood Shores must have reference to housing in it . Consequently , item "A" of the statement should go into any statement the Committee makes , he said , but he didn ' t think the Committee had enough information about an action program or its applicability to the rest of Redwood City . He said that he thought that if the statement went to the Planning Commission they would have to come back to the Committee for concrete recommendations "since we ' re the ones getting our feet wet on developing a Housing Element . " . Mary Henderson said that she thought the Committee did have the tools to get specific about "B" an&_ "C " - -a housing action program for Redwood Shores and the application of a distribution plan and action program to the rest of the City . But including "B" and "C" in the statement doesn ' t indicate that the Committee has the answers , or it would simply include the answers . MINUTES HOUSING CONCERNS COMMITTEE NOVEMBER 22 , 1972 PAGE 3 OF 6 t