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9 vehicle miles traveled), or comprehensive marketing and technical assistance. II. Suballocation programs may use different methods such as OTC, competitive or modification of existing programs and strategies, as long as they are related to housing planning and accelerating housing production. III. Eligible activities under Suballocations may include sustainable communities strategies implementation related to housing planning and accelerating housing production. IV. Eligible activities under Suballocations may be coordinated or combined with LEAP pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 50515.03 V. Eligible activities under Suballocations may be used to establish Prohousing Policies pursuant to Government Code section 65589.9. See Definitions. VI. Suballocation for housing-related planning activities shall include but are not limited to: • Technical assistance in improving housing permitting processes, tracking systems, and planning tools, • Establishing regional or countywide housing trust funds for affordable housing (e.g. planning activities and processes, guidelines, charters), • Performing infrastructure planning, including sewers, water systems, transit, roads, or other public facilities necessary to support new housing and new residents, • Performing feasibility studies to determine the most efficient locations to site housing consistent with Government Code sections 65040.1 (State Planning Priorities) and 65080 (regional transportation plans), and • Covering the costs of temporary staffing or consultant needs associated with eligible activities. c. Providing jurisdictions and other local agencies with technical assistance, planning, temporary staffing, or consultant needs associated with updating local planning and zoning documents, expediting application processing, and other actions to accelerate additional housing production. d. Covering the costs of administering any programs described in Health and Safety Code section 50515.02. I. Recipients shall use no more than 5 percent of the allocation(s) for costs related to the administration of the activity(ies) for which the allocation(s) were made. Staff and overhead costs directly related to carrying out the eligible activities are “activity costs” and not “administrative costs.” See Best Practices document for examples. e. Outreach, education, priority setting, and other related activities in consultation with the Department to carry out the overall program consistent with statutory objectives. DocuSign Envelope ID: 8A67B327-8D8D-41F3-A9AA-0E6612310575