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<br /> <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />State law (Government Code Section 65300 et. seq.) mandates that each city and county adopt <br />a general plan containing at least eight required “elements”: 1) Land Use, 2) Circulation, 3) <br />Housing, 4) Open Space, 5) Conservation, 6) Safety, 7) Noise, and 8) Environmental Justice or <br />related goals, policies, and objectives integrated in other elements. <br /> <br />The General Plan must address each of the elements specified above and may be adopted in any <br />format deemed appropriate or convenient by the legislative body, including the combining of <br />elements (Government Code Section 65301). The following table highlights how the eight <br />required element topics plus optional topics are distributed in the City’s adopted general plan <br />documents and the most recent updates to the General Plan Elements. <br /> <br />Element Topics Addressed <br />Year Last <br />Amended <br />Built <br />Environment <br />Urban form, land use, circulation, economic development, <br />historic resources, infrastructure, and environmental <br />justice <br />2024 <br />Housing <br />Goals, policies and programs to build and preserve market <br />rate and affordable housing and to affirmatively further <br />fair housing, and environmental justice <br />2023 <br />Building <br />Community <br />Parks and open space, schools and learning, recreation <br />and human services, health, care for seniors and children, <br />culture and arts, governance, and environmental justice. <br />2023 <br />Public Safety <br />Atmosphere and climate change resilience, hazards <br />management, emergency preparedness, noise mitigation, <br />and environmental justice <br />2023 <br />Natural <br />Resources <br />Water resources, energy conservation, natural habitat and <br />open space, urban forest, and environmental justice <br />2023 <br /> <br />Actions Taken in 2024 to Amend and Implement the General Plan <br />Below are select major initiatives undertaken by various City departments to amend or <br />implement the Redwood General Plan during the 2024 calendar year and initiatives to comply <br />with LCI Guidelines. This list is not meant to be exhaustive; rather it offers a highlight of major <br />implementation milestones, organized by Element. While some efforts implement multiple <br />Elements, they have been placed under a single heading. <br /> <br />Housing Element <br />In 2024, the City continued to implement the 39 programs in its 2023-2031 Housing Element. <br />Required program activities vary widely in terms of scope, complexity, and impact. Most <br />programs are comprised of multiple related activities, some of which require single actions (e.g., <br />a zoning code update) but many which require sustained and ongoing attention from City staff <br />throughout the entire eight-year Housing Element cycle (e.g., community engagement to <br />preserve at-risk affordable housing). Of the 39 programs, all but two are either complete, partially <br />6.A. - Page 46 of 52 <br />55