General plan: annual report: congregate care for the elderly.

Assembly Member Ta's proposal to modify California's housing reporting requirements would allow local planning agencies to count elderly congregate care facilities toward up to 15% of their regional housing needs allocation. The change would apply to the seventh and subsequent revisions of jurisdictions' housing elements.

The measure amends existing annual reporting requirements for local planning agencies, which currently track progress on meeting regional housing needs across various income categories. Under the proposed change, agencies could include approved congregate care units for seniors when calculating their progress toward housing goals, subject to the 15% cap within each income category. The Department of Housing and Community Development would maintain authority to review and verify these reports.

The amendment builds upon California's established framework for monitoring local housing development, which requires planning agencies to submit detailed annual reports on housing permits, approvals, and construction across different affordability levels. These reports help track jurisdictions' advancement toward their assigned share of regional housing needs as determined through the Regional Housing Needs Allocation process.