The California State Auditor is currently conducting an audit of
the state’s housing element review process. Although the audit is
limited to 10 cities that that meet a variety of criteria, CSAC
is encouraging counties to provide comments and feedback to the
auditor’s office with their experiences with the state’s housing
element review process.
This audit
request was put forth by Sen. Steve Glazer and received
unanimous approval from the Joint Legislative Audit Committee.
CSAC supports this audit based on feedback from counties about
the challenges they faced in the 6th Regional Housing Needs
Allocation (RHNA) cycle and achieving housing element
certification from the Department of Housing and Community
Development (HCD).
The audit provides an opportunity to highlight ways to improve
the housing element review process in the future. Counties can
assist in these efforts by submitting comments and feedback about
their individual experiences with HCD during the last RHNA cycle
to the auditor’s office. These comments will help the state
auditor’s office better understand the complexity of the housing
element review process and how more technical assistance,
financial resources, and other solutions could help cities plan
more effectively for much-needed housing.
Counties can participate in the audit by submitting comments
about their experiences with the 6th RHNA Cycle to audit-2024-109@auditor.ca.gov.
