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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding a first reading of an Ordinance to Amend County Code Chapter 46A - Inclusionary Housing, as follows: (EST. TIME: 45 MIN.)
a) Consider the introduction (First Reading) of an Ordinance to amend County Code Chapter 46A, sections 46A-2, 46A-4 and 46A-6;
b) Read the title and waive further reading of the Ordinance in full;
c) Receive and file the County of Santa Barbara Inclusionary Housing Ordinance Program Administrative Manual;
d) Determine that the proposed action does not constitute a “project” within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to section 15378(b)(5) of the CEQA Guidelines, because it consists of an organizational or administrative activity of government which will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment; and
e) Continue to the Administrative Agenda of May 5, 2026, to consider recommendations as follows:
i) Consider the adoption (Second Reading) of an Ordinance to amend County Code Chapter 46A to amend sections 46A-2, 46A-4, and 46A-6; and
ii) Determine that the proposed action does not constitute a “project” within the meaning of the CEQA, pursuant to section 15378(b)(5) of the CEQA Guidelines, because it consists of an organizational or administrative activity of government which will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY