Daily Republic: Wednesday, September 22, 2021

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Solano, cities OK general housing needs numbers Specific income housing to come Todd R. Hansen

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FAIRFIELD — Solano County and its cities will have to plan for nearly 11,000 new housing units from 2023 through 2031 – housing needs for a growing population that will be defined in each jurisdiction’s general plan by income levels and particularly, affordability. The Solano City Coordinating Council, comprised of the Board of Supervisors and the mayors of the seven cities, recently approved the Regional Housing Needs Allocation for the various county jurisdictions. On an 11-0 vote taken Thursday, with Rio Vista Mayor Ron Kott absent and Vallejo Vice

Mayor Rozzana Verder-Aliga representing that city, the council approved an overall allocation of 10,992 housing units. That includes 3,069 units in Fairfield, 2,595 in Vacaville and 620 in Suisun City. The rest of the breakout is 750 units in Benicia; 416 in Dixon; 327 in Rio Vista; 2,900 in Vallejo; and 315 in the unincorporated area of the county. The action set in motion a 45-day period for the jurisdictions to appeal those numbers. “And after that, we all get to look forward to the housing update process, which is due in January 2023,” said Matt Walsh, principal planner in the county Department of Resource Management, who is helping to guide the local Regional Housing Needs Allocation efforts.

“And as you all hopefully know, the housing elements need to incorporate the approved RHNA allocations within the documents,” Walsh said. Each city and the county are responsible for developing their own housing element, which will zone for the appropriate housing needs at each income level. Fairfield, as an example and based on Association of Bay Area Governments calculations, would divide its allocation up 25.9% in the very-low-income needs, which is up from 21.3% in the last regional housing cycle. That represents about 795 units of the full city allocation. The low-income housing needs See Housing, Page A9

Fairfield-Suisun school trustees set to update Covid Safety Plan Susan Hiland shiland@dailyrepublic.net

FAIRFIELD — The Fairfield-Suisun school board is expected to adopt updates to the district’s Covid-19 plan when trustees gather Thursday. The updates are required by law. Every local education agency, such as a school district, during the 2020-2021 school year was required to develop a

Covid-19 Safety Plan. That plans for the past eight months has consisted of two components: a Covid-19 Prevention Program, based on Cal/ OSHA regulations, and a Covid-19 School Guidance Checklist. The Fairfield-Suisun School District’s plan was developed with stakeholder input, approved Jan. 28 by the governing board and subsequently posted Feb. 1 on the dis-

trict’s website. The staff agreed in January to bring the Covid-19 Safety Plan back for board approval if substantive changes were necessary. Changes are needed to the safety plan now that children and teens have returned to on-campus instruction. The district contacted labor, parent and community organizations that support student

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