(A) Outreach through a variety of methods and languages to ensure access to the public process and provide opportunity for public input;

(B) Specific effort to engage all segments of the community, including individuals or representatives of lower-income and special needs households, for-profit and non-profit developers and special needs service providers;

(C) Availability of the draft document to the public, including notification to interested parties and all segments of the community for thirty (30) calendar days and subsequent versions for seven (7) calendar days;

(D) Public hearings and informative meetings; and

(E) Consideration of comments, including incorporation of comments into a Jurisdiction's application and Prohousing Policies, as appropriate.

(A) Sensitive areas of the coastal zone, as defined in Division 20 (commencing with Section 30000 and including sections 30103 and 30107.5) of the Public Resources Code, including any portion of the property that contains or is characterized by any of the following:

(B) Either prime farmland or farmland of statewide importance, as defined pursuant to United States Department of Agriculture land inventory and monitoring criteria, as modified for California, and designated on the maps prepared by the Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program of the Department of Conservation, or land zoned or designated for agricultural protection or preservation by a local ballot measure that was approved by the voters of that jurisdiction.

(C) Wetlands outside the coastal zone, as defined as in the California Water Board's State Policy for Water Quality Control: State Wetland Definition and Procedures for Discharges of Dredged or Fill Material to Waters of the State (adopted April 2, 2019, revised April 6, 2021), hereby incorporated by reference.

(D) An area within a very high fire hazard severity zone, as determined by the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection pursuant to Section 51178 of the Government Code, or within a high or very high fire hazard severity zone as indicated on maps published by the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection pursuant to Section 4202 of the Public Resources Code.

(E) A hazardous waste site that is listed pursuant to Section 65962.5 of the Government Code, or a hazardous waste site designated by the Department of Toxic Substances Control pursuant to Section 25356 of the Health and Safety Code, unless the Department of Public Health, the State Water Resources Control Board, or the Department of Toxic Substances Control has cleared the site for residential use or residential mixed uses.

(F) An area within a delineated earthquake fault zone as determined by the State Geologist in any official maps published by the California Geological Survey.

(G) An area within a special flood hazard area subject to inundation by the 1 percent annual chance flood (100-year flood) as determined by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in any official maps published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

(H) An area within a regulatory floodway as determined by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in any official maps published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

(I) Lands identified for conservation in an adopted natural community conservation plan pursuant to the Natural Community Conservation Planning Act (Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 2800) of Division 3 of the Fish and Game Code), habitat conservation plan pursuant to the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. § 1531 et seq.), or other adopted natural resource protection plan.

(J) Habitat for protected species identified as candidate, sensitive, or species of special status by state or federal agencies, fully protected species, or species or native plants protected by the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. § 1531 et seq.), the California Endangered Species Act (Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 2050) of Division 3 of the Fish and Game Code), or the Native Plant Protection Act (Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 1900) of Division 2 of the Fish and Game Code).

(K) Lands under conservation easement.

(L) Areas that are, or feature, or contain tribal cultural resources, per Section 21074 of the Public Resources Code.

1. Applicant is hereby authorized and directed to submit an Application to the Department.

2. Applicant acknowledges and confirms that it is currently in compliance with applicable state housing law.

3. Applicant acknowledges and confirms that it will continue to comply with applicable housing laws and to refrain from enacting laws, developing policies, or taking other local governmental actions that may or do inhibit or constrain housing production. Examples of such local laws, policies, and actions include moratoriums on development; local voter approval requirements related to housing production; downzoning; and unduly restrictive or onerous zoning regulations, development standards, or permit procedures. Applicant further acknowledges and confirms that the Prohousing Policies in its Application comply with its duty to Affirmatively Further Fair Housing pursuant to Government Code sections 8899.50 and 65583. Applicant further acknowledges and confirms that its general plan is in alignment with an adopted sustainable communities strategy pursuant to Public Resources Code section 21155-21155.4. Applicant further acknowledges and confirms that its policies for the treatment of homeless encampments on public property comply with and will continue to comply with the Constitution and that it has enacted best practices in its jurisdiction that are consistent with the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness' “7 Principles for Addressing Encampments” (June 17, 2022, update).

4. If the Application is approved, Applicant is hereby authorized and directed to enter into, execute, and deliver all documents required or deemed necessary or appropriate to participate in the Program, and all amendments thereto (the “Program Documents”).

5. Applicant acknowledges and agrees that it shall be subject to the Application; the terms and conditions specified in the Program Documents; the Program Regulations; and any and all other applicable law.

6. [INSERT THE TITLE OF THE APPLICANT'S AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY] is authorized to execute and deliver the Application and the Program Documents on behalf of the Applicant for participation in the Program.

(A) At least two-thirds of the square footage of the development must be designated for residential use; and

(B) The development includes a housing accommodation, as defined in Government Code section 12927(d) and California Code of Regulations, Title 2, section 12005(o).