TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION PAGE 1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................. 1-1 Housing Element Authority and Mandate .................................................................................... 1-1 Summary of Objectives ................................................................................................................. 1-4 Housing Plan ................................................................................................................................. 1-6 Relationship of the Housing Element to General Plan .................................................................. 1-6 Relationship to Previously Existing Element ................................................................................ 1-7 Public Review ............................................................................................................................. 1-10 2. CITY PROFILE .................................................................................................................. 2-1 Population ..................................................................................................................................... 2-2 Household Characteristics .......................................................................................................... 2-16 Housing Characteristics .............................................................................................................. 2-22 Housing Cost ............................................................................................................................... 2-26 Housing Affordability ................................................................................................................. 2-32 3. HOUSING NEEDS ............................................................................................................. 3-1 Regional Housing Needs Assessment ........................................................................................... 3-2 Special Needs Groups ................................................................................................................... 3-4 4. OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS .................................................................. 4-1 Opportunities................................................................................................................................. 4-1 Non-governmental Constraints ..................................................................................................... 4-6 Governmental Constraints ............................................................................................................ 4-9 5. GOALS, POLICIES AND PROGRAMS ...................................................................... 5-1 TABLES 1. State Housing Element Requirements .................................................................. 1-2 2. Quantified Housing Objectives ............................................................................ 1-5 3. Planning Areas ..................................................................................................... 2-2 4. Population Growth and Trends 1912 to 2000 ..................................................... 2-11 5. Population Growth and Trends by Census Tract 1970 to 1990 .......................... 2-12 6. Population Trends by Planning Area - 1980 to 2000 ......................................... 2-13 7. Population Growth and Trends 1970- 2000 ....................................................... 2-13 8. Age Profile 1970 to 2000 ................................................................................... 2-14 9. Race and Ethnicity by Census Tract ................................................................... 2-15 10. Percentage Race and Ethnicity by City ............................................................ 2-16 11. Household Size 1970 to 2000 ........................................................................... 2-17 12. Persons Per Occupied Housing Unit by Tenure - 2000 ..................................... 2-17 13. Household Type - 2000 ..................................................................................... 2-18 14. Housing Tenancy by Census Tract 1980 to 2000 .............................................. 2-19 15. Tenancy by City - 2000 ..................................................................................... 2-20 16. Persons in Poverty - 2000 .................................................................................. 2-20 17. Poverty Level - 2000 ......................................................................................... 2-21 18. Dwelling Units Per Structure - 2000 ................................................................. 2-22 19. Dwelling Unit Size - 2000 ................................................................................. 2-23 20. Housing Vacancy by Census Tract - 2000 ........................................................ 2-25 21. Housing Vacancy by City - 2000 ...................................................................... 2-25 22. Value of Owner Occupied Housing by City - 2000 .......................................... 2-26 23. Value of Owner Occupied Housing by Census Tract - 2000 ............................ 2-26 24. Housing Sales Price - 2000-2007 ...................................................................... 2-27 25. Home Asking Price – April 2008 ...................................................................... 2-28 26. Rent by City - 2000 Census ............................................................................... 2-28 27. Rent by Census Tract ........................................................................................ 2-29 28. Median Rents - 2008 ......................................................................................... 2-30 29. HUD Fair Market Rents 2000-2008 .................................................................. 2-31 30. Housing Expenditures as Percentage of Income — 2000 ................................. 2-32 31. Affordability Mismatch - 2000 .......................................................................... 2-33 32. SCAG Estimates of Population, Employment, and Housing 2000-2030 ............... 3-1 33. Employment by Land Use ................................................................................... 3-2 34. RHNA by Income Group - 2007 ......................................................................... 3-3 35. Existing Overpayment ......................................................................................... 3-4 36. Handicapped Households by Census Tract - 2000 .............................................. 3-5 37. Seniors (Over 55 years of Age) - 1980 to 2000 ................................................... 3-7 38. Larger Families and Households by Census Tract - 2000 ................................... 3-8 39. Overcrowding - 2000 ........................................................................................... 3-8 40. Vacant Land Inventory and Development Potential............................................ 4-1 41. Land Inventory Summary……………………………………………………….4-2 42. HUD Adopted Fiscal Year 2008 Income Limits ................................................. 4-4 43. HUD Fair Market Rent - 2008............................................................................. 4-4 44. General Plan Categories ...................................................................................... 4-9 45. Development Standards ..................................................................................... 4-10 46. Minimum Lot Area per Dwelling ...................................................................... 4-10 47. Parking Requirements………………………………………………………… 4-11 48. General Plan Land Use Categories…………………………………………… 4-13 49. Comparison of Adjacent Cities Processing Fees ............................................... 4-16 50. Residential Development Processing Fees ........................................................ 4-16 51. Residential Development Impact Fees .............................................................. 4-17 52. Maximum Lot Sizes ............................................................................................ 5-2 FIGURES 1. Regional Map ....................................................................................................... 2-3 2. Planning Areas ..................................................................................................... 2-4 3. Census Tracts ....................................................................................................... 2-5 4. Beach Area ........................................................................................................... 2-6 5. Hill Section ........................................................................................................... 2-7 6. East Side/Manhattan Village ................................................................................ 2-8 7. Tree Section .......................................................................................................... 2-9 8. El Porto ............................................................................................................... 2-10 APPENDICES A. Residential Land Inventory B. Residential Zoning Standards C. Planning and Zoning Fee Schedule D. Public Participation Summary INTRODUCTION City of Manhattan Beach Housing Element 1. INTRODUCTION _______________________________________________________________________________