For purposes of this chapter:

There is a California Statewide Housing Plan that was developed in cooperation with the private housing industry as well as regional and local housing and planning agencies and other agencies of the state. The plan serves as a state housing plan for all relevant purposes.

The plan shall incorporate a statement of housing goals, policies, and objectives, as well as all of the following segments:

existing distribution of households by gross income, size, and ethnic character for each of those areas.

constrained to pay more than 30 percent of their gross income for housing. Income groups to be considered in establishing the goals shall be designated by the department and shall include households a significant number of which are required to pay more than 30 percent of their gross income for housing in the fiscal year the plan is revised, as determined by the department.

veterans, large families, families where a female is the head of the household, farmworker households, and other specific population groups as deemed appropriate by the department. To inform the strategy, the department shall, to the extent possible, do the following:

deemed relevant to the housing needs of populations addressed in the housing strategy. This paragraph shall not be construed to require activity beyond the customary scope of the department’s planning process.

goals specified in subdivision (c) of Section 50422 for the plan period.

(ii) Supports enforcement of laws, policies, and informs efforts to protect tenants, and ensure habitability of existing housing stock.

(iii) Provides a better understanding of housing project appeals,

approvals, delays, and denials, including any relevant data from courts and other state departments.

(iv) Provides an understanding of the process, certainty, cost, and time to approve housing and affordable housing projects.

(E) An assessment of the quality of data submitted by annual reports and recommended changes to annual report requirements and technical assistance based on this assessment.

(F) An assessment of the nature and cost of staffing and technology required for the department and local governments to meet data goals and requirements over the 10-year strategy period.

(G) Information that is useful to enforce state and local housing law and policy, including, but not limited to, enforcement of anti-rent gouging and just cause for eviction

policies and ordinances.

The plan developed pursuant to Section 50421 shall provide a reference guide for local housing market studies and for local housing elements required by Section 65302 of the Government Code. It is also intended to provide a framework for local housing plans.

The goals and recommendations adopted for the plan shall be published once adopted, and shall be republished as revisions are adopted. The plan shall be published and made available to the public on the department’s internet website.

cross-references to relevant reports and studies relied on in the plan and used in this part.

(A) An analysis of first-time home buyer assistance policies, goals, and objectives.

(B) Recommendations for actions that will contribute to increasing home ownership opportunities for first-time home buyers in California.

(C) An evaluation and summary of demographic disparities in home ownership attainment in California, which may include, but is not limited to, disparities related to race, ethnicity, household income, household size, age, and disability status.