Section 200. Methodology — Streamlined Ministerial Approval Process Guidelines (final updated)

(a) The Department will calculate the determination, as defined in Section 102(g), based on permit data received through the most recent APRs provided to the Department for the mid-point of the housing element planning period pursuant to Government Code section 65488 and at the end point of the planning period.
- (1) APRs, as defined in Section 102(a), report on calendar years, while housing element planning periods may begin and end at various times throughout the year. When a planning period begins after July, the APR for that year is attributed to the prior housing element planning period. When the planning period ends before July 1, the APR for that year will be attributed to the following housing element planning period.
(b) The determination is based on permitting progress toward a pro-rata share of the regional housing need for the reporting period.
- (1) Determinations calculated at the mid-point of the planning period are based upon permitting progress toward a pro-rata share of half (50 percent) of the regional housing need, while determinations calculated at the end of the planning period are based upon permitting progress towards the entirety (100 percent) of the regional housing need.

Streamlined Ministerial Approval Process Guidelines

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Department of Housing and Community Development

(2) For localities, as defined in Section 102(k), on a 5-year planning period, the midpoint determination is based upon a pro-rata share of the regional housing need for the first three years in the planning period, and 60 percent of the regional housing need.
(3) The determination applies to all localities beginning January 1, 2018, regardless of whether a locality has reached the mid-point of the fifth housing element planning period. For those local governments that have achieved the mid-point of the fifth housing element planning period, the reporting period includes the start of the planning period until the mid-point, and the next determination reporting period includes the start of the planning period until the end point of the planning period. In the interim period between the effective date of the Streamlined Ministerial Approval Process, until a locality reaches the mid-point in the fifth housing element planning period, the Department will calculate the determination yearly. This formula is based upon the permitting progress towards a pro-rata share of the regional housing need, dependent on how far the locality is in the planning period, until the mid-point of the fifth housing element planning period is reached. See example below.