3) Housing Element Update 2023-2031 Project # 22-2157-GP Applicant: City of Carpinteria Planner: John Douglas, AICP, JHD Planning LLC Hearing The City of Carpinteria Planning Commission will conduct a public meeting to discuss possible strategies to incorporate into the 2023-2031 Housing Element update to meet the Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) assigned 901 additional housing units needed over the next 8 years. The Housing Element is a component of the City's General Plan and includes analysis of the opportunities and constraints, impediments to fair housing, as well as policies and programs to facilitate the construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of housing for all economic segments of the community and persons with special needs, in addition to accommodating development of new housing to meet the City's assigned share of housing needs as determined through the RHNA.