County selects vendor for housing‑element update; staff cites RHNA of 6,456 units

Julia Krog, Mendocino County Planning and Building Services Director, opened the Feb. 5 meeting with a brief long‑range planning update. Krog said the department closed its RFP and selected a vendor to prepare updates to the county housing element and the environmental justice element.

Krog told the commission the state Department of Housing and Community Development provided a countywide RHNA (Regional Housing Needs Allocation) of "6,456 units," which will be apportioned between the unincorporated county and the county’s four incorporated cities. She noted Mendocino Council of Governments will work through a methodology to distribute the countywide allocation; the county’s specific share is not final but "typically what I've seen is that the county receives close to about half."

Krog said the housing‑element update and environmental justice element are on an eight‑year planning cycle (current cycle 2019–2027), the update must be finally adopted by Aug. 15, 2027, and staff plans a study session with the Planning Commission likely in April to begin the update. No members of the public spoke on the Director’s Report at this meeting.