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I. Introduction The Housing Element is an important planning document for the City of Colton. It identifies the housing needs of the City, and recommends ways to meet these needs while balancing other community objectives and available resources. The Housing Element provides residents and local govemment officials with a greater understanding of the housing needs in Colton. Thus, it provides an effective tool for the decision making process on housing issues City Profile The City of Colton incorporated in July 1887. The City encompasses 9,613 acres or 15.0 square miles. The entire planning azea, which includes the City and its sphere of influence, totals 11,775 acres or 18.4 squaze miles. The City is bisected by Interstate 10, with Interstate 215 oriented north/south near the City's eastern border. The City experienced a high gowth rate in the decade, beriveen 1985 and 1996. Neazly 40% of its housing stock was built in this ten-yeaz period. In 1999, the City had an estimated population of 46,634 persons. The City is nearly built out with few remaining lazge tracts of undeveloped land. Within the City, there are many old, established neighborhoods and numerous structures with historic designations. State Policy and Authorization In accordance with State Govemment Code, Article 10.6 (65580) the Legislature has declared that the attainment of decent housing and the provision of a suitable ]iving environment to meet the needs of all economic segments of the population is of the highest priority. The I,egislature also recognizes that to meet this statewide goal, cooperation between government and the private sector is necessary, and that local and state governments have a responsibility to utilize the powers vested in them to facilitate the development and improvement of housing. In Section 65581, the Legislature enacted law, which requires local governments to prepare and implement housing elements that will assist in meeting both state and regional housing goals. Section 65583 states that the housing element shall consist of an identification and analysis of existing and projected housing needs and a statement of goals, policies, quantified objectives and scheduled programs for the preservation, improvement and development of housing. The housing element must also incorporate the regional housing needs as established by the regional government agency. State ]aw requires housing elements to be updated at least every five yeazs to reflect a community's changing housing needs. The City of Colton's Housing Element was last updated in 1993. State law was amended to extend the deadline to December 31, 2000 for jurisdictions in San Bernardino County. This document is the 2000-2005 update now required by state law. Organization of the Housing Element Section 65583 of the Government Code Article 10.6 sets forth the specific components in a community's Housing Element. Table 1-1 summarizes these state requirements and identifies the sections in the City of Colton Housing Element where these requirements aze addressed. Housing Element City of Colton 2000-2005