(a) (1) For the fourth and subsequent revisions of the housing element pursuant to Section 65588, the department shall determine the existing and projected need for housing for each region pursuant to this article. For purposes of subdivision (a) of Section 65583, the share of a city or county of the regional housing need shall include that share of the housing need of persons at all income levels within the area significantly affected by the general plan of the city or county. (2) It is the intent of the Legislature that cities, counties, and cities and counties should undertake all necessary actions to encourage, promote, and facilitate the development of housing to accommodate the entire regional housing need, and reasonable actions should be taken by local and regional governments to ensure that future housing production meets, at a minimum, the regional housing need established for planning purposes. These actions shall include applicable reforms and incentives in Section 65582.1. (3) The Legislature finds and declares that insufficient housing in job centers hinders the stateâs environmental quality and runs counter to the stateâs environmental goals. In particular, when Californians seeking affordable housing are forced to drive longer distances to work, an increased amount of greenhouse gases and other pollutants are released and puts in jeopardy the achievement of the stateâs climate goals, as established pursuant to Section 38566 of the Health and Safety Code, and clean air goals. (b) (1) (A) The department, in consultation with each council of governments, shall determine each regionâs existing and projected housing need pursuant to Section 65584.01 at least three years prior to the scheduled revision required pursuant to Section 65588, except in the following circumstances: (i) For regions with a scheduled housing element revision due date in the 2027 calendar year, the department shall determine the regionâs housing need at least two years prior to the scheduled revision. (ii) For regions with a scheduled housing element revision due date in the 2028 calendar year or the first 6 months of the 2029 calendar year, the department shall determine the regionâs housing need at least 32 months prior to the scheduled revision. (B) For cities and counties without a council of governments, the department shall determine each regionâs existing and projected housing need pursuant to Section 65584.01 at least 24 months prior to the scheduled revision required pursuant to Section 65588. (2) The appropriate council of governments, or for cities and counties without a council of governments, the department, shall adopt a final regional housing need plan that allocates a share of the regional housing need to each city, county, or city and county at least one year prior to the scheduled revision for the region required by Section 65588. The allocation plan prepared by a council of governments shall be prepared pursuant to Sections 65584.04 and 65584.05. (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the due dates for the determinations of the department or for the council of governments, respectively, regarding the regional housing need may be extended by the department by not more than 60 days if the extension will enable access to more recent critical population or housing data from a pending or recent release of the United States Census Bureau or the Department of Finance. If the due date for the determination of the department or the council of governments is extended for this reason, the department shall extend the corresponding housing element revision deadline pursuant to Section 65588 by not more than 60 days. (d) The regional housing needs allocation plan shall further all of the following objectives: (1) Increasing the housing supply and the mix of housing types, tenure, and affordability in all cities and counties within the region in an equitable manner, which shall result in each jurisdiction receiving a
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