Housing Commission

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The Housing Commission (HC), established in 2009, is coordinated by the City Clerk's Office. The five-member Commission is appointed by the Housing Authority. The HC meets quarterly on the second Wednesday of March, June, September, and December at 5:00 p.m.

The HC's primary functions are to review and make recommendations on all matters that come before the Housing Authority prior to Housing Authority action, except emergency matters and matters which the Housing Authority excludes from HC review.

Contact

For more information about the HC, please contact the City Clerk's Office at CityClerkMail@laquintaca.gov or (760) 777-7162.

Apply

Applications to serve on the HC are accepted all year long and kept on file in the City Clerk's Office until a vacancy needs to be filled.

Application to Serve on the HC

Members

Current List of HC Members

Agendas, Staff Reports and Minutes

The minutes for a HC meetings will not be available until they have been approved at the next regular meeting.

 The regularly quarterly meeting agendas are typically available not less than 72 hours prior to each meeting, and may be downloaded by clicking on the event link below. The City reserves the right to make changes to the order of items listed on the agenda.

For copies of staff reports, as well as any accompanying attachments, you may contact the City Clerk's Office at CityClerkMail@laquintaca.gov or (760) 777-7162.

Agendas for current meetings are located at the event link below and on the City Calendar.

Meeting Calendar

Housing Commission Meeting

HOUSING COMMISSION
Regular Quarterly Meeting
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CLICK HERE TO PRINT THE AGENDA IN PDF FORMAT
CLICK HERE TO VIEW/PRINT FULL AGENDA IN PDF FORMAT

CLICK HERE TO VIEW POWER POINTS

CLICK HERE TO ACCESS VIDEO RECORDINGS OF THE HOUSING COMMISSION

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PUBLIC COMMENTS – INSTRUCTIONS

 Members of the public may address the Commission on any matter listed or not listed on the agenda as follows:

 WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS can be provided either in-person during the meeting by submitting 15 copies to the Commission Secretary, it is requested that this takes place prior to the beginning of the meeting; or can be emailed in advance to LMcGinley@LaQuintaCA.gov, no later than 12:00 p.m., on the day of the meeting.  Written public comments will be distributed to the Commission, made public, and will be incorporated into the public record of the meeting, but will not be read during the meeting unless, upon the request of the Chair, a brief summary of public comments is asked to be reported.

 If written public comments are emailed, the email subject line must clearly state “Written Comments” and should include: 1) full name, 2) city of residence, and 3) subject matter.

 VERBAL PUBLIC COMMENTS can be provided in-person during the meeting by completing a “Request to Speak” form and submitting it to the Commission Secretary; it is requested that this takes place prior to the beginning of the meeting.  Please limit your comments to three (3) minutes (or approximately 350 words). Members of the public shall be called upon to speak by the Chair.

 In accordance with City Council Resolution No. 2022-028, a one-time additional speaker time donation of three (3) minutes per individual is permitted; please note that the member of the public donating time must: 1) submit this in writing to the Commission Secretary by completing a “Request to Speak” form noting the name of the person to whom time is being donated to, and 2) be present at the time the speaker provides verbal comments.

 Verbal public comments are defined as comments provided in the speakers’ own voice and may not include video or sound recordings of the speaker or of other individuals or entities, unless permitted by the Chair.

 Public speakers may elect to use printed presentation materials to aid their comments; 15 copies of such printed materials shall be provided to the Commission Secretary to be disseminated to the Commission, made public, and incorporated into the public record of the meeting; it is requested that the printed materials are provided prior to the beginning of the meeting.  There shall be no use of Chamber resources and technology to display visual or audible presentations during public comments, unless permitted by the Chair.

 All writings or documents, including but not limited to emails and attachments to emails, submitted to the City regarding any item(s) listed or not listed on this agenda are public records. All information in such writings and documents is subject to disclosure as being in the public domain and subject to search and review by electronic means, including but not limited to the City’s Internet Web site and any other Internet Web-based platform or other Web-based form of communication. All information in such writings and documents similarly is subject to disclosure pursuant to the California Public Records Act [Government Code § 7920.000 et seq.].

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 TELECONFERENCE ACCESSIBILITY – INSTRUCTIONS

 Teleconference accessibility may be triggered in accordance with AB 2449 (Stats. 2022, Ch. 285), codified in the Brown Act [Government Code § 54953], if a member of the Housing Commission requests to attend and participate in this meeting remotely due to “just cause” or “emergency circumstances,” as defined, and only if the request is approved. In such instances, remote public accessibility and participation will be facilitated via Zoom Webinar as detailed at the end of this Agenda. 

*** TELECONFERENCE PROCEDURES – PURSUANT TO AB 2449***
APPLICABLE ONLY WHEN TELECONFERENCE ACCESSIBILITY IS IN EFFECT

 Verbal public comments via Teleconference – members of the public may attend and participate in this meeting by teleconference via Zoom and use the “raise your hand” feature when public comments are prompted by the Chair; the City will facilitate the ability for a member of the public to be audible to the Commission and general public and allow him/her/they to speak on the item(s) requested. Please note – members of the public must unmute themselves when prompted upon being recognized by the Chair, in order to become audible to the Commission and the public.

 Only one person at a time may speak by teleconference and only after being recognized by the Chair.

 ZOOM LINK:       https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87838641116
Meeting ID:              878 3864 1116
Or join by phone:   (253) 215 – 8782

Written public comments – can be provided in person during the meeting or emailed to LMcGinley@LaQuintaCA.gov any time prior to the adjournment of the meeting, and will be distributed to the Commission, made public, incorporated into the public record of the meeting, and will not be read during the meeting unless, upon the request of the Chair, a brief summary of any public comment is asked to be read, to the extent the Committee can accommodate such request.

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