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Housing Advisory Commission (HAC)

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Public Participation

  • Please check the meeting agenda to learn details about how to participate in the commission meeting. 
  • If you need special accommodations, please call (831) 454-3137 at least 5 days before the meeting.
  • To contact the HAC, please contact Housing staff at (831) 454-2332 or HousingProgramsInfo@santacruzcountyca.gov.

Meetings & By-Laws

  • The HAC holds regular meetings generally at 1:00 pm on the first Wednesday of each odd-numbered month of the year (January, March, May, etc.), or as otherwise shown in the current HAC Work Plan.
  • The Commission may call for special public meetings in order to conduct timely Commission business.
  • Commission By-Laws

About Us

The Commission shall advise the Board of Supervisors on housing policy; advise the Board of Supervisors and the Planning Commission on matters relating to the Housing Element of the General Plan, developed pursuant to Government Code Section 65302(c) and Health and Safety Code Section 50459, conduct a continuous study of housing in Santa Cruz County, and may conduct public hearings on housing problems and potential solutions. The Commission shall assess the housing needs in this County, and study, prepare, review and make recommendations on public programs designed to meet those needs. The Commission may also study, review and make recommendations on private housing programs.

For more information on Santa Cruz County Commissions, Committees, and Advisory Bodies, click here.

 

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Commission Members

The Housing Advisory Commission (HAC) was recently restructured by the Board of Supervisors through a code amendment approved on August 19 and September 9, 2025. Going forward, the HAC will consist of nine to eleven members:  five District seats appointed by each County Supervisor (and one alternate for each district); and four or six at-large seats appointed by the Board of Supervisors. As part of this restructure, the HAC will be added to the County’s Conflict of Interest Code.

DISTRICT SEATS

5 Seats and 5 Alternates

District 1

John Flaniken (Vice-Chair), Sibley Simon (Chair)*

District 2

Bud Carney, Jane Barr*

District 3

Amanda Harris-Altice, Bo Aucoin*

District 4

Rose Marie McNair, Bianca Alvarez*

District 5

1 Vacant Seat and 1 Vacant Alternate

AT-LARGE SEATS

Total of Four or Six Stakeholder Seats, each representing one of the following stakeholder types:
  1.  

Affordable Housing Advocate and/or Non-profit Housing developer
  1.  

Farmworkers and/or lower-income renters (or a representative of a nonprofit organization that serves them)
  1.  

Lower-income residents with special needs (seniors, people with disabilities, people without a home, and/or those at-risk of homelessness (or a representative of a nonprofit organization that serves them)
  1.  

Market-rate housing developer and/or real estate industry representative
  1.  

Public Agency and/or Employer/Workforce Representative (e.g., Continuum of Care, Housing Authority, Workforce Development Board, Major Health Care Employer or School District)

Additional criteria applicable to the HAC as a whole:
  • At least one of the at-large or district seats shall be filled by a young adult aged 18-25. 
  • At least three of the HAC seats of any kind shall be filled by renters.

 

Young adults and renters are encouraged to apply for any of the vacant HAC seats. If applying to fill either of these categories, please indicate your age and/or renter status when filling out the demographic survey information in the application form, and indicate in your narrative response which stakeholder type (from the list of 1-5 above) or which Supervisorial district you wish to represent.

* Current appointees under prior (2 seats per district) HAC structure. Transition currently underway to confirm/appoint Alternate and/or Regular appointee for each district.  

  
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