SDSU Urban Planning and Stakeholder Analysis Techniques Questions

• housing Element 2021-2029, City of San Diego:

https://www.sandiego.gov/sites/default/files/he_fi…

The format should be: one-inch margins (sides/top/bottom), and 12-point font.

In total, you should write approximately 2-to-3 pages.

• (4 points) Writing quality: the student wrote clearly (i.e., grammar, spelling, sentence structure, punctuation, etc.)
• (3 points) Following instructions: the student followed the instructions and responded to the questions as directed.
• (3 points) Thinking critically: the student explained a rationale for their idea based on the reading and personal thoughts or experiences.

Question 1.

The Introduction section of the Housing Element provides background information about why housing affordability is a challenge in the City of San Diego. Answer these questions:

1. What are 2 background data points in the Introduction section that you believe best explain the housing affordability challenge? Include the page number(s) where you found these data points. Why do you believe these are important data points?
2. Are there other data points that are missing that you believe would strengthen the explanation of the housing affordability challenge? Why do you believe this? What are some ideas for how planners could research that missing data?

Question 2.

In this class, we have learned about stakeholder analysis techniques to assess and identify stakeholders for a topic and participatory process. In community and public processes, many of these stakeholders are common, such as local residents, the business community, partner public agencies, and the like.

As you reflect on the City of San Diego Housing Element, identify five stakeholder groups that you believe or assume are probably not normally involved or are difficult to engage in a participatory process for a housing element. For each stakeholder group, explain in 2-to-4 sentences:

• why you believe the group is probably not normally involved or difficult to engage;
• any supporting organizations that could help to bring them into the participatory process; and
• a key message that you think would encourage that stakeholder group to be involved.