A draft of Ventura County's housing element update is available for review and comments from the public at the website www.ventura.org/rma/planning.

It contains the following:

•The timeline for the housing element update process

•Scheduled public meetings and instructions for submitting written comments

•The draft housing element update

•The existing housing element

•Land inventory tables for moderate- and upper-income households.

The Housing Element is one of seven state-mandated elements of the General Plan and contains goals, policies and programs dealing with local existing and future housing conditions and needs.

For more information, please call Shelley Sussman at (805) 654-2493 or e-mail her at Shelley.Sussman@ventura.org.