(a) The department shall be responsible for the administration of this chapter. The department may review, adopt, amend, and repeal standards, forms, or definitions to implement this chapter. Any standards, forms, or definitions adopted to implement this chapter shall not be subject to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2.
(b) (1) The department shall conduct, or cause to be conducted, an annual review of the housing sustainability district program. The department may require participating cities and counties to provide data on housing sustainability districts within their jurisdiction as necessary to conduct this review and prepare the report required by this subdivision.
(2) The department shall publish a report on its Internet Web site no later than November 1, 2018, and each November 1 thereafter. The report shall include all of the following:
(A) The status of the program through the fiscal year prior to the publication of the report.
(B) An identification and description of cities and counties seeking preliminary determination from the department.
(C) An identification of approved housing sustainability districts and the incentive payments awarded for each pursuant to Section 66204.
(D) A summary of the land area within both proposed and approved housing sustainability districts and the purposes for which it is zoned.
(E) The number of projects under review by an approving authority, proposed residential units, building permits issued, and completed housing units as of the date of the report’s publication.
(F) An estimate, for the current and immediately succeeding fiscal year, of the number and size of proposed new districts, potential number of residential units allowed in new districts, and anticipated construction activity.