The department shall prioritize and quantify the criteria it establishes pursuant to Section 50863 by assigning points to each of the criteria. Applications of a city, county, or city and county that has a housing element that the department has found substantially complies with the requirements of Article 10.6 (commencing with Section 65580) of Chapter 3 of Division 1 of Title 7 of the Government Code shall receive additional points, not exceeding the points granted for any one of the criteria in Section 50863. Additional points may be given for applications meeting one or more of the following objectives:

(a)  The extent to which the project is intended to serve low-income home buyers.

(b)  The location of the project on a site designated as “infill.”

(c)  The location of the project in proximity to public transit, public schools, parks, or recreational facilities.

(d)  The location of the project in any of the following job centers:

(1)  The Los Angeles and Long Beach metropolitan statistical area.

(2)  The Orange County metropolitan statistical area.

(3)  The San Diego County metropolitan statistical area.

(4)  The San Francisco metropolitan statistical area.

(5)  The Oakland metropolitan statistical area.

(6)  The San Jose metropolitan statistical area.

(7)  The Sacramento metropolitan statistical area.

(8)  The Fresno metropolitan statistical area.

(9)  The Modesto metropolitan statistical area.

(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 724, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)