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development, as well as providing definitions of a housing unit'. Policy 24 in the General Plan is shown as amended by Measure QQ. (Change is shown italics). Policy 24: Maintain a maximum housing buildout of 29,000 housing units, within the Planning Area. Each single- family residential unit and each multi family residential unit (for example, a condominium, townhouse, each half of a duplex, a mobile home, or an apartment unit), whether market rate or affordable, shall count towards the maximum housing buildout. Units within assisted living facilities are generally not counted towards the maximum housing buildout due to their commercial nature, but a proportion of such developments may be counted towards the maximum housing buildout based on impacts on community services and infrastructure. Second units and extended stay hotel rooms shall not be counted against the maximum housing buildout. The General Plan also includes nine other references to the housing cap in the General Plan, including in the Introduction, Land Use Element and Air Quality and Climate Change Element. A list of the references is included as Attachment 3. In regards to the units remaining under the Housing Cap, as of January 1, 2010, there are approximately 25,964 residential units in the Pleasanton Planning Area, 44 units under construction, and 653 units with planning approval but not yet under construction. Subtracting the rezonings recently completed in Hacienda leaves 1,469 units. To staffs knowledge, Pleasanton's "hard" housing cap may be a one of a kind policy in the State and the only one that would prevent a City from planning for its RHNA allocation as discussed below. However, other communities have established housing caps that adjust to meet RHNA obligations and as such, a modified housing cap that adjusted to reflect changes in future RHNA allocations as discussed below, may be allowable. Staff anticipates that this matter would be discussed during the Housing Element process. Regional Housing Needs Assessment Another concept that is central to this litigation and the options available to the City, is an understanding of the City's obligation to plan to accommodate its share of the Regional Housing Needs Assessment which is set forth in State Housing Element Law and implemented locally by the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) in cooperation with cities and counties in the ABAG region that includes Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Solano and Sonoma counties. Generally, the RHNA process involves the California Department of Housing and Community Development working in concert with the California Department of Finance to identify the number of housing units that they determine are necessary to meet the State's housing need for all Measure PP also included additional restrictions regarding hillside and ridgeline development. The Court's ruling focused on the City's housing cap. The ruling also directed the City to cease enforcement only "...ofthose provisions of Measures... PP, and QQ, which limit the number of housing units permitted in Pleasanton..." Provisions of Measures PP and QQ related to restrictions on development on hillsides and near ridgelines are not considered to be effected by the ruling and will continue to applied to property and proposals subject to these restrictions. Excluding second family units and assisted living units. Page 4 of 11