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ABAG to the city of Pleasanton in 2007 relating to the 2007 -2014 planning period is an additional 3277 housing units. THE HOUSING CAP There is a difference of opinion regarding the number of housing units built since the imposition of the housing cap, but the difference is not material. The parties do not disagree that the number of units allowable under the Measure GG housing cap is less than the City's RHNA obligation. It is self evident that the City cannot comply with the State statue requiring the City to accommodate its RHNA when the city is not permitted by its local law, Measure GG, to allow the number of housing units to be built that would satisfy the RHNA. The question of which law prevails is elementary. State law preempts whenever local laws contradict state law. (See Cal. Const. article XI, 7.) The Supreme Court has stated it succinctly "The general principles governing state statutory preemption of local land use regulation are well settled." "The Legislature has specified certain minimum standards for local zoning regulations (Govt. Code §65850 et Seq.)" even though it also "has carefully expressed its intent to retain the maximum degree of local control (see, e.g., id., 65800, 65802)." (17' Corp. v. Solano County Bd. of Supervisors (1991) 1 Cal.4 81, 89.) "A county or city may make and enforce within its limits all local police, sanitary, and other ordinances and regulations not in conflict with general laws." (Cal. Const., art. XI, 7, italics added.) "Local legislation in conflict with general law is void. Conflicts exist if the ordinance duplicates [citations], contradicts [citation], or enters in an area fully occupied by general taw, either expressly or by legislative implication [citations]. (People ex rel Deukmejian v. County of Mendocino (1986) 36 Ca1.3d 476, 6