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City of Pleasanton Legislative Platform 2016 • • • • Changes a finding to read that the concession or incentive"does not reduce the cost of development to provide affordable housing costs."If the concession or incentive is necessary to produce the units,a city should be able to deny the concession or incentive if the city can demonstrate,based upon substantial evidence,that it is not required to produce the units. • Changes language regarding litigation to say that a"denial of a concession or incentive shall be deemed to have exhausted an applicant's administrative remedies."Requiring an appeal to a planning commission saves time and money for applicant and city alike,which is an option under existing law. • Allows for an applicant to accept no density increase.The premise of existing law is that a density increase is necessary for the provision of affordable housing. • Changes existing law requiring that a concession or incentive which reduced development standards,modifies zoning requirements or architectural design requirements result in "identifiable,fmancially sufficient,and actual cost reductions"to"identifiable and actual cost reductions as determined by the developer."The incentive needs both to provide an "actual"cost reduction and be"financially sufficient."Moreover,a city should retain the authority to interpret the impact of its own development standards. • States that the statute should be"liberally construed"in favor of"producing the maximum number of housing units."This language represents a violation of separation of powers. For these reasons,the League of California Cities opposes your AB 2501.If you have any questions, or if l can be of assistance,please contact me at(916)658-8250. Sincerely, Kendra Harris Legislative Representative Cc:Members and Chair,Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee Lisa Engel,Chief Consultant,Assembly Housing&Community Development Committee William Weber,Principal Consultant,Assembly Republican Caucus 251 Page