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places that are not producing housing and their threshhold stays low. Threshholds go higher for places that are producing housing. Councilmember Brown reported Zone 4 is high-density apartments and noted that is not home ownership. Many young families accept being renters and enjoy living near their work in order not to have a big commute. Director of Community Development Beaudin reported many people come to the housing discussion without some of the State-wide perspectives and there are many who cannot find any housing. Councilmember Brown commented on mandates for people to live in the suburbs, but not having access to public transportation and therefore, using their cars and contributing to bad air quality. She asked if there have been discussions offering a balance and Director of Community Development Beaudin reported at the State level, there is significant amount of conversation around making sure transportation is moving at the speed of housing legislation, because they are intertwined. He reported there is the removal of CEQA review for some of the streamlined projects and the City will continue to comment and monitor the ability to advocate and lobby around some of the issues. The City will have an opportunity to see many of the issues played out and will provide the City an opportunity to strategize. Mayor Thorne expressed interest in seeing the demand and criteria in the peninsula and San Francisco. He added they are creating less than 10% of the number of housing units as there are jobs. In reply to Councilmember Pentin's question regarding streamlining requirements for parking, Director of Community Development Beaudin reported the City is allowed to have some requirements for parking, but they are not the City's existing zoning requirements. There is still a parking requirement connected to these projects but the City's existing zoning code is not going to be applicable. Councilmember Pentin reported projects within a half mile of public transit could evolve into one parking space per unit or none. He felt that needs to be considered carefully, rather than the City losing local control. Director of Community Development Beaudin continued with the report addressing what SB 35 means specifically to the City of Pleasanton and addressed five remaining high-density opportunity sites. Relative to SB 166, Director of Community Development Beaudin addressed the existing law and reported density and income category must both be accounted for as shown in the adopted Housing Element. He presented Housing Production by Income Category from 2015 and noted Pleasanton has been doing its part in recent years in terms of housing production. Councilmember Brown referenced mother-in-law units and asked if they qualify as very-low or low-income. Director of Community Development Beaudin reported they probably fall into the moderate category, from a rent perspective. Director of Community Development Beaudin explained what SB 166 means for the City in this RHNA cycle and the next. Director of Community Development Beaudin presented details of AB 1397 having to do with what sites the City can include in its inventory of land. Under AB 1397, potential housing sites must have a realistic capacity to accommodate new development and prohibits the use of housing sites in the new inventory if the site has been included in the City's inventory for two cycles and has not City Council Minutes Page 5 of 7 February 20,2018