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• Provides that an "accessory structure" includes, but is not limited to, a studio, pool house, or other similar structure. AB 1193 (Gloria) Property Tax. Welfare Exemption. Low-Income Housing. Chapter 756, Statutes of 2017 This measure raises the property tax exemption for affordable properties to match the federal requirement of 140 percent area median income (AM I). This measure expands eligibility of the welfare exemption from property tax for property owners of units occupied by individuals who meet income limits when they begin occupying a unit. AB 1568 (Bloom) Enhanced Infrastructure Financing Districts. Sales Tax and Housing. Chapter 562, Statutes of 2017 This measure authorizes a city or county to dedicate revenue, including sales tax revenue, to an Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District (EIFD) that is coterminous with the boundaries of the city or county that established it, for the purposes of the Neighborhood Infill Finance and Transit Improvements Act. AB 1598 (Mullin) Local Housing Authorities. Financing. Chapter 764, Statutes of 2017 This measure authorizes a city or county to create by resolution an affordable housing authority coterminous with its boundaries with various powers and dedicate a portion of its property tax increment, sales tax and other revenues to develop affordable housing. SB 2 (Atkins) Building Homes and Jobs Act. Chapter 364, Statutes of 2017 (Urgency) This measure imposes a $75 recordation fee on specified real estate documents to generate hundreds of millions of dollars per year for affordable housing, supportive housing, emergency shelters, and transitional housing. In 2018, 50 percent of the funds collected are directed to local governments to update planning documents. Beginning in 2019 and for subsequent years, 70 percent of the proceeds are allocated to local governments through the federal Community Development Block Grant formula. SB 3 (Beall) Veterans and Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2018. Chapter 365, Statutes of 2017 This measure places a $4 billion general obligation bond on the November 2018 ballot to fund affordable housing programs and the veterans homeownership program (CalVet). SB 229 (Wieckowski) Accessory Dwelling Units. Chapter 594, Statutes of 2017 This measure makes numerous changes to ADU law. These changes include: • Clarifies that parking requirements for a garage shall also apply to a converted ADU; • Provides that an ADU may be on a lot zoned for a proposed or existing single- family dwelling; 4