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housing in areas close to jobs and transit and conform to California's greenhouse gas reduction laws. This measure requires a city, county, or city and county to complete an EIR and a specific plan identifying all of the requirements necessary to receive ministerial housing permit approvals. Housing (2018) AB 829 (Chiu) Local Government. Funding. State-Assisted Projects. Chapter 800, Statutes of 2018 This measure prohibits cities and counties from requiring a letter of acknowledgment or similar document prior to applying for state assistance for any housing development. State assistance includes, any state funds, a state tax credit, or a federal tax credit administered by the state. AB 3194 (Daly) Housing Accountability Act. Project Approval. Chapter 243, Statutes of 2018 This measure makes two important changes to the Housing Accountability Act. These changes are as follows: • Provides that a proposed project is not inconsistent with applicable zoning standards and criteria, and shall not require a rezoning, if the proposed project is consistent with objective general plan standards and criteria but the local agency's adopted zoning for the project site is inconsistent with the general plan; and • Allows a local agency to require a proposed project to comply with objective standards and criteria of the zoning consistent with the general plan, but requires the standards and criteria to be applied to facilitate and accommodate development at the density allowed on the site by the general plan and proposed by the project. Requires the local agency to provide the applicant with written documentation identifying the provision or provisions that are not in compliance, and explaining the reasons why, pursuant to existing law. SB 1115 (Hill) Property Taxation. Welfare Exemption. Low Income Housing. Chapter 694, Statutes of 2018 This measure increases the cap from $10 to $20 million on the existing property tax exemption for non-public financed rental housing properties owned by a non-profit corporation where 90 percent of the residents are low income. Land Use/Planning (2018) AB 626 (E. Garcia) California Retail Food Code. Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations. Chapter 470, Statutes of 2018 This measure establishes "microenterprise home kitchens" (MHKs) as a new category of retail food facility, that cities or counties would have discretion to authorize and permit, to be operated by a resident in a private home, subject to specified requirements. This measure subjects MHKs to the requirements of a restricted food 7