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Housing Related Bills Bill/Title Description City Outcome Position Housing development in the 9-county Bay Area that development: dedicates at least 20% of the development's incentives. housing units to households making no more than 150% of the area median income. The incentives provided to those developments include an exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act, a density bonus of 35%, a waiver of local parking requirements, and a waiver of physical building requirements imposed on the development by the local agency, such as green building standards. SB 4 The bill would allow developers to apply for Oppose 2 year bill (McGuire) streamlined, ministerial approval for certain unless Housing. types of residential development projects amended including: • A "neighborhood multifamily unit of up to two residential dwelling units in a nonurban community, as defined, or up to four residential dwelling units in an urban community (Pleasanton would meet the definition of an urban community), as defined, that meets local height, setback, and lot coverage zoning requirements as they existed on July 1, 2019. • An "eligible TOD project" defined as a project located in an urban community, as defined, that meets specified height requirements, is located within 1/2 mile of an existing or planned transit station parcel or entrance, and meets other floor area ratio, density, parking, and zoning requirements. SB 15 Would establish the Local-State Sustainable Oppose 2 year bill (Portantino) Investment Program, which would be Property tax administered by the Department of Finance revenue and would authorize a city, a county, or a allocations: specified joint powers agency that meets Local-State specified eligibility criteria to apply to the Sustainable Department of Finance for funding for projects Investment that further certain purposes, including Program. increasing the availability of affordable 5