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by the Governor, and one was vetoed. Another eight became two-year bills; key housing-related two-year bills are summarized at the end of this agenda report. Table 1: Housing-Related Bills Summary Status Focus Areas Bills Signed into Law Bills Vetoed Two-Year Bills Accessory dwelling units AB 68 (Ting) (ADU's ) SB 13 (Wieckowski) AB 670 (Friedman)* AB 881 (Bloom)* Housing streamlining AB 1483 (Grayson) AB 1244 (Fong) AB1485 (Wicks/Quirk) AB 1279 (Bloom) SB 330 (Skinner) SB 4 (McGuire) SB 50 (Wiener) SB 592 (Wiener) Affordable Housing Funding SB 5 (Beall) Funding and Local Control AB 1487 (Chiu) AB 1568 (McCarty) SB 6 (Beall) SB 15 (Porantino) AB 1706 (Quirk) * The City did not take a position on this bill. The following provides an initial analysis of some of the key housing-related bills signed into law. Staff notes that much of the legislation is complex, and will require additional review and analysis to determine the extent of its local implications. Accessory Dwelling Units. The new laws expand existing ADU laws to further relax requirements for ADUs, streamline approvals, and limit local regulation of these units. Key changes include: • Requiring that multiple ADUs be allowed on single lot. • Requiring that ADUs be permitted on multi-family zoned properties. • Reducing minimum required setbacks for detached ADUs to four feet, and relaxing requirements for conversion of accessory structures into ADUs • Eliminating the ability for jurisdictions to require replacement parking to be provided. • Limiting fees that may be charged for ADUs' • Prohibiting homeowners associations from prohibiting or unreasonably restricting ADUs. • Disallowing minimum lot size or lot coverage standards to be required. • Requiring a local ADU ordinance to be entirely consistent with State law, or otherwise be null and void. Fee reduced to zero for units under 750 square feet; and to 25 percent of typical Single Family impact fee for units over 750 sq. ft. Page 3 of 7