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No such historic district has been established by ordinance in Pleasanton, and as noted, a very small number of Pleasanton's historic resources are listed on the state or federal register. Thus, they would not be protected from redevelopment under SB50, unless the City takes action to have them listed before SB50 goes into effect. It is unclear how the City's regulations to protect locally-designated resources from demolition, or CEQA protections, would interface with SB50. New Components of the legislation include: • Delayed implementation of SB50 until January 1, 2023. • Provisions that allow for jurisdictions to prepare an alternative local plan ("local flexibility plan") that can meet the intent of SB50's equitable communities incentives, but would not necessarily follow those same locational requirements, or height and density standards. Key parameters for any local plan include: o That it must meet SB50 goals of increasing housing density and affordability; affirmatively furthering fair housing; and result in a comparable degree of transportation efficiency — i.e. not increasing the amount of driving. No detail is provided as to exactly how a local plan would show compliance with SB50's goals: one conceivable measure might be to show that the local plan can accommodate the same total number of multi-family units (citywide) as would be developable with application of SB50's standards in jobs- and transit-rich areas. o An existing, adopted document such as a Housing Element, Zoning Ordinance or Specific Plan may substitute for the local flexibility plan, provided that it meets the parameters above. It is unclear whether the City's updated Housing Element, required to be adopted by December 2022, would satisfy the local plan requirement because: 1) it is unknown how much housing would be expect to result from application of SB50 standards locally, and 2) the City has yet to receive its Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA), and therefore cannot predict how closely that number, affordability levels, and range of sites identified will correlate to SB50. o If a local plan is not prepared by the City and approved by HCD, then SB50's development standards would apply by default. o The bill requires HCD, by July 1, 2021, to develop guidelines for the preparation, submission and approval of a local plan; HCD would be required to review and approve any local flexibility plan. • Additional provisions intended to safeguard against displacement of existing populations have been added, including that 40% of affordable units that are Page 5 of 7