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DRAFT 2021 Recommended Positions on Bills Assembly Bill/ Summary Guiding Recommended City Position TVC League of Senate Bill Principle Position CA Cities Position SB 8 (Skinner) Would make a non-substantive Housing Watch. This is a placeholder bill None Watch Density Bonus change to the definition of proposed by Senator Skinner, and Law "development standard" for purposes is subject to revision. of the Density Bonus Law. SB 9 (Atkins) Would require a proposed housing Housing Oppose with comment letter None Pending Housing development containing 2 residential addressing the following issues: position of development: units within a single-family residential • The bill would allow for Oppose zone to be considered ministerially, approvals significant increases in unless without discretionary review or density in single-family amended hearing, if the proposed housing development meets certain residential neighborhood, requirements, including, but not by allowing for two limited to, that the proposed housing primary units plus ADUs, development would not require without any discretionary demolition or alteration of housing review that is subject to a recorded • Impacts to neighborhood covenant, ordinance, or law that quality, parking, and restricts rents to levels affordable to services could be persons and families of moderate, significant as a result. low, or very low income, that the proposed housing development does • Propose Historic not allow for the demolition of more Resource designation than 25% of the existing exterior amendment language structural walls, except as provided, and that the development is not located within a historic district, is not included on the State Historic Resources Inventory, or is not within a site that is legally designated or listed as a city or county landmark or historic property or district. D RAFT 5 February 5,2021