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provided that they meet certain requirements.2 Existing State law already allows such conversions to be "counted" for very -low and low-income units.) Up to 25 percent of the jurisdiction's moderate -income RHNA can be reported in this manner, starting with the 2023 APR (reporting units converted after January 1, 2022). The Bill is supportive of programs such as the California Statewide Communities Development Authority (CSCDA) Workforce Housing Program, which specifically targets conversion of market - rate apartments to moderate -income deed -restricted units, and which could not be previously counted against moderate income RHNA. Although the bill would potentially help to address Pleasanton's moderate -income RHNA, should the City participate in a future CSCDA project, staff notes that the State law continues to require the market -rate units converted to be accounted for as an addition to the above -moderate income RHNA, since those units would have been considered to have been removed from the existing market -rate inventory. Senate Bill 8 (Skinner) SB 330 (Skinner), also known as the Housing Crisis Act of 2019, is among the most significant pieces of housing legislation recently signed into law. SB 8 (Skinner) amends the Housing Crisis Act by clarifying the definition of "housing development project" to include projects that involve no discretionary approvals, projects that involve both discretionary and nondiscretionary approvals, and projects that include a proposal to construct a single dwelling unit. SB 330, when invoked by an applicant, provides specific time limits for processing and approving housing applications, limits the numbers of public hearings that can be conducted by a local agency when reviewing a project, and limits the scope of review to conformity with objective development standards. It also limits local jurisdictions from enacting new laws or regulations that would have the effect of reducing the amount or density of housing currently permitted on a site (without upzoning other properties or sites). SB 8 also extends the sunset date of SB 330 by five years, such that rather than sunsetting in January 1, 2025, it will remain in effect until January 1, 2030. Thus far, the City has not received any SB330 applications, although they are becoming increasingly common in other cities around the State as developers seek to take advantage of SB 330's streamlining provisions. SB 9 (Atkins) SB 9 is perhaps the most consequential of the recently adopted housing bills. It provides for the ministerial approval of up to two primary housing units on parcels within single-family residential zones ("housing developments"), as well as the ability for single-family parcels to be split into two lots (an "urban lot split"), with up to two housing units permitted on each of the two lots. The new law goes into effect on January 1, 2022, and staff is working to develop a local ordinance that would reflect the requirements of SB 9, while establishing objective design and development standards to ensure housing development projects and lot '- The bill would apply only to converted units that meet specified requirements, including that the rent for the unit prior to conversion was not affordable to very low, low-, or moderate -income households and the initial post conversion rent for the unit is at least 10% less than the average monthly rent charged over the 12 months prior to conversion. Page 5 of 8