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• To follow the Subdivision Map Act which regulates the process for dividing property into lots and the design of, and improvements required by, the subdivision. "Design" means street alignments, drainage, fire roads, lot size, traffic access, grading, and parks. "Improvements" means streets, highways, and utility improvements off-site; and • To follow Supportive Housing Streamlined Approval which requires that supportive housing be permitted by right in zones where multifamily and mixed- use development is permitted, and based on the amount of supportive housing within a project may remove the requirement for CEQA analysis and Conditional Use Authorization; and • To follow the Surplus Lands Act which requires that a city, county, transit agencies, or other local agency when selling or leasing their land must prioritize it for affordable housing development. Voter Initiatives The proposed initiative would prevent the state legislature and local legislative bodies from passing laws invalidating voter-approved local land-use or zoning initiatives. If the proposed initiative were to pass a county or city may not supersede or otherwise interfere with any voter approved local initiative pertaining to land use or zoning restrictions; for example: • An ordinance adopted by a city council prevails over the State law, except for the 3 areas of statewide concern outlined by the initiative. • An ordinance adopted through voter initiative prevails over city council ordinances. • An ordinance adopted through voter initiative prevails over city council ordinances and state law. Review of Initiative 21-0016 To assist in evaluating the initiative it is important to understand how conflicts between state laws and local laws are presently resolved. There are two types of cities: charter cities and general law cities. The State Constitution grants both types of cities the power to adopt ordinances to protect the public's health, safety and welfare — this is referred to as a city's "police power." As state law is said to preempt the local ordinance, an ordinance adopted under a city's police power cannot be enforced if it conflicts with state law. A conflict between state laws and local laws exists if a local ordinance: • Duplicates state law — for example, city licensing regulating the sale of materials marketed for use with illegal drugs was determined to be invalid because it duplicates the state drug paraphernalia law. • Contradicts state law —for example, a city's urgency moratorium on land use decisions was determined to be invalid because it did not comport with the state law on an urgency moratorium on land use decisions. Page 4 of 6