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Given the extent of changes, staff has attempted to indicate the correlation between the 5th Cycle and 6th Cycle goals, policies, and programs in two ways. Within the body of the Draft Housing Element, policies and programs are noted as either "New" or "Modified". When modified from a prior policy/program, reference is provided back to the 5th Cycle program or policy in question. Additionally, Attachment 2 provides a matrix of all 5th Cycle Housing Element goals, policies, and programs, and points to their disposition in the 6th Cycle Draft, whether deleted or modified. Some of the new actions/programs may be required per State law (e.g., AB 2923, AB 1397, and SB 166), some are to address housing constraints, and others are in response to feedback from the public, Commissions, and Council. New policies and programs are annotated in the Draft Housing Element text with [NEW] for reference. Among these are new policies and programs to provide sufficient sites for housing development to accommodate Pleasanton's share of the RHNA, including': • Actively pursue partnerships and opportunities for the development of affordable housing units. Policy 1.4 • Monitor housing sites to ensure adequate sites to accommodate the remaining unmet RHNA by each income category are always maintained. Program 1.2 • Adopt zoning standards consistent with the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Place Type: Neighborhood/Town Center for AB 2923-eligible parcels. This includes requiring a minimum of 75 dwelling units per acre and five stories. Program 1.3 • As required by state law (AB 1397), allow development by right subject to conformance with applicable objective design and development standards, when 20 percent or more of the units are affordable to lower-income households if a lower-income housing site was identified as a housing site (for any income level) in a previous Housing Element's site inventory. Program 1.4 • Expand City efforts to acquire or assist in the development of one or more sites for housing affordable to lower-income households. Program 1.5 • Facilitate the development of the Kiewit and Stoneridge Mall properties with housing by undertaking certain actions including adopting a specific plan, master plan, or PUD for development. Program 1.7 • Facilitate production of ADUs by preparing and distributing standardized and/or pre-approved building plans and creating/maintaining information (e.g., funding opportunities) on an ADU resource webpage. Program 1.9 • Complete annexation of the housing sites located in unincorporated Alameda County (i.e., Lester and Merritt rezone parcels). Program 1.10 Please note,the programs and policies are summarized below. For full text,please see the Draft Housing Element pages 20-52. Page 5 of 18