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Pleasanton 2022 Legislative Advocacy Outcomes
<br /> The Planning and Zoning Law, among other things, provides for the creation of accessory
<br /> dwelling units by local ordinance, or, if a local agency has not adopted an ordinance, by
<br /> ministerial approval, in accordance with specified standards and conditions. Current law
<br /> requires a local ordinance to require an accessory dwelling unit to be either attached to, or
<br /> located within, the proposed or existing primary dwelling, as specified, or detached from the
<br /> proposed or existing primary dwelling and located on the same lot as the proposed or existing
<br /> primary dwelling. This bill would specify that an accessory dwelling unit that is detached from
<br /> the proposed or existing primary dwelling may include a detached garage.
<br /> Pleasanton Position: Oppose with Comments
<br /> Focus Area: Housing
<br /> AB 2234 (Rivas, Robert D) Planning and zoning: housing: post entitlement
<br /> phase permits.
<br /> The Housing Accountability Act, among other things, prohibits a local agency from disapproving,
<br /> or conditioning approval in a manner that renders infeasible, specified housing development
<br /> projects, including projects for very low, low, or moderate-income households and projects for
<br /> emergency shelters, that comply with applicable, objective general plan, zoning, and subdivision
<br /> standards and criteria in effect at the time the application for the project is deemed complete,
<br /> unless the local agency makes specified written findings supported by a preponderance of the
<br /> evidence in the record. The act authorizes a project applicant, a person who would be eligible to
<br /> apply for residency in the housing development or emergency shelter, or a housing organization
<br /> to bring a lawsuit to enforce its provisions. This bill would require a local agency to compile a list
<br /> of information needed to approve or deny a post entitlement phase permit, as defined, to post
<br /> an example of a complete, approved application and an example of a complete set of post
<br /> entitlement phase permits for at least 5 types of housing development projects, as defined, in
<br /> the jurisdiction, as specified, and to make those items available to all applicants for these
<br /> permits no later than January 1, 2024. The bill would define "local agency" for these purposes to
<br /> mean a city, county, or city and county.
<br /> Pleasan ton Position: Oppose with Comments
<br /> Focus Area: Housing
<br /> AB 2334 (Wicks 0) Density Bonus Law: affordability: incentives or concessions in very
<br /> low vehicle travel areas: parking standards: definitions.
<br /> Existing law, for developments where 100% of all units are for lower income households, except
<br /> as provided, requires that rent for 20% of the units be set at an affordable rent and that rent for
<br /> the remaining units be at an amount consistent with the maximum rent levels for a housing
<br /> development that receives an allocation of state or federal low-income housing tax credits from
<br /> the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee(CTCAC). Existing law, with respect to a for-sale
<br /> unit that qualified the applicant for a density bonus, also requires that the local government
<br /> enforce an equity sharing agreement, as provided, unless it is in conflict with the requirements
<br /> of another public funding source or law. This bill, with respect to the affordability requirements
<br /> applicable to 100% lower income developments, would instead require the rent for the
<br /> remaining units in the development be set at an amount consistent with the maximum rent
<br /> levels for lower income households, as those rents and incomes are determined by CTCAC.
<br /> The bill, with regard to the enforcement of equity sharing agreements for for-sale units, would
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