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Pleasanton 2022 Legislative Advocacy Outcomes the California Housing Finance Agency to collaborate to develop 2 new screening tools for prioritizing affordable housing development on excess state land no later than March 29, 2019. This bill would require the DGS to develop, in consultation with the HCD, no later than September 1, 2023, a set of criteria to consistently evaluate state-owned parcels for suitability as affordable housing sites. The bill would also require, on or before July 1, 2024, and every 4 years thereafter, the DGS to, among other things, conduct a review of all state-owned property and identify state-owned parcels that are potentially viable for affordable housing based on those criteria. The bill would require the DGS to update the digitized inventory created pursuant to E.O. N-06-19 of all excess state land, as defined, suitable for affordable housing identified by its review. The bill would require the DGS and the HCD to evaluate and update the 2 screening tools created pursuant to E.O. N-06-19. Pleasanton Position:Watch Focus Area: Housing SB 932 (Portantino D) General plans: circulation element: bicycle and pedestrian plans and traffic calming plans. Current law states the Legislature's intention that a county or city general plan and the elements and parts of that general plan comprise an integrated, internally consistent and compatible statement of policies for the adopting agency.This bill would emphasize the intent of the Legislature to support and encourage communities in reaching environmental and climate change objectives with these provisions. Pleasanton Position:Watch Focus Area: Housing SB 1425 (Stern D) Open-space element: updates. Existing law requires cities and counties to prepare, adopt, and amend general plans and elements of those plans, as specified. Existing law requires the general plan to include a housing element and an open-space element, which is also called an open-space plan. Existing law sets forth various deadlines for updates to the housing element. This bill would require every city and county to review and update its local open-space plan by January 1, 2026. The bill would require the local open-space plan update to include plans and an action program that address specified issues, including climate resilience and other co-benefits of open space, correlated with the safety element. By imposing additional duties on local officials,the bill would create a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. Pleasanton Position:Watch Focus Area: Fiscal Sustainability SB 891 (Hertzberg D) Business licenses: stormwater discharge compliance. Current law requires, when applying to a city or a county for an initial business license or business license renewal, a person who conducts a business operation that is a regulated industry, as defined, to demonstrate enrollment with the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)permit program by providing specified information, under penalty of perjury, on the application, including, among other things, the Standard Industrial Classification Code for the business, and an applicable identification number, as specified. 13IPage