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Table 2: Key Housing-Related Bills Bill ' Topic Summary Number AB 2011 provides a streamlined ministerial approval AB 2011 pathway for qualifying multifamily projects on commercially zoned land that meets specified affordable housing targets. Housing Effective July 1, 2023 and sunsets January 1, 2033. Development SB 6 does not provide a ministerial approval process but on does allow for residential developments on commercially Commercial- zoned parcels without rezoning. SB 6 contains no SB 6 Zoned sites affordability requirements. To utilize SB 6 provisions, developers must adhere to prescribed labor standards which include prevailing wage and the use of a skilled and trained workforce. Effective July 1, 2023 and sunsets January 1, 2033. This bill would prohibit a public agency from imposing any minimum automobile parking requirement on any residential, commercial, or other development project, as defined, that is located within 1/2 mile of public transit, as defined. The bill, notwithstanding the above-described prohibition, would authorize a city, county, or city and county to impose or enforce minimum automobile parking Parking requirements on a housing development project if the public AB 2097 requirements agency makes written findings, within 30 days of the receipt of a completed application, that not imposing or enforcing minimum automobile parking requirements on the development would have a substantially negative impact, supported by a preponderance of the evidence in the record, on the public agency's ability to meet its share of specified housing needs or existing residential or commercial parking within 1/2 mile of the housing development. Effective January 1, 2023. This bill would specify that an accessory dwelling unit that AB 2221 is detached from the proposed or existing primary dwelling may include a detached garage. Effective January 1, 2023. This bill would require that the standards imposed on Accessory accessory dwelling units be objective. For purposes of this Dwelling Units requirement, the bill would define "objective standard" as a SB 897 standard that involves no personal or subjective judgment by a public official and is uniformly verifiable, as specified. The bill would also increase the minimum height of a detached ADU that must be permitted, to 18 feet or 25 feet, depending on the circumstance. Effective January 1, 2023. Density Bonus This bill allows for extra height and density for projects in AB 2334 Law "Very Low Vehicle Miles Traveled" (VMT) areas for 100% affordable projects. Effective January 1, 2023. Page 6 of 15