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b. City Resistance Cities of course, fight back, quite effectively, illustrating the difficulty of running an economy with regulations from a government office in Sacramento. Pleasanton, and probably other exclusionary cities, pioneered the RHNA moratorium during the 2014- 2022 RHNA Cycle. Once Pleasanton got its Housing Element certified by State HCD and started several projects, Pleasanton put virtually all other housing projects on hold until the next RHNA Cycle. The City cooked up a discretionary City Council approval required before City Staff would even process a proposed housing project, even if was allowed by the General Plan. That pretty much cut off housing approvals after 2017. See Exhibit E at Bates p. 38 for more detailed description of Pleasanton's RHNA Moratorium. Despite losing a landmark housing element case in 2008, the City managed to suppress new housing supply for the 2014-2022 RHNA Cycle to a level below that specified in the City's Growth Management Ordinance (about 225 units per year); in fact, Pleasanton allowed less than 90 units per year for the period from 2017 to 2021 (Exhibit F at Bates p. 56). As part of its pretend concern for affordable housing, Pleasanton has adopted an affordable housing fee ($46,732) greater than the fees for all public facilities which the City actually provides for those units ($36,355)! The affordable housing fee for a 900 sf multi-family unit was $45,083 — now inflation adjusted to $46,732. That exceeds the total fees for the public facilities which the City actually provides, as follows: [(Capital Facilities fee — $12,419; Transportation fee - $6,092; Tri-Valley Transportation fee - $3,376; City Sewer Connection fee - $330; DSRSD Sewer Connection fee - $9,016; Impervious Surface Drainage fee - $1450; School Fees - $3,672: Total facilities fees (except Zone 7 water) - $36,355] (Exhibit G at Bates p. 57). The affordable housing fee applies primarily to projects of 10 units or less, which the City has no interest in allowing, maybe because the exemption from inclusionary rent controls means no "affordable" units to help with State HCD expectations. It is to be expected that exclusionary cities will be developing creative ways to suppress housing supply in the face of the new State mandates. Unfortunately, inclusionary rent controls are the primary legal tool left with which exclusionary cities can suppress housing supply. c. Vastly Increased Housing Allocations The coming 2023-2031 Regional Housing Needs Assessment explodes the number of housing units each city is required to zone for. The Bay Area RHNA was increased by 235%. Pleasanton's RHNA allocation jumped from 2,067 units in the 2014-2022 RHNA Cycle to 5,965 units in the 2023-2031 RHNA Cycle, a 188% expansion in units required to be rezoned. One positive effect from the extremely high RHNA numbers is that the City had to offer owners of sites to be rezoned the right to keep their current zoning, and convert to residential at a time chosen by the property owner. According to the City letter asking property owners to agree to high density residential zoning, "All existing uses would be allowed to continue to operate and expand in the future, and non- residential uses consistent with the existing zoning could continue to be proposed as allowed by the current zoning for your property". This is an excellent policy to 8