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(D) The Porter-Cologne Water Quality Act (Division 7 (commencing with Section 13000)of the Water Code). (E) The Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975 (Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 27 10)of Division 2 of the Public Resources Code). (F) Pollution control or environmental justice laws,rules,or regulations. (2) The protection of health and safety, including but not limited to, the development of contaminated sites and regulation of hazardous material storage sites. (3) Emergency response to natural disasters and disaster planning and recovery. (4) The regulation of the physical structure and the construction of buildings. (5) The regulation of residential or commercial rents and landlord-tenant relations, including the Ellis Act (Chapter 12.75 (commencing with Section 7060) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code) and Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act (Chapter 2.7 (commencing with Section 1954.50) of Title 5 of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code). (6) The siting of a power generating facility capable of generating more than 50 megawatts of electricity and the California Public Utilities Commission has determined that a need exists at that location and that the facility addresses a matter of statewide concern. (7) (A) The development or construction of a water, communication, or transportation infrastructure project for which the Legislature lists the specific reasons explaining how the project addresses the statewide concern and declares that the development is in the best interests of the state. (B) For purposes of this paragraph, a transportation infrastructure project does not include a transit-oriented development project, whether residential, commercial, or mixed-use. (8) Fair housing matters, including, but not limited to the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (Part 2.8 (commencing with Section 12900) of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code), prohibitions against discrimination, or affirmatively furthering fair housing. (9) Reporting and planning requirements, provided that the requirement does not otherwise impact the ability of a city or county to adopt, or put into effect, a land use planning and zoning law described in paragraph (1). Reporting and planning requirements imposed pursuant to this paragraph shall apply uniformly to all cities and counties and shall not discriminate amongst cities or counties based on voluntary compliance with any land use planning and zoning law adopted by the state. SEC. 3. Section 5.5 is added to Article XI of the California Constitution, to read: SEC. 5.5. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), in the event of a conflict with a state statute, a land use planning and zoning law within the boundaries of