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petitioners of Measure PP, advised the City Council that: "Assisted living units have large central kitchens or kitchenettes and not individual FULUComplete kitchens and would not be counted against the housing cap." (Emphasis in original.) Thus, with the definitions from the State of California and U.S. Census Bureau, as well as information provided by petitioner Ms. Brown, Measures PP and QQ are not in direct conflict as to assisted living facilities. Overall, for purposes of the General Plan, the definitions of housing unit in Measures PP and QQ coexist using definitions from the U.S. Census Bureau and State of California, as directed specifically by the Measure PP petition, as well as information submitted into the public record by a petitioner of Measure PP. Implementation Options. With the passage of both measures, and the lack of conflict between the two measures, consideration is next focused on implementation. Measure QQ describes a process for the development of a hillside and ridge protection ordinance and design guidelines, but this process is effectively advisory, as voters were clearly told that this was a process setting forth how an ordinance and guidelines "might be developed" and "there is no provision requiring the City to enact" the resulting regulations.s However, with the passage of Measure PP, its specific restrictions on hillside development have become law, and therefore the process to develop the ordinance envisioned by Measure QQ has effectively been fulfilled by the regulations enacted by Measure PP. Therefore, while the advisory process outlined in Measure QQ is generally discussed as Option 4, below, the other options are instead focused on more immediate and practical application of Measures PP and OO. 1. PP and QQ policies into the General Plan. The most straight-forward approach is to incorporate the policies of Measures PP and QQ into the General Plan (as well as the proposed General Plan update), and then require each proposed project' to be consistent with those policies. As projects are processed, City staff would use its best professional judgment to apply the broad principles of Measure OO to the project and then the more specific requirements of Measure PP. In context of Measure PP, staff would determine if the exemption applies and, if not, it would calculate slope, determine ridgelines, measure 100 feet from such ridgelines, define housing unit and structure, determine if the property is a 'legal parcel' (as of Jan. 1, 2007) subject to any subdivision restrictions, and then ensure the application conforms to these requirements. The final decision about whether a proposed project complies with Measures PP and QQ would be made by the City Council, with a recommendation by the Planning Commission, following noticed public hearings. e See City Attorney Impartial Analysis of Measure QQ, paragraph 5. Except projects with vested rights under State law. Page 5 of 7