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PLANNING COMMISSION State Housing Legislation Update October 22, 2019 Danville Town Meeting Hall Committee to House the Bay Area Convened jointly by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and the Association of Bay Area

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State Housing Legislation Update

October 22, 2019 Danville Town Meeting Hall

PLANNING COMMISSION

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Committee to House the Bay Area

Convened jointly by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) More information:

https://mtc.ca.gov/our-work/plans-projects/casa-committee-house-bay-area

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CASA Compact Components

1. Housing preservation (keep people in their homes) 2. Housing production (build more units) 3. Housing funding (through new taxes and bonds) and form regional governance (to oversee its distribution)

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2019-20 Legislative Session

Bills introduced: 2625 Housing related: 200+ Watch List: 18-20

CASA Compact Ideas Watch List Housing Preservation

Rent control, tenant protections, relocation assistance

AB 1481 (Bonta) AB 1482 (Chiu) AB 36 (Bloom) SB 18 (Skinner) Housing Production

Permit streamlining, removing “barriers” to development (i.e., stringent parking standards), reducing impact fees

AB 68 (Ting) AB 69 (Ting) SB 13 (Wieckowski) SB 50 (Wiener) AB 1483 (Grayson) AB 1484 (Grayson) SB 330 (Skinner) AB 1485 (Wicks/Quirk) AB 1706 (Quirk) AB 1486 (Ting) Housing Funding

Regional Housing Authority, voter- approved taxes and bonds

AB 1487 (Chiu) AB 11 (Chiu) SB 5 (Beall/McGuire) ACA 1 (Beall/McGuire)

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Source: California State Legislative Analyst’s Office, California’s High Housing Costs – Causes and Consequences, March 16, 2015

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Source: California State Legislative Analyst’s Office, California’s High Housing Costs – Causes and Consequences, March 16, 2015

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Source: California Department of Housing and Community Development, California’s Housing Future – Challenges and Opportunities, February 2018

Annual Permitting of Housing Units 2001-2016

Compared to Projected Statewide Need for Additional Homes

Great Recession

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Source: California Department of Housing and Community Development, California’s Housing Future – Challenges and Opportunities, February 2018

Annual Permitting of Housing Units 1954-2016

Great Recession

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Job Growth vs Housing Growth

3 of 9 counties in the San Francisco Bay Area produced more jobs than housing

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Source: California State Legislative Analyst’s Office, California’s High Housing Costs – Causes and Consequences, March 16, 2015

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Source: California State Legislative Analyst’s Office, California’s High Housing Costs – Causes and Consequences, March 16, 2015

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What Does It Mean?

“At the center of the many debates over California’s housing problems has been a tug of war between local governments and the state over the power to control decisions about home building.”

~Liam Dillon, LA Times

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When it comes to housing, California’s system of almost pure local control hasn’t worked.

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~ State Senator Scott Wiener
(D – San Francisco)
Author of Senate Bill 50

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Delivering on Campaign Promises

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State housing affordability challenge is a top priority for Governor Newsom.

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Advocating for Local Control

Working with neighboring cities and building coalitions

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Townsend Public Affairs

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Tri-Valley Cities

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League of California Cities

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2019-20 Legislative Session

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Bills Introduced: 2625 Housing Related: 200+ Watch List: 18-20 Chaptered: 9 (50%)

CASA Compact Ideas Watch List Status Housing Preservation

Rent control, tenant protections, relocation assistance

AB 1481 (Bonta) AB 1482 (Chiu) AB 36 (Bloom) SB 18 (Skinner) Inactive Signed into law Inactive Signed into law Housing Production

Permit streamlining, removing “barriers” to development (i.e., stringent parking standards), reducing impact fees

AB 68 (Ting) AB 69 (Ting) SB 13 (Wieckowski) SB 50 (Wiener) AB 1483 (Grayson) AB 1484 (Grayson) SB 330 (Skinner) AB 1485 (Wicks/Quirk) AB 1706 (Quirk) AB 1486 (Ting) Signed into law Two-year bill Signed into law Two-year bill Signed into law Inactive Signed into law Signed into law Two-year bill Signed into law Housing Funding

Regional Housing Authority, voter- approved taxes and bonds

AB 1487 (Chiu) AB 11 (Chiu) SB 5 (Beall/McGuire) ACA 1 (Beall/McGuire) Signed into law Two-year bill Vetoed Inactive

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Housing Crisis Act

SB 330 (Skinner)

New pre-application process (state prescribed)
No net reduction (no downzoning, no

moratoriums)

Streamlining: ≤ 5 public hearings
Limits on application and impact fees

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Accessory Dwelling Units

SB 13 (Wieckowski)/AB 68 (Ting)/Others

More units in more locations
Less ability to regulate (max 4’ setback, no

parking requirements, no owner-occupancy)

Multiple ADUs and Multifamily
Limits on fees (e.g., utility connection fees)

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Looking Ahead

Fall 2019: Reconciling ordinances with

new housing laws

Winter 2020: New internal processes,

potential new ordinance updates

Spring 2020: Preparing for a new RHNA

process

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What’s Coming: New RHNA Experience

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Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) proposed zoning for 430,000 new homes through 2029. State HCD assigned 1.25 million, more than triple the region’s proposal.

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This is a new day and we have to have new expectations, new requirements.

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Planning for New Expectations

Expect More … Density requirements, project

streamlining, restrictions on development standards and review timelines

Community Engagement … Early and often
Advocacy and Relationship Building:

Countywide, regional, and statewide