State Housing Legislation Update October 22, 2019 Danville Town - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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 Governments (ABAG) More information : https://mtc.ca.gov/our-work/plans-projects/casa-committee-house-bay-area 2

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) 3

2019-20 CASA Compact Ideas Watch List Housing Preservation AB 1481 (Bonta) Legislative Rent control, tenant protections, AB 1482 (Chiu) relocation assistance AB 36 (Bloom) SB 18 (Skinner) Session Housing Production AB 68 (Ting) Permit streamlining, removing AB 69 (Ting) “barriers” to development (i.e., SB 13 (Wieckowski) stringent parking standards), SB 50 (Wiener) reducing impact fees AB 1483 (Grayson) Bills introduced: 2625 AB 1484 (Grayson) Housing related: 200+ SB 330 (Skinner) AB 1485 (Wicks/Quirk) Watch List: 18-20 AB 1706 (Quirk) AB 1486 (Ting) Housing Funding AB 1487 (Chiu) Regional Housing Authority, voter- AB 11 (Chiu) approved taxes and bonds SB 5 (Beall/McGuire) ACA 1 (Beall/McGuire) 4

Source: California State Legislative Analyst’s Office, California’s High Housing Costs – 5 Causes and Consequences, March 16, 2015

Source: California State Legislative Analyst’s Office, California’s High Housing Costs – 6 Causes and Consequences, March 16, 2015

Annual Permitting of Housing Units 2001-2016 Compared to Projected Statewide Need for Additional Homes Great Recession Source: California Department of Housing and Community Development, 7 California’s Housing Future – Challenges and Opportunities , February 2018

Annual Permitting of Housing Units 1954-2016 Great Recession Source: California Department of Housing and Community Development, 8 California’s Housing Future – Challenges and Opportunities , February 2018

Job Growth vs Housing Growth 3 of 9 counties in the San Francisco Bay Area produced more jobs than housing 9

Source: California State Legislative Analyst’s Office, California’s High Housing Costs – 10 10 Causes and Consequences, March 16, 2015

Source: California State Legislative Analyst’s Office, California’s High Housing Costs – 11 11 Causes and Consequences, March 16, 2015

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

“ When it comes to housing, California’s system of almost pure local control hasn’t worked. - ~ State Senator Scott Wiener - (D – San Francisco) - Author of Senate Bill 50 13 13

Delivering on Campaign Promises State housing affordability challenge is a top priority for Governor Newsom. 14 14

Advocating for Local Control Working with neighboring cities and building coalitions Townsend Public Affairs ▫ Tri-Valley Cities ▫ League of California Cities ▫ 15 15

2019-20 CASA Compact Ideas Watch List Status Housing Preservation AB 1481 (Bonta) Inactive Rent control, tenant protections, AB 1482 (Chiu) Signed into law Legislative relocation assistance AB 36 (Bloom) Inactive SB 18 (Skinner) Signed into law Housing Production AB 68 (Ting) Signed into law Session Permit streamlining, removing AB 69 (Ting) Two-year bill “barriers” to development (i.e., SB 13 (Wieckowski) Signed into law stringent parking standards), SB 50 (Wiener) Two-year bill reducing impact fees AB 1483 (Grayson) Signed into law AB 1484 (Grayson) Inactive Bills Introduced: 2625 SB 330 (Skinner) Signed into law AB 1485 (Wicks/Quirk) Signed into law Housing Related: 200+ AB 1706 (Quirk) Two-year bill Watch List: 18-20 AB 1486 (Ting) Signed into law Chaptered: 9 (50%) Housing Funding AB 1487 (Chiu) Signed into law Regional Housing Authority, voter- AB 11 (Chiu) Two-year bill approved taxes and bonds SB 5 (Beall/McGuire) Vetoed ACA 1 (Beall/McGuire) Inactive 16 16

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

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)

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 19 19

What’s Coming: New RHNA Experience 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. 20 20

“ This is a new day and we have to have new expectations, new requirements. ~ Governor Gavin Newsom 21 21

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 22 22