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��-�`� LANDUSE BILLS from page 1 ......................................... As expected, there are many housing and zoned for housing, under specified conditions. land use bills. Below is a list containing a brief SB 365 (Ducheny) Applies two existing description of some of the major housing/land provisions of law related to housing to charter use bills for 2005. cities. SB 1087 (Florez) Requires local govern- The League will anayze and develop posi- ments to deny an application for any residential tions on these and other bills in the near future. or nonresidential development if it finds, based on City officials are also encouraged to review these substantial evidence that the water or sewer bills to determine local impacts. City officials provider has failed to provide available and future and others interested in legislation are encour- services to affordable housing. aged to use the League's online legislative tracking service to view the text of a bill, its p�anning & CEQA status, committee assignment, hearing dates and other information (including the League lobbyist assigned to the bill). The League's SB 968 (Torlakson) League spot position on a bill will also be added to the system, bill intended to serve as a legislative vehicle for when that information becomes available. agreements which may emerge from the League/Homebuilders General Plan Task Force. To track a bill, use the °Bill Search° link on the AB 1020 (Hancock) Requires federally navigation bar of the League's Website designated metropolitan planning organizations (www.cacities.ora/billsearchl. To monitor bills by and certain state-designated regional transporta- subject area, visit the various policy issues tion planning agencies to develop and implement pages on the Website in the Issues and Legisla- improved regional travel models incorporating tion area of the site. smart growth concepts. AB 1367 (Evans) Declares the Legislature's Zoning/ Housing intent to enact legislation that would direct state and regional agencies to take into account locally passed land use initiatives when calculating the SB 435 (Hollingsworth) Makes additional fair share of regional housing for cities and changes to state density bonus law, following last counties. year's controversial SB 1818 (Hollingsworth). SB 223 (Torlakson) Establishes a revolving AB 549, as introduced, Salinas. Authorizes loan program to provide loans up to $1 million to communities that produce an unspecified local governments to adopt specific plans or amount of affo�dable housing to self-certiry their equivalent planning documents that provide for housing elements. Provides for actual damages additional infill housing opportunities. Compli- against local govemments that deny affordable ance with state housing etement certification and housing developments. reporting criteria is required. SB 575 (Torlakson) Prohibits local disap- AB 926 (Chu) Requires the licensure, certifi- proval of housing development that is not in cation, and regulation of adult recovery mainte- compliance with the general plan, if the jurisdi� nance facilities, as defined. tion lacks a certified housing element. SB 832 (Perata) Makes several changes to AB 1233 (Jones) Requires regional housing the existing CEQA exemption for infill housing. need numbers to include any unmet share of SB 948 (Murray) Requires a lead agency to housing need from the previous planning period. prepare a short form SB 326 (Dunn) Provides that a housing environmental impact report for a housing development (could be multifamily or single- development project subject to CEQA if the lead family) that is proposed to be placed on a parcel agency has determined that the project meets zoned for multifamily or single family use is not various criteria. subject to a conditional use permit on any parcel Continued on Page 9 PAGE 6/PRlOR1TY FOCUS Visit the League's Official Web Site -- www.cacities.org