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6.H. - Page 4 of 16 <br />Assembly Bill (AB) 3308 would allow school districts to restrict occupancy of affordable housing on school <br />district -owned land, funded with low income housing tax credits (LIHTC), to teachers and school district <br />employees of the school district that owns the land, regardless of any laws that would prohibit a priority <br />or preference for school district employees and teachers. The bill would also specify that a school district <br />may allow local public employees to occupy housing created through the act. It defines "Local public <br />employees" to include employees of a city, county, city and county, charter city, charter county, charter <br />city and county, special district, or any combination thereof. <br />Bill Status: <br />The Bill has been ordered to third reading as of May 26, 2020. <br />Redwood City Legislative Platform: <br />AB 3308 falls within the adopted Redwood City Homelessness and Housing legislative platform. <br />Specifically: <br />• Support legislative or funding mechanisms that promote affordable and regional housing projects <br />to meet the unique populations of city residents—including workforce housing and those with <br />special needs. <br />AB 2852 and AB 3308 Combined due to COVID-19: <br />AB 2852 was a sponsored measure of Redwood City. It would have authorized cities, counties, cities and <br />counties, whether general law or chartered, and special districts to establish and implement programs <br />that address the needs of local public employees who face challenges in securing affordable housing. Also, <br />AB 2852 would have exempted all city, county, state and special district employees from possessory <br />interest tax when living in workforce rental housing provided by a school district, community college <br />district, the city, county, or state whether owned by one public entity or a combination of public entities. <br />AB 2852 was introduced on February 21, 2020 and was eligible to be heard as soon as the legislature <br />resumed session. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic all legislative policy committee staff is working <br />aggressively to consolidate bills when possible and stop others from being heard. This has caused <br />shakeups for a lot of pending measures. The Chair of the Assembly Housing Committee has asked that <br />intent and language in AB 2852 (Mullin) be included in AB 3308 (Gabriel). Assemblymember Gabriel is a <br />sitting member of the Assembly Housing and Community Development committee and for that reason <br />was given preference on his measure moving forward as the primary vehicle. As such, the language has <br />been combined and AB 3308 is now jointly authored by both Assemblymembers Gabriel and Mullin. <br />Background SB 793 (Hill) <br />According to the Author, youth usage of flavored tobacco products has exploded recently. Fueled by kid <br />friendly flavors like cotton candy and bubblegum, 3.6 million more middle and high school students <br />started using e -cigarettes in 2018. The disturbing rates of teen e -cigarette use continued to rise in 2019 <br />with the overwhelming majority of youth citing use of popular fruit and menthol or mint flavors. In the <br />last two years alone, e -cigarette use among young people surged by 135% and there are now 5.3 million <br />Page 4 of 8 <br />City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.org <br />313 <br />