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� -- -- !l� �� TEA-21 EXTENSION APPROVED BY U.S. AB 1160 from page 1 • • • • • • • • • • • - • • • — HOUSE AND SENATE sack9round Earlier this week, both the House and Senate qg 1160 is an unprecedented effort to allow the took action on a 5-month extension of TEA-21 un,�l State to diCtBte the SpeCiflCS of loCal 2nd unit - February 29, 2004. The full House approved by ordinances. The measure is a follow-up to last voice vote its version, H.R. 3087, and the two year's AB 1866 (Wright), which required all second Senate committtees with primary jurisdiction over unit applications to be ministerial. surface transportation programs, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (which AB 1160 takes a one-size-fits-all approach to has jurisdiction over highway programs) and the second unit development and transfers significant Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs (which �oca) land use authority to Sacramento. SpeCifi- has jurisidiction over transit programs) approved 5- cally, the measure requires local governments to month extensions as well. The full Senate could bring the TEA-21 5-month extension legislation to Permit second units up to 1,200 square feet in all the floor as early as the end of this week. residential zones. Additionally, the bill prohibits local ordinances from including provisions that This short-term extension became necessary require an owner-occupant to live on the property after neither chamber was able to agree on a multi- �n either the primary or seCOndary unit. year authorization before the fiscal year expires September 30th. The most controversial issues The bill limits local parking standards to one thus far have been determining overall funding parking space for every two bedrooms created, levels and the mechanism for financing the trans- and permits these requirements to be met with on portation spending. Both the House and Senate street parking. In addition, AB 1160 also requires agree that the plan preferred by the Administration Cities to approve additional parking Standard is inadequate ($247 billion), but both chambers are reductions by as much as 33% if the development still close to $50 billion dollars apart with the House occurs within Y. mile of specified public transpor- T seeking $375 billion and the Senate $311 billion. tation. Finally, the bill prohibits loCal agenCieS frOm applying any development standard as a condition • . . • • . • • • • . • . for approval of a second unit that will render the TRIPLE-FLIP from page 1 unit "not financial/y feasib/e at market rate rents" for very low and low income households unless Of importance to cities, the SBOE has the city finds that the waiver of the condition will determined that the provisions of the "triple have an adverse impact. flip" bill regarding the change in rate are self- executing and, therefore, cities will not be AB 1160 was made a two-year bill. During the required by SBOE to adopt new ordinances. legistative interim, the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee will hold The League has been in close contact with hearings on AB 1160 to discern whether there are • SBOE staff, which has been most cooperative and in fact problems with existing local second-unit understanding of cities' concerns. SBOE will form ordinances which merit this level of intrusion into an implementation task force to identify and local land use authority. The hearing has been resolve issues regarding the "triple flip." A working tentatively scheduled for November 18, 2003. group of city, county, League and CSAC staff and consultants also held a meeting to discuss opera- In preparation for these hearings, the League tional issues related to the "triple flip." Individuals hopes to work with cities to provide committee interested in participating in future task force members with a comprehensive local perspective meetings may contact either Frances Medema on the "second unit experience" cities have en- ( medemaf(o�cacities.orq) or Jean Korinke dured over the past year updating their ordinances (jkorinke@cacities.org). in the wake ofA6 1866. As a first step, the League will be sending a survey of second unit ordinances �. Continued on Page 5 PAGE 4/PRIORITY FOCUS Visit the League's Official Web Site--www.cacities.org