California 2017 2017-2018 Regular Session

California Assembly Bill AB915 Amended / Bill

Filed 05/01/2017

                    Amended IN  Assembly  May 01, 2017 Amended IN  Assembly  March 15, 2017 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 915Introduced by Assembly Member TingFebruary 16, 2017 An act to add Section 65915.4 to the Government Code, relating to housing. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 915, as amended, Ting. Planning and zoning: density bonus: affordable housing ordinances. ordinances: City and County of San Francisco.The Planning and Zoning Law requires, when an applicant proposes a housing development within the jurisdiction of a local government, that the city, county, or city and county provide the developer with a density bonus and other incentives or concessions for the production of lower income housing units or for the donation of land within the development if the developer, among other things, agrees to construct a specified percentage of units for very low, low-, or moderate-income households or qualifying residents.This bill would require a city, county, or city and county that the City and County of San Francisco, if it has adopted an ordinance requiring an affordable housing minimum percentage for housing developments developments, to apply that ordinance to the total number of housing units in the development, including any additional housing units granted pursuant to these provisions, unless the city, county, or city and county exempts those additional housing units from the ordinance.This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the City and County of San Francisco.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: NO  Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 65915.4 is added to the Government Code, to read:65915.4. If a city, county, or city and county the City and County of San Francisco has adopted an ordinance requiring an affordable housing minimum percentage for housing developments, the city, county, or city and county shall apply that ordinance to the total number of housing units in the development, including any additional housing units granted pursuant to Section 65915, unless the city, county, or city and county exempts those additional housing units from the ordinance.SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the uniquely severe shortage of affordable housing within the City and County of San Francisco.

 Amended IN  Assembly  May 01, 2017 Amended IN  Assembly  March 15, 2017 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 915Introduced by Assembly Member TingFebruary 16, 2017 An act to add Section 65915.4 to the Government Code, relating to housing. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 915, as amended, Ting. Planning and zoning: density bonus: affordable housing ordinances. ordinances: City and County of San Francisco.The Planning and Zoning Law requires, when an applicant proposes a housing development within the jurisdiction of a local government, that the city, county, or city and county provide the developer with a density bonus and other incentives or concessions for the production of lower income housing units or for the donation of land within the development if the developer, among other things, agrees to construct a specified percentage of units for very low, low-, or moderate-income households or qualifying residents.This bill would require a city, county, or city and county that the City and County of San Francisco, if it has adopted an ordinance requiring an affordable housing minimum percentage for housing developments developments, to apply that ordinance to the total number of housing units in the development, including any additional housing units granted pursuant to these provisions, unless the city, county, or city and county exempts those additional housing units from the ordinance.This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the City and County of San Francisco.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: NO  Local Program: NO 

 Amended IN  Assembly  May 01, 2017 Amended IN  Assembly  March 15, 2017

Amended IN  Assembly  May 01, 2017
Amended IN  Assembly  March 15, 2017

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill No. 915

Introduced by Assembly Member TingFebruary 16, 2017

Introduced by Assembly Member Ting
February 16, 2017

 An act to add Section 65915.4 to the Government Code, relating to housing. 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 915, as amended, Ting. Planning and zoning: density bonus: affordable housing ordinances. ordinances: City and County of San Francisco.

The Planning and Zoning Law requires, when an applicant proposes a housing development within the jurisdiction of a local government, that the city, county, or city and county provide the developer with a density bonus and other incentives or concessions for the production of lower income housing units or for the donation of land within the development if the developer, among other things, agrees to construct a specified percentage of units for very low, low-, or moderate-income households or qualifying residents.This bill would require a city, county, or city and county that the City and County of San Francisco, if it has adopted an ordinance requiring an affordable housing minimum percentage for housing developments developments, to apply that ordinance to the total number of housing units in the development, including any additional housing units granted pursuant to these provisions, unless the city, county, or city and county exempts those additional housing units from the ordinance.This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the City and County of San Francisco.

The Planning and Zoning Law requires, when an applicant proposes a housing development within the jurisdiction of a local government, that the city, county, or city and county provide the developer with a density bonus and other incentives or concessions for the production of lower income housing units or for the donation of land within the development if the developer, among other things, agrees to construct a specified percentage of units for very low, low-, or moderate-income households or qualifying residents.

This bill would require a city, county, or city and county that the City and County of San Francisco, if it has adopted an ordinance requiring an affordable housing minimum percentage for housing developments developments, to apply that ordinance to the total number of housing units in the development, including any additional housing units granted pursuant to these provisions, unless the city, county, or city and county exempts those additional housing units from the ordinance.

This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the City and County of San Francisco.

## Digest Key

## Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 65915.4 is added to the Government Code, to read:65915.4. If a city, county, or city and county the City and County of San Francisco has adopted an ordinance requiring an affordable housing minimum percentage for housing developments, the city, county, or city and county shall apply that ordinance to the total number of housing units in the development, including any additional housing units granted pursuant to Section 65915, unless the city, county, or city and county exempts those additional housing units from the ordinance.SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the uniquely severe shortage of affordable housing within the City and County of San Francisco.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 65915.4 is added to the Government Code, to read:65915.4. If a city, county, or city and county the City and County of San Francisco has adopted an ordinance requiring an affordable housing minimum percentage for housing developments, the city, county, or city and county shall apply that ordinance to the total number of housing units in the development, including any additional housing units granted pursuant to Section 65915, unless the city, county, or city and county exempts those additional housing units from the ordinance.

SECTION 1. Section 65915.4 is added to the Government Code, to read:

### SECTION 1.

65915.4. If a city, county, or city and county the City and County of San Francisco has adopted an ordinance requiring an affordable housing minimum percentage for housing developments, the city, county, or city and county shall apply that ordinance to the total number of housing units in the development, including any additional housing units granted pursuant to Section 65915, unless the city, county, or city and county exempts those additional housing units from the ordinance.

65915.4. If a city, county, or city and county the City and County of San Francisco has adopted an ordinance requiring an affordable housing minimum percentage for housing developments, the city, county, or city and county shall apply that ordinance to the total number of housing units in the development, including any additional housing units granted pursuant to Section 65915, unless the city, county, or city and county exempts those additional housing units from the ordinance.

65915.4. If a city, county, or city and county the City and County of San Francisco has adopted an ordinance requiring an affordable housing minimum percentage for housing developments, the city, county, or city and county shall apply that ordinance to the total number of housing units in the development, including any additional housing units granted pursuant to Section 65915, unless the city, county, or city and county exempts those additional housing units from the ordinance.



65915.4. If a city, county, or city and county the City and County of San Francisco has adopted an ordinance requiring an affordable housing minimum percentage for housing developments, the city, county, or city and county shall apply that ordinance to the total number of housing units in the development, including any additional housing units granted pursuant to Section 65915, unless the city, county, or city and county exempts those additional housing units from the ordinance.

SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the uniquely severe shortage of affordable housing within the City and County of San Francisco.

SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the uniquely severe shortage of affordable housing within the City and County of San Francisco.

SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the uniquely severe shortage of affordable housing within the City and County of San Francisco.

### SEC. 2.