Bill Text: CA AB1968 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Greenhouse gases: Affordable Housing and Sustainable
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From committee without further action. [AB1968 Detail]
Download: California-2015-AB1968-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 1968 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 17, 2016
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Steinorth
FEBRUARY 16, 2016
An act to amend Section 5541.1 of add
Section 75214.5 to the Public Resources Code, relating to
parks. greenhouse gases.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1968, as amended, Steinorth. East Bay Regional Park
District. Greenhouse gases: Affordable Housing and
Sustainable Communities Program.
Existing law requires all moneys, except for fines and penalties,
collected by the State Air Resources Board from the auction or sale
of allowances as part of a market-based compliance mechanism to be
deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and to be available
upon appropriation by the Legislature. Existing law continuously
appropriates 20% of the annual proceeds of the fund to the Affordable
Housing and Sustainable Communities Program, administered by the
Strategic Growth Council, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through
projects that implement land use, housing, transportation, and
agricultural land preservation practices to support infill and
compact development and that support other related and coordinated
public policy objectives.
This bill would require 10% of the moneys appropriated for the
program to be allocated to certain cities, counties, and cities and
counties to support projects for medium-density residential
development, as defined. The bill would require 20% of those
allocated moneys to be allocated to housing projects affordable to
lower income households.
Existing law authorizes the East Bay Regional Park District to
plan, adopt, lay out, plant, develop, and otherwise improve, extend,
control, operate, and maintain vehicular recreational areas and
trails for the use and enjoyment of the inhabitants of the district.
Existing law prohibits the board of directors of the district from
interfering with the control of a vehicular recreational area or
trail that is existing, owned, or controlled by a municipality or
county in the district, except with the consent of the governing body
of the municipality or county, and upon terms as may be mutually
agreed upon between the board and the governing body.
This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no
yes . State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and
declares all of the following:
(a) Having a healthy housing market that provides an adequate
supply of homes affordable to Californians at all income levels is
critical to the economic prosperity and quality of life in the state.
(b) California's workforce continues to experience longer commute
times as persons in the workforce seek affordable housing outside the
areas in which they work. If California is unable to support the
construction of affordable housing in these areas, congestion
problems will strain the state's transportation system and exacerbate
the emissions of greenhouse gases.
(c) The lack of sufficient housing impedes economic growth and
development by making it difficult for California employers to
attract and retain employees.
(d) Infill housing is expensive to build in California and centers
around high-density high-rise apartment and condominium buildings.
Unfortunately, many cities have enforced building height limitations
that reduce the size and scope of projects. While subsidies exist for
high-density housing, there are little for medium-density housing of
4 or 5 stories even though the cost per square foot rises
exponentially for each story added to a building beyond the third
story.
(e) To keep pace with continuing demand, the state should identify
and establish a permanent ongoing source or sources of funding
dedicated to medium-density housing development with a set-aside for
lower income housing.
SEC. 2. Section 75214.5 is added to the
Public Resources Code , to read:
75214.5. (a) For purposes of this section, "medium-density
residential development" means a development of attached housing that
includes a duet, duplex, triplex, fourplex, or a townhouse or
condominium of between three and five stories, with an allowable
density range of between 8 and 15 residential units per gross
developable acre.
(b) (1) Ten percent of the moneys appropriated for the
implementation of the program shall be allocated each fiscal year to
cities, counties, or a city and county with an ordinance promoting
medium-density residential developments to support projects for
medium-density residential developments that meet the requirements of
Section 75211.
(2) Of the moneys allocated pursuant to paragraph (1), at least 20
percent shall be allocated to housing projects affordable to lower
income households, as defined in Section 50079.5 of the Health and
Safety Code.
SECTION 1. Section 5541.1 of the Public
Resources Code is amended to read:
5541.1. (a) The East Bay Regional Park District may do all of the
following:
(1) Plan, adopt, lay out, plant, develop, and otherwise improve,
extend, control, operate, and maintain vehicular recreational areas
and trails for the use and enjoyment of all of the inhabitants of the
district.
(2) Select, designate, and acquire land, or rights in land, within
or without the district, to be used and appropriated for the
purposes described in paragraph (1).
(3) Cause the vehicular recreational areas and trails described in
paragraph (1) to be opened, altered, widened, extended, graded or
regraded, paved or repaved, planted or replanted, repaired, and
otherwise improved.
(b) The Board of Directors of the East Bay Regional Park District
shall not interfere with the control of a vehicular recreational area
or trail that is existing, owned, or controlled by a municipality or
county in the district, except with the consent of the governing
body of the municipality, or of the county if the vehicular
recreational area or trail is in unincorporated territory, and upon
those terms as may be mutually agreed upon between the board of
directors of the district and the governing body.
