BILL NUMBER: AB 2783	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Eduardo Garcia, Cristina Garcia,
Eggman, and Gomez

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act to amend Section 75215 of the Public Resources Code,
relating to greenhouse gases.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2783, as introduced, Eduardo Garcia. 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. Existing law requires the council to
develop guidelines and selection criteria for the program.
   This bill would require the Strategic Growth Council to revise the
guidelines and selection criteria with respect to density
requirements, as specified, and to include specified factors,
including energy efficiency, in its greenhouse gas quantification
methodology.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 75215 of the Public Resources Code is amended
to read:
   75215.  (a) Prior to awarding funds under the program, the
council, in coordination with the member agencies and departments of
the council, the State Air Resources Board, and other state entities,
as needed, shall develop guidelines and selection criteria for the
implementation of the program.
   (b) Prior to adoption of the guidelines and the selection
criteria, the council shall conduct at least two public workshops to
receive and consider public comments. One workshop shall be held at a
location in northern California and one workshop shall be held at a
location in southern California.
   (c) The council shall publish the draft guidelines and selection
criteria on its Internet Web site at least 30 days prior to the
public meetings.
   (d) In adopting the guidelines and selection criteria, the council
shall consider the comments from local governments, regional
agencies, and other stakeholders. The council shall conduct outreach
to disadvantaged communities to encourage comments on the draft
guidelines from those communities.
   (e)  (1)    Program guidelines may be revised by
the council to reflect changes in program focus or need. Outreach to
stakeholders shall be conducted, pursuant to subdivisions (a), (b),
 and (c)   (c), and (d),  before the
council adopts changes to guidelines. 
   (2) The council shall revise the guidelines and selection criteria
initially adopted to include all of the following:  
   (A) Projects that qualify under the program's rural innovation
project area shall be allowed to build at nonmetropolitan density
requirements.  
   (B) The definition of "net density" shall be revised to mean the
total number of dwelling units per acre of land to be developed for
residential or mixed use, excluding permanent streets, required
drainage facilities, sidewalks, parks, public rights-of-way,
easements, encroachments, and dedicated open space.  
   (C) Urban greening, green building, energy efficiency, and
renewable energy shall be counted in the greenhouse gas
quantification methodology in addition to the selection criteria.

   (f) Upon the adoption of the guidelines and selection criteria,
the council shall, pursuant to Section 9795 of the Government Code,
submit copies of the guidelines to the fiscal and appropriate policy
committees of the Legislature.
   (g) Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of
Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code does not apply to the
development and adoption of the guidelines and selection criteria
pursuant to this section.