Amended in Assembly March 28, 2016

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 2783

Introduced by Assembly Members Eduardo Garcia, begin delete Cristina Garcia, Eggman, end delete begin insert Eggman, Cristina end insert begin insert  Garcia, end insert 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 amended, 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 begin delete density requirements, as specified, and to include specified factors, including energy efficiency, in its greenhouse gas quantification methodology. end delete begin insert affordable housing projects that qualify under the program’s rural innovation project area, as specified. end insert

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), (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 begin delete following: end delete begin insert following with
respect to affordable housing projects that qualify under the
program’s rural innovation project area: end insert

(A) Projects begin delete that qualify under the program’s rural innovation
project area end delete shall be allowed to build at nonmetropolitan density

begin delete requirements. end delete

begin delete (B) end delete begin delete   end delete begin delete The end delete begin insert requirements based on net density. The end insert 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.

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(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.

end delete begin insert

(C) For projects that receive 4 percent low-income housing tax
credits, one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) per restricted
unit shall be added to the base amount for loan limit calculation
purposes.

end insert begin insert

(D) Scoring shall be awarded based on the extent to which an
application demonstrates walkable corridors and incorporates
features that encourage bicycling, which will exist upon completion
of the project.

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(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.

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CORRECTIONS:

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