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CA'H DF <br />Aug 26, 2025 <br />City of Pleasanton <br />P.O. Box 520 <br />Pleasanton, CA 94566 <br />By Email: ecarrollocityofpleasantonca.gov <br />CC: Pleasantoncityclerkocityofpleasantonca.gov; eclarkpcityofpleasantonca.gov; <br />gbeaudin@cityofpleasantonca.gov; dsodergren@cityofpleasantonca.gov; <br />Re: Proposed amendments to the City's Accessory Dwelling Unit and Junior Accessory <br />Dwelling Unit Regulations <br />Dear Pleasanton Planning Commission, <br />8/27/2025 <br />The California Housing Defense Fund ("Ca1HDF") submits this letter as a public comment <br />concerning item 4 on the agenda for the Planning Commission meeting scheduled for <br />August 27, 2025, an amendment to the City's regulations for ADUs and JADUs. Ca1HDF would <br />like to thank the City for amending the proposed ordinance in response to our previous <br />letter. <br />However, there are still two legal issues with the proposed ordinance, and the City should <br />address these problems before approving the ordinance. <br />Background <br />The law gives local governments authority to enact zoning ordinances that implement a <br />variety of development standards on ADUs. (Gov. Code, § 66314.) The standards in these local <br />ordinances are limited by state law so as not to overly restrict ADU development. (See id.) <br />Separately from local ADU ordinances, Government Code section 66323 establishes a <br />narrower set of ADU types that local governments have a ministerial duty to approve. <br />"Notwithstanding Sections 66314 to 66322 ... a local agency shall ministerially approve" these <br />types of ADUs. (Id. at subd. (a).) This means that ADUs that satisfy the minimal requirements <br />of section 66323 must be approved regardless of any contrary provisions of the local ADU <br />ordinance. (Ibid.) Local governments may not impose their own standards on such ADUs. <br />(Gov. Code, § 66323, subd. (b) ["A local agency shall not impose any objective development or <br />design standard that is not authorized by this section upon any accessory dwelling unit that <br />meets the requirements of any of paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, of subdivision (a):'].) <br />2201 Broadway, PH1, Oakland, CA 94612 <br />hi@calhdf.org <br />