Conduct a feasibility study to evaluate parcel-specific zoning change opportunities in Sonoma Valley and present findings of the study to the City and County of Sonoma. 

• Revise height limits and density caps upward, and setbacks downward, while respecting esthetic demands.

• Allow faith-owned land to be used for affordable housing, whether or not it qualified for SB4.

• Remove the minimum unit size. 

• Reduce the minimum lot size.

• Regularly review and right-size the inclusionary requirement. The City is currently conducting a nexus study on this. In Sonoma Valley, a 25% inclusionary requirement appears to be too high, inhibiting the desired creation of below-market units.

• Explore whether allowing the next “increment” of development in every location could have a less-than-significant impact under CEQA based on its likely reduction in VMT. Strong Towns defines “the next increment” as “one level of intensity higher than the surrounding development”.

• Revise development, design standards and reduce parking requirements for incremental, small infill developers.

• Reduce the size unit that is considered “affordable by design” and therefore not used in calculating required inclusionary units. In the City, the current definition is 850 sq ft, which is not affordable to essential categories of resident. City staff, Planning Commissioners, and housing advocates agree that in Sonoma Valley, there is no such thing as “affordable by design.”