CaliforniaState office must publish planning data online by July 1, 2028
California’s land use and climate office must post statewide data on hazards, natural areas, and farmland online by July 1, 2028, for planners to consider.
What it does
California’s land use and climate office must post planning data on hazards, natural areas, and farmland online by July 1, 2028. It must update the data when source agencies provide revisions.
By January 1, 2029, the office must guide agencies on using the data in regional plans. It must also help with data use when asked.
State, regional, and local governments may consider the data in land use and infrastructure plans. They may use newer or more detailed local data, and cities and counties keep zoning authority.
Argument forPlanners who choose to use the public data could spot fire and flood risks while weighing land use and infrastructure plans.
Argument againstPlanners could miss local details if they rely on statewide data when newer or more precise local data are available.
More detail
The office must gather planning data, put it in a common format, and post it on a public website. The statewide data must cover hazards, sensitive natural areas, and valuable farmland. The office must update the data when the state or federal agencies that supplied it make new or revised data available. The office must post the data on or before July 1, 2028.
The office must explain how agencies can use the data and provide help with its use when asked. The guidance covers agencies using the data in regional planning work. The office provides help with using the data upon request. The office must provide the guidance on or before January 1, 2029.
Governments may consider the statewide data when making plans. The option covers state, regional, and local governments making land use and infrastructure plans. Governments may use newer or more detailed local data. The measure adds no new regulatory duties or zoning rules and leaves city and county land use powers in place.
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Looking ahead
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History
- 2026
- Sep 30Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1039, Statutes of 2026.Latest
- Sep 30Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Sep 8Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.To Governor
- Aug 30Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 28. Noes 10.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.Major
- Vote recorded Unfinished Business SB1423 Stern Concurrence. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 28From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.)Minor
- Vote recorded That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 28From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.Minor
- Aug 28Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d).Minor
- Aug 28In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- Aug 27Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 52. Noes 19. Page 6743.) Ordered to the Senate.Passed Assembly
- Vote recorded SB 1423 Stern Senate Third Reading By Rogers. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 17Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 13Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.Major
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 13From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (August 13).Major
- Aug 13Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
- Aug 5August 5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- Jul 2From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Jul 1
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 22From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.Major
- Jun 15Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.Minor
- Jun 10From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.Major
- Jun 4Referred to Com. on TRANS.Minor
- May 27In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.Minor
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading. Result: pass.Upper
- May 27Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 4495.) Ordered to the Assembly.Passed Senate
- May 14Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Upper
- May 14From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 4276.) (May 14).Minor
- May 12Set for hearing May 14.
- May 11May 11 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- Vote recorded Placed on suspense file. Result: pass.Upper
- May 4Set for hearing May 11.
- Apr 23Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Major
- Apr 22From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1. Page 3986.) (April 21).Major
- Apr 21
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 10Set for hearing April 21.
- Apr 8Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.Minor
- Mar 26Re-referred to Com. on RLS.Minor
- Mar 26Withdrawn from committee.Major
- Mar 25From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.M.Major
- Mar 4Referred to Coms. on E.M. and N.R. & W.Minor
- Feb 23Read first time.Minor
- Feb 23From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- Feb 20Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.Introduced
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