CaliforniaHistoric sites can be excluded from certain transit-oriented housing rules
Local governments may exclude certain older historic-district sites and individually listed historic parcels from specified transit-oriented housing rules after adopting an ordinance.
What it does
Local governments may exclude older historic-district sites and individually listed historic parcels from specified transit-oriented housing rules, after adopting an identifying ordinance.
If the stated AB 2415 conditions are met, some small cities with older historic districts may reduce housing capacity by more than half in one transit-oriented zone.
Argument forHistoric sites may face fewer conflicts with transit-oriented housing rules when local governments formally identify qualifying properties for exclusion.
Argument againstExcluding historic sites, or allowing a qualifying city to cut one zone’s capacity deeply, could reduce the housing capacity available near transit.
More detail
A local government may exclude qualifying historic sites from the specified transit-oriented housing requirements. This covers contributing sites in historic districts listed in the State Historic Resources Inventory and parcels individually listed as historical resources in that inventory. The historic district or parcel must have been designated before January 1, 2025. The local government must adopt an ordinance under Section 65912.160 identifying the site’s exclusion. The local government must show on its public zoning map which sites or transit-oriented development zones are covered by the housing requirements. The exclusion applies before one year after the local government adopts the seventh revision of its housing element.
A qualifying small city may reduce housing capacity by more than 50 percent in one transit-oriented development zone. This applies to a city with fewer than 150,000 people when more than half of one transit-oriented development zone is in a local historic district designated before January 1, 2000, and the city has more than one transit-oriented development zone. The plan must otherwise meet the transit-oriented development alternative-plan rules. The exception applies to only one transit-oriented development zone. This section becomes operative only if both bills become effective by January 1, 2027, both amend the same Government Code section, and AB 2415 is enacted before this bill. The exception applies when the conditional combined amendment becomes operative; otherwise, the general limit on reducing a zone’s capacity by more than 50 percent remains in place.
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History
- 2026
- Sep 14Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 214, Statutes of 2026.Latest
- Sep 14Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Aug 27Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.To Governor
- Aug 20Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6327.).Major
- Vote recorded AB 2576 Harabedian Concurrence in Senate Amendments. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 19In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading AB2576 Harabedian et al. By Pérez. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 19Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5552.).Passed Senate
- Aug 11Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 10Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.Major
- Aug 3Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Jul 2From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 1).Minor
- Jul 1
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 25From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.Minor
- Jun 24
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government]. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 15From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.Major
- May 28From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.Major
- May 13Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and L. GOV.Minor
- May 5In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.Minor
- May 4Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4907.)Passed Assembly
- Vote recorded AB 2576 Harabedian Assembly Third Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 27Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Apr 23From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 22).Minor
- Apr 22
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 20Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.Minor
- Apr 16(Pending re-refer to Com. on L. GOV.)Minor
- Apr 16Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 4663.)
- Apr 16Read second time and amended.Major
- Apr 15From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 15).Major
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government]. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 23Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.Minor
- Mar 19From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended.Major
- Mar 19Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV.Minor
- Feb 21From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- Feb 20Read first time. To print.Introduced
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