CaliforniaCalifornia First Time Homeowner Dream Act.
What it does
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of an environmental impact report (EIR) on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment. Existing law exempts various projects from CEQA, including projects related to the conversion of a structure with a certificate of occupancy as a motel, hotel, residential hotel, or hostel to supportive or transitional housing, as defined, that meet certain conditions.
More detail
This bill would exempt from CEQA the new construction of a single-family dwelling that meets specified conditions, including that the project contains one single-family dwelling that is 1,500 square feet or less with no more than 3 bedrooms, the property is intended to be sold to a first-time home buyer, and the lead agency determines that the developer of the project or the property owner provided sufficient legal commitments to meet the requirements of the exemption. The bill would require the lead agency, if it determines that a project qualifies for the exemption, to file a notice of exemption with the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation, formerly known as the Office of Planning and Research, and the county clerk, as specified. By placing additional requirements on the lead agency to make a determination on whether the CEQA exemption applies, and on local agencies to determine whether the project developer provided sufficient legal commitments, as described, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
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- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2025
- Jun 25In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.Latest
- Jun 16In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- Jun 4Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and HOUSING.Minor
- May 28In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.Minor
- May 27Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1729.)Passed Assembly
- Vote recorded AB 317 Jackson Assembly Third Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- May 15Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- May 14From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Lower
- May 1Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.Minor
- Apr 30Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.Minor
- Apr 29From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. Read second time and amended.Major
- Apr 28In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- Apr 21In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- Apr 8From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.Minor
- Apr 7
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Revenue and Taxation]. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 3Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and REV. & TAX.Minor
- Jan 27Read first time.Minor
- Jan 25From printer. May be heard in committee February 24.
- Jan 24Introduced. To print.Introduced