CaliforniaPlanning and zoning: regional housing needs allocation.
What it does
Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, requires each city, county, or city and county to prepare and adopt a general plan for its jurisdiction that contains certain mandatory elements, including a housing element. Under existing law, a part of the housing element is an assessment of housing needs, which includes the locality's share of the regional housing need. Under existing law, the appropriate council of governments, or for cities and counties without a council of governments, the Department of Housing and Community Development, adopts a final regional housing need plan that allocates a share of the regional housing need to each locality in the region.
More detail
Existing law authorizes a local government to conduct a review or appeal regarding allocation data provided by the department or the council of governments regarding, among other things, the locality's share of the regional housing need.
This bill would authorize a local government within the same county as a tribe to enter into a voluntary agreement with a tribe to allow new tribal housing development projects to count toward the locality's share of the regional housing needs allocation, as specified. The bill would prohibit a local government from requiring a tribe to waive sovereign immunity in order to enter into a voluntary agreement pursuant to these provisions. The bill would define various terms for these provisions. The bill would state the intent of the Legislature that the Department of Housing and Community Development be encouraged to approve units in a tribal housing development as counting toward the locality's regional housing needs allocation, as specified.
The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities.
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- Became Law
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History
- 2025
- Oct 10Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 519, Statutes of 2025.Latest
- Oct 10Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Sep 9Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.To Governor
- Sep 3Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2444.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.Major
- Vote recorded Unfinished Business SB507 Limón Concurrence. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 28In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- Vote recorded SB 507 Limón Consent Calendar Second Day. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 28Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2776.) Ordered to the Senate.Passed Assembly
- Aug 21Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.Minor
- Aug 20From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 20).Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- Jul 17From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Jul 16
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- Jul 8From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.Major
- Jul 3From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.Minor
- Jul 2
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 9Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV.Minor
- Jun 3In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.Minor
- Jun 2Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1404.) Ordered to the Assembly.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading. Result: pass.Upper
- May 20Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- May 19From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.Minor
- May 9Set for hearing May 19.
- May 1Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Major
- Apr 30From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 936.) (April 29).Major
- Apr 29
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 24Set for hearing April 29.
- Apr 2Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.Minor
- Mar 25From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.Major
- Feb 26Referred to Com. on RLS.Minor
- Feb 20From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
- Feb 19Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.Introduced