CaliforniaAccessory Dwelling Units: ordinances.
What it does
The Planning and Zoning Law provides for the creation of an accessory dwelling unit by local ordinance, or, if a local agency has not adopted an ordinance, by ministerial approval, in accordance with specified standards. The law requires a local agency to submit an accessory dwelling unit ordinance to the Department of Housing and Community Development within 60 days after adoption. The law authorizes the department to submit written findings to a local agency as to whether the ordinance complies with the standards.
More detail
If the department finds that the ordinance does not comply with the standards, the law requires the department to provide a local agency reasonable time, no longer than 30 days, to respond to its findings. If the local agency does not amend its ordinance in response to those findings or does not adopt a resolution with findings explaining the reason the ordinance complies with the standards and addressing the department's findings, the law requires the department to notify the local agency and authorizes the department to notify the Attorney General that the local agency is in violation of state law.
This bill would invalidate the ordinance if the local agency fails to submit a copy of the ordinance to the department within 60 days of adoption or fails to respond to the department's findings that the ordinance does not comply with the standards within 30 days, as described above.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2025
- Oct 10Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 510, 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 31. Noes 3. Page 2424.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.Major
- Vote recorded Unfinished Business SB9 Arreguín et al. Concurrence. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 28In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- Vote recorded SB 9 Arreguín Senate Third Reading By Carrillo. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 28Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 62. Noes 2. Page 2771.) Ordered to the Senate.Passed Assembly
- Aug 18Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Jul 17From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 16).Minor
- Jul 16
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 19Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.Major
- Jun 18From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 18).Major
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government]. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 5Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV.Minor
- May 28In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.Minor
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading. Result: pass.Upper
- May 28Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 4. Page 1270.) Ordered to the Assembly.Passed Senate
- May 8Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.Major
- May 7From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 1038.) (May 7).Major
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 28From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.Major
- Apr 24Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.Major
- Apr 23From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 10. Noes 1. Page 831.) (April 22).Major
- Apr 22Set for hearing May 7 in L. GOV. pending receipt.
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Local Government]. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 4Set for hearing April 22.
- Jan 29Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and L. GOV.Minor
- 2024
- Dec 3From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 2.
- Dec 2Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.Introduced