CaliforniaHousing element: governmental constraints: disclosure statement.
What it does
The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to adopt a general plan for land use development that includes, among other things, a housing element. Existing law, commonly referred to as the Housing Element Law, prescribes requirements for a city's or county's preparation of, and compliance with, its housing element, and requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to review and determine whether the housing element substantially complies with the Housing Element Law, as specified.
More detail
Existing law requires the housing element to include an analysis of potential and actual governmental constraints upon the maintenance, improvement, or development of housing for all income levels, including, among others, locally adopted ordinances that directly impact the cost and supply of residential development. Existing law also requires the analysis to demonstrate local efforts to remove governmental constraints that hinder the locality from meeting its share of the regional housing need.
For adoption of the 7th and all subsequent revisions of the housing element, this bill would require the housing element to include, in addition to the above-described analysis, a potential and actual governmental constraints disclosure statement that contains, among other things, an identification of each new or amended potential or actual governmental constraint, or revision increasing the stringency of a governmental constraint, that was adopted after the due date of the previous housing element and before submittal of the current draft housing element to the department. By imposing new requirements upon local governments submitting a housing element, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
This bill would make related findings and declarations.
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.
This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 65583 of the Government Code proposed by SB 340 and AB 650, to be operative only if this bill and either or both of those bills are enacted and this bill is enacted last.
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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
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History
- 2025
- Oct 10Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 494, Statutes of 2025.Latest
- Oct 10Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Sep 23Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.To Governor
- Sep 11Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 1. Page 3295.).Major
- Vote recorded AB 610 Alvarez Concurrence in Senate Amendments. Result: pass.Lower
- Sep 10In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading AB610 Alvarez By Grayson. Result: pass.Upper
- Sep 10Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2811.).Passed Senate
- Sep 8Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Sep 5Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.Major
- Sep 4Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Sep 3Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.Major
- Aug 29Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 29From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).Minor
- Aug 18In committee: Referred to suspense file.Minor
- Vote recorded Placed on suspense file. Result: pass.Upper
- Jul 17Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Major
- Jul 16From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 16).Major
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Upper
- Jul 3Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.Major
- Jul 2From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 1).Major
- Jul 1
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Local Government]. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 18Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and L. GOV.Minor
- Jun 9In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.Minor
- Jun 5Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 1. Page 2109.)Passed Assembly
- Vote recorded AB 610 Alvarez Assembly Third Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- May 27Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- May 23From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 23).Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Lower
- May 14In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.Minor
- May 1From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Apr 30
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 28From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.Minor
- Apr 24(Pending re-refer to Com. on L. GOV.)Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government]. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 24Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 1265.)
- Apr 21Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.Minor
- Apr 10From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended.Major
- Mar 18In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- Mar 3Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV.Minor
- Feb 14From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
- Feb 13Read first time. To print.Introduced