CaliforniaHousing element: prohousing designations: prohousing local policies.
What it does
Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, requires each county and city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the county or city, and specified land outside its boundaries, that includes, among other specified mandatory elements, a housing element. Existing law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to determine whether the housing element is in substantial compliance with those provisions. Existing law requires the department to designate jurisdictions as prohousing pursuant to emergency regulations adopted by the department, as prescribed.
More detail
Existing law requires that jurisdictions that are prohousing and that are in substantial compliance with specified provisions be awarded additional points or preference in the scoring of applications for specified state programs. Existing law defines "prohousing local policies" for these purposes and specifies a nonexhaustive list of examples of those policies, including local financial incentives for housing and adoption of zoning allowing for use by right for residential and mixed-use development.
This bill would include in the definition of "prohousing local policies" policies that keep people housed, and would include additional examples of prohousing local policies under the above-described provisions, as specified.
This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 65589.9 of the Government Code proposed by AB 36 to be operative only if this bill and AB 36 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2025
- Oct 10Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 513, Statutes of 2025.Latest
- Oct 10Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Sep 16Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.To Governor
- Sep 9Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 11. Page 2711.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.Major
- Vote recorded Unfinished Business SB262 Wahab et al. Concurrence. Result: pass.Upper
- Sep 8In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- Vote recorded SB 262 Wahab Senate Third Reading By Ahrens. Result: pass.Lower
- Sep 8Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 57. Noes 15. Page 2984.) Ordered to the Senate.Passed Assembly
- Sep 3Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Sep 3Read third time and amended.Major
- Aug 28Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 28Read third time and amended.Major
- Aug 21Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 20From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (August 20).Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Lower
- Jul 17From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (July 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Jul 16
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Lower
- Jul 7Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.Major
- Jul 3From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (July 2).Major
- Jul 2
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government]. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 9Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV.Minor
- Jun 4In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.Minor
- Jun 3Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 13. Page 1467.) Ordered to the Assembly.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 2Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- May 29Ordered to second reading.Minor
- May 29Read third time and amended.Major
- Apr 8Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Apr 7From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.Minor
- Mar 28Set for hearing April 7.
- Mar 19Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Major
- Mar 18From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2. Page 411.) (March 18).Major
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 6Set for hearing March 18.
- Feb 14Referred to Com. on HOUSING.Minor
- Feb 4From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 6.
- Feb 3Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.Introduced