(1) Existing law, commonly referred to as the Density Bonus Law, requires a city or county to grant a density bonus, other incentives or concessions, and waivers or reductions of development standards, as specified, to an applicant for a housing development when the applicant seeks a density bonus for the housing development, as specified, if the applicant agrees to construct, among other things, a specified percentage of units for very low income, lower income, or senior citizen housing, and meets other requirements. This bill would, instead, require a city or county to grant a density bonus, other incentives or concessions, and waivers or reductions of development standards, as specified, to an applicant for a housing development when the applicant submits an application for a housing development that a city, county, or city and county determines meets specified criteria, including, among others, the housing development includes specified percentage of units for very low income, lower income, or senior citizen housing. (2) Existing law defines density bonus for the purposes of the Density Bonus Law to mean a density increase over the otherwise base density, as specified. Existing law specifies the base density calculation standards and requires base density to be determined using dwelling units per acre, except as otherwise provided. For the purpose of calculating a density bonus, existing law requires the residential units to be on contiguous sites that are the subject of one development application, as specified. Existing law also requires the density bonus to be permitted in geographic areas of the housing development other than the areas where the units for the lower income households are located. This bill would allow an applicant who provides a base density study, as defined, to elect to receive a density bonus in the form of a percentage increase in maximum floor area ratio, as specified. The bill would create an additional exception to the requirement that base density be determined using dwelling units per acre for applicants who elect to provide a base density study. This bill would revise and recast the provisions related to permitting of a density bonus relative to the geographic area to instead require a density bonus, incentive, or concession, or waiver or reduction, on sites that are the subject of the same housing development, as specified. (3) Existing law requires a city or county to adopt procedures and timelines for processing a density bonus application and to notify the applicant for a density bonus whether the application is complete in a manner consistent with specified timelines. If the local government notifies the applicant that the application is deemed complete, this bill would require the city or county to provide the applicant with a determination that the project is eligible for a density bonus. (4) Existing law authorizes an applicant for a density bonus to submit to a city or county a proposal for the specific incentives or concessions that the applicant requests and requires the city or county to grant the concession or incentive requested by the applicant unless the city or county makes a certain written finding, based upon substantial evidence. Existing law specifies the number of incentives or concessions an applicant is eligible to receive based on certain criteria. This bill would make revisions to certain of those calculations related to incentives or concessions. (5) 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 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 specifies that the granting of a density bonus or incentive or concessions shall not require or be interpreted to require a general plan amendment, local coastal plan amendment, zoning change, or other discretionary approval. Existing law also specifies that the granting of an incentive or concessions shall not require or be interpreted to require a study. This bill would specify that the granting of a waiver or reduction of development standards shall not require or be interpreted to require a general plan amendment, local coastal plan amendment, zoning change, study, or other discretionary approval. The bill would also specify that the granting of a density bonus, incentive or concession, or waiver or reduction of development standards shall not be discretionary. The bill would specify that the granting of a density bonus, incentive or concession, or waiver or reduction of development standards shall not require or be interpreted to require environmental review under CEQA. (6) 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. (7) This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 65915 of the Government Code proposed by AB 2480, SB 1383, or both, to be operative only if this bill and AB 2480, SB 1383, or both, are enacted and this bill is enacted last. (8) By imposing new requirements on local governments, 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Existing law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development, through its Office of Migrant Services, to assist in the development, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or operation of migrant farm labor centers and authorizes the Director of Housing and Community Development to contract with school districts, housing authorities, health agencies, and other appropriate local public and private nonprofit agencies for the procurement or construction of housing or shelter and to obtain services for migratory agricultural workers. Existing law establishes the Napa County Farmworker Centers Account to be administered by the department, as specified, to assist in the financing, maintenance, and operation of the Napa County Housing Authority's Farmworker Centers for year-round use by migrant and nonmigrant farm labor employees. Existing law requires the department to award, annually, up to $250,000 in matching funds to the Napa County Housing Authority upon demonstration that the Napa County Housing Authority is capable of continuing to effectively serve the housing needs of migrant or other farmworkers in the County of Napa and requires the Napa County Housing Authority, to be eligible for funding, to provide equal or greater funds from local sources. Existing law requires the department to use funds allocated from the Building Homes and Jobs Trust Fund, as provided. This bill would instead require the department to award, annually, up to $500,000 in matching funds to the Napa County Housing Authority upon demonstration that the Napa County Housing Authority is capable of continuing to effectively serve the housing needs of migrant or other farmworkers in the County of Napa. The bill would require all funds awarded under its provisions to comply with specified prohibitions against state funding, loans, grants, or other state subsidies for an employer that employs certain workers, as provided, and would require that employer to reimburse the state or state agency that provided the funding, as provided. The bill would, instead of requiring the department to use specified funds allocated from the Building Homes and Jobs Trust Fund, provide that this bill is not operative until funding is appropriated by the Legislature in the Budget Act or any other measure for the purposes of the bill. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of Napa.
(1) Existing law establishes priorities and procedures that any state agency disposing of surplus property is required to follow. Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to deposit proceeds from the sale of a surplus residential property from the department to a new owner into the SR-710 Rehabilitation Account. Existing law continuously appropriates the funds in the account to the department for the purpose of providing required repairs to certain surplus residential properties that are offered for sale, as provided. Existing law requires that the total funds maintained in the account not exceed a specified amount and that funds exceeding that amount, less any reimbursements due to the federal government, be transferred to the State Highway Account in the State Transportation Fund, to be used for allocation by the California Transportation Commission exclusively to fund projects located in specified cities and in the 90032 postal ZIP Code. Existing law also establishes the Affordable Housing Trust Account within the Housing Finance Fund, a continuously appropriated fund, and requires certain funds to be deposited in the account in accordance with specified provisions for the benefit of income restricted persons and families residing exclusively in the Cities of Pasadena, South Pasadena, Alhambra, La Cañada Flintridge, and the 90032 postal ZIP Code. Existing law sets forth an order of priority for the disposal of specified surplus residential property, including that a state agency disposing of single-family surplus residential property first offer the property at the appraised fair market value to former owners and present occupants, and then offer the property at an affordable price to other present occupants who have occupied the property for a specified number of years and who meet certain income levels. Existing law sets certain parameters for the calculation of an affordable price for purposes of these provisions based on, among other things, the fair market value of the property. This bill would, instead, require the first tier priority offer to be based on the appraised condition-adjusted price of the fair market value and would define "condition-adjusted price of the fair market value" to mean the fair market value of the property as of October 13, 2019, as determined by an independent appraiser and adjusted, as provided. The bill would revise the above-specified parameters for calculating an affordable price. The bill would establish requirements relating to the performance and cost of the inspection of the property, and define various terms for purposes of these provisions, including, among others, "guidelines." The bill would also, for surplus residential property sold at a condition-adjusted fair market value, exempt the selling agency from providing repairs to the property, as specified. This bill, among other changes, would authorize a present occupant or tenant purchasing a residence at an affordable price or condition-adjusted price of the fair market value to receive purchase assistance in accordance with certain procedures. The bill would provide that certain amounts repaid for those purposes constitute deferred proceeds from the department's sale of the property and would be deposited into the Affordable Housing Trust Account, as prescribed. (2) If the surplus residential property is not sold pursuant to the priorities described above, or pursuant to other specified priorities, existing law requires the property to then be sold at fair market value, with priority given first to purchasers who are present tenants in good standing, as provided, and then to former tenants who were in good standing at the time they vacated the premises, as provided. This bill would, instead, require the property to be sold to those present or former tenants at condition-adjusted fair market value. This bill would require the Department of Transportation, upon request, to provide certain documents related to the surplus residential property to all persons or entities offered or purchasing surplus residential property. The bill would require any surplus residential property purchased at the condition-adjusted price of the fair market value pursuant to the bill to be assessed at its condition-adjusted price of the fair market value for property tax purposes, as prescribed. (3) Existing law contains provisions that are specific to the sale of surplus residential property located in the City of Pasadena. Those provisions, among other things, contain a priority requiring surplus residential property located in the city to be offered at fair market value to specified present tenants who are in good standing, as provided. This bill would, instead, require the property to be offered to those present tenants at condition-adjusted price of the fair market value, as defined. Existing law also requires the City of Pasadena to commence the construction, or complete acquisition, of affordable units in an amount at least equal to 3 times the number of unoccupied homes acquired by the city by December 31, 2026. This bill would change the timing for this requirement to within 2 years from the date on which the proceeds from the subsequent sale of the unoccupied homes are received, as specified, and would make other related changes to these provisions. (4) Existing law contains provisions that are specific to the sale of surplus residential property located in the City of South Pasadena. Those provisions, among other things, contain a priority requiring surplus residential property located in the city to be offered at fair market value to specified present tenants who are in good standing, as provided. This bill would, instead, require the property to be offered to those present tenants at condition-adjusted price of the fair market value. Existing law also requires the City of South Pasadena to commence the construction, or complete acquisition, of affordable units in an amount at least equal to three times the number of unoccupied homes acquired by the city by July 1, 2028. This bill would, for unoccupied homes acquired by the City of South Pasadena after July 1, 2026, change the timing for this requirement to within 2 years from the date on which the proceeds from the subsequent sale of the unoccupied homes are received, as specified, and would make other related changes to these provisions. By requiring new deposits into a continuously appropriated account, the bill would make an appropriation. (5) This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Cities of South Pasadena and Pasadena. (6) By imposing new requirements on the Cities of South Pasadena and Pasadena, this 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. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Existing law, the California Building Standards Law, establishes the California Building Standards Commission within the Government Operations Agency. Existing law requires the commission to approve and adopt building standards and to codify those standards in the California Building Standards Code. Existing law, the California Factory-Built Housing Law, generally regulates the design, manufacture, and installation of factory-built housing, as defined and specified. That law specifically and entirely reserves to local jurisdictions certain local requirements, including local use zone requirements, snow load requirements, and wind pressure requirements. That law provides that any person who violates any of those provisions and other specified law is guilty of a misdemeanor, as specified. This bill also would prohibit a city, county, city and county, or district from imposing or enforcing local building standards applicable to a factory-built housing structure, as defined, that exceed or differ from the applicable mandatory standards contained in the California Building Standards Code. The bill would authorize a city or county to make changes or modifications in the requirements contained in the provisions published in the California Building Standards Code that are reasonably necessary to maintain minimum health and safety because of local climatic, geological, or topographical conditions, subject to the city or county making a specified finding. The bill would create a rebuttable presumption in favor of a determination that facilitates the use of factory-built housing and allows a project to qualify as a factory-built housing structure. This bill would define certain key terms for purposes of the California Factory-Built Housing Law. In this regard, the bill would define "building assembly" to mean assembled construction materials, components, subsystems, subassemblies or other systems designed for use in, or as part of, factory-built housing, and "factory-built housing structure" as a residential building where at least 23 of the new or converted square footage is designated for residential use and in which at least 30% of the residential use portion of the building is built using factory-built housing. The bill would recast the definition of "factory-built housing" to mean, among other things, a residential building, dwelling unit, building component, building assembly, or building system that is manufactured in a specified manner. The bill would make other conforming changes to definitions in the California Factory-Built Housing Law, the Sales and Use Tax Law, and the Vehicle Code. By adding to the duties of local officials, and expanding the scope of a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would include findings that certain 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. 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 specified reasons.
Existing law establishes the Department of Housing and Community Development and requires it to administer various programs intended to promote the development of housing, as specified, pursuant to which the department provides financial assistance in the form of deferred payment loans to pay for the eligible costs of development of specified types of housing projects. Existing law sets forth various general powers of the department in implementing these programs, including authorizing the department to enter into long-term contracts or agreements of up to 30 years for the purpose of servicing loans or grants or enforcing regulatory agreements or other security documents. This bill would permit the department to, subject to prescribed requirements, authorize the transfer of the department residual receipts share or excess reserves, as defined, from one rental housing development to another rental housing development with the same owner, as specified.
Existing law, in modified conformity with federal income tax laws, establishes a low-income housing tax credit program through which the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee allocates low-income housing tax credits aimed at providing affordable low-income housing within and throughout the state. Existing federal law sets limitations and guidelines regarding what projects are eligible for credits, including a requirement that an extended low-income housing commitment is in effect, and a prohibition against eviction except for good cause. This bill would specify, for housing projects where the low-income housing commitment requires 100% of the units, not including any manager's units, to be restricted to lower income households, as defined, that good cause for nonrenewal of a lease includes cases where the nonrenewal relates to a household whose income exceeds 140% of the area median income for at least 2 consecutive years and 30% of the household's monthly income exceeds the fair market rent, determined as specified. The bill would require an owner to provide notice of the potential of good cause for nonrenewal described above if the household's income exceeds 140% of the area median income during any income certification, as specified. The bill would also require an owner electing to not renew a lease as described above to issue a notice of nonrenewal describing the basis of good cause for nonrenewal at least 90 days prior to the expiration of the lease, as specified.
Existing property tax law, pursuant to constitutional authorization, provides for a "welfare exemption" for property used exclusively for religious, hospital, scientific, or charitable purposes and that is owned or operated by certain types of nonprofit entities, if certain qualifying criteria are met. That law provides a partial welfare exemption in the case of residential rental property used for lower income households, as specified, calculated as that percentage of the value of the property that is equal to the percentage that the number of units serving lower income households represents of the total number of residential units. This bill would, for lien dates commencing on or after January 1, 2027, and before January 1, 2030, provide a partial welfare exemption in the case of certain residential rental property used for low- and moderate-income households. The partial exemption would be equal to the value of the units serving low- and moderate-income households, as defined. The bill would require an owner to make specified certifications relating to the use of the property. The bill would apply the exemption described above for a period of 15 years from the date of the initial filing of the exemption, as specified. By expanding the duties of local tax officials, and by expanding the crime of perjury, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill would declare that the above provisions are severable. Existing law requires any bill authorizing a new tax expenditure to contain, among other things, specific goals, purposes, and objectives that the tax expenditure will achieve, detailed performance indicators, and data collection requirements. This bill would state that it is the intent of the Legislature to apply those requirements to the above-described exemption and would set forth specified information relating to those requirements. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Counties of Alameda and Sacramento and the City and County of San Francisco. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 214 of the Revenue and Taxation Code proposed by AB 2089 to be operative only if this bill and AB 2089 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 with regard to certain mandates no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. With regard to any other mandates, this bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs so mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above. Existing law requires the state to reimburse local agencies annually for certain property tax revenues lost as a result of any exemption or classification of property for purposes of ad valorem property taxation. This bill would provide that, notwithstanding those provisions, no appropriation is made and the state shall not reimburse local agencies for property tax revenues lost by them pursuant to the bill. This bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy.
(1) Existing law, the California Factory-Built Housing Law, generally regulates the design, manufacture, and installation of factory-built housing and defines terms for its purposes. The law authorizes the Department of Housing and Community Development, among other things, to regulate quality assurance agencies to perform inspections of factory-built housing manufacturers. The law requires a local enforcement agency, among other things, to enforce and inspect the installation of factory-built housing. The law provides that any person who violates any of its provisions and other specified law is guilty of a misdemeanor, as specified. This bill would revise these provisions, among other things, to authorize a quality assurance agency to also perform an installation inspection of factory-built housing, at the choice of a first user, after the department adopts regulations regarding the requirements for a quality assurance agency to perform these inspections. The bill would require the department to adopt those regulations by January 1, 2029. The bill would set the maximum fees that a local enforcement agency is authorized to impose for the inspection or permitting of factory-built housing, and prohibit a local enforcement agency from imposing fees under certain circumstances. The bill would prohibit a quality assurance agency or a local enforcement agency from disassembling, damaging, or destroying factory-built housing while inspecting the installation. The bill would make conforming changes and define terms for its purposes. By increasing the duties of local officials, and by expanding the scope of a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) 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. (3) 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 with regard to certain mandates no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. With regard to any other mandates, this bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs so mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
(1) The California Constitution authorizes the Legislature to exempt from taxation, in whole or in part, property that is used exclusively for religious, hospital, or charitable purposes, and is owned or held in trust by a nonprofit entity. Pursuant to that authority, existing law provides for a welfare exemption under which property used exclusively for an exempt purpose and owned and operated by specified entities, including foundations, limited liability companies, or corporations meeting certain statutory requirements, is exempt from taxation. Chapter 2 of the Statutes of 2026 (AB 1485) provides that, for purposes of the exemption for property used exclusively for the preservation of specified natural resources or open-space lands, for the property tax lien dates for the 2026–27 fiscal year to the 2031–32 fiscal year, inclusive, property may be owned and operated by a federally recognized Indian tribe or a wholly owned subsidiary of a federally recognized Indian tribe meeting certain requirements. This bill would expand the above-described authorization, for purposes of the exemption for property used exclusively for the preservation of specified natural resources or open-space lands, to include property owned and operated by a nonprofit corporation chartered by a federally recognized tribe pursuant to tribal law or a specified provision of federal law, or a wholly owned tribal entity, as defined. (2) Existing law authorizes counties and cities and counties to impose a documentary transfer tax at a specified rate upon deeds, instruments, or other writings by which specified property is transferred. AB 1485 exempts from that tax, until January 1, 2031, the transfer of any deed, instrument, or other writing that makes effective a tribal land return transaction. AB 1485 defines a "tribal land return transaction" to mean a land return acquisition that transfers ownership of land to a federally recognized tribe or a wholly owned subsidiary of a federally recognized Indian tribe in fee simple and that includes specified restrictive covenants. This bill would, for these purposes, expand the definition of "tribal land return transaction" to include a land return acquisition that transfers ownership of land to a nonprofit corporation chartered by a federally recognized tribe pursuant to tribal law or a specified provision of federal law, or a wholly owned tribal entity, as defined. (3) Existing law requires any bill authorizing a new tax expenditure to contain, among other things, specific goals, purposes, and objectives that the tax expenditure will achieve, detailed performance indicators, and data collection requirements. This bill would include additional information required for any bill authorizing a new tax expenditure. (4) 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. (5) This bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy.
The Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act of 2022, until January 1, 2033, authorizes a development proponent to submit an application for a mixed-income housing development along a commercial corridor that satisfies specified site criteria, affordability criteria, and objective development standards, and deems a housing development that meets those requirements a use by right and subject to streamlined, ministerial review. Existing law prohibits the objective standards from precluding a development from being built at specified residential density required and from requiring the development to reduce unit size to meet the objective standards. This bill would also prohibit the objective standards from prohibiting or otherwise limiting mixed-use development, as defined, in a housing development project. By changing the criteria local agencies must follow for the approval of certain development projects, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act of 2022 defines various terms for purposes of the act. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those definition provisions. 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. 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.
