Bill Commons

CA AB 1276

in committee

Housing developments: ordinances, policies, and standards.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

The Housing Accountability Act prohibits a local agency from disapproving, or conditioning approval in a manner that renders infeasible, a housing development project, as defined for purposes of the act, for very low, low-, or moderate-income households or an emergency shelter unless the local agency makes specified written findings based on a preponderance of the evidence in the record. That act states that it shall not be construed to prohibit a local agency from requiring a housing development project to comply with objective, quantifiable, written development standards, conditions, and policies appropriate to, and consistent with, meeting the jurisdiction's share of the regional housing need, except as provided. The act further provides that for its purposes, a housing development project or emergency shelter shall be deemed consistent, compliant, and in conformity with an applicable plan, program, policy, ordinance, standard, requirement, or other similar provision if there is substantial evidence that would allow a reasonable person to conclude that the housing development project or emergency shelter is consistent, compliant, or in conformity. The act requires a housing development project to be subject only to the ordinances, policies, and standards adopted and in effect when a preliminary application, as specified, was submitted, except as otherwise provided. The act defines "ordinances, policies, and standards" to include general plan, community plan, specific plan, zoning, design review standards and criteria, subdivision standards and criteria, and any other rules, regulations, requirements, and policies of a local agency, as defined, including those relating to development impact fees, capacity or connection fees or charges, permit or processing fees, and other exactions. This bill would include in the definition of "ordinances, policies, and standards" materials requirements, postentitlement permit standards, and any rules, regulations, determinations, and other requirements adopted or implemented by other public agencies, as defined. The Permit Streamlining Act, among other things, requires public agencies to approve or disapprove of a development project within certain timeframes, as specified. The act requires public agencies to compile one or more lists that specify in detail the information that will be required from any applicant for a development project. The act requires a public agency, upon its determination that an application for a development project is incomplete, to include a list and a thorough description of the specific information needed to complete the application. This bill would provide that for the purposes of the Permit Streamlining Act, a housing development project or emergency shelter shall be deemed consistent, compliant, and in conformity with an applicable plan, program, policy, ordinance, standard, requirement, or other similar provision adopted or implemented by a public agency, as defined, if there is substantial evidence that would allow a reasonable person to conclude that the housing development project or emergency shelter is consistent, compliant, or in conformity, except as specified. By imposing additional duties on local agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. 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.

Introduced
2025-02-21
Status date
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Latest action
2025-08-29 — In committee: Held under submission.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Carrilloauthor
  • Wickscoauthor
  • Arreguíncoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-21

    Introduced. To print.

    introduction

  2. 2025-02-22

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.

  3. 2025-02-24

    Read first time.

    reading-1

  4. 2025-03-24

    Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV.

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-03-24

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended.

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  6. 2025-03-25

    Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.

    referral-committee

  7. 2025-04-09

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

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  8. 2025-05-01

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  9. 2025-05-14

    From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).

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  10. 2025-05-15

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  11. 2025-05-23

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1664.)

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  12. 2025-05-23

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  13. 2025-06-04

    Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and L. GOV.

    referral-committee

  14. 2025-06-10

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.

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  15. 2025-07-02

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

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  16. 2025-07-10

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 9).

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  17. 2025-07-14

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  18. 2025-08-18

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  19. 2025-08-25

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

    referral-committee

  20. 2025-08-29

    In committee: Held under submission.

Versions

  • 02/21/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-21Compare
  • 03/24/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-24Compare
  • 06/10/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-06-10Compare
  • 07/14/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-14Compare
  • AB1276Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-04-09 · pass · 12-0

    Member-level votes (12)
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-04-30 · pass · 10-0

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Stefani: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Hoover: yes

  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

    2025-05-14 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Fong: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Arambula: yes

  • AB 1276 Carrillo Consent Calendar Second Day

    2025-05-23 · pass · 71-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Bryan: other
    • Sharp-Collins: other
    • Nguyen: other
    • Ellis: other
    • Schultz: other
    • Sanchez: other
    • Chen: other
    • Wicks: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government]

    2025-07-01 · pass · 11-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes

  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-07-09 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Laird: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Arreguín: yes

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-08-25 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Grayson: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Wahab: other

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