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CA AB 2177

introduced

Planning and Zoning law: open-space zoning.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CA AB 2177 pass?

Not yet. CA AB 2177 has been introduced but has not advanced to a vote. Latest recorded action (2026-02-20): From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.

What is CA AB 2177 about?

Existing law requires every city and county, by December 31, 1973, to prepare and adopt an open-space zoning ordinance consistent with the local open-space plan adopted pursuant to specified law. Existing law makes legislative findings that the provisions relating to open-space zoning are not intended, and shall not be construed, as authorizing the city or the county to exercise its power to adopt, amend or repeal an open-space zoning ordinance in a manner that will take or damage private property for public use without the payment of just compensation therefor. This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to this provision.

Who sponsors CA AB 2177?

Bennett is the primary sponsor of CA AB 2177.

Description

Existing law requires every city and county, by December 31, 1973, to prepare and adopt an open-space zoning ordinance consistent with the local open-space plan adopted pursuant to specified law. Existing law makes legislative findings that the provisions relating to open-space zoning are not intended, and shall not be construed, as authorizing the city or the county to exercise its power to adopt, amend or repeal an open-space zoning ordinance in a manner that will take or damage private property for public use without the payment of just compensation therefor. This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to this provision.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-02-20 — From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
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Sponsors

  • Bennettauthor

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-02-20

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.

  2. 2026-02-19

    Read first time. To print.

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Official source

http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB2177

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