CA AB 2397

introduced

Local government: community facilities districts: financing.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Existing law, the Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982, authorizes a local agency, as defined, to initiate proceedings to establish a community facilities district as an alternative method of financing certain public capital facilities and services, especially in developing areas undergoing rehabilitation, only if it has first considered and adopted local goals and policies, as prescribed. Existing law authorizes a local agency to take any actions or make any determinations which it determines are necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes of the act and which are not otherwise prohibited by law. This bill would prohibit the legislative body of a local agency from taking certain actions with respect to a critical housing infrastructure district, as defined, including abandoning the proposed establishment of the district, as specified, unless prior to taking the action it makes certain findings based upon substantial evidence, including that establishment of the district, levying the special taxes, or incurring bonded indebtedness, as applicable, would have a specific adverse impact upon the public interest. The bill would specify that these provisions do not require or prohibit the legislative body from taking any other action authorized by the act with respect to a critical housing infrastructure district, as specified. 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.

Introduced: 2026-03-19
Status date: —
Latest action: 2026-07-02 — Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

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Action timeline

2026-02-20
Read first time. To print.
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2026-02-21
From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2026-03-19
Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and H. & C.D.
referral-committee
2026-03-19
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended.
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2026-03-23
Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
referral-committee
2026-04-06
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended.
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2026-04-07
Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
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2026-04-09
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2026-04-23
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.
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2026-04-23
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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2026-04-27
Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.
referral-committee
2026-04-29
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 29).
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2026-04-30
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
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2026-05-07
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 0. Page 4967.)
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2026-05-07
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2026-05-20
Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and HOUSING.
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2026-06-03
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
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2026-06-10
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.
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2026-07-01
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 30).
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2026-07-02
Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar.
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Versions

02/20/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-20Compare
03/19/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-03-19Compare
04/06/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-04-06Compare
04/23/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-04-23Compare
06/03/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-03Compare
07/02/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-07-02Compare
AB2397Compare
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Documents

Votes

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing and Community Development]
2026-04-22 · pass · 10-0
Member-level votes (10)
- Carrillo: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Ward: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Ta: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Johnson: yes
Do pass. To Consent Calendar.
2026-04-29 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (12)
- Tangipa: yes
- Lee: yes
- Ta: yes
- Haney: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Wilson: yes
AB 2397 Ta Consent Calendar Second Day
2026-05-07 · pass · 66-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Fong: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Patel: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Lee: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Davies: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Haney: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Addis: yes
- Bains: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Ward: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Berman: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Krell: yes
- Ta: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Soria: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Solache: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Gallagher: other
- Irwin: other
- Hoover: other
- Wicks: other
- Chen: other
- Bonta: other
- Hart: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Valencia: other
- Arambula: other
- Wallis: other
- Petrie-Norris: other
- Flora: other
- Papan: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing]
2026-06-10 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Arreguín: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Laird: yes
- Choi: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Ashby: yes
Do pass as amended, and be ordered to the Consent Calendar
2026-06-30 · pass · 9-0
Member-level votes (10)
- Padilla: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Gonzalez: other

Related bills

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