CA AB 76
vetoedSurplus land: exempt surplus land: sectional planning area.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 76 pass?
No. CA AB 76 passed the legislature but was vetoed. Latest recorded action (2026-01-22): Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
What is CA AB 76 about?
Existing law prescribes requirements for the disposal of surplus land by a local agency. Existing law defines terms for these purposes, including, among others, "surplus land" to mean land owned in fee simple by any local agency for which the local agency's governing body takes formal action in a regular public meeting declaring that the land is surplus and is not necessary for the agency's use. Existing law defines "exempt surplus land" to mean, among other things, land that is subject to a sectional planning area document, as described, and meets specified requirements, including that the land identified in the adopted sectional planning area document was dedicated prior to January 1, 2019, at least 25% of the units are dedicated to lower income households, as specified, and that the land is developed at an average density of at least 10 units per acre calculated with respect to the entire sectional planning area. This bill would change those requirements so that at a minimum, 25% of units that are proposed by the sectional planning area document as adopted prior to January 1, 2019, and are not designated for students, faculty, or staff of an academic institution, or 500 units, whichever is greater, must be dedicated to lower income households, as specified, and that the land must be developed at an average density of at least 10 units per acre, in accordance with certain requirements and calculated with respect to the entire sectional planning area and inclusive of housing designated for students, faculty, and staff of an academic institution.
Who sponsors CA AB 76?
Alvarez is the primary sponsor of CA AB 76.
Description
Existing law prescribes requirements for the disposal of surplus land by a local agency. Existing law defines terms for these purposes, including, among others, "surplus land" to mean land owned in fee simple by any local agency for which the local agency's governing body takes formal action in a regular public meeting declaring that the land is surplus and is not necessary for the agency's use. Existing law defines "exempt surplus land" to mean, among other things, land that is subject to a sectional planning area document, as described, and meets specified requirements, including that the land identified in the adopted sectional planning area document was dedicated prior to January 1, 2019, at least 25% of the units are dedicated to lower income households, as specified, and that the land is developed at an average density of at least 10 units per acre calculated with respect to the entire sectional planning area. This bill would change those requirements so that at a minimum, 25% of units that are proposed by the sectional planning area document as adopted prior to January 1, 2019, and are not designated for students, faculty, or staff of an academic institution, or 500 units, whichever is greater, must be dedicated to lower income households, as specified, and that the land must be developed at an average density of at least 10 units per acre, in accordance with certain requirements and calculated with respect to the entire sectional planning area and inclusive of housing designated for students, faculty, and staff of an academic institution.
- Introduced
- 2024-12-16
- Latest action
- 2026-01-22 — Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- Alvarezauthor
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-01-22
Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
veto-override-failure
2025-10-13
Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
2025-10-13
Vetoed by Governor.
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2025-09-22
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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2025-09-10
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3211.).
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2025-09-09
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-09
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2658.).
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2025-07-17
Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-07-16
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 16).
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2025-07-09
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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2025-05-21
Referred to Com. on L. GOV.
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2025-05-08
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2025-05-08
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 0. Page 1483.)
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2025-05-01
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-04-30
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (April 30).
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2025-04-22
Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.
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2025-04-21
Read second time and amended.
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2025-04-10
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (April 9).
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2025-04-01
Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
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2025-03-28
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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2025-02-03
Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and H. & C.D.
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2025-01-06
Read first time.
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2024-12-17
From printer. May be heard in committee January 16.
2024-12-16
Introduced. To print.
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Versions
- 12/16/24 - Introduced — 2024-12-16Compare
- 03/28/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-28Compare
- 04/21/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-21Compare
- 07/09/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-09Compare
- 07/17/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-17Compare
- 09/12/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-12Compare
- AB76Compare
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Votes
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing and Community Development]
2025-04-09 · pass · 8-1
Member-level votes (10)
- Stefani: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Ward: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Ta: no
- Hoover: other
Do pass.
2025-04-30 · pass · 10-1
Member-level votes (12)
- Garcia: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Lee: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Haney: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ta: no
- Tangipa: other
AB 76 Alvarez Assembly Third Reading
2025-05-08 · pass · 66-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Gabriel: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Bains: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Berman: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Chen: yes
- Haney: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Ward: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Davies: yes
- Hart: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Papan: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Fong: yes
- Patel: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Lee: yes
- Solache: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Krell: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Soria: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Addis: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Ta: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Castillo: other
- Macedo: other
- Jeff Gonzalez: other
- Carrillo: other
- Arambula: other
- Irwin: other
- Gallagher: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Wallis: other
- Flora: other
- Boerner: other
- Tangipa: other
- Sanchez: other
Do pass as amended
2025-07-16 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Wiener: yes
- Laird: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Choi: yes
3rd Reading AB76 Alvarez By Padilla
2025-09-09 · pass · 40-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Richardson: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Jones: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Stern: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Becker: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Grove: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Laird: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Limón: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Niello: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Allen: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Choi: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Blakespear: yes
AB 76 Alvarez Concurrence in Senate Amendments
2025-09-11 · pass · 78-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Addis: yes
- Haney: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Berman: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Zbur: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Hart: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Soria: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Papan: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Davies: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Krell: yes
- Chen: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Bains: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Lee: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Ta: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Macedo: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Ward: yes
- Fong: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Flora: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Tangipa: other
- Sanchez: other
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