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CA SB 21

enacted

Single-room occupancy units: demolition and replacement: housing assistance programs: eligibility for homeless individuals and families.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did CA SB 21 pass?

Yes. CA SB 21 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-10-10): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 511, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA SB 21 about?

(1) Existing law, known as the Housing Crisis Act of 2019, among other things, prohibits an affected city or an affected county, as defined, from approving a housing development project that will require the demolition of occupied or vacant protected units, as defined, or that is located on a site where protected units were demolished in the previous 5 years unless specified requirements are met. Among these requirements, existing law requires that the project replace all existing protected units and protected units demolished on or after January 1, 2020, and, if the project is a housing development project, as defined, it will include at least as many residential dwelling units as the greatest number of residential dwelling units that existed on the project site within the last 5 years. Existing law requires that specified protected units replaced under these provisions be considered in determining whether the housing development project satisfies certain state and local requirements that the project provide a certain percentage of residential rental units affordable to, and occupied by, households with incomes that do not exceed the limits for moderate-income, lower income, very low income, or extremely low income households, as specified. This bill would additionally require that the above-described replaced protected units be considered in determining whether the housing development project satisfies requirements that the project provide a certain percentage of residential rental units affordable to, and occupied by, households with incomes that do not exceed the limits for acutely low income households, as specified. This bill, notwithstanding the above-described requirements, in the case of rehabilitation or replacement of an existing single-room occupancy building that meets prescribed criteria, would permit an affected city or an affected county to reduce the number of replacement units required if the project meets specified requirements, including, among others, that the reduction in replacement units is necessary to accommodate the conversion of single-room occupancy units, as provided, and that the converted units will be rental units with affordable rents, as specified. The bill would include specified findings declaring legislative intent with respect to these provisions. The bill would permit a borrower to conduct a market study to support the unit sizes proposed in the replacement housing plan, as provided. (2) Existing law establishes the Department of Housing and Community Development and requires it to administer various programs intended to promote the development of housing, including, among others, the Multifamily Housing Program, 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, for purposes of determining eligibility for an individual displaced from or returning to a single-room occupancy unit undergoing rehabilitation or a replacement unit that received funds from the department and is for a homeless individual or family, would (A) specify that an individual is deemed homeless if they meet certain criteria and (B) prohibit an individual or family meeting these criteria from being subject to a requirement that the unit be filled through a referral from a coordinated entry system, as defined, or a similar referral system.

Who sponsors CA SB 21?

Durazo is the primary sponsor of CA SB 21, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

(1) Existing law, known as the Housing Crisis Act of 2019, among other things, prohibits an affected city or an affected county, as defined, from approving a housing development project that will require the demolition of occupied or vacant protected units, as defined, or that is located on a site where protected units were demolished in the previous 5 years unless specified requirements are met. Among these requirements, existing law requires that the project replace all existing protected units and protected units demolished on or after January 1, 2020, and, if the project is a housing development project, as defined, it will include at least as many residential dwelling units as the greatest number of residential dwelling units that existed on the project site within the last 5 years. Existing law requires that specified protected units replaced under these provisions be considered in determining whether the housing development project satisfies certain state and local requirements that the project provide a certain percentage of residential rental units affordable to, and occupied by, households with incomes that do not exceed the limits for moderate-income, lower income, very low income, or extremely low income households, as specified. This bill would additionally require that the above-described replaced protected units be considered in determining whether the housing development project satisfies requirements that the project provide a certain percentage of residential rental units affordable to, and occupied by, households with incomes that do not exceed the limits for acutely low income households, as specified. This bill, notwithstanding the above-described requirements, in the case of rehabilitation or replacement of an existing single-room occupancy building that meets prescribed criteria, would permit an affected city or an affected county to reduce the number of replacement units required if the project meets specified requirements, including, among others, that the reduction in replacement units is necessary to accommodate the conversion of single-room occupancy units, as provided, and that the converted units will be rental units with affordable rents, as specified. The bill would include specified findings declaring legislative intent with respect to these provisions. The bill would permit a borrower to conduct a market study to support the unit sizes proposed in the replacement housing plan, as provided. (2) Existing law establishes the Department of Housing and Community Development and requires it to administer various programs intended to promote the development of housing, including, among others, the Multifamily Housing Program, 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, for purposes of determining eligibility for an individual displaced from or returning to a single-room occupancy unit undergoing rehabilitation or a replacement unit that received funds from the department and is for a homeless individual or family, would (A) specify that an individual is deemed homeless if they meet certain criteria and (B) prohibit an individual or family meeting these criteria from being subject to a requirement that the unit be filled through a referral from a coordinated entry system, as defined, or a similar referral system.

Introduced
2024-12-02
Latest action
2025-10-10 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 511, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Durazoauthor
  • Blakespearcoauthor
  • Kalracoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-10-10

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 511, Statutes of 2025.

    became-law

  2. 2025-10-10

    Approved by the Governor.

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-09-16

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-09-09

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2708.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

    amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  5. 2025-09-08

    In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. 2025-09-08

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2986.) Ordered to the Senate.

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  7. 2025-09-04

    Read third time and amended.

    amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-3

  8. 2025-09-04

    Ordered to third reading.

    reading-1,reading-3

  9. 2025-08-29

    Read third time and amended.

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  10. 2025-08-29

    Ordered to third reading.

    reading-1,reading-3

  11. 2025-08-25

    Ordered to third reading.

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  12. 2025-08-25

    From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Garcia.

  13. 2025-08-21

    Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

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  14. 2025-08-20

    From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 20).

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  15. 2025-07-17

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee

  16. 2025-07-07

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

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  17. 2025-07-03

    From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 2).

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  18. 2025-06-05

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

    referral-committee

  19. 2025-05-28

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  20. 2025-05-27

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1248.) Ordered to the Assembly.

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  21. 2025-05-13

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  22. 2025-05-12

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

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  23. 2025-05-02

    Set for hearing May 12.

  24. 2025-05-01

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  25. 2025-04-30

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 936.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  26. 2025-04-25

    Set for hearing April 29.

  27. 2025-04-23

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 871.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.

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  28. 2025-04-04

    Set for hearing April 23.

  29. 2025-04-02

    Re-referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and HOUSING.

    referral-committee

  30. 2025-03-27

    Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

    referral-committee

  31. 2025-03-27

    Withdrawn from committee.

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  32. 2025-03-26

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.

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  33. 2025-03-21

    March 26 hearing postponed by committee.

  34. 2025-03-18

    Set for hearing March 26.

  35. 2025-01-29

    Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.

    referral-committee

  36. 2024-12-03

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 2.

  37. 2024-12-02

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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Versions

  • 12/02/24 - Introduced — 2024-12-02Compare
  • 03/26/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-26Compare
  • 05/01/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-05-01Compare
  • 07/07/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-07-07Compare
  • 08/29/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-08-29Compare
  • 09/04/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-09-04Compare
  • 09/12/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-12Compare
  • 10/10/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-10Compare
  • SB21Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

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

    2025-04-23 · pass · 7-0

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

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

    2025-04-29 · pass · 11-0

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

  • 3rd Reading

    2025-05-27 · pass · 39-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Reyes: other

  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government]

    2025-07-02 · pass · 12-0

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

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

    2025-07-16 · pass · 10-0

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

  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

    2025-08-20 · pass · 15-0

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

  • SB 21 Durazo Senate Third Reading By Mark González

    2025-09-08 · pass · 79-0

    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
    • Ortega: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Sanchez: 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
    • Nguyen: other

  • Unfinished Business SB21 Durazo et al. Concurrence

    2025-09-09 · pass · 40-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • 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
    • 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

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