Streamlining
AB 2162 – Supportive Housing by Right
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Streamlined ministerial approval for projects that include supportive housing
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CEQA not required for supportive housing projects that comply with local requirements, are 100% lower income and 25% of units are supportive.
AB 3194 – Housing Accountability Act
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Limits local government determination of project inconsistency with zoning ordinance if the zoning doesn’t allow the maximum residential use, density or intensity in general plan.
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Requires finding of a significant, quantifiable, direct, and unavoidable impact to disapprove or condition approval of projects if compliance with applicable, objective general plan, zoning, and subdivision standards and criteria.
SB 765 – SB 35 Clean Up
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100% affordable projects are exempt from the “skilled and trained workforce” labor requirement.
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Only objective standards may be applied, including those related to subdivisions.
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All local agency approvals for project are exempt from CEQA.
Density Bonus
AB 2753– Density Bonus Application
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Jurisdictions must notify density bonus applicants in writing w/in 30 calendar days of application of completeness.
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Local government must notify applicant of re-submitted density.
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Bonus application in writing w/in 10 business days of resubmittal.
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Local government has 60 days from complete application to approve or disapprove a density bonus.
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Application deemed completed and density bonus granted if deadlines not met.
SB 1227 – Density Bonus for Student Housing
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Requires up 35% density bonus projects with at least 20% of the total rental beds for very low income students enrolled in higher education at accredited institutions.
Density Bonus (continued)
AB 2372 – Floor Area Ratio Bonus for Affordable Housing
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Allows local government to adopt ordinance to grant floor area ratio (FAR) bonus in lieu of a density bonus. Project requirements include:
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Multifamily development of 5+ units.
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Located in urban infill site within transit priority area or within ½ mile of major transit stop.
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Zoned for 20 units per acre.
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Either 11% of affordable units for Very Low Income or 20 of affordable units for Low Income.
AB 1771 & SB 828 – RHNA
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Requires modifications of regional RHNA allocation methodologies
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RHNA must account for overcrowded housing units and cost burdened households, units lost related to a state of emergency
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Gives HCD oversight authority over RHNA allocations
Fair Housing
AB 686– Housing Discrimination
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Codifies recent HUD rules on jurisdictions’ obligation to further fair housing.
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Housing elements and other planning documents must analyze how zoning programs/development approvals address/ reverse historical segregation patterns caused by past zoning practices.
CEQA Exemptions
AB 1804 – Infill Exemption for Counties
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CEQA exemption applicable to unincorporated areas of counties.
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Developments have minimum density and location requirements (must be urbanized area.)
AB 2341– Limited Aesthetic Impact Exemption
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CEQA exemption for rehabilitation or replacement of existing, vacant structure (within building envelope) with residential development.
Charter Cities
AB 1333 – Charter Cities
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Government Code provisions now apply to Charter Cities.
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Consistency requirement applicable to general plan, specific plans and zoning.
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No Net Loss” requirements apply to housing element inventory sites.
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Specific findings required for growth control measures.
Maps and Permits
AB 2913– Extension of building permits
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Extends residential building permits from six months to one year.
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One or more extensions of 180 days can be granted if justifiable cause
AB 2973– Subdivision map extensions (Central Valley)
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2 years for tentative subdivision maps in certain Central Valley jurisdictions 1771