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2023 Legislative Update

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If you are interested in learning more about the sampling of laws listed below and how they could potentially impact your project or your entitlement timelines please contact as at:

  • Dry Utilities – Chris Rad
  • Forward Planning & Consulting – Bob Garrison
  • DRE/HOA Consulting Services – Wendy Bucknum

 

Dry Utilities Divisions

AB 281: Requires Utilities Districts to Process Applications Faster

SB 410: Plan for faster electricity connections & more grid capacity (approved 10.07.23)

 

Forward Planning & Land Acquisition

AB821: Can use general Plan Density if its higher than zoning (Approved 10.11.23)

AB1287: Additional density bonus if moderate income or additional very low income units added. (Approved 10.11.23)

AB713: Density Bonus Law overrides and local laws it conflicts with (approved 10.11.23)

AB 356: Extends the rule that aesthetic impacts aren’t considered significant (approved 06.27.23)

SB 423: Faster Multifamily Approvals in cities and Counties that haven’t built enough housing (approved 10.11.23)

SB 684: Faster approvals for projects below 10 homes

AB 1114: Bans rejecting housing for projects that comply with Code (approved 10.11.23)

AB 835: Increases the max height for apartment buildings with one stairway

SB 712: Landlords required to allow bike/scooter parking

 

DRE/HOA Division

AB 572: Limits HOA fee increases to 5% a year for affordable ownership units

AB 1458: Reduced Quorum – HOA may use 20% as quorum at an adjourned meeting.

AB 648: Virtual Meetings – Meetings entirely by video-teleconference allowed and physical location is not required if specific conditions are satisfied.

AB 1572: No Potable Water on Nonfunctional Turf – Declares that the use of water for domestic purposes is the highest use of water.

AB 1033: Allows for lot-splitting and separate sale of the ADU, along with the permission for creation of mini-condo development as primary and ADU.

 

Affordable Housing & Funding Related

SB 4: Faster approvals for low income housing on land owned by Non-Profits (Schools, Churches)

SB 439: More protections for Low income housing against litigation

SB 469: Removes local barriers to building affordable housing for projects receiving tac credit funding

AB 785, AB 1449: Affordable Housing protections from CEQA

AB 1490: Adaptive reuse of nonresidential buildings for low income housing, streamlined approvals, and fee exemptions

AB 84: Property tax brakes for land owned that is zoned affordable but not yet built on

SB 20: Allows Multiple cities to create a regional housing fund to build affordable housing

SB 341: Allows affordable housing developers to access competitive state funding even in the local city is out of compliance with RHNA and state law.

AB 346:  More flexible funding application for LIHTC

SB 482: Operating reserves for supportive housing

AB 519: Consolidated funding application

AB 1319: Expands what BAHFA (Bay Area housing funding authority) can do, also exempts its projects from CEQA

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