AB 2531 will require local governments to keep track of the data needed to evaluate the impact of state laws on local housing availability and affordability. Reports filed by local planning agencies with the Department of Housing and Community Development…
SB 9
California has a severe shortage of middle-income housing or small (fewer than 10 homes) multi-family housing developments near jobs and transit; the lack of such housing is driving the displacement and severe rent burden of Californians across the state. The…
Proposition 16 – Return of Racial Equity in Policy-Making
This initiative would have ended California’s ban on affirmative action, which would have made race-conscious housing justice remedies more feasible. It failed at the November 2020 election with 42.77% of voters approving and 57.23% of voters opposing.
Proposition 15
Proposition 15 (2020), or the Schools and Communities First Act, would have closed a corporate tax loophole that allows large corporations to avoid paying property taxes at current rates on properties they own. This measure would have reclaimed $11 billion…
SB 1120
SB 1120 would have made it legal to build two homes on every property zoned for single-family homes in California. It would have also allowed single-family properties to be split into two lots, increasing the total potential to four homes…
SCA 1
In 1950, California voters passed a ballot measure that added Article 34 to the state constitution. Article 34 prevents cities from building low rent housing projects unless a local ballot measure is passed. Senate Constitutional Amendment (SCA) 1 would begin…
SB 330
SB 330 prohibits local jurisdictions from enacting new laws that would have the effect of reducing the legal limit on new housing within their borders, or delay new housing via administrative or other regulatory barriers. Through its expiration in 2030,…
AB 2923
AB 2923 makes it legal for the Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) to build multi-family, mixed-income housing on its parking lots and other land it owns throughout the Bay Area. The bill is expected to produce over 20,000 new…
SB 167
The Housing Accountability Act (HAA), first passed in 1982, prohibits a city from denying or reducing the size of housing developments that are compliant with its zoning code and other objective standards. SB 167 (2017), strengthens the HAA to ensure…