Title: Price gouging: state of emergency.

Current Status: In Assembly

Introduction Date: 2024-12-03

Last Action Date: From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (August 29).. 2025-08-29

Description: SB 36, as amended, Umberg. Price gouging: state of emergency. (1) Existing law, the Unfair Competition Law, makes various practices unlawful and provides that a person who engages, has engaged, or proposes to engage in unfair competition is liable for a civil penalty, as specified.This bill would additionally make a person who violates those provisions, if the act or acts of unfair competition are perpetrated against one or more persons displaced due to a state of emergency or local emergency, as defined, at the time the violation occurred, liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $2,500 for each violation, as specified.(2) Existing law, the Consumers Legal Remedies Act, makes unlawful certain unfair methods of competition and certain unfair or deceptive acts or practices undertaken by a person in a transaction intended to result or that results in the sale or lease of goods or services to a consumer. These include, among others, making false or misleading statements of fact concerning reasons for, existence of, or amounts of, price reductions.This bill would additionally make it unlawful under those provisions to, among other things, price gouge during a state of emergency or local emergency.(3) Existing law requires the trier of fact, in a civil action to redress unfair or deceptive acts or practices or unfair competition brought by, on behalf of, or for the benefit of senior citizens, disabled persons, or veterans, to consider specified factors in determining the amount of a discretionary fine, penalty, or remedy to be imposed. Existing law authorizes the trier of fact, upon a finding of one of those factors, to impose a fine, penalty, or other remedy in an amount up to 3 times greater than the amount authorized by statute or the amount the trier of fact would impose in the absence of the affirmative finding.This bill would make those provisions applicable to persons displaced due to a state of emergency or a local emergency, as defined, at the time the violation occurred.(4) Under existing law, upon the proclamation of a state of emergency by the President of the United States or the Governor, or upon the declaration of a local emergency by the executive officer of any county, city, or city and county, and for 30 days or 180 days, as specified, following the proclamation or declaration of emergency, it is a misdemeanor for a person, contractor, business, or other entity to sell or offer to sell certain goods or services for a price of more than 10% greater than the price charged by that person immediately prior to the proclamation or declaration of emergency. Existing law authorizes the extension of these prohibitions by, among others, the Governor, if deemed necessary to protect the lives, property, or welfare of the citizens.This bill would specify that an extension authorized by the Governor may be terminated by a concurrent resolution of the Legislature declaring it at an end. The bill would require a housing listing platform, during the period of 30 days following a proclamation of a state emergency or a declaration of a local emergency, as specified, to, among other things, remove a listing when notified by local, regional, or state law enforcement agencies that the price for a listing made available on the platform violates the price gouging provisions and establish and maintain a policy informing housing providers that listings are prohibited from violating the above-described provisions, as specified.This bill would define “housing listing platform” for these purposes as an internet website, application, or other similar centralized platform that acts as an intermediary between a consumer and another person which allows another person to list the availability of housing, lodging, or units for sale or for rent to a consumer.(5) Existing law allows a search warrant to be issued upon probable cause, supported by affidavit, naming or describing the person to be searched or searched for, and particularly describing the property, thing, or things and the place to be searched, and enumerates the grounds upon which a search warrant may be issued.This bill, until January 1, 2031, would additionally authorize a search warrant to be issued, upon application by the Department of Justice, when the property or things to be seized consists of evidence that tends to show that specified price gouging violations have occurred or are occurring. The bill would require the department, on or before January 1, 2030, to submit a report to the Legislature regarding search warrants issued pursuant to this provision.

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Title: Wildfire Safety and Risk Mitigation Program.

Current Status: In Assembly

Introduction Date: 2025-02-18

Last Action Date: From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 29).. 2025-08-29

Description: SB 429, as amended, Cortese. Wildfire Safety and Risk Mitigation Program. Existing law creates the Department of Insurance and prescribes the department’s powers and duties. Existing law generally regulates the business of insurance in the state, including the underwriting and ongoing monitoring of insured risks. Existing law generally requires an insurer or insurance producer to have underwriting guidelines that establish the criteria and process under which an insurer makes its decision to provide or to deny coverage.Existing law requires an admitted insurer with written California premiums totaling $10,000,000 or more, to submit a report, as specified, to the commissioner with specified fire risk information on its residential property policies. Existing law requires the commissioner to post on the department’s internet website a report on wildfire risk compiled from data collected from specified insurers.This bill, upon appropriation for these purposes, would establish the Wildfire Safety and Risk Mitigation Program to fund the development, demonstration, and deployment of a public wildfire catastrophe model, as defined, and to provide grant funding to one or more universities for eligible projects with specified criteria for the purpose of creating a research and educational center responsible for developing, demonstrating, and deploying a public wildfire catastrophe model that provides significant wildfire safety benefits to California communities and assists alignment of federal, state, and local wildfire risk reduction efforts. The bill would create the Wildfire Safety and Risk Mitigation Account within the Insurance Fund for these purposes.The bill, also upon appropriation for these purposes, would require the department to create a framework and multiyear plan with available data for the development, demonstration, and deployment of a public wildfire catastrophe model that includes specified information and to publish the plan on the department’s internet website. The bill would require the department to provide recommendations to the Senate Committee on Insurance, Assembly Committee on Insurance, Assembly Committee on Emergency Management, Budget Committees, and the Governor for future budget allocations related to these provisions before September 1, 2026.

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Title: Price gouging.

Current Status: In Senate

Introduction Date: 2025-02-03

Last Action Date: In committee: Held under submission.. 2025-08-29

Description: AB 380, as amended, Mark González. Price gouging. Under existing law, upon the proclamation of a state of emergency by the President of the United States or the Governor, or upon the declaration of a local emergency by the executive officer of any county, city, or city and county, and for 30 days or 180 days, as specified, following the proclamation or declaration of emergency, it is a misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in county jail, a fine of $10,000, or both that imprisonment and fine, for a person, contractor, business, or other entity to sell or offer to sell certain goods or services for a price of more than 10% greater than the price charged by that person immediately prior to the proclamation or declaration of emergency.This bill would instead make that misdemeanor applicable, for those provisions for which the misdemeanor is applicable for a period of 30 days following the proclamation or declaration of emergency, for a period of 60 days. The bill would, for an entity or person other than a natural person, make that misdemeanor punishable by a fine of $25,000. By expanding the scope of a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. Under existing law, as described above, it is unlawful to increase the rental price for housing by more than 10%, or evict any residential tenant of residential housing, upon the proclamation or declaration of emergency. Existing law defines “housing” for purposes of these provisions as any rental housing with an initial lease term of no longer than one year.This bill would expand the definition of “housing” to include any rental housing without regard to the length of the initial lease term. The bill would make the prohibitions on increasing the rental price by more than 10% and eviction generally applicable to commercial real property. By expanding the scope of a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

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Title: Personal Income Tax Law: Corporation Tax Law: insurance tax law: low-income housing tax credit:

Current Status: In Senate

Introduction Date: 2025-02-10

Last Action Date: Read second time. Ordered to third reading.. 2025-08-29

Description: AB 480, as introduced, Quirk-Silva. Personal Income Tax Law: Corporation Tax Law: insurance tax law: low-income housing tax credit: Existing law establishes a low-income housing tax credit program pursuant to which the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee (CTCAC) provides procedures and requirements for the allocation, in modified conformity with federal law, of state insurance, personal income, and corporation tax credit amounts to qualified low-income housing projects that have been allocated, or qualify for, a federal low-income housing tax credit, and farmworker housing. Existing law limits the total annual amount of the state low-income housing credit for which a federal low-income housing credit is required, as specified. That law authorizes a taxpayer to make an election in its application to the CTCAC to sell all or any portion of any credit allowed. This bill would instead authorize a taxpayer to make that election in the manner prescribed by the CTCAC, as provided.

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Title: Social Security Tenant Protection Act of 2025.

Current Status: In Senate

Introduction Date: 2025-01-15

Last Action Date: Read second time. Ordered to third reading.. 2025-08-29

Description: AB 246, as amended, Bryan. Social Security Tenant Protection Act of 2025. Existing law provides that a tenant is guilty of unlawful detainer if the tenant continues to possess the property without permission of the landlord after the tenant defaults on rent or fails to perform a condition or covenant of the lease under which the property is held, among other reasons. Existing law requires a tenant be served a 3 days’ notice in writing to cure a default or perform a condition of the lease, or return possession of the property to the landlord, as specified. Existing law, until January 1, 2030, prohibits an owner of residential real property from terminating a tenancy without just cause, as specified.This bill would, until January 20, 2029, enact the Social Security Tenant Protection Act of 2025 (the Act). The Act would authorize a tenant of residential real property to assert Social Security hardship as an affirmative defense in an unlawful detainer proceeding based on the nonpayment of rent. The Act would define “Social Security hardship” as a loss of income due to an interruption in the payment of Social Security benefits due to the action or inaction of the federal government. The Act would require a tenant asserting Social Security hardship as an affirmative defense to provide, to the satisfaction of the court, evidence that Social Security payments typically received by the tenant’s household have been terminated, delayed, or reduced due to no fault of the tenant and that the hardship prevented the tenant from paying the rent. If the tenant successfully provides this evidence, the Act would require the court to issue a stay of the unlawful detainer action, as specified.The Act would not relieve a tenant of their obligation to pay past due rent, and it would require a tenant, within 14 days of the Social Security benefits being restored, to either pay all past due rent or enter into a mutually agreed upon payment plan with the owner of the residential real property. If the tenant pays all past due rent or enters into a payment plan with the owner, the Act would require the court to either dismiss the unlawful detainer action with prejudice or set aside the judgment against all named and unnamed defendants in the action. The Act would further require the Judicial Council, by January 1, 2027, to adopt or modify forms as needed to implement the Act.The Act would define “social security benefit payment interruption” for purposes of these provisions to mean any disruption in the administration or disbursement of any benefit payments administered by the Social Security Administration that results in a delay of 3 or more calendar days beyond the scheduled payment disbursement date. The Act would require the Department of Justice, if it determines there is a social security benefit payment interruption and files an action to restore social security benefit payments, to deliver notice of the filing to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and to the Judicial Council within 5 court days. A “declared social security benefit payment interruption” under the Act begins on the day that the Joint Legislative Budget Committee receives that notice from the Department of Justice and ends when the Department of Justice delivers a determination that social security benefit payments have been restored or 6 months after the commencement of the declared interruption, whichever occurs first.The Act would also require any 3 days’ notice that demands payment of covered rental debt, as defined, to meet specified criteria, including that the notice include an unsigned copy of a declaration of social security-related financial distress and that the notice advise the tenant that the tenant will not be evicted for failure to comply with the notice if the tenant delivers a signed declaration and documentation that they rely upon their social security benefit payments to the landlord, as specified. The Act would deem a 3 days’ notice that fails to comply with this criteria void and insufficient to support a judgment for unlawful detainer or to terminate a tenancy. The Act would prohibit a tenant that delivers a declaration, under penalty of perjury, of social security-related financial distress and documentation that they rely upon their social security benefit payments pursuant to these provisions from being deemed in default with regard to the covered rental debt, as specified. By expanding the crime of perjury, this bill would create a state-mandated local program.The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

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Title: Housing discrimination: nonprofit home-sharing program: eligibility for public social services.

Current Status: In Senate

Introduction Date: 2025-02-06

Last Action Date: Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.. 2025-08-29

Description: AB 474, as amended, Ward. Housing discrimination: nonprofit home-sharing program: eligibility for public social services. (1) Existing law, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, prohibits housing discrimination based on specified characteristics. Existing law defines discrimination to include refusal to sell, rent, or lease housing accommodations. Under existing law, discrimination does not include refusal to rent or lease a portion of an owner-occupied single-family house to a person as a roomer or boarder living within the household if no more than one roomer or boarder is to live within the household, as specified.This bill would specify that discrimination does not include refusal to rent or lease to a person as a tenant, instead of a roomer or a boarder, and would increase the number of persons living in the household under these provisions to 2.Under this bill, discrimination would additionally not include refusal to rent or lease a portion of an owner-occupied single-family house to a person as a roomer, boarder, or tenant living within the household if, among other things, the owner is renting the portion of their home as a landlord in a nonprofit home-sharing program, as defined.(2) Existing law establishes various public social services programs that are administered by counties to provide eligible recipients with certain benefits, including, but not limited to, cash assistance under the Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Program for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled (SSI/SSP) and the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program, nutrition assistance under the CalFresh program, and health care services under the Medi-Cal program.This bill would exempt income received through renting bedrooms or units as a landlord in a nonprofit home-sharing program, as defined, from consideration as income or assets for the purposes of determining eligibility and benefit amounts for public social services, as specified, and would require the State Department of Social Services to seek all available federal waivers and approvals necessary for the exemption under CalFresh and SSI/SSP. By expanding the scope of eligibility for public social services, thereby increasing duties on counties, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.(3) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

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Title: Adaptive reuse: streamlining: incentives.

Current Status: In Senate

Introduction Date: 2025-02-10

Last Action Date: Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.. 2025-08-29

Description: AB 507, as amended, Haney. Adaptive reuse: streamlining: incentives. (1) Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, requires each county and city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for its physical development, and the development of certain lands outside its boundaries, that includes, among other mandatory elements, a housing element. That law allows a development proponent to submit an application for a development that is subject to a specified streamlined, ministerial approval process not subject to a conditional use permit, if the development satisfies certain objective planning standards, including that the development is a multifamily housing development that contains two or more residential units.This bill would deem an adaptive reuse project a use by right in all zones, regardless of the zoning of the site, and subject to a streamlined, ministerial review process if the project meets specified requirements, subject to specified exceptions. In this regard, an adaptive reuse project, in order to qualify for the streamlined, ministerial review process, would be required to be proposed for an existing building that is less than 50 years old or meets certain requirements regarding the preservation of historic resources, including the signing of an affidavit declaring that the project will comply with the United States Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation for, among other things, the preservation of exterior facades of a building or structure that face a street, or receive federal or state historic rehabilitation tax credits, as specified. The bill would require an adaptive reuse project to meet specified affordability criteria. In this regard, the bill would require an adaptive reuse project for rental housing to include either 8% of the unit for very low income households and 5% of the units for extremely low income households or 15% of the units for lower income households. For an adaptive reuse project for owner-occupied housing, the bill would require the development to offer either 30% of the units at an affordable housing cost to moderate-income households or 15% of the units at an affordable housing cost to lower income households. For an adaptive reuse project including mixed uses, the bill would require at least one-half of the square footage of the adaptive reuse project to be dedicated to residential uses.The bill would provide, among other things relating to projects involving adaptive reuse, that parking is not required for the portion of a project consisting of a building subject to adaptive reuse that does not have existing onsite parking. The bill would authorize an adaptive reuse project subject to these provisions to include the development of new residential or mixed-use structures on undeveloped areas and parking areas located on the same parcel as the proposed repurposed building, or on the parcels adjacent to the proposed adaptive reuse project site if certain conditions are met. The bill would also subject an adaptive reuse project approved by a local government pursuant to these provisions to specified labor standards. The bill would authorize a local government to adopt an ordinance, as specified, to, among other things, specify the process and requirements applicable to adaptive reuse projects, as specified, and would require an adaptive reuse project to comply with all objective planning standards found in the ordinance. The bill would specify that nothing in its provisions relating to adaptive reuse projects is intended to preempt the adoption and implementation of a local ordinance that provides alternative procedures and substantive requirements for adaptive reuse projects, provided that the local ordinance does not prohibit an applicant from electing to pursue an adaptive reuse project, as specified.The bill would require a local agency that has not adopted an above-described ordinance to ministerially without discretionary review approve or disapprove applications for a permit to create or serve an adaptive reuse project, as specified. The bill would, if a local government’s planning director or equivalent position determines that the adaptive reuse project submitted pursuant to these provisions is consistent with the objective planning standards, require the local government to approve the adaptive reuse project within specified timeframes. The bill would require the local government staff or relevant local planning and permitting department, upon determining that the adaptive reuse project is in conflict with any of the objective planning standards, to provide the proponent written documentation of, among other things, which standard or standards the development conflicts with within specific timeframes. The bill would prohibit a local government from imposing any local development standard on any project that is an adaptive reuse that would require alteration of the existing building envelope, except as specified, whether or not the local government has adopted an ordinance. By requiring local governments to implement the streamlined, ministerial review process for adaptive reuse projects, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.This bill would, except as specified, exempt an adaptive reuse project from all impact fees that are not reasonably related to the impacts resulting from the change of use of the site from nonresidential to residential or mixed use and would require any fees charged to be roughly proportional to the difference in impacts caused by the change of use.This bill would authorize a city or county, or city and county, commencing in the 2026–27 fiscal year, to establish an adaptive reuse investment incentive program to pay adaptive reuse investment incentive funds to the proponent of an adaptive reuse project approved pursuant to the streamlined, ministerial process described above for up to 30 consecutive fiscal years, as specified. The bill would define “adaptive reuse investment incentive funds” to mean an amount up to or equal to the amount of ad valorem property tax revenue allocated to the participating local agency from the taxation of that portion of the total assessed value of the real and personal property of an adaptive reuse project property that is in excess of the qualified adaptive reuse project property’s valuation at the time of the proponent’s initial request for funding.The bill would define terms for these purposes, and would make findings and declarations related to its provisions. The bill would make its provisions operative on July 1, 2026.(2) Existing law, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of, an environmental impact report on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment. CEQA does not apply to the approval of ministerial projects.This bill, by establishing the streamlined, ministerial review process described above, would exempt the approval of adaptive reuse projects subject to those processes from CEQA. The bill would also exempt specified findings regarding industrial uses and ordinances adopted to implement specified provisions from CEQA.(3) Existing law requires each county and city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the county or city, and specified land outside its boundaries, that includes, among other mandatory elements, a housing element. Existing law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to notify a city, county, or city and county, and authorizes the department to notify the Attorney General, that a city, county, or city and county is in violation of state law if the department finds that the housing element or an amendment to that element, or any specified action or failure to act, does not substantially comply with the law as it pertains to housing elements or that any local government has taken an action in violation of certain housing laws.This bill would make corrections to a housing law cross-reference relating to the adaptive reuse project process established by the bill, thereby making a violation of that adaptive reuse project process by a city, county, or city and county subject to the above-described notification requirements.(3)(4) The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities.(4)(5) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for specified reasons.

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Title: Housing rental terms: algorithmic devices.

Current Status: In Assembly

Introduction Date: 2024-12-20

Last Action Date: August 29 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.. 2025-08-29

Description: SB 52, as amended, Pérez. Housing rental terms: algorithmic devices. Existing law governs the hiring of residential dwelling units and requires a landlord to provide specified notice to tenants prior to an increase in rent. Existing law, the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, prescribes statewide limits on the application of local rent control with regard to certain properties. That act, among other things, authorizes an owner of residential real property to establish the initial and all subsequent rental rates for a dwelling or unit that meets specified criteria, subject to certain limitations.This bill would make it unlawful for any person to sell, license, or otherwise provide to 2 or more persons a rental pricing algorithm, as defined, with the intent or reasonable expectation that it be used by 2 or more persons, as specified, to set rental terms, as defined, for residential premises. The bill would make it unlawful for a person to set or adopt rental terms based on the recommendation of a rental pricing algorithm if the person knows or should know that the rental pricing algorithm processes nonpublic competitor data, as defined, to set rental terms and that the pricing algorithm or the recommendation of the algorithm was used by another person to set or recommend a rental term for residential premises in the same market.Existing law establishes the Attorney General as the head of the Department of Justice, with charge of all legal matters in which the state is interested, except as specified. Existing law imposes various requirements on the Attorney General related to consumer protection, including, among others, the supervision of charitable trusts and the enforcement of antitrust laws. This bill would authorize the Attorney General, and the city attorney or county counsel in the jurisdiction in which the rental unit is located, to file a civil action for a violation of the bill, as specified, and would authorize a person who is harmed by a violation of the bill to file a civil action, as specified.

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Title: Housing elements: prohousing designation.

Current Status: In Senate

Introduction Date: 2024-12-02

Last Action Date: Ordered to third reading.. 2025-08-29

Description: AB 36, as amended, Soria. Housing elements: prohousing designation. Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, requires a city or county to adopt a general plan for land use development within its boundaries that includes, among other things, a housing element. The law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) to determine whether the housing element is in substantial compliance with specified provisions of that law. Existing law requires HCD to designate jurisdictions as prohousing pursuant to emergency regulations adopted by HCD, as prescribed, and to report those designations to the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation. Existing law specifies that these emergency regulations will remain in effect until HCD promulgates permanent prohousing regulations.This bill would instead require HCD to designate jurisdictions as prohousing pursuant to permanent regulations adopted by HCD to implement these provisions, as specified. Beginning with the 7th housing element cycle, upon request by a small rural jurisdiction, to the extent feasible, the bill would require HCD to evaluate materials from the small rural jurisdiction’s housing element submission when determining whether the jurisdiction qualifies as prohousing, but only with respect to those small rural jurisdictions that have a compliant housing element. The bill would also prohibit HCD from requiring small rural jurisdictions to renew their prohousing designation for at least 4 years. The bill would define “small rural jurisdiction” for these purposes to mean either a city with a population of fewer than 25,000 persons or a county with a population of fewer than 200,000 persons.

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Title: Housing element: prohousing designations: prohousing local policies.

Current Status: In Assembly

Introduction Date: 2025-02-03

Last Action Date: Ordered to third reading.. 2025-08-28

Description: SB 262, as amended, Wahab. Housing element: prohousing designations: prohousing local policies. Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, requires each county and city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the county or city, and specified land outside its boundaries, that includes, among other specified mandatory elements, a housing element. Existing law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to determine whether the housing element is in substantial compliance with those provisions. Existing law requires the department to designate jurisdictions as prohousing pursuant to emergency regulations adopted by the department, as prescribed. Existing law requires that jurisdictions that are prohousing and that are in substantial compliance with specified provisions be awarded additional points or preference in the scoring of applications for specified state programs. Existing law defines “prohousing local policies” for these purposes and specifies a nonexhaustive list of examples of those policies, including local financial incentives for housing and adoption of zoning allowing for use by right for residential and mixed-use development.This bill would include in the definition of “prohousing local policies” policies that keep people housed, and would include additional examples of prohousing local policies under the above-described provisions, as specified.

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Title: Landlord-tenant: internet service provider subscriptions.

Current Status: In Senate

Introduction Date: 2025-02-21

Last Action Date: Read second time. Ordered to third reading.. 2025-08-27

Description: AB 1414, as amended, Ransom. Landlord-tenant: internet service provider subscriptions. Existing law governs the obligations of tenants and landlords. Existing law authorizes a tenant to deduct the payment made to a public utility or publicly owned utility or a district from the rent, as specified. Existing law prohibits a lessor who has retaliated against a lessee for exercising the lessee’s prescribed rights from recovering possession of a dwelling, causing the lessee to quit involuntarily, increasing the rent, or decreasing services within 180 days of the occurrence of specified events relating to tenability, if the lessee is not in default on their rent, as specified. Existing law presumes that the hiring of real property is renewed for a specified amount of time, under specified circumstances.For any residential tenancy commenced, renewed, or continuing on a month-to-month or other periodic basis, on or after January 1, 2026, this bill would require a landlord or their agent to provide the tenant with the option to opt out of paying for any subscription from a third-party internet service provider for specified services in connection with the lease. If the landlord or their agent violates this provision, the bill would authorize the tenant to deduct the cost of the subscription from the rent. The bill would prohibit a landlord or their agent from retaliating against a tenant for exercising their rights pursuant to this bill and consistent with the above-described provision on retaliation, as provided.

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Title: Discrimination: housing: source of income.

Current Status: In Senate

Introduction Date: 2025-01-22

Last Action Date: Read second time. Ordered to third reading.. 2025-08-20

Description: AB 282, as amended, Pellerin. Discrimination: housing: source of income. Existing law, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) makes unlawful various practices connected to obtaining and financing housing accommodations, among other things, if those practices discriminate based on source of income. FEHA requires the Civil Rights Department to enforce specific provisions of the act, including the provision described above.This bill would provide that the establishment by a public agency or a similar entity, as specified, of policies or preferences in favor of an applicant or tenant who qualifies for or participates in federal, state, or local housing subsidy programs, as specified, does not constitute discrimination based on source of income for purposes of the above-described provisions of FEHA.

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Title: Housing development: density bonuses.

Current Status: In Assembly

Introduction Date: 2025-01-22

Last Action Date: Read second time. Ordered to third reading.. 2025-08-18

Description: SB 92, as amended, Blakespear. Housing development: density bonuses. Existing law, commonly referred to as the Density Bonus Law, requires a city or county to provide a developer that proposes a housing development, as defined, within the city or county with a density bonus, other incentives or concessions, and waivers or reductions of development standards, as specified, if the developer agrees to construct specified units and meets other requirements.This bill would specify that a concession and incentive shall not result in a proposed project, as prescribed, with a specified commercial floor area ratio. The bill would also specify that certain provisions of the Density Bonus Law do not require a city, county, or city and county to approve, grant a concession or incentive requiring approval of, or waive or reduce development standards otherwise applicable to, transient lodging as part of a housing development, except as specified.

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Title: Housing: tenant protections.

Current Status: In Assembly

Introduction Date: 2025-02-19

Last Action Date: Read second time. Ordered to third reading.. 2025-07-17

Description: SB 522, as amended, Wahab. Housing: tenant protections. Existing law governs the hiring of residential dwelling units. Existing law, the Tenant Protection Act of 2019, prohibits, until January 1, 2030, an owner of residential real property from terminating the tenancy of certain tenants without just cause, either at-fault or no-fault of the tenant. The act exempts certain types of residential real properties from that prohibition, including, among others, housing that has been issued a certificate of occupancy within the previous 15 years.This bill would exclude housing built to replace a previous housing unit that was subject to the Tenant Protection Act of 2019, was substantially damaged or destroyed by a disaster, as defined, and was issued a certificate of occupancy before that housing unit was substantially damaged or destroyed, from the above-described exemption from the just cause requirements and rental increase limits.Existing law, the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, prescribes statewide limits on the application of local rent control with regard to certain properties. Existing law, among other things, authorizes an owner of residential real property to establish the initial and all subsequent rental rates for a dwelling or unit that meets specified criteria, including a dwelling or unit that has already been exempt from the residential rent control ordinance of a public entity on or before February 1, 1995, pursuant to a local exemption for newly constructed units. This bill would require residential rent control to apply to a residential real property built to replace a previous residential real property on the same parcel if the previous residential real property was substantially damaged or destroyed by a disaster, as defined, and was subject to residential rent control at the time the residential real property was substantially damaged or destroyed.Existing law, 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 one or more residential dwelling units or 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 conditions are met. This bill would, for an area where a protected unit was substantially damaged or destroyed due to a disaster, as defined, prohibit an affected city or an affected county from approving a housing development project unless the project will create at least as many protected units as were substantially damaged or destroyed. By placing additional requirements on local agencies in approving a housing development project, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

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Title: Ending Street Homelessness Act.

Current Status: In Assembly

Introduction Date: 2024-12-02

Last Action Date: July 16 hearing postponed by committee.. 2025-07-10

Description: SB 16, as amended, Blakespear. Ending Street Homelessness Act. (1) Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, requires each county and each city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the county or city, and specified land outside its boundaries, that includes, among other specified mandatory elements, a housing element. Existing law requires the housing element to consist of an identification and analysis of existing and projected housing needs and a statement of goals, policies, quantified objectives, financial resources, and scheduled programs for the preservation, improvement, and development of housing, as provided. Existing law requires each city, county, and city and county to revise its housing element according to a specified schedule, as provided.Existing law, for the 4th and subsequent revisions of the housing element, requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to determine the existing and projected need for housing for each region, and requires the appropriate council of governments, or the department for cities and counties without a council of governments, to adopt a final regional housing need plan that allocates a share of the regional housing need to each city, county, or city and county, as provided. At least 2 years before a scheduled revision of the housing element, as specified, existing law requires each council of governments, or delegate subregion as applicable, to develop, in consultation with the department, a proposed methodology for distributing the existing and projected regional housing need to jurisdictions, as specified. Existing law requires that the final allocation plan ensure that the total regional housing need, by income category, determined as specified, is maintained, and that each jurisdiction in the region receive an allocation of units for low- and very low income households. For the 7th and subsequent revisions of the housing element, existing law also requires that the allocation to each region include an allocation of units for acutely low and extremely low income households.This bill, until January 1, 2032, would require the council of governments, or delegate subregion, as applicable, in developing the proposed allocation methodology that allocates each jurisdiction’s share of the regional housing need for acutely low income housing, to count any newly constructed interim housing, as specified, as meeting the needs of acutely low income households. By imposing additional duties on local governments, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.(2) Existing law establishes the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention: (HHAP) program, administered by the Interagency Council on Homelessness, with respect to rounds 1 through 5, inclusive, of the program, and the Department of Housing and Community Development, with respect to round 6 of the program, for the purpose of providing jurisdictions, as defined, with one-time grant funds to support regional coordination and expand or develop local capacity to address their immediate homelessness challenges, as specified. Existing law also requires the department to administer various other programs intended to promote the development or rehabilitation of housing, including the No Place Like Home Program, pursuant to which the department is required to award up to $2,000,000,000 among counties to finance capital costs, including, but not limited to, acquisition, design, construction, rehabilitation, or preservation, and to capitalize operating reserves, of permanent supportive housing for the target population, as specified.Upon appropriation by the Legislature, this bill would establish round 7 of the HHAP program. To be eligible for a round 7 or subsequent base program allocation, the bill would require an applicant to be eligible for a round 6 base allocation and submit to the department a housing now action plan that includes specified information, including, among other things, a description of key actions that will be taken within the applicant’s region to sustain the operation of interim living spaces, as defined, built pursuant to this plan. The bill would require the department to develop guidance and the housing now action plan application within 90 days. The bill would require the department to review and make a determination of conformity upon completion of the application for round 7 of the program and submission of the housing now action plan. The bill would make an applicant with a housing now action plan approved by the department additionally eligible for funding pursuant to specified housing and homelessness funding sources the department administers, including the No Place Like Home Program, to pay for capital and operating subsidies for interim living spaces. The bill would only authorize the department to allocate a round 7 or subsequent base program allocation to a participating jurisdiction that has enacted an encampment resolution ordinance, as specified, and would require each county and each city that submits a housing now action plan to sign a memorandum of understanding that commits the participating jurisdiction to participation, and compliance with, the housing now action plan, among other things. The bill would authorize smaller jurisdictions in the region to sign the memorandum of understanding and commit to participation in, and compliance with, its requirements, and would encourage counties to allocate resources from program funding to these smaller jurisdictions.The bill would require the department to determine each region’s 5-year housing inventory expansion target, as provided, and to develop a schedule for each region for the 2026–27 fiscal year through the 2030–31 fiscal year, inclusive. The bill would require each region, at the end of each fiscal year, to expand its homeless habitation capacity until it achieves its 5-year housing inventory expansion target in accordance with the schedule established by the department.The bill would require the department to prepare and submit to the Legislature an annual report summarizing what is necessary to continue achieving functional zero unsheltered homelessness, as defined. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2032.The No Place Like Home Program was ratified and amended by the No Place Like Home Act of 2018, approved by the voters as Proposition 2 at the November 6, 2018, statewide general election. Existing law authorizes the Legislature to amend Proposition 2 by a 2/3 vote, so long as the amendment is consistent with and furthers the intent of that measure.The bill would state the finding of the Legislature that these provisions are consistent with, and further the intent of, the No Place Like Home Act.(3) The California Constitution provides that all property is taxable, and requires that it be assessed at the same percentage of fair market value, unless otherwise provided by the California Constitution or federal law. Existing property tax law, in accordance with the California Constitution, provides for a welfare exemption for property used exclusively for religious, hospital, scientific, or charitable purposes and that is owned or operated by certain types of nonprofit entities, if certain qualifying criteria are met. Existing property tax law provides a partial welfare exemption for rental housing and related facilities and owned and operated by certain types of nonprofit entities that meet all of the requirements of welfare exemption, or by certain veterans’ organizations, as provided.This bill, for property tax lien dates occurring on or after January 1, 2026, and before January 1, 2032, would deem property to be within the welfare exemption if (A) that property is owned and operated by a religious, hospital, scientific, or charitable fund, foundation, limited liability company, or corporation meeting specified requirements and (B) the property is used exclusively for interim housing, as defined. By expanding the duties of local tax officials, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.Existing law requires any bill authorizing a new tax expenditure to contain, among other things, specific goals, purposes, and objectives that the tax expenditure will achieve, detailed performance indicators, and data collection requirements.This bill would include additional information required for any bill authorizing a new tax expenditure.Existing law requires the state to reimburse local agencies annually for certain property tax revenues lost as a result of any exemption or classification of property for purposes of ad valorem property taxation.This bill would provide that, notwithstanding those provisions, no appropriation is made and the state shall not reimburse local agencies for property tax revenues lost by them pursuant to the bill.(4) The bill would include findings that certain changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities.(5) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursementThis bill would provide that with regard to certain mandates no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.With regard to any other mandates, this bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs so mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.(1)The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to adopt a general plan for land use development that includes, among other things, a housing element. Existing law requires the housing element to consist of an identification and analysis of existing and projected housing needs and a statement of goals, policies, quantified objectives, financial resources, and scheduled programs for the preservation, improvement, and development of housing. Existing law requires the housing element to include, among other things, an assessment of housing needs and an inventory of resources and constraints that are relevant to meeting these needs. Existing law establishes the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program (HHAP) for the purpose of providing jurisdictions with grant funds to support regional coordination and expand or develop local capacity to address their immediate homelessness challenges, as specified.For a local government that does not receive funding pursuant to HHAP, this bill would require the assessment to include, among other things, the most up-to-date data on the number of individuals who are unhoused and a description of key actions that will be taken to reduce the number of individuals who are unhoused based on the data. By imposing additional duties on local governments, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.(2)Existing law requires the Governor to create the Interagency Council on Homelessness to, among other things, identify mainstream resources, benefits, and services that can be accessed to prevent and end homelessness in California, to make policy and procedural recommendations to legislators and other governmental entities, and to serve as a statewide facilitator, coordinator, and policy development resource on ending homelessness in California. Existing law establishes the Department of Housing and Community Development and requires it to administer various programs intended to promote the development of housing.Existing law states the intent of the Legislature to obtain trustworthy information to connect funding allocated to prevent and end homelessness with established sheltering and housing resources and to provide state agencies with accurate information to allow for more accurate forecasting to target future investments. For purposes of advancing those goals, existing law requires the council, upon appropriation, to conduct, or contract with an entity to conduct, a statewide homelessness assessment to identify certain programs and to collect and analyze data, as specified. Existing law requires the council to submit an interim report and a final report to certain legislative committees by July 1, 2022, and December 31, 2022, respectively.This bill would require the Department of Housing and Community Development to complete, or contract to complete, an assessment and financing plan to, in coordination with local jurisdictions, address unsheltered and chronic homelessness in the state over a 10-year period. The bill would require the department to report to the Legislature on the assessment and financing plan by December 31, 2027. The bill would require the assessment to include specified information, including, among others, the number of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness and the number of people expected to fall into unsheltered homelessness over the next 10 years based on recent data on rates of Californians becoming unsheltered. The bill would require the department or contractor to, in completing the assessment and financing plan, consult with specified individuals and entities, including, among others, individuals with lived experience of homelessness, representatives of cities and counties, and specified working groups. By requiring the department or contractor to consult with local entities, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.(3)The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities.(4)The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

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Title: The Social Housing Act.

Current Status: In Senate

Introduction Date: 2024-12-02

Last Action Date: In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.. 2025-06-26

Description: AB 11, as introduced, Lee. The Social Housing Act. Existing law creates a housing authority in each county or city, which functions upon the adoption of a specified resolution by the relevant governing body. Existing law authorizes these housing authorities, within their jurisdictions, to construct, reconstruct, improve, alter, or repair all or part of any housing project. Existing law establishes various programs that provide housing assistance.This bill would enact the Social Housing Act and would create the California Housing Authority as an independent state body, the mission of which would be to ensure that social housing developments that are produced and acquired align with the goals of eliminating the gap between housing production and regional housing needs assessment targets and preserving affordable housing. The bill would prescribe a definition of social housing that would describe, in addition to housing owned by the authority, housing owned by other entities, as specified, provided that all social housing developed or authorized by the authority would be owned by the authority.This bill would prescribe the composition of the California Housing Authority Board, which would govern the authority, and which would be composed of appointed members and members who would be elected by residents of social housing developments, as specified. The bill would set forth the powers and duties of the authority and the board, including the requirement that the authority and the board annually prepare and submit a business plan and related information to the Governor and Legislature, as specified. The bill would also require the board to provide for regular audits of the authority’s accounts and records, as specified. The bill would require the authority to seek to achieve revenue neutrality, as defined, and would require the authority to seek to recuperate the cost of development and operations over the life of its properties through mechanisms that maximize the number of Californians who can be housed without experiencing rent burden.This bill would require the authority to prioritize the development of specified property, including vacant parcels and parcels near transit, and would establish a process for the annual determination of required social housing units. Under the bill, social housing would accommodate a mix of household income ranges and would provide specified protections for residents, who would have the right to participate in the operation and management of the units in which they reside.This bill would require the California Housing Authority to employ 2 leasing models in creating social housing, referred to as the rental model and the ownership model, and would specify the characteristics of both models. Under the rental model, the authority would extend a one-year lease to individuals who commit to a minimum of one year of residence and would require the authority to set rents, as specified. Under the ownership model, the authority would extend a 99-year lease, in the form of a limited equity arrangement, as defined, to individuals who commit to a minimum 5-year term of residence, and would authorize the authority to act as a lender for residents. The bill would specify how the units may be sold and transferred. The bill would establish eligibility requirements for social housing residents and would provide for the selection of residents by lottery, as specified, provided that people who may have been displaced from a property as part of its development would be granted a preference for occupancy. The bill, among other things, would require the authority to accept a local jurisdiction’s preference for a project parcel if specified conditions are met. This bill would establish the Social Housing Revolving Loan Fund within the State Treasury to provide, upon appropriation by the Legislature, zero-interest loans for the purposes of constructing housing to accommodate a mix of household incomes. The bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to provide financing for the activities of the authority through the issuance of general obligation bonds. The bill would authorize the authority to issue revenue bonds, as specified.

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Title: Unlawful detainer: notice to terminate tenancy.

Current Status: In Assembly

Introduction Date: 2025-02-18

Last Action Date: June 24 set for first hearing. Failed passage in committee. (Ayes 6. Noes 4.) Reconsideration granted.. 2025-06-24

Description: SB 436, as amended, Wahab. Unlawful detainer: notice to terminate tenancy. Existing law prescribes summary procedures for actions to obtain possession of real property. Existing law authorizes a landlord to serve a notice of termination of tenancy on a tenant who is in default in the payment of rent. The notice must permit the tenant at least 3 days, excluding weekends and judicial holidays, to pay the amount that is in default and due. If the tenant does not pay the amount stated in the 3-day notice to pay rent or quit after its expiration, the landlord may file a complaint for unlawful detainer against the tenant to obtain possession of the premises.This bill would extend the notice period described above, to terminate a tenancy on a tenant who is in default in the payment of rent, to permit the tenant at least 14 days, excluding weekends and judicial holidays, to pay the amount that is in default and due. The bill would also make conforming changes.

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Title: Price gouging.

Current Status: In Senate

Introduction Date: 2025-02-13

Last Action Date: May 23 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.. 2025-05-23

Description: SB 368, as amended, Smallwood-Cuevas. Price gouging. Under existing law, upon the proclamation of a state of emergency by the President of the United States or the Governor, or upon the declaration of a local emergency by the executive officer of any county, city, or city and county, and for 30 days or 180 days, as specified, following the proclamation or declaration of emergency, it is a misdemeanor for a person, contractor, business, or other entity to sell or offer to sell certain goods or services for a price of more than 10% greater than the price charged by that person immediately prior to the proclamation or declaration of emergency.This bill would require the Department of Justice and local prosecutors to establish partnerships to enforce those provisions. By increasing the duties of local prosecutors, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

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Title: Homelessness: People First Housing Act of 2025.

Current Status: Failed

Introduction Date: 2024-12-02

Last Action Date: From committee: Without further action pursuant to Joint Rule 62(a).. 2025-05-21

Description: AB 20, as amended, DeMaio. Homelessness: People First Housing Act of 2025. (1) Existing law prohibits various conduct within certain distances of specified locations including schools and hospitals. Existing federal law, as established in City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson, authorizes the enforcement of generally applicable laws that regulate camping on public property.This bill would prohibit a homeless encampment from operating within 500 feet of a sensitive community area, including, but not limited to, a school, open space, or transit stop. The bill would prohibit a person from camping, as defined, in any public space, including a sidewalk, if a homeless shelter bed is available in the city where the public space is located.Existing(2) Existing law defines Housing First as the evidence-based model that uses housing as a tool, rather than a reward, for recovery and that centers on providing or connecting homeless people to permanent housing as quickly as possible and specifies the core components of Housing First. Existing law establishes the California Interagency Council on Homelessness to oversee the implementation of Housing First guidelines and regulations, and, among other things, identify resources, benefits, and services that can be accessed to prevent and end homelessness in California. Existing law requires a state agency or department that funds, implements, or administers a state program that provides housing or housing-related services to people experiencing homelessness or who are at risk of homelessness to revise or adopt guidelines and regulations to include enumerated Housing First policies. This bill would delete the requirement that a state agency or department revise or adopt guidelines to include Housing First policies, as described above, and would repeal related provisions requiring adherence to Housing First, as specified. The bill would instead authorize a state program to review the suitability of an applicant based on their housing readiness, as defined, and impose program rules and requirements related to sobriety, substance abuse, completion of treatment, mental health, participation in services, and compliance with program rules. The bill would require an agency or department to allocate state program funding according to a specified priority and would require the agency or department to issue regulations to local agencies to prioritize use of funds for state programs that include drug testing, mandatory treatment, and work requirements for program participants. The bill would require a state program to include a work program that provides paid work opportunities from private or governmental entities or volunteer opportunities serving the community. The bill would also prohibit a motel that accepts homeless assistance from the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids program for 20% or more of rented rooms during the year from receiving payments unless the motel is approved by the city council of the city in which the motel is located.

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Title: California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: housing development projects.

Current Status: In Senate

Introduction Date: 2025-02-13

Last Action Date: In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.. 2025-05-20

Description: AB 609, as amended, Wicks. California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: housing development projects. The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of an environmental impact report on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment. CEQA exempts from its requirements various projects, including, but not limited to, housing projects that meet certain requirements.This bill would exempt from the requirements of CEQA a housing development project, as defined, that meets certain conditions relating to, for example, size, density, and location, including specific requirements for any housing on the project site located within 500 feet of a freeway. The bill would require a local government, as a condition of approval for the development, to require the development proponent to complete a specified environmental assessment regarding hazardous substance releases. If a recognized environmental condition is found, the bill would require the development proponent to complete a preliminary endangerment assessment and specified mitigation based on that assessment. Because a lead agency would be required to determine whether a housing development project qualifies for this exemption, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

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Title: Dwelling units: persons at risk of homelessness.

Current Status: In Senate

Introduction Date: 2025-01-23

Last Action Date: Referred to Com. on JUD.. 2025-05-07

Description: AB 311, as introduced, McKinnor. Dwelling units: persons at risk of homelessness. Prior law, until January 1, 2024, authorized a tenant to temporarily permit the occupancy of their dwelling unit by a person who is at risk of homelessness, as defined, regardless of the terms of the lease or rental agreement, with the written approval of the owner or landlord of the property, and subject to extension under certain circumstances. Prior law further authorized an owner or landlord to adjust the rent payable under the lease during the time the person who is at risk of homelessness is occupying the dwelling unit, as compensation for the occupancy of that person, and required the terms regarding the rent payable in those circumstances to be agreed to in writing by the owner or landlord and the tenant. This bill, until January 1, 2031, would reinstate the above-described provisions, and would include certain new provisions regarding occupancy. The bill would additionally define “person at risk of homelessness” to include any person who is displaced from their residence as a result of a disaster in a disaster-stricken area in which a state of emergency has been proclaimed by the Governor. The bill, among other things, would permit a tenant, with written approval of the owner or landlord, to temporarily permit the occupancy of their dwelling unit by a person who is at risk of homelessness and one or more common household pets owned or otherwise maintained by the person. The bill would provide that if the lease or rental agreement authorizes the landlord to charge a separate or additional rent for the ownership or otherwise maintenance of the common household pet in the tenant’s dwelling unit, the rent payable may be adjusted to include separate or additional rent during the time the person owns or otherwise maintains the pet. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

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Title: Mobilehome parks: rent protections: local rent control.

Current Status: In Assembly

Introduction Date: 2025-02-18

Last Action Date: In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.. 2025-05-02

Description: AB 768, as introduced, Ávila Farías. Mobilehome parks: rent protections: local rent control. Existing law, the Mobilehome Residency Law, governs tenancies in mobilehome parks and includes provisions that are applicable to those who have an ownership interest in a subdivision, cooperative, or condominium for mobilehomes, or a resident-owned mobilehome park, as specified. Among other things, these provisions set forth the rights of residents and homeowners regarding the use of the property.Existing law exempts the rental of certain mobilehome spaces by a homeowner, if the mobilehome space is not the principal residence of the homeowner and the homeowner has not rented the mobilehome to another party, from any ordinance, rule, regulation, or initiative measure adopted by any city, county, or city and county, that establishes a maximum amount that the landlord may charge a tenant for rent, as specified.This bill would, instead, apply that exemption to the rental of certain mobilehome spaces by a homeowner only if the mobilehome space is not the only or principal residence of the homeowner.Existing law provides that, for purposes of the above provisions, a mobilehome is deemed to be the principal residence of the homeowner unless a review of state or county records demonstrate otherwise, as specified, and establishes procedures for the modification of rent or other terms of tenancy as a result of that review, as specified.This bill would, instead, provide that before modifying the rent or other terms of tenancy as a result of learning, through a review of state or county records, that the mobilehome space is not the only or principal residence of a homeowner, the management shall notify the homeowner, as specified.Existing law makes certain rental agreements exempt from the above provisions.This bill would limit those exemptions to mobilehomes that are actively held available for sale, as specified.

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Title: Residential rental properties: fees.

Current Status: In Senate

Introduction Date: 2025-02-14

Last Action Date: Referred to Coms. on JUD. and APPR.. 2025-02-26

Description: SB 381, as introduced, Wahab. Residential rental properties: fees. Existing law regulates the hiring of real property and imposes various requirements on landlords relating to the application for, and leasing of, residential rental property. Existing law places limitations on the amount of rent and security that a landlord can charge a tenant, as specified.This bill would enact the Fair Rental Act of 2025. The bill would prohibit a landlord or their agent from charging certain fees, including, any fee that is not specified in the rental agreement, a processing fee, including a convenience fee or a check cashing fee, for the payment of rent or any other fees or deposits, or a fee for a tenant to own a household pet. The bill would also prohibit a landlord or their agent from charging a late fee for the late payment of rent that is more than 2% of the monthly rental rate, and would prohibit the late fee from being charged unless the rent is overdue by 7 days or more. Under the bill, if a landlord or their agent charges and collects a fee from a tenant that is not authorized by law, the landlord or their agent would be liable to the tenant in a civil action for the cost of the fee, plus 5% interest compounded daily from the date the fee was collected Existing law requires the owner of qualifying residential property, as defined, that provides parking with the qualifying residential property to unbundle parking from the price of rent, as specified. Existing law defines “unbundled parking” as the practice of selling or leasing parking spaces separate from the lease of the residential use.This bill would repeal those provisions, and instead, would prohibit a landlord or its agent from charging a fee for a parking space.Existing law authorizes a landlord or their agent to charge an applicant who requests to rent a residential housing unit an application screening fee to cover the costs of obtaining information about the applicant. Existing law prohibits the amount of the application screening free from being greater that the actual out-of-pocket costs of gathering information concerning the applicant, including, but not limited to, the cost of using a tenant screening service or a consumer credit reporting service, and the reasonable value of time spent by the landlord or their agent in obtaining information on the applicant, as provided.This bill, instead, would authorize the application screening fee to cover the costs of the screening, and would prohibit the amount of the application screening fee from being greater that the actual out-of-pocket costs of conducting the screening, including, but not limited to, the cost of using a tenant screening service or a consumer credit reporting service, as provided. The bill would thereby eliminate the authority of the landlord or their agent to charge, as part of the application screening fee, the reasonable value of time spent by the landlord or their agent in obtaining information on the applicant.

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