Bill Text: CA AB2243 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act of 2022: objective standards and affordability and site criteria.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-07-29 - In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. [AB2243 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB2243-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 19, 2024 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Wicks |
February 08, 2024 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Existing law, the Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act of 2022, until January 1, 2033, establishes a streamlined development process for affordable housing developments that meet specified objective standards, affordability, and site criteria. Existing law, with respect to mixed-income housing developments along commercial corridors, prohibits a development project from being subject to the streamlined, ministerial review process unless it meets all of specified criteria, including being located in a zone where office, retail, or parking are principally permitted uses.
This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 65912.101 of the Government Code is amended to read:65912.101.
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(o)“Side street” means a highway, as defined in Section 360 of the Vehicle Code, that is not a freeway, as defined in Section 332 of the Vehicle Code, and that has a right-of-way of at least 25 and fewer than 70 feet.
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SEC. 2.
Section 65912.111 of the Government Code is amended to read:65912.111.
A development project shall not be subject to the streamlined, ministerial review process provided by Section 65912.114 unless the development is proposed to be located on a site that satisfies all of the following criteria:(f)It is not an
(2)As of January 1, 2024, there was a neighborhood plan applicable to the site that permitted multifamily housing development on the site and all of the following occurred:
(A)A notice of preparation for the neighborhood plan was issued before January 1, 2022, pursuant to the requirements of Sections 21080.4 and 21092 of the Public Resources Code.
(B)The neighborhood plan was adopted on or after January 1, 2022, and before January 1, 2024.
(C)The environmental review for the neighborhood plan was completed before January 1, 2024.
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Section 65912.112 of the Government Code is amended to read:65912.112.
A development project shall not be subject to the streamlined, ministerial review process provided by Section 65912.114 unless the new units created by the developmentSEC. 4.
Section 65912.113 of the Government Code is amended to read:65912.113.
A development project shall not be subject to the streamlined, ministerial review process provided by Section 65912.114 unless the development proposal meets all of the following objective development standards:(c)(1)The development proponent shall complete a phase I environmental assessment, as defined in Section
78090 of the Health and Safety Code.
(2)If a recognized environmental condition is found, the development proponent shall undertake a preliminary endangerment assessment, as defined in Section 78095 of the Health and Safety Code, prepared by an environmental assessor to determine the existence of any release of a hazardous substance on the site and to determine the potential for exposure of future occupants to significant health hazards from any nearby property or activity.
(A)If a release of a hazardous substance is found to exist on the site, the release shall be removed, or any significant effects of the release shall be mitigated to a level of insignificance in compliance with current state and federal requirements.
(B)If a potential for exposure to significant hazards from surrounding properties or activities is found to exist, the effects of the potential exposure shall be mitigated to a level of insignificance in compliance with current state and federal requirements.
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SEC. 5.
Section 65912.114 of the Government Code is amended to read:65912.114.
(a) (1)(A)Within 60 days of submittal of the development proposal to the local government if the development contains 150 or fewer housing units.
(B)Within 90 days of submittal of the development proposal to the local government if the development contains more than 150 housing units.
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(1)Within 90 days of submittal of the development proposal to the local government pursuant to this section if the development contains 150 or fewer housing units.
(2)Within 180 days of submittal of the development proposal to the local government pursuant to this section if the development contains more than 150 housing units.
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SECTION 1.SEC. 6.
Section 65912.121 of the Government Code is amended to read:65912.121.
A development project shall not be subject to the streamlined, ministerial review process provided by Section 65912.124 unless the development project is on a site that satisfies all of the following criteria:(2)As of January 1, 2024, there was a neighborhood plan applicable to the site that permitted multifamily housing development on the site and all of the following occurred:
(A)A notice of preparation for the neighborhood plan was issued before January 1, 2022, pursuant to the requirements of Sections 21080.4 and 21092 of the Public Resources Code.
(B)The neighborhood plan was adopted on or after January 1, 2022, and before January 1, 2024.
(C)The environmental review for the neighborhood plan was completed before January 1, 2024.
SEC. 7.
Section 65912.122 of the Government Code is amended to read:65912.122.
A development project shall not be subject to the streamlined, ministerial review process provided by Section 65912.124 unless the new housing units created by the development projectSEC. 8.
Section 65912.123 of the Government Code is amended to read:65912.123.
A development project shall not be subject to the streamlined, ministerial review process provided by Section 65912.124 unless the development project meets all of the following objective development standards:(2)For the portion of the property that fronts a side street, a building or buildings must abut within 10 feet of the property line for at least 60 percent of the frontage.
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(f)(1)The development proponent shall complete a phase I environmental assessment, as defined in Section 78090 of the Health and Safety Code.
(2)If a recognized environmental condition is found, the development proponent shall undertake a preliminary endangerment assessment, as defined in Section 78095 of the Health and Safety Code, prepared by an environmental assessor to determine the existence of any release of a hazardous substance on the site and to determine the potential for exposure of future occupants to significant health hazards from any nearby property or activity.
(A)If a release of a hazardous substance is found to exist on the site, the release shall be removed, or any significant effects of the release shall be mitigated to a level of insignificance in compliance with current state and federal requirements.
(B)If a potential for exposure to significant hazards from surrounding properties or activities is found to exist, the effects of the potential exposure shall be mitigated to a level of insignificance in compliance with current state and federal requirements.
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SEC. 9.
Section 65912.124 of the Government Code is amended to read:65912.124.
(a) (1)(A)Within 60 days of submittal of the development proposal to the local government if the development contains 150 or fewer housing units.
(B)Within 90 days of submittal of the development proposal to the local government if the development contains more than 150 housing units.
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(1)Within 90 days of submittal of the development proposal to the local government pursuant to this section if the development contains 150 or fewer housing units.
(2)Within 180 days of submittal of the development proposal to the local government pursuant to this section if the development contains more than 150 housing units.
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