Bill Text: CA SB1069 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Land use: zoning.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-09-27 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 720, Statutes of 2016. [SB1069 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SB1069-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 1069	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Wieckowski

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2016

   An act to amend Section 65852.150 of the Government Code, relating
to land use.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1069, as introduced, Wieckowski. Land use: zoning.
   The Planning and Zoning Law authorizes the legislative body of a
city or county to regulate, among other things, the intensity of land
use, and also authorizes a local agency to provide by ordinance for
the creation of 2nd units in single-family and multifamily
residential zones, as specified. That law makes findings and
declarations with respect to the value of 2nd units to California's
housing supply.
   This bill would add to those findings and declarations that
allowing 2nd units in single-family or multifamily residential zones
provides additional rental housing stock in California.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 65852.150 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   65852.150.  The Legislature finds and declares that second units
are a valuable form of housing in California. Second units provide
housing for family members, students, the elderly, in-home health
care providers, the disabled, and others, at below market prices
within existing neighborhoods. Homeowners who create second units
benefit from added income, and an increased sense of security. 
Allowing second units in single-family or multifamily residential
zones provides additional rental housing stock in California. 
   It is the intent of the Legislature that any second-unit
ordinances adopted by local agencies have the effect of providing for
the creation of second units and that provisions in these ordinances
relating to matters including unit size, parking, fees and other
requirements, are not so arbitrary, excessive, or burdensome so as to
unreasonably restrict the ability of homeowners to create second
units in zones in which they are authorized by local ordinance.