housing & land use
ACA-1 (Assembly Constitutional Amendment) Local Government Financing: Affordable Housing and Public Infrastructure: Voter Approval
Lower the Voter Threshold to 55% for Bonds and Taxes
Lower the Voter Threshold to 55% for Bonds and Taxes
This will lower the necessary voter threshold from a two-thirds supermajority to 55 percent to approve local General Obligation (GO) bonds and special taxes for affordable housing and public infrastructure projects. Learn More
SB-15 (2020)
Housing development: incentives: rezoning idle retAIL SITES
Incentive program converting abandoned sites into affordable workforce housing. Learn More
LA City tenant anti-harassment ordinance
Prohibits various forms of harassment by landlords and their agents against tenants. Learn More
systematic code enforcement
Proposal to increase systemic code enforcement fees to rental property owners. Learn More
"a way home" ad-hoc committee
council member kevin de leon
A special ad-hoc committee to provide input and suggestions to Council member Kevin De Leon from the business community to his "A Way Home" plan. Learn More
SB-3 (2020)
Education finance: local control and accountability plan portal
Tenants may not be deemed in default with regard to COVID-19 rental debt for purposes of an unlawful detainer action if the tenant delivers a declaration of COVID-19-related financial distress, signed under penalty of perjury, to the landlord. Learn More
sb-1385 (2020)
Local planning: housing: commercial zones
Would authorize residential development on existing lots currently zoned for commercial office and retail spaces such as strip malls or large "big box" retail spaces. Learn More
AB-1436 (2019)
Tenancy: Rental payment default: state of emergency: covid-19
Would prohibit any action for recovery of unpaid rent until 15 months after end of state of emergency. Learn More
AB-828 (2019)
statewide eviction moratorium
Bill would prohibit a person from taking any action to foreclosure on a residential real property while a state or locally declared state of emergency related to the COVID-19 virus is in effect and until 91 days after the state of emergency has ended. Learn More
ab-2058 (2020)
income taxes: credits: low-income housing
Creates Affordable Housing Preservation Tax Credit (AHPTC) to preserve existing affordable apartment properties & mobile homes by affecting housing organizations. Learn More
AB-1907 (2020)
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT: EMERGENCY SHELTERS: SUPPORTIVE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING: EXEMPTIONS.
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. Learn More
oil well ordinance
Los angeles county - Title 22
The County of Los Angeles is updating requirements for oil wells in unincorporated County areas. The proposed Oil Well Ordinance (ordinance) will update permit requirements and development and operating standards in Title 22 for existing and new oil wells and accessory facilities in unincorporated LA County. Learn More
sb-795 (2020)
economic development: housing: workforce development
Existing law establishes various housing programs administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development, including the Multifamily Housing Program, pursuant to which the department provides financial assistance in the form of deferred payment loans to pay for the eligible costs of development for specified types of housing projects. Learn More
sb-902 (2020)
planning and zoning: housing development
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. Learn More
SB-939 (2020)
emergencies: covid-19: commercial tenancies
Existing law permits the Governor to proclaim a state of emergency during conditions of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property, including epidemics. Learn More