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League updates members on housing and land‑use bills; warns against binding general‑plan language
Summary
League staff briefed members on a package of housing and land‑use bills under consideration, urged cities to review a housing strategic plan by March 19, and recommended opposing language that would make general plans “adopted by ordinance” if that wording risks converting plans into binding zoning.
League staff updated the Legislative Policy Committee on Feb. 18 about an array of housing and land‑use bills and solicited member feedback on a strategic plan; staff also warned that a proposal to require general plans to be “adopted by ordinance” could be read as converting aspirational general plans into binding zoning.
Staff summarized recent movement on several measures: Representative Dunnigan’s political‑subdivisions bill (House Bill 37), the Commission on Housing Affordability package (House Bills 360 and 368), and SB 181 (parking changes) among others. Staff said…
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