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Haney bill to standardize planning application forms advances; cities ask for implementation safeguards
Summary
AB 1294 (Haney) would require jurisdictions to accept an HCD-developed, standardized housing entitlement application format and allow local governments to adopt compliant local variants. Cities and counties urged protections for local information needs and the Administrative Procedure Act process to develop the form.
Assemblymember Rafael Haney presented AB 1294 to create a standardized statewide application form for housing entitlement filings. The bill would require jurisdictions to accept an "AB 1294-compliant" application and direct HCD to adopt the template through the Administrative Procedure Act, with allowance for local variations that remain AB 1294-compliant.
Why it matters: Proponents said widely divergent local intake forms and pre-application requirements introduce…
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