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Committee flags AB 306 moratorium on local building standards as time-sensitive concern
Summary
Santa Barbara’s Sustainability Committee discussed AB 306, a time‑sensitive bill that would effectively pause local adoption of new residential building standards after June 30; staff are negotiating clarifications to allow the City’s scheduled 2025 code adoption.
The Santa Barbara City Sustainability Committee reviewed AB 306, a bill that would create an immediate moratorium on local adoption of new residential building standards after June 30, 2025, and discussed risks to the City's scheduled adoption of the 2025 triennial code cycle.
Deputy City Attorney Heather Mentor and Townsend representatives explained the bill includes an urgency clause and could retroactively freeze local code adoption, potentially preventing the City from adopting the 2025 standards on the…
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