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Bill narrows ministerial rezoning process to speed housing-related ordinance updates, with critics urging safeguards
Summary
SB 299 would let local governments treat certain implementing zoning changes as ministerial when they strictly conform to an already adopted general-plan land-use designation, aiming to reduce delays that stall housing production.
Sen. Marc B. Cabaldon presented SB 299, a measure to reduce redundant local procedural steps when a zoning ordinance amendment merely implements a general-plan change that has already gone through environmental review and public process.
"SB 299 updates the outdated reading requirement for local governments, which often leads to weeks or even months of delays in adopting local pro-housing policies," Nolan Gray of California YIMBY (formerly California EMB) told the committee in support. Supporters argued the current second-reading…
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