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Committee advances AB 253 to allow licensed third‑party plan checks when local building departments are delayed
Summary
AB 253 would permit homeowners and small developers to hire licensed, insured third‑party reviewers to complete post‑entitlement plan checks if a local building department cannot do so within 30 days. Proponents said the change would speed small projects and disaster rebuilds; counties and cities raised concerns and sought more dialogue.
Assemblymember Burke Silva presented AB 253, which would let applicants for small residential projects (one to ten units) hire licensed third‑party professionals to perform post‑entitlement plan checks when a local building department cannot complete its review within 30 days.
Proponents said permit delays drive costs and make small‑scale housing and missing‑middle projects financially infeasible. Nolan Gray, senior director of legislation and research for California YIMBY, told the committee that the average fully entitled…
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