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AB 1294 would require HCD to create a standardized housing entitlement application; cities urge flexibility
Summary
AB 1294 would require HCD to adopt a standardized housing entitlement application that local governments must accept as complete if it meets the statewide format; the bill requires a public APA rule‑making and preserves some local tailoring.
Assemblymember Haney presented AB 1294 as a targeted effort to speed housing entitlements by standardizing the format and minimum contents of planning applications for housing developments. Haney said the bill focuses on the application format used to determine completeness at the start of the entitlement process; it does not change local zoning rules or post‑entitlement standards. The bill requires the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) to adopt a standardized application through the Administrative Procedure Act and allows jurisdictions to produce their own AB 1294‑compliant forms.
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