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Planning staff summarizes 2024 state housing changes, updates planning director bulletins
Summary
Planning Department staff briefed the commission on several 2024 state housing law amendments (SB 330, AB 2011, SB 9, changes to the Housing Accountability Act and fee/entitlement adjustments) and described updated Planning Director bulletins to aid implementation.
Planning Department staff summarized notable changes to California housing law enacted in 2024 and described how the department is updating its Planning Director bulletins and internal procedures to implement them.
Kate Connor, department staff, said the 2024 session produced a number of amendments focused on ministerial production programs, state density bonus law changes (notably for student and senior housing), and adjustments to the Housing Accountability Act that expand the scope of projects covered and tighten review timelines. She summarized key adjustments that will affect local implementation, including AB 2011 edits to the affordable-and-mixed-income ministerial program (site remediation, MERV filtration requirements near freeways, and historic-resource limits for demolition), SB 9 timing and review clarifications, and fee and entitlement updates (including deferral of impact-fee payments until certificate of occupancy under SB 937 and an 18-month entitlement-extension provision under AB 2729).
Connor walked through a set of updated Planning Director bulletins that consolidate guidance for ministerial programs, state density bonus, SB 330 implementation and the Housing Accountability Act. "We are doing our best to implement these new laws as quickly and as accurately as possible," she told commissioners, and invited the commission to direct staff questions about specific implementation items.
Commissioners asked several technical questions about how state provisions interact with local code and how staff will track entitled but unbuilt units for reporting. Staff said they would return with follow-up information on those operational questions and that the department is updating public-facing guidance for developers and community stakeholders.
