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Planning staff outlines major 2023 state housing laws and local implementation challenges
Summary
Planning Department staff briefed the Historic Preservation Commission on five recent state housing laws (AB 2011, SB 423/SB 35 extension, SB 4, AB 1287, AB 114) that expand ministerial housing programs, change density‑bonus mechanics, and impose post‑entitlement permit timelines; staff warned implementation will require interagency coordination and may reduce some discretionary planning hearings.
Planning Department staff provided an informational presentation Dec. 6 summarizing several state laws enacted in 2023 that will affect planning review and historic‑resource considerations.
Kate Connor described AB 2011 (ministerial review for certain mixed‑income and 100% affordable projects), SB 423 (an extension and expansion of SB 35 that will make a 10% ministerial pathway more widely applicable), SB 4 (100% affordable projects by nonprofits and similar entities), AB 1287 (an additional density bonus for projects that provide more very‑low…
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