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Rancho Cordova staff summarize 2025 California laws, highlight housing and Brown Act changes
Summary
City staff briefed the council on more than a dozen new state laws, emphasizing housing measures that expand adaptive reuse, TOD standards, and stronger enforcement fines, as well as major Brown Act modernizations that expand virtual participation and accessibility requirements.
City staff and legal advisers reviewed a series of 2025 California laws for the Rancho Cordova City Council, telling members the year’s legislative package was heavy on housing measures and changes to local government transparency and remote participation rules.
Anthony Amar summarized key bills that the council and departments should track. On adaptive reuse, he said, “AB 507…simplifies the process to turn empty or underused commercial buildings into housing,” explaining the statute allows eligible adaptive‑reuse projects to proceed by right…
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