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Foster City hears how 2025 housing laws fast‑track infill projects, tighten ADU deadlines and allow private plan reviews
Summary
An outside land‑use attorney told Foster City officials that AB 130 creates a new statutory CEQA infill exemption (sites up to 20 acres, two‑thirds residential), shortens certain approval deadlines, and that a package of 2025 bills tightens ADU timelines, authorizes private plan checks (AB 253) and creates new mandatory post‑litigation fines under AB 712.
Eric Phillips, an attorney with the law firm Burke Williams Sorensen, briefed the Foster City Council and Planning Commission on a suite of 2025 housing laws that the presenter said are designed to accelerate housing production and tighten processing deadlines.
"The first thing that AB 130 does is it creates a new statutory exemption for infill housing projects," Phillips said, explaining that the exemption applies to sites 20 acres or smaller, requires at least two‑thirds of a project's square footage be residential and includes tribal consultation and a 30‑day shot clock for approval after the city completes its consistency review or tribal consultation. He warned staff to be mindful of the new deadlines because missing a requirement could expose the city to a developer claim that a project is deemed approved.
Why it matters: AB 130 and companion measures…
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