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Murrieta planners brief commission on new state housing and planning laws, including electrification, CEQA exemptions and stricter enforcement
Summary
City planning staff updated the Murrieta Planning Commission on recent and pending state laws — AB39 (electrification planning), AB130 (expanded infill CEQA exemption), AB712 (higher fines for housing compliance), and others — explaining likely local impacts on permits, infrastructure and upcoming local code work.
At a March 25 workshop the Murrieta City Planning Department briefed the Planning Commission on a slate of recently enacted and proposed state laws that will affect local permitting, housing and environmental review.
City Planner Carl Steel and Senior Planner Chris Tracy presented bills and trends that staff said the city will address in upcoming work: AB39 (local electrification planning and decarbonization requirements to be implemented by 2030), AB130 (an expanded infill CEQA exemption that can apply to larger sites under certain conditions), new shot clocks for state agencies (AB301) and utilities, heightened enforcement and steeper fines for…
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