Legislative Update

October 2023

California Land Use Law & Policy Reporter, Volume 33, Number 1


In this legislative update, Downey Brand partner Amy Higuera provides an apprisal of potentially important California land use legislation that was either passed and signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom effective January 2024, or will be subject to voter approval in November 2024 in the following categories:

Surplus Land Act

  • AB 480 (Ting)
  • SB 747 (Caballero)
  • SB 229 (Umberg)
  • AB 837 (Alvarez)
  • SB 240 (Ochoa Bough)
  • AB 1734 (Jones-Sawyer)

General Plans

  • AB 911 (Schiavo)
  • AB 434 (Grayson)
  • SB 405 (Cortese)

Subdivision Map Act

  • SB 684 (Caballero)

Accessory Dwelling Units

  • AB 671 (Ward)
  • AB 1661 (Bonta)
  • AB 976 (Ting)
  • AB 1332 (Carillo)

Affordable Housing

  • AB 1490 (Lee)
  • ACA 1 (Aguiar-Curry)

Density Bonus

  • SB 713 (Padilla)
  • AB 1287 (Alvarez)
  • AB 323 (Holden)

Planning and Zoning

  • AB 529 (Gabriel)
  • AB 1308 (Quirk-Silva and Friedman)
  • AB 821 (Grayson)
  • AB 894 (Friedman)
  • AB 281 (Grayson)
  • AB 1114 (Haney)
  • AB 1630 (Garcia)
  • AB 1532 (Haney)
  • SB 450 (Atkins)
  • SB 423 (Wiener)
  • SB 4 (Wiener)

California Environmental Quality Act

  • AB 1700 (Hoover)
  • AB 340 (Fong)
  • AB 356 (Mathis)
  • AB 978 (Patterson)
  • AB 1633 (Ting)
  • SB 91 (Umberg)
  • AB 1307 (Wicks)
  • SB 69 (Cortese)

Subscribers to the California Land Use Law & Policy Reporter can read the full legislative update here.