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SB 281 · 2019-20

Extends housing permits by 18 months

Official subject Housing development: permits and other entitlements: extension.

Didn't pass Passed Senate, stopped in Assembly · Did not advance before a deadline

Plain-language summary

Housing entitlements issued and in effect before March 4, 2020, that would expire before December 31, 2021, get 18 more months. The extension pauses while an entitlement faces a legal challenge. Entitlements that an agency already extended by at least 18 months on the same terms get no second extension. Applies to charter cities too.

How these summaries are written

Subject changed

This bill originally dealt with the Cow Palace property and gun sales there; it was rewritten to cover extending housing permits.

Official summary · Legislative Counsel's Digest

Describes the final version (Amended Assembly, July 30, 2020).

Read the official summary (6 paragraphs)

The Planning and Zoning Law requires each county and each city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for its physical development, and the development of specified land outside its boundaries, that includes, among other mandatory elements, a housing element. Existing law, the Permit Streamlining Act, among other things, requires a public agency that is the lead agency for a development project to approve or disapprove that project within specified time periods.

This bill would extend by 18 months the period for the expiration, effectuation, or utilization of a housing entitlement, as defined, that was issued before, and was in effect on, March 4, 2020, and that will expire before December 31, 2021, except as specified. The bill would toll this 18-month extension during any time that the housing entitlement is the subject of a legal challenge. The bill would also provide that if the state or a local agency extends, on or after March 4, 2020, but before the effective date of the bill, the otherwise applicable time for the expiration, effectuation, or utilization of a housing entitlement for not less than 18 months and pursuant to the same conditions provided by this bill, that housing entitlement shall not be extended an additional 18 months pursuant to this bill.

The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities.

By adding to the duties of local officials with respect to housing entitlements, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Official title

An act to add Section 65914.5 to the Government Code, relating to housing.

Timeline

  1. Feb. 13, 2019 Introduced
  2. Jan. 27, 2020 Passed Senate 27 yes, 11 no
  3. July 30, 2020 Stopped in the Assembly Did not advance before a deadline
Full official history (28 actions)
  1. Feb. 13, 2019 Introduced: Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
  2. Feb. 14, 2019 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16.
  3. Feb. 21, 2019 Referred to Coms. on GOV. & F., G.O., and PUB. S.
  4. March 6, 2019 Set for hearing March 20.
  5. March 14, 2019 March 20 hearing postponed by committee.
  6. March 19, 2019 Set for hearing March 27.
  7. March 20, 2019 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F.
  8. March 27, 2019 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on G.O. (Ayes 4. Noes 2. Page 465.) (March 27).
  9. March 28, 2019 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O.
  10. March 29, 2019 Set for hearing April 9.
  11. April 11, 2019 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 10. Noes 4. Page 619.) (April 9).
  12. April 11, 2019 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
  13. April 11, 2019 Set for hearing April 23 in PUB. S. pending receipt.
  14. April 24, 2019 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2. Page 802.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
  15. April 26, 2019 Set for hearing May 6.
  16. April 30, 2019 May 6 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
  17. Jan. 6, 2020 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
  18. Jan. 6, 2020 (Corrected January 6).
  19. Jan. 14, 2020 Set for hearing January 21.
  20. Jan. 21, 2020 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3120.) (January 21).
  21. Jan. 22, 2020 Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  22. Jan. 27, 2020 Passed Senate: Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 11. Page 3151.) Ordered to the Assembly.
  23. Jan. 27, 2020 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
  24. June 18, 2020 Referred to Com. on L. GOV.
  25. June 18, 2020 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
  26. July 27, 2020 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
  27. July 29, 2020 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
  28. July 30, 2020 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.