General Plan Updates - Resources and Documents

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DOCUMENTS:

Adopted: 

Draft:


Annual Progress Report for the 5
th Cycle RHNA

2014-2016 Progress Report
2017 Progress Report
2018 Progress Report
2019 Progress Report

 

CEQA

General Plan Update - Final Program Environmental Impact Report

Notice of Preparation of a Draft Environmental Impact Report for the 2021-2029 Housing Element Update

Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Report for the 2021-2029 Housing Element Update

 

 

RELEVANT LINKS:

CA Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD)

Southern CA Association of Governments (SCAG)

Regional Housing Needs Assessment - Frequently Asked Questions 

Guide to Housing Crisis in Southern California

Los Angeles County Consumer & Business Affairs - Upcoming DCBA Webinars

Stay Housed LA

Fire Hazard Planning Technical Advisory by Governor's Office of Planning & Research

 

RECENT STATE HOUSING LEGISLATION

Beginning with the California Legislature's landmark 2017 "Housing Package" that provided significant increases in funding for housing production, along with regulatory reform to streamline local project approvals and more stringent measures of local accountability, and continuing through the 2019 Legislative Session with over 30 new bills aimed at addressing California's affordable housing crisis, numerous new pieces of legislation will impact the Housing Element update. The following table identifies recent State legislation that will be addressed in the Housing Element in a variety of ways – through more stringent site identification requirements, additional analysis of constraints to development, and through new policies and programs. The summary is not exhaustive in its coverage of the listed laws, however, and any person wishing to see the full text of any one of the specified laws may do so by clicking on the bill number to the right.

Category

 

Bill Title

     
Bills Removing Barriers to Boost Housing Production
 

SB 330– Housing Crisis Act of 2019 and Changes to Permit Streamlining Act & Housing Accountability Act

AB 1763– Density Bonuses for Affordable Housing

AB 116– Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District

AB 879– Expands the required analysis of constraints in the Housing Element


Surplus Land Databases and Reporting Requirements  

AB 1486 / SB 6 / AB 1255 – Expansion of Surplus Land Act and Reporting

AB 1483 – Housing Data Collection and Reporting


Requirements for Accessory Dwelling Units        

AB 68 / AB 881 / SB 13 – Modifications to Increase Accessory Dwelling Unit Development

AB 587 – Sale of Accessory Dwelling Units

AB 670 – Construction of Accessory Dwelling Units in Common Interest Developments

AB 671 – Affordable Accessory Dwelling Unit Program Creation


Established “Uses by Right”
 

AB 101 – Housing and Homelessness Budget and Regulations

SB 234 – Keeping Kids Closer to Home Act


Related Housing Element Laws from 2017 Housing Package
 

SB 166 – “No Net Loss” Law

AB 1397  – Additional justification of Housing Element sites

AB 1505 – Authorizes Inclusionary Housing in Rental Projects

AB 72 – Increased Enforcement of Housing Element Law


Tenant protections
  AB1482 – Limits annual rent increases

Established “Uses by Right”   AB 2162 – Requires supportive housing be a use by-right in certain zones