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AB-1494 • 2026

General plans.

General plans.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Ta
Last action
2026-02-02
Official status
Died at Desk.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not specify the exact nature of the nonsubstantive changes made by AB-1494.

General Plans

AB-1494 makes minor, non-substantive changes to existing laws about general plans for cities and counties.

What This Bill Does

  • Makes nonsubstantive changes to the Planning and Zoning Law.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Cities and counties in California
  • Planning agencies responsible for general plans

Terms To Know

General Plan
A long-term plan that cities or counties make to guide how they will grow and develop.
Nonsubstantive Changes
Changes in the way something is written but do not change what it means or does.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill did not pass into law because it died at the governor's desk.
  • It is unclear exactly which parts of the Planning and Zoning Law are being changed.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-02 California Legislative Information

    Died at Desk.

  2. 2025-02-24 California Legislative Information

    Read first time.

  3. 2025-02-22 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.

  4. 2025-02-21 California Legislative Information

    Introduced. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 1494, as introduced, Ta.
General plans.
Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, requires each county and city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the county or city and of any land outside its boundaries that bears relation to its planning. That law further requires the planning agency having jurisdiction over a general plan to render a report as to conformity with the adopted general plan before, among other things, the acquisition or disposition of real property or the construction or authorization of a public building or structure impacting the general plan, except as specified.
This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.

Current Bill Text

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