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AB-314 • 2026

Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program: project eligibility.

Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program: project eligibility.

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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
Arambula
Last action
2026-02-02
Official status
From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific criteria or details about high-speed rail stations, leaving some aspects unclear.

Expanding Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program

This law makes certain housing, transportation, and development projects near planned high-speed rail stations eligible for funding if they meet specific criteria.

What This Bill Does

  • Adds transit capital projects near future high-speed train stops as eligible for program funds if they meet specific criteria.
  • Includes active transportation capital projects, like bike paths and sidewalks, near planned high-speed rail stations in the list of eligible projects if they meet specific criteria.
  • Adds transit-oriented development projects near future high-speed train stops as eligible for program funds if they meet specific criteria.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Strategic Growth Council, which runs the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program.
  • Project developers working on transit capital, active transportation, and transit-oriented development projects near planned high-speed rail stations.

Terms To Know

Strategic Growth Council
A group that makes decisions about how to use money for programs like affordable housing and sustainable communities.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify the exact criteria projects must meet.
  • It is unclear which specific high-speed rail stations are included in this program.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-02 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

  2. 2026-01-31 California Legislative Information

    Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution.

  3. 2025-05-23 California Legislative Information

    In committee: Held under submission.

  4. 2025-05-14 California Legislative Information

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.

  5. 2025-05-01 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  6. 2025-04-30 California Legislative Information

    Read second time and amended.

  7. 2025-04-29 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (April 28).

  8. 2025-04-21 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.

  9. 2025-04-21 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.

  10. 2025-04-10 California Legislative Information

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended.

  11. 2025-02-10 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.

  12. 2025-01-24 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee February 23.

  13. 2025-01-23 California Legislative Information

    Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 314, as amended, Arambula.
Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program: project eligibility.
Existing law requires the Strategic Growth Council to develop and administer the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through projects that implement land use, housing, transportation, and agricultural land preservation practices to support infill and compact development, and that support other related and coordinated public policy objectives. Existing law specifies the types of projects eligible for funding under the program, including, among others, transit capital projects, active transportation capital projects, and transit-oriented development projects, as provided.
This bill would expressly include certain transit capital
projects, active transportation capital projects,
projects
and transit-oriented development projects near planned high-speed rail stations
that meet specific criteria
as eligible for funding under the program.

Current Bill Text

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