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AB-36 • 2026

Housing elements: prohousing designation.

Housing elements: prohousing designation.

Housing Land
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Soria
Last action
Official status
Chaptered
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Housing elements: prohousing designation.

AB 36, Soria.

What This Bill Does

  • AB 36, Soria.
  • Housing elements: prohousing designation.
  • Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, requires a city or county to adopt a general plan for land use development within its boundaries that includes, among other things, a housing element.
  • The law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) to determine whether the housing element is in substantial compliance with specified provisions of that law.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. California Legislative Information

    Chaptered

Official Summary Text

Housing elements: prohousing designation.