Plain English Breakdown
The official text provided is truncated at section (3) regarding accessory dwelling units, leaving some details incomplete.
AB-906: Changes to Housing Plans and Fair Housing Rules
This law changes how cities and counties plan for housing by removing one analysis requirement from their main documents while adding new steps, including a separate public assessment, to ensure fair housing goals are met through site distribution.
What This Bill Does
- Removes the rule that requires an analysis of land inventory in relation to fair housing duties within the main housing element document.
- Requires cities and counties to create a separate fair housing assessment at least one year before their next housing plan is due.
- Mandates that this new draft assessment be shared with the public for comments for at least 90 days.
- Adds rules requiring local governments to distribute available housing sites across the area in ways that support fair housing goals.
- Requires cities and counties to rezone land within set time periods if current site inventories do not meet these new fair housing distribution standards.
Who It Names or Affects
- Cities and counties responsible for creating general plans and housing elements.
- The Department of Housing and Community Development, which must create standardized reporting formats.
- Local residents who can provide public comments on the draft assessments.
Terms To Know
- Housing element
- A required part of a city or county's general plan that describes how land will be used for housing development.
- Affirmatively furthering fair housing
- Taking active steps to ensure people have equal access to housing opportunities regardless of race, income, or background.
- Rezoning
- Changing the legal rules about what can be built on a specific piece of land, such as allowing more homes in an area.
Limits and Unknowns
- The official text provided ends abruptly and does not fully explain how accessory dwelling units are counted under existing law.
- The bill imposes new duties but does not specify the exact funding sources for local governments to complete these assessments.
- The specific details of what constitutes 'adequate' site distribution vary by jurisdiction and are defined in other parts of state law.