Housing development: density bonus: incentives or concessions: labor standards.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on the funding for local agencies' new posting requirements or specific labor standards excluded from incentives.

Housing Development: Density Bonus and Labor Standards

The bill changes the definition of 'incentives or concessions' in the Density Bonus Law to exclude labor-related benefits, and requires local agencies to post examples for a junior accessory dwelling unit and ministerially approved housing projects on their websites starting January 1, 2028.

What This Bill Does

• Changes the definition of 'incentives or concessions' in the Density Bonus Law to exclude reductions in site development standards, modifications related to zoning code or architectural design requirements, and other regulatory incentives or concessions that include or relate to labor standards.
• Requires local agencies to post examples for a junior accessory dwelling unit and ministerially approved housing projects on their websites starting January 1, 2028.

Who It Names or Affects

• Developers who build affordable housing in cities or counties
• Local agencies responsible for posting information about housing development permits

Terms To Know

Density Bonus Law

A law that allows developers to get incentives if they agree to build certain types of affordable housing.

Labor standard

Rules or requirements related to the conditions and rights of workers, such as wages or working hours.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how local agencies will be funded for these new posting requirements.
• It is unclear what specific labor standards are excluded from incentives under this law.

Official Summary Text

SB 1383, as amended, Arreguín.
Housing development projects: postentitlement phase permit.
Housing development: density bonus: incentives or concessions: labor standards.
Existing law, commonly referred to as the Density Bonus Law, requires a city or county to provide a developer that proposes a housing development within the city or county with a density bonus, waivers or reductions of development standards, parking ratios, and other incentives or concessions, as specified, if the developer agrees to construct certain types of housing, including, among other types of housing, housing that will include specified percentages of units for rental or sale to lower income households or very low income households, as specified. Existing law requires a city or county to grant incentives or concessions requested by an applicant for a density bonus except under prescribed circumstances. Existing law defines “incentives or concessions” to include, among other things, a reduction in
site development standards or a modification of zoning code requirements or architectural design requirements that exceed the minimum building standards, as specified, and regulatory incentives or concessions proposed by the developer or the city or county that result in identifiable and actual cost reductions to provide for affordable housing costs, as specified.
This bill would exclude a reduction in site development standards, a modification of zoning code or architectural design requirements, and other regulatory incentives or concessions that include or relate to a labor standard, as defined, from the definition of “incentives or concessions.”
Existing law requires a local agency to post, by January 1, 2024, and a state agency to post, by January 1, 2026, on each agency’s respective internet websites: (1) a list of required information for a postentitlement phase permit, and (2) an example of a complete, approved application and an example of a complete set of postentitlement phase permits. Existing law also requires a local agency to post examples for specified types of housing development projects, including, but not limited to, an accessory dwelling unit, duplex, multifamily, mixed-use, and townhome. Existing law requires a local agency to consider ministerially a proposed housing development containing no more than 2 residential units within a single-family residential zone if the housing development meets certain requirements.
This bill, commencing on January 1, 2028, would revise
the posting requirement to additionally require a local agency to post examples for a junior accessory dwelling unit and a housing development project that the local agency has ministerially approved pursuant to the above-described process. By increasing duties on a local agency, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Current Bill Text

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