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(a) The board shall form a citizens’ oversight committee that adheres to the guiding principles of ensuring that the region produce enough housing at all income levels, particularly at the lowest levels of affordability, while preserving affordable housing, and protecting residents from displacement. The committee shall be composed of 11 voting members and 1 nonvoting member with knowledge and experience in the areas of affordable housing finance and development, or tenant protection, or housing preservation. The citizens’ oversight committee shall meet as necessary and provide substantial assistance in the development of funding guidelines and the overall implementation of agency programs. The committee shall have a vote to approve the annual organizational expenditure plan prior to approval by the board pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 64717. The committee shall report directly to the board and the public. Consistent with the provisions of this chapter, the committee shall provide consultation and make recommendations to the board. The committee shall meet as often as is necessary to fulfill its roles and responsibilities.

(b) Committee members shall carry out the responsibilities laid out in this section and play a valuable and constructive role in the ongoing improvement and enhancement of the agency. Committee members will offer their unique knowledge and experience in the areas of affordable housing finance and development, tenant protection, and housing preservation. The committee members shall meet the following requirements:

(1) All members shall reside in Los Angeles County.

(2) All members shall be subject to conflict-of-interest provisions. No person currently serving as an elected or appointed city, county, special district, state, or federal public officeholder, or currently employed by a city or county agency, shall be eligible for membership on the committee.

(3) In addition to all conflict-of-interest provisions all members shall be required to divest of any investments from which their participation on the committee may further their personal or institutional financial interests.

(c) A person may apply to the Office of the Inspector General to become a member of the committee. The Office of the Inspector General shall select the members of the committee by a date set by the board. The committee shall have at least one member representing each of the following professions or areas of expertise, except as provided in subdivision (d):

(1) A person with experience in the field of municipal or public finance and budgeting with a minimum of five years of relevant experience in that field.

(2) A person with experience in senior-level decisionmaking in affordable housing development, preservation, and operations and with a minimum of five years of relevant experience in that field.

(3) A person with experience in housing finance and with a minimum of five years of experience in that field.

(4) A person with experience in tenant rights organizing or advocacy and with a minimum of five years of experience in that field.

(5) A person with experience in housing seniors or people with disabilities and with a minimum of five years of experience in that field.

(6) A person with experience as a legal expert advancing or enforcing fair housing policies on behalf of a community-based organization and with a minimum of five years of experience in that field.

(7) A person with experience in the management of large-scale housing construction projects and associated labor practices and with a minimum of five years of experience in that field.

(8) A person with a minimum of five years of lived experience as a low- or moderate-income tenant who has experienced being homeless for a minimum of one year.

(9) A person with a minimum of five years of lived experience as a low- or moderate-income tenant or who has experienced being homeless for a minimum of one year.

(10) A recognized representative of employees at the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority.

(11) A person with experience in managing, forming, serving, or operating community land trusts or community development corporations and with a minimum of five years of experience in that field.

(12) A young person between 18 and 24 years of age with demonstrated lived experience of homelessness, experience as a low- or moderate-income tenant, or demonstrated experience as an organizer or advocate for tenant rights with community based organizations, who shall be a nonvoting member.

(d) If, after making a good faith effort to select individuals who meet the requirements of subdivision (c), the Office of the Inspector General is unable to identify individuals who meet the requirements of subdivision (c), then no more than two members from one or more of the remaining areas of expertise may be selected, except in the case of paragraphs (8) and (9) of subdivision (c), which positions shall remain vacant until filled.

(e) A committee member may be removed from their position if a majority of the committee members votes for removal upon finding that the committee member has violated a federal or state law, a regulation, a local ordinance, or a policy or practice of the agency, relative to ethical practices.


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(a) The members of the citizens’ oversight committee shall be subject to the agency’s conflict-of-interest policies. The members shall have no legal action pending against the agency and are prohibited from acting in any commercial activity directly or indirectly involving the agency, such as being a consultant to the agency or to any party with pending legal actions against the agency during their committee tenure. Committee members shall not have direct commercial interest or employment with any public or private entity that receives funds authorized by this title.

(b) The committee members shall receive a reasonable stipend as compensation, which shall be set by the Office of the Inspector General and shall be subject to board approval. A member may choose to waive this stipend in its entirety.

Each member of the committee shall serve for a term of five years, and until a successor is appointed, except that initial appointments may be staggered with terms of three years as proposed by the Inspector General.

(c) A committee member shall serve no more than two terms on the committee.

(d) Any member may, at any time, resign from the committee upon written notice delivered to the agency. Acceptance of any public office, the filing of intent to seek public office, including a filing under Section 85200, or change of residence to outside Los Angeles County shall constitute a member’s automatic resignation.

(e) The members shall elect a chair and vice chair at the first meeting of the citizens’ oversight committee. The chair and vice chair shall each serve a renewable one-year term for as long as the chair or vice chair is eligible to serve on the commission.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 661, Sec. 1. (SB 679) Effective January 1, 2023.)

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The committee shall, at a minimum, meet on a quarterly basis to carry out its responsibilities and is hereby charged with the following responsibilities:

(a) The committee shall have the annual responsibility to consider and approve the annual expenditure plan pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 64717 as a precondition to approval by the full board of directors.

(b) Each recipient of revenue under this title shall contract for an annual audit, to be completed within six months after the end of the fiscal year being audited, for the purpose of determining compliance by the recipient with the provisions of this title relating to the receipt and expenditure of revenues during the fiscal year. The audit shall be required by any contract between the agency and any recipient. The board may establish standards for these audits, and the committee may provide input on the standards for recipients that are not public agencies. Audits of public agencies shall comply with generally applicable standards. The committee shall review the results of the audits, prepare an annual report on the audits, and hold an annual public hearing to report on the results of the audits.

(c) The agency, led by the Office of the Inspector General and in partnership with the citizens’ oversight committee, shall conduct a comprehensive review of all projects and programs implemented under the expenditure plan every five years. The review shall evaluate project and program performance and make recommendations to improve plan performance, based on current practices, best practices, and organizational changes that could improve coordination.

(d) The agency shall establish an internet website dedicated to demonstrating compliance with this title. The internet website shall include the agency’s periodic financial reports and its current adopted plans required by this title. All audit reports, findings, and recommendations shall be made accessible to the public on the internet website prior to the public hearing and upon request.

(e) The committee may review all of the following, in its discretion:

(1) For each agency area of focus, the efficiency and effectiveness of the agency’s use of funds.

(2) For local direct allocations of funding pursuant to Section 64830.5, the program revenues and uses for each local jurisdiction.

(3) The percentage of the expenditure plan expenditures compared to project milestone completion.

title: 6.9. LOS ANGELES COUNTY AFFORDABLE HOUSING SOLUTIONS AGENCY

chapter: 2. The Los Angeles County Affordable Housing Solutions Agency and Governing Board


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In implementing this title, the agency may do all of the following:

(a) Place on the ballot in Los Angeles County, including all of its incorporated cities, funding measures, in accordance with applicable constitutional and statutory requirements, to raise and allocate funds to Los Angeles County, the cities in Los Angeles County, and other public agencies and affordable housing projects within its jurisdiction for purposes of preserving and enhancing existing housing, funding renter protection programs, and financing new construction of housing developments that are 100 percent affordable to households earning 80 percent of the relevant area median income or below, with a priority on the lowest levels of affordability.

(b) Apply for and receive grants from federal and state agencies.

(c) Incur and issue indebtedness and assess fees on the purchaser of any debt issuance and agency loan products for reinvestment of those fees and loan repayments in affordable housing production and preservation in accordance with applicable constitutional requirements.

(d) Incur debt and issue bonds and otherwise incur liabilities or obligations in accordance with Article 2 (commencing with Section 64820) of Chapter 2 of Part 2, and in accordance with applicable constitutional requirements.

(e) Solicit and accept gifts, fees, grants, and other allocations from public and private entities.

(f) Deposit or invest moneys of the agency in banks or financial institutions in the state.

(g) Sue and be sued, except as otherwise provided by law, in all actions and proceedings, in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction.

(h) Engage counsel and other professional services.

(i) Enter into and perform all necessary contracts.

(j) Enter into joint powers agreements pursuant to the Joint Exercise of Powers Act (Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6500) of Division 7 of Title 1).

(k) Hire staff, define their qualifications and duties, and provide a schedule of compensation for the performance of their duties.

(l) Land bank, assemble parcels, and lease, purchase, or otherwise acquire land for housing development. Sell or dispose of land or assets consistent with the agency’s purpose and eligible activities or where a parcel under the agency’s control is deemed to be inappropriate for housing development.

(m) Collect data on housing production and monitor progress on meeting regional and state housing goals.

(n) Provide support and technical assistance to local governments in relation to producing and preserving affordable housing.

(o) Provide public information about the agency’s housing programs and policies.

(p) Act in compliance with the Marks-Roos Local Bond Pooling Act of 1985 (Article 4 (commencing with Section 6584) of Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title 1).

(q) Allocate and deploy capital and generated fees or income in the form of grants, loans, equity, interest rate subsidies, and other financing tools to the cities and other public agencies within the Los Angeles County area, and private affordable housing developers to finance affordable housing development, preserve and enhance existing affordable housing, and fund tenant protection programs, pursuant to this title, in accordance with applicable constitutional requirements.

(r) Collaborate with staff employed by the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority with shared planning and services.

(s) Any other express or implied powers necessary to carry out the intent and purposes of this title.

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Both of the following shall be exempt from Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code:

(a) Any action taken by the agency to finance, fund, or issue grants, loans, or bonds.

(b) Any action taken by the agency to purchase or lease real property for the purpose of any of the following:

(1) The preservation of existing housing that involves negligible or no expansion of use.

(2) The development of residential housing for persons and families of low or moderate income, as defined in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code.

(3) The provision of technical assistance to local jurisdictions to promote affordable housing, including, but not limited to, drafting model affordable housing land use ordinances and policies and providing staff support to local jurisdictions.

chapter: 3. Powers of the Los Angeles County Affordable Housing Solutions Agency


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(a) Any construction or rehabilitation project receiving funding or financing from the agency, a measure proposed by the agency pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 64720, or a joint powers authority of which the agency is a member, including, but not limited to, a project with under 40 units, shall constitute a public work for which prevailing wages shall be paid for purposes of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1720) of Part 7 of Division 2 of the Labor Code.

(b) A project with 40 units or greater is eligible to receive funding or financing from the agency, a measure proposed by the agency pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 64720, or a joint powers authority of which the agency is a member, only if all construction and rehabilitation is subject to the City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works PLA. For purposes of this subdivision and subdivision (c), the number of units means the maximum number of units authorized in an entitlement granted by the land use permitting authority for the development project, regardless of whether construction or rehabilitation proceeds in phases or ownership is divided.

(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), if a specific countywide project labor agreement is negotiated with mutual agreement between the Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council and the Southern California Association of Nonprofit Housing and approved by the agency, then a project with 40 units or greater is eligible to receive funding or financing from the agency, a measure proposed by the agency pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 64720, or a joint powers authority of which the agency is a member, only if all construction and rehabilitation is subject to the specific countywide project labor agreement rather than the Department of Public Works PLA.

(d) For purposes of this section, “project labor agreement” has the same meaning as in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 2500 of the Public Contract Code.

(e) For purposes of this section, “Department of Public Works PLA” means the City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works Project Labor Agreement 2020-2030 with Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council, effective August 25, 2021.


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(a) If the agency or a qualified voter initiative proposes a measure pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 64720 that will generate revenues, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors shall call a special election on the measure. The special election shall be consolidated with a statewide election and the measure shall be submitted to the voters of Los Angeles County.

(b) (1) For the purpose of placement of a measure on the ballot, the agency is a district, as defined in Section 317 of the Elections Code. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a measure proposed by the agency or by a qualified voter initiative that requires voter approval shall be submitted to the voters of Los Angeles County, as determined by the agency, in accordance with the provisions of the Elections Code applicable to districts, including the provisions of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 9300) of Division 9 of the Elections Code.

(2) Because the agency has no revenues as of the operative date of this section, the appropriations limit for the agency shall be originally established based on receipts from the initial measure that would generate revenues for the agency as described in subdivision (a), and that establishment of an appropriations limit shall not be deemed a change in an appropriations limit for purposes of Section 4 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.

(c) (1) Notwithstanding Section 10520 of the Elections Code, for any election at which the agency or a qualified voter initiative proposes a measure pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 64720 that would generate revenues, the agency shall reimburse Los Angeles County for the incremental costs incurred by the county elections official related to submitting the measure to the voters with any eligible funds transferred to the agency.

(2) For purposes of this subdivision, “incremental costs” include all of the following:

(A) The cost to prepare, review, and revise the impartial analysis of the measure.

(B) The cost to prepare a translation of ballot materials into a language other than English by the county.

(C) The additional costs that exceed the costs incurred for other election races or ballot measures, if any, appearing on the same ballot in Los Angeles County, including both of the following:

(i) The printing and mailing of ballot materials.

(ii) The canvass of the vote regarding the measure pursuant to Division 15 (commencing with Section 15000) of the Elections Code.

(d) Notwithstanding Section 9313 of the Elections Code, the legal counsel for the board shall prepare an impartial analysis of the measure. The impartial analysis prepared by the legal counsel for the board shall be subject to review and revision by the county counsel.

(e) The summary of the annual expenditure plan shall be prepared by the board and include all of the following:

(1) A description of the purpose and goals of the measure.

(2) A description of the categories of eligible expenditures to be funded.

(3) An estimate of the number of affordable housing units to be built or preserved by household income category served, and a description of any specific projects planned to be funded.

(4) An estimate of minimum funding levels to be provided to different expenditure categories.

(5) An overview of decisionmaking and oversight provisions applicable to the funds.

(f) The county elections official for Los Angeles County shall serve as the elections official of the agency for purposes of administering the ballot measure process and any election for the purposes set forth in this chapter. In the alternative, the board, at its discretion, may appoint an elections official to administer any election for the purposes set forth in this chapter. If the board appoints an elections official, the board may authorize that elections official to retain the services of the elections official of Los Angeles County to administer the ballot measure process and any election, and the elections official of Los Angeles County shall perform those services.


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The board and the agency shall not do either of the following:

(a) Regulate or enforce local land use decisions.

(b) Acquire property by eminent domain.


text: The board shall provide for annual audits of the agency’s general administration, accounts, and records, shall maintain accounting records, and shall report accounting transactions in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles adopted by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board of the Financial Accounting Foundation for both public reporting purposes and for reporting of activities to the Controller.

chapter: 4. Financial Provisions

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text: The board shall provide for annual financial reports. The board shall make copies of the annual financial reports available to the public.


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(a) The agency, either directly or through qualified voter initiative, may raise and allocate new revenue through all of the following funding mechanisms:

(1) Special taxes, subject to voter approval, as provided in Article 1 (commencing with Section 64810) of Chapter 2, as follows:

(A) A parcel tax, as provided in Section 64810.

(B) A gross receipts business license tax, as provided in Section 64811.

(C) A documentary transfer tax, as provided in Section 64813.

(2) The issuance of bonds, as provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 64820) of Chapter 2, in accordance with applicable constitutional requirements.

(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the funding measures authorized by this subdivision distribute the responsibility for addressing the affordable housing needs of the region across commercial developers, taxpayers, and property owners within the region.

chapter: 1. General Provisions

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(a) Subject to Section 4 of Article XIIIA of the California Constitution and subject to approval by the board before the agency takes action to approve the placement of a measure on the ballot, the agency may impose, by resolution or by ordinance, a parcel tax within Los Angeles County pursuant to the procedures established in Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5, Section 64721, and any other procedures applicable by law.

(b) For purposes of this section, “parcel tax” means a special tax imposed upon a parcel of real property at a rate that is determined without regard to that property’s value.

(c) The agency shall provide notice of any parcel tax imposed pursuant to this section in the manner specified in Section 54930.

(d) Thereafter, the tax shall be collected at the same time, and in the same manner, as the ad valorem taxes on real property authorized by Section 1 of Article XIII   A of the California Constitution are collected, and shall be subject to the same penalties and interest and to the same procedure under foreclosure and sale in case of delinquency as provided for those taxes. All laws applicable to the levy, collection, and enforcement of the ad valorem taxes on real property authorized by Section 1 of Article XIII   A of the California Constitution are hereby made applicable to the special assessment taxes.

chapter: 2. Revenue

article: 1. Special Taxes

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(a) (1) Subject to Section 4 of Article XIIIA of the California Constitution and subject to approval by the board before the agency takes action to approve the placement of a measure on the ballot, the agency may impose, by resolution or by ordinance, or via action by the designated elections official, a special tax, measured by gross receipts, for the privilege of engaging in any kind of lawful business transacted in the Los Angeles County area pursuant to the procedures established in Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5, Section 64721, and any other applicable procedures provided by law.

(2) The resolution imposing a special tax pursuant to this subdivision may provide for the following:

(A) Variable rates based on the business sector of each person subject to the tax.

(B) Exemptions for small businesses.

(C) Collection of the tax by suit or otherwise.

(b) If the agency levies a special tax pursuant to subdivision (a) upon a business operating both within and outside the agency’s taxing jurisdiction, the agency shall levy the tax so that the measure of tax fairly reflects that proportion of the taxed activity actually carried on within the taxing jurisdiction.

(c) A special tax levied pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not apply to any nonprofit organization that is exempted from taxes by Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 23701) of Part 11 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code or Subchapter F (commencing with Section 501) of Chapter 1 of Subtitle A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or the successor of either, or to any minister, clergyperson, Christian Science practitioner, rabbi, or leader of any religious organization that has been granted an exemption from federal income tax by the United States Commissioner of Internal Revenue as an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or a successor to that section.

article: 1. Special Taxes


text: The special taxes authorized in this article may also be imposed by qualified voter initiative.

article: 1. Special Taxes


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Taxes levied pursuant to Section 64811 shall be collected in the following manner:

(a) The county tax collector shall be responsible for collecting the tax revenue.

(b) The county shall create policies and procedures necessary to collect tax revenue, including, but not limited to, policies that achieve both of the following:

(1) Ensure adequate enforcement of taxes levied pursuant to Section 64811.

(2) Provide subjects of a tax with an opportunity to appeal the amount of tax owed.

article: 1. Special Taxes


text: Subject to Section 4 of Article XIIIA of the California Constitution, either the designated elections official or the board may act by resolution or by ordinance to place a measure on the ballot seeking voter approval of a special documentary transfer tax pursuant to Part 6.7 (commencing with Section 11901) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, provided, however, that the agency’s tax shall be in addition to any city or county tax under that part and not subject to the limit provided in Section 11911 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

article: 1. Special Taxes


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All special taxes levied pursuant to this article shall be administered in the following manner:

(a) Taxes collected shall be deposited in a separate fund, which shall be established in the treasury of the county and used only as prescribed by this title.

(b) The county shall transfer moneys intended for regional projects pursuant to Section 64830 from the fund to the agency periodically as promptly as feasible. The transmittals shall be made at least twice in each calendar quarter.

article: 1. Special Taxes


text: The board may, by majority vote, initiate proceedings to issue bonds pursuant to this chapter by adopting a resolution or ordinance stating its intent to issue the bonds.

article: 2. Bonds

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(a) The agency, with approval of two-thirds of the voters, may levy ad valorem property taxes to secure debt pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 1 of Article XIIIA of the California Constitution.

(b) For purposes of incurring bonded indebtedness pursuant to this section, the agency shall comply with the requirements of Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 53400) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5.

article: 2. Bonds


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(a) (1) For purposes of this section, “agency revenues” includes, without limitation, revenues generated by any special tax, fee, or charge imposed by the agency, other than ad valorem property taxes.

(2) The agency may issue revenue bonds, payable from agency revenues allocated in paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 64830, in accordance with the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 54300) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5), for the purposes set forth in this title and in any resolution adopted by the board, or measure adopted by voters, in connection with the generation of agency revenues or imposition of those special taxes, fees, or other charges. For purposes of issuing revenue bonds pursuant to this section, the special taxes, fees, or other charges described in the previous sentence shall constitute an “enterprise” within the meaning of Section 54309.

(3) To exercise the powers described in this section, the agency shall ensure that any annual expenditure plan summary prepared pursuant to Section 64721 related to voter approval of a special tax under this title notifies the voters that proceeds from the special tax may be used as payment for revenue bonds.

(4) For purposes of this section, the agency shall be deemed to be a local agency within the meaning of Section 54307. Article 3 (commencing with Section 54380) of Chapter 6 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 does not apply to the issuance and sale of bonds pursuant to this section. Instead, the agency shall authorize the issuance of bonds by resolution at any time, and from time to time, which shall specify all of the following:

(A) The purposes for which the bonds are to be issued.

(B) The maximum principal amount of the bonds.

(C) The maximum term for the bonds.

(D) (i) The maximum rate of interest to be payable upon the bonds, which shall not exceed the maximum rate permitted for bonds of the agency by Section 53531 or any other applicable provisions of law.

(ii) In the case of bonds bearing a variable interest rate, the variable rate shall not, on any day, exceed the maximum rate permitted for bonds of the agency by Section 53531 or any other applicable provisions of law. However, the variable interest rate may, on any day, exceed that maximum rate in clause (i), if the interest paid on the bonds from their date of original issuance to that day does not exceed the total interest that would have been permitted if the bonds had borne interest at all times from the date of issuance to that day at the maximum rate permitted from time to time by Section 53531 or any other applicable provisions of law.

(E) The maximum original issue premium or discount on the sale of the bonds.

(F) The denomination or denominations of the revenue bonds, which shall not be less than five thousand dollars ($5,000).

(b) The resolution may also contain any other matters authorized by this chapter or any other law.

(c) The revenue bonds may be sold at public or private sale or on a negotiated sale basis and at the prices, above or below par, as determined by the board.

(d) The revenue bonds, or each series thereof, shall be dated and numbered consecutively and shall be signed by the executive director of the agency, whose signature may be printed, lithographed, or mechanically reproduced. If any officer whose signature appears on the revenue bonds ceases to be that officer before the delivery of the bonds, the officer’s signature is as effective as if the officer had remained in office.

(e) This section provides a complete, additional, and alternative method for the issuance of revenue bonds by the agency. An issuance does not need to comply with the procedures specified in other laws, but shall, if bonds are issued pursuant to this article, be issued in accordance with this article.

article: 2. Bonds


text: The agency may issue mortgage revenue bonds pursuant to Part 5 (commencing with Section 52000) of Division 31 of the Health and Safety Code, and other applicable law.

article: 2. Bonds


text: The agency may issue private activity bonds pursuant to the Tax Reform Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-514) and Sections 1112 and 1401 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, as it read prior to repeal (26 U.S.C. Secs. 54a and 1400U-1).

article: 2. Bonds


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(a) The agency or any person executing the bonds issued pursuant to this title shall not be personally liable on the bonds by reason of their issuance.

(b) The bonds and other obligations of the agency are not a debt of any city or Los Angeles County, or any of its affiliated entities, or of the state or of any of its political subdivisions, other than the agency, and neither a city or county nor the state or any of its political subdivisions, other than the agency, shall be liable on the bonds, and the bonds or obligations shall be payable exclusively from funds or properties of the agency, as specified in the applicable bond or other debt instrument. Bonds issued pursuant to this title shall contain a statement to this effect on their face.

(c) If the signature of any member of the agency or staff member of the agency appears on bonds issued pursuant to this title, and that individual ceases to be a member of the agency or staff member of the agency before delivery of the bonds, that member’s signature shall be as effective as if the member had remained in office.

article: 2. Bonds


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(a) Every two years after the issuance of bonds pursuant to this section, the agency shall contract for an independent financial and performance audit. The audit shall be conducted according to guidelines established by the Controller. A copy of the completed audit shall be provided to the Controller, the Director of Finance, and the Joint Legislative Budget Committee.

(b) Upon the request of the Governor or the Legislature, the Bureau of State Audits may conduct a financial and performance audit of the agency. The results of any audit shall be provided to the board, the Controller, the Director of Finance, and the Joint Legislative Budget Committee.

article: 2. Bonds


text: Bonds issued pursuant to this article are fully negotiable.

article: 2. Bonds


text: Any action to determine the validity of any tax, fee, or other charge provided for in, or the validity of bonds issued pursuant to, this title, or any of the proceedings, contracts, agreements, or other arrangements or matters entered into, shall be commenced within 60 days from date of the election or the adoption of the resolution approving those matters, as applicable, pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure. After that date, the adoption of that tax, fee, or other charge, the issuance of the bonds, and all proceedings in relation thereto, shall be held valid and incontestable in every respect.

article: 2. Bonds


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(a) (1) Revenue generated pursuant to this part shall be used for the construction of new affordable housing, affordable housing preservation, tenant protection programs, planning and technical assistance related to affordable housing, and for other purposes, as provided for in this section.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the agency may transfer a portion of the revenue raised by a tax measure adopted pursuant to this title to the County of Los Angeles for programs that provide supports and services to prevent and combat homelessness.

(b) (1) For purposes of this section, “regional housing revenues” are those revenues generated pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 64810) except as provided in paragraph (2).

(2) If a tax measure is adopted pursuant to this title and the agency transfers a portion of the revenue raised by the measure to the County of Los Angeles for programs that provide supports and services to prevent and combat homelessness, the portion of revenue transferred shall not be included in “regional housing revenues” or the annual programmatic budget and shall not be subject to this chapter.

(c) The allocation of regional housing revenues to projects and programs shall be approved by the board.

(d) Subject to funding eligibility and adjustment pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 64717, the agency shall distribute regional housing revenue in the form of a grant, loan, or other financing tool pursuant to subdivision (q) of Section 64720 in a manner that achieves the following shares in the annual expenditure plan:

(1) A minimum of 40 percent of the annual programmatic budget, excluding any bond indebtedness, shall be spent on affordable housing creation, preservation, and ownership as follows:

(A) The following conditions shall apply with regard to affordable housing creation:

(i) Funding pursuant to this subparagraph may be used for the following purposes, including, but not limited to, land acquisition, housing acquisition, financing, and ownership programs, including the agency serving as a single source of financing as appropriate, income assistance for extremely low income households, and project-based rental assistance contracts with no time limit that are restricted to the support of extremely low income households.

(ii) Financing for any development costs associated with a project or funding grant that is for housing that is 100 percent affordable, which means restricted to any household that earns less than 80 percent of the area median income (AMI), including permanent supportive housing that includes onsite supportive services. An eligible project may also include a subset of at least 50 units, or 50 percent of the total units, whichever is greater, in a larger development that includes units targeted up to 120 percent of AMI, in which case the agency may only fund units that are designated for extremely low and very low income households, and agency funds shall not be used in connection with any unit that is income restricted due to development incentives, density bonuses, or similar programs.

(I) For each of the eligible jurisdictions, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 64830.5, 25 percent of all funded units shall be reserved for extremely low income households, as defined in Section 50106 of the Health and Safety Code, and 25 percent shall be reserved for very low income households, as defined in Section 50105 of the Health and Safety Code, over any two-year period, with regular monitoring by the citizens’ oversight committee and board of units funded and constructed during that two-year period.

(II) For each project, 10 percent of the units in the project shall be reserved for extremely low income households and 10 percent of the units shall be reserved for very low income households.

(B) Funding pursuant to this paragraph for affordable housing preservation programs may be used to acquire, rehabilitate, place affordability restrictions on, and preserve existing housing units, housing from the private market, and units in residential hotels as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 50519 of the Health and Safety Code for affordability, in order to prevent the loss of affordability and expand permanent affordability. Funding provided pursuant to this subparagraph shall be subject to both of the following conditions:

(i) Existing residents of buildings acquired for the purpose of affordable housing preservation shall not be permanently displaced, even if the resident’s household income exceeds the moderate-income limits in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code.

(ii) Buildings acquired for the purpose of affordable housing preservation shall achieve 100 percent occupancy by extremely low or very low income households over time through unit turnover.

Grants, loans, or other financing provided to community land trusts and other similarly structured nonprofit entities to acquire, rehabilitate, and preserve existing housing units are an eligible use pursuant to this subparagraph.

Programs to enable low- or moderate-income households to become or remain homeowners, including, but not limited to, below market rate ownership programs, downpayment assistance programs, residential rehabilitation loan programs, and grants or loans to assist in the rehabilitation or replacement of existing mobilehomes located in a mobilehome or manufactured home are eligible uses pursuant to this subparagraph.

(C) Funding provided pursuant to this paragraph shall be subject to the following conditions in the event that demolition or rehabilitation of housing units is required:

(i) (I) Any funded development or affordable housing grant on any property that includes a parcel or parcels that currently have residential uses, or within the five years preceding the grant have had residential uses that have been vacated or demolished, that are or were subject to a recorded covenant, ordinance, or law that restricts rents to levels affordable to persons and families of low or very low income, subject to any other form of rent or price control through a public entity’s valid exercise of its police power, or occupied by low- or very low income households, shall be subject to a policy requiring the replacement of all those units to be made available at affordable rent or affordable housing cost to, and occupied by, persons and families in the same or lower income category as those households in occupancy.

(II) Replacement requirements shall be consistent with those set forth in paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) of Section 65915, provided that any dwelling unit that is or was, within the five-year period preceding the grant, subject to a form of rent or price control through a local government’s valid exercise of its police power and that is or was occupied by persons or families above lower income shall be replaced with units made available at affordable rent or affordable housing cost to, and occupied by, low-income persons or families.

(ii) If existing residents are required to be relocated due to demolition or rehabilitation needs, the developer is required to provide relocation benefits to the occupants of those housing rental units subject to Chapter 16 (commencing with Section 7260) of Division 7 of Title 1. The developer shall comply with either the local government requirements for relocation assistance to displaced households or the policy set by the agency for relocation assistance to displaced households, whichever provides a greater benefit to the relocated or displaced households.

(iii) If existing occupants who are lower income households are required to vacate their units due to demolition or rehabilitation needs, the developer shall provide a right of first refusal for a comparable unit available in the new or rehabilitated housing development that is affordable to the household at an affordable rent, as defined in Section 50053 of the Health and Safety Code, or an affordable housing cost, as defined in Section 50052.5 of the Health and Safety Code.

(2) (A) At least 30 percent of the total annual programmatic budget, excluding any bond indebtedness, shall be spent on countywide renter protection and support programs.

(B) These programs include any effort that helps renters of lower income households, as defined in Section 50079.5 of the Health and Safety Code.

(C) Eligible uses of the funds include, but are not limited to, all of the following:

(i) Preeviction and eviction legal services, counseling, advice and consultation, training, renter education and representation, and services to improve habitability that protect against displacement of tenants.

(ii) Providing rental assistance for lower income households. Rental assistance shall be provided to a specific household for a reasonable amount of time not to exceed six months, and shall be paired with supportive services, such as eviction prevention and defense, to the greatest extent possible.

(iii) Providing relocation assistance for lower income households beyond what is legally required of landlords according to local or state law.

(3) Fifteen percent of the total annual programmatic budget shall be allocated as “annual priorities,” and these funds may be used for any eligible activity outlined in this chapter as part of the annual expenditure plan.

(4) At least 5 percent of the total annual programmatic budget, excluding any bond indebtedness, shall be used for technical assistance, research, and policy development. Eligible uses for these funds include, but are not limited to, all of the following:

(A) Collecting and tracking information related to displacement and displacement risk, rents, and evictions in the region.

(B) Drafting model affordable housing land use ordinances that may be adopted by any jurisdiction in the County of Los Angeles.

(5) Not more than 10 percent of the total annual programmatic budget, excluding any bond indebtedness, shall be used for the agencies administrative and operations expenses.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 80, Sec. 73. (SB 1525) Effective January 1, 2025.)

chapter: 3. Expenditures

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text:
(a) (1) In this subdivision, “eligible jurisdictions” shall mean the following jurisdictions:

(A) The councils of governments in Los Angeles County, excluding the jurisdictions described in subparagraphs (B) through (F), inclusive.

(i) Funds, or a portion of the funds, provided to the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments may be allocated by the council to the San Gabriel Valley Regional Housing Trust, and the trust shall use the funds pursuant to the same requirements as funding provided to the councils of governments.

(ii) A council of government that creates and operates a regional housing trust that is consistent with the San Gabriel Valley Regional Housing Trust model shall be eligible to receive a direct allocation. If any regional housing trust is created that does not correspond to an existing council of government, the board shall have discretion to determine the appropriate pro rata funding allocation.

(B) The City of Los Angeles.

(C) The City of Long Beach.

(D) The City of Glendale.

(E) The unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County.

(F) The City of Santa Clarita.

(2) Revenue generated pursuant to this part shall be allocated according to the following geographic distribution schedule:

(A) (i) Seventy percent of annual funding for the purpose of affordable housing preservation, affordable housing production, income assistance for extremely low-income households, and long-term, project-based rental assistance shall be allocated, based on the eligible jurisdiction’s pro rata lower income housing need, to the eligible jurisdictions, provided that the allocation is consistent with the eligible uses of the funding set forth in paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 64830.

(ii) (I) Thirty percent of annual funding for the purpose of affordable housing preservation, affordable housing production, and long-term rental assistance, with no time limit, shall be allocated by the agency to the eligible jurisdictions consistent with the guiding principles of the agency and the eligible uses outlined in Section 64830.

(II) At least 5 percent of funds allocated pursuant to subclause (I) shall be used for technical assistance grants to cities with a population under 50,000.

(iii) If an eligible jurisdiction is found to be out of compliance with affordability targets at the end of a two-year period, the board may take any of the following actions:

(I) Limit the funding for the jurisdiction to extremely low and very low income housing units only until compliance is reestablished.

(II) Require the funding allocated to the jurisdiction to be administered by the agency instead of the jurisdiction.

(III) Increase funding incentives as needed to meet project and programmatic targets.

(iv) (I) Any eligible jurisdiction may receive a direct allocation of all or part of the jurisdiction’s funding described in this subparagraph if all of the following conditions are met:

(ia) The jurisdiction agrees to adopt and adhere to agency financing policies and guidelines, including public engagement and notice provisions outlined in this chapter.

(ib) All funded projects are in compliance with the agency’s eligible uses and affordability requirements.

(ic) The jurisdiction agrees to allocate its funding within 12 months through administrative processes without being subject to additional legislative process.

(id) The jurisdiction is in compliance with Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing in California guidelines.

(II) (ia) Once committed to a specific project, funds shall remain available for expenditure for an additional five years, unless an extension is authorized pursuant to sub-subclause (ib).

(ib) If the funds have not been expended within five years of receipt as required in sub-subclause (ia), the jurisdiction shall show that it has made adequate progress towards completing the project. If the agency finds that the city has made adequate progress, the agency shall authorize an additional 24 months to grant entitlements to the remainder of the project. If the agency does not find that the city has made adequate progress, the funds shall be transferred to the agency. The agency shall hold the funds until the city submits a plan satisfactory to the agency to move forward with the project or allocate funds to another qualified project consistent with the jurisdiction’s expenditure plan.

(ic) For purposes of this subclause, “adequate progress” means the project has received the land use approvals or entitlements necessary for at least 75 percent of the project’s units.

(B) (i) Seventy percent of annual funding for the purpose of renter protections and support shall be allocated to the eligible jurisdictions, provided that the allocation is consistent with the eligible uses of the funding set forth in paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 64830.

(ii) (I) Thirty percent of annual funding for the purpose of renter protections and support shall be allocated by the agency to the eligible jurisdictions consistent with the guiding principles of the agency and the eligible uses outlined in Section 64830.

(II) At least 5 percent of funds allocated pursuant to subclause (I) shall be used for technical assistance grants to cities with a population under 50,000.

(iii) The agency shall have the discretion to fund any programs operated by any governmental or nonprofit entity that are consistent with the eligible uses outlined for renter protections and support. Direct unrestricted allocations are not permitted to any governmental entity.

(C) (i) Seventy percent of annual funding for the purpose of technical assistance, research, and policy development shall be allocated, on a per low-income renter household basis, to the eligible jurisdictions, provided that the allocation is consistent with the eligible uses of the funding set forth in paragraph (4) of subdivision (d) of Section 64830.

(ii) Thirty percent of annual funding for the purpose of technical assistance, research, and policy development shall be allocated by the agency on an at-large basis consistent with the guiding principles of the agency and the eligible uses outlined in Section 64830, subject to both of the following conditions:

(I) At least 5 percent of funds allocated pursuant to this clause shall be used for technical assistance grants to cities with a population under 50,000.

(II) The agency shall create a list of consultants who shall be available to provide technical assistance, research, and policy development to these cities consistent with this subclause. Cities with a population under 50,000 shall be entitled to a 10 percent administrative cost reimbursement as part of this application cost.

(b) Councils of governments in Los Angeles County shall be subject to the following requirements:

(1) Funds allocated to a council of governments shall be administered by the agency in collaboration with the council receiving funding.

(2) Each city within each council of government may have its own set aside, which shall be based on its pro rata lower income housing need. The council of government and its members may develop policies to allocate set-aside funds.

(3) Funds, or a portion of the funds, provided to the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments may be allocated by the council to the San Gabriel Valley Regional Housing Trust, and the trust shall use the funds pursuant to the same requirements to which funding provided to the councils of governments are subject pursuant to this chapter.

(c) Cities receiving a direct allocation shall be subject to the following requirements:

(1) The City of Los Angeles shall have its own set aside based on its pro rata lower income housing need, subject to a 50-percent limit on the category described in clause (i) of subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a).

(2) The City of Long Beach shall have its own set aside based on its pro rata lower income housing need.

(d) The unincorporated area of Los Angeles County shall have its own set aside, which shall be based on its pro rata lower income housing need.

(e) The following factors shall be considered for at-large funding allocations:

(1) Whether the allocation affirmatively furthers fair housing.

(2) The allocation’s effect on displacement indicators.

(3) The allocation’s effect on rent-burdened populations.

(4) Whether the allocation serves populations with disabilities.

(f) In this section, “pro rata lower income housing need” shall mean the jurisdiction’s share of the total lower income housing needs assessment goal for the County of Los Angeles allocated pursuant to Section 65584.


text: The board shall monitor expenditures in coordination with local jurisdictions. At least once every five years, the monitoring shall include a review of revenues allocated to cities. The board may adopt guidelines applicable to those funds as deemed necessary to ensure they are spent in a timely manner consistent with the goals of this chapter.


text: To ensure oversight and accountability, the agency shall prepare and submit an annual report to the Legislature, in conformance with Sections 9795 and 53411 on allocations and expenditures under its control, and those controlled by the county or a city pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 64830. The report shall include a description of projects funded and their status, the households served by income level, and the extent to which the minimum targets in subdivision (d) of Section 64830 were achieved.


text: This title may be cited as the Planning and Zoning Law.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 123.)

division: 1. PLANNING AND ZONING

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

path: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE > 1. PLANNING AND ZONING > 1. General Provisions


text: The definitions and general provisions contained in this article govern the construction of this title unless the context otherwise requires.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1956, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 33.)

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE


text: “Street” includes street, highway, freeway, expressway, avenue, boulevard, parkway, road, lane, walk, alley, viaduct, subway, tunnel, bridge, public easement and right-of-way, and other ways.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880.)

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE


text: “Right-of-way” means any public or private right-of-way and includes any area required for public use pursuant to any general plan or specific plan.

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE


text: Chapters 1, 2, and 3 of this title are a continuation of the Conservation and Planning Act and any acts lawfully performed pursuant to such act or its predecessors, including but not limited to the adoption of master and official or precise plans and the creation of planning commissions, are continued in effect and deemed to fulfill the requirements of Chapters 1, 2, and 3 of this title.

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE


text:
As used in this title, the following terms have the following meanings, unless the context requires otherwise:

(a) “Adequate progress” means all of the following:

(1) The total project scope, schedule, and cost of the completed flood protection system have been developed to meet the appropriate standard of protection.

(2) (A) Revenues that are sufficient to fund each year of the project schedule developed in paragraph (1) have been identified and, in any given year and consistent with that schedule, at least 90 percent of the revenues scheduled to be received by that year have been appropriated and are currently being expended.

(B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), for any year in which state funding is not appropriated consistent with an agreement between a state agency and a local flood management agency, the Central Valley Flood Protection Board may find that the local flood management agency is making adequate progress in working toward the completion of the flood protection system.

(3) Critical features of the flood protection system are under construction, and each critical feature is progressing as indicated by the actual expenditure of the construction budget funds.

(4) The city or county has not been responsible for a significant delay in the completion of the system.

(5) The local flood management agency shall provide the Department of Water Resources and the Central Valley Flood Protection Board with the information specified in this subdivision sufficient to determine substantial completion of the required flood protection. The local flood management agency shall annually report to the Central Valley Flood Protection Board on the efforts in working toward completion of the flood protection system.

(b) “Central Valley Flood Protection Plan” has the same meaning as that set forth in Section 9612 of the Water Code.

(c) “Developed area” has the same meaning as that set forth in Section 59.1 of Title 44 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

(d) “Flood hazard zone” means an area subject to flooding that is delineated as either a special hazard area or an area of moderate hazard on an official flood insurance rate map issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The identification of flood hazard zones does not imply that areas outside the flood hazard zones, or uses permitted within flood hazard zones, will be free from flooding or flood damage.

(e) “National Federal Emergency Management Agency standard of flood protection” means the level of flood protection that is necessary to withstand flooding that has a 1-in-100 chance of occurring in any given year using criteria developed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency for application in the National Flood Insurance Program.

(f) “Nonurbanized area” means a developed area or an area outside a developed area in which there are fewer than 10,000 residents that is not an urbanizing area.

(g) “Project levee” means any levee that is part of the facilities of the State Plan of Flood Control.

(h) “Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley” means lands in the bed or along or near the banks of the Sacramento River or San Joaquin River, or their tributaries or connected therewith, or upon any land adjacent thereto, or within the overflow basins thereof, or upon land susceptible to overflow therefrom. The Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley does not include lands lying within the Tulare Lake basin, including the Kings River.

(i) “State Plan of Flood Control” has the same meaning as that set forth in subdivision (j) of Section 5096.805 of the Public Resources Code.

(j) “Tulare Lake basin” means the Tulare Lake Hydrologic Region as defined in the California Water Plan Update 2009, prepared by the Department of Water Resources pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 10004) of Part 1.5 of Division 6 of the Water Code.

(k) “Undetermined risk area” means an urban or urbanizing area within a moderate flood hazard zone, as delineated on an official flood insurance rate map issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which has not been determined to have an urban level of protection.

(l) “Urban area” means a developed area in which there are 10,000 residents or more.

(m) “Urbanizing area” means a developed area or an area outside a developed area that is planned or anticipated to have 10,000 residents or more within the next 10 years.

(n) “Urban level of flood protection” means the level of protection that is necessary to withstand flooding that has a 1-in-200 chance of occurring in any given year using criteria consistent with, or developed by, the Department of Water Resources. “Urban level of flood protection” shall not mean shallow flooding or flooding from local drainage that meets the criteria of the national Federal Emergency Management Agency standard of flood protection.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 554, Sec. 1. (AB 1965) Effective January 1, 2013.)

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE


text:
(a) Any action pursuant to this title by any city, county, city and county, or other local governmental agency in this state is null and void if it denies to any individual or group of individuals the enjoyment of residence, landownership, tenancy, or any other land use in this state because of any of the following reasons:

(1) (A) The lawful occupation, age, or any characteristic of the individual or group of individuals listed in subdivision (a) or (d) of Section 12955, as those bases are defined in Sections 12926, 12926.1, subdivision (m) and paragraph (1) of subdivision (p) of Section 12955 and Section 12955.2.

(B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), with respect to familial status, subparagraph (A) shall not be construed to apply to housing for older persons, as defined in Section 12955.9. With respect to familial status, nothing in subparagraph (A) shall be construed to affect Sections 51.2, 51.3, 51.4, 51.10, 51.11, and 799.5 of the Civil Code, relating to housing for senior citizens. Subdivision (d) of Section 51, Section 4760, and Section 6714 of the Civil Code, and subdivisions (n), (o), and (p) of Section 12955 of this code shall apply to subparagraph (A).

(2) The method of financing of any residential development of the individual or group of individuals.

(3) The intended occupancy of any residential development by persons or families of very low, low, moderate, or middle income.

(b) (1) No city, county, city and county, or other local governmental agency shall, in the enactment or administration of ordinances pursuant to any law, including this title, prohibit or discriminate against any residential development or emergency shelter for any of the following reasons:

(A) Because of the method of financing.

(B) (i) Because of the lawful occupation, age, or any characteristic listed in subdivision (a) or (d) of Section 12955, as those characteristics are defined in Sections 12926, 12926.1, subdivision (m) and paragraph (1) of subdivision (p) of Section 12955, and Section 12955.2 of the owners or intended occupants of the residential development or emergency shelter.

(ii) Notwithstanding clause (i), with respect to familial status, clause (i) shall not be construed to apply to housing for older persons, as defined in Section 12955.9. With respect to familial status, nothing in clause (i) shall be construed to affect Sections 51.2, 51.3, 51.4, 51.10, 51.11, and 799.5 of the Civil Code, relating to housing for senior citizens. Subdivision (d) of Section 51, Section 4760, and Section 6714 of the Civil Code, and subdivisions (n), (o), and (p) of Section 12955 of this code shall apply to clause (i).

(C) Because the development or shelter is intended for occupancy by persons and families of very low, low, or moderate income, as defined in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code, or persons and families of middle income.

(D) Because the development consists of a multifamily residential project that is consistent with both the jurisdiction’s zoning ordinance and general plan as they existed on the date the application was deemed complete, except that a project shall not be deemed to be inconsistent with the zoning designation for the site if that zoning designation is inconsistent with the general plan only because the project site has not been rezoned to conform with a more recently adopted general plan.

(2) The discrimination prohibited by this subdivision includes the denial or conditioning of a residential development or shelter because of, in whole or in part, either of the following:

(A) The method of financing.

(B) The occupancy of the development by persons protected by this subdivision, including, but not limited to, persons and families of very low, low, or moderate income.

(3) A city, county, city and county, or other local government agency may not, pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 65589.5, disapprove a housing development project or condition approval of a housing development project in a manner that renders the project infeasible if the basis for the disapproval or conditional approval includes any of the reasons prohibited in paragraph (1) or (2).

(c) For the purposes of this section, “persons and families of middle income” means persons and families whose income does not exceed 150 percent of the median income for the county in which the persons or families reside.

(d) (1) No city, county, city and county, or other local governmental agency may impose different requirements on a residential development or emergency shelter that is subsidized, financed, insured, or otherwise assisted by the federal or state government or by a local public entity, as defined in Section 50079 of the Health and Safety Code, than those imposed on nonassisted developments, except as provided in subdivision (e). The discrimination prohibited by this subdivision includes the denial or conditioning of a residential development or emergency shelter based in whole or in part on the fact that the development is subsidized, financed, insured, or otherwise assisted as described in this paragraph.

(2) (A) No city, county, city and county, or other local governmental agency may, because of the lawful occupation age, or any characteristic of the intended occupants listed in subdivision (a) or (d) of Section 12955, as those characteristics are defined in Sections 12926, 12926.1, subdivision (m) and paragraph (1) of subdivision (p) of Section 12955, and Section 12955.2 or because the development is intended for occupancy by persons and families of very low, low, moderate, or middle income, impose different requirements on these residential developments than those imposed on developments generally, except as provided in subdivision (e).

(B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), with respect to familial status, subparagraph (A) shall not be construed to apply to housing for older persons, as defined in Section 12955.9. With respect to familial status, nothing in subparagraph (A) shall be construed to affect Sections 51.2, 51.3, 51.4, 51.10, 51.11, and 799.5 of the Civil Code, relating to housing for senior citizens. Subdivision (d) of Section 51, Section 4760, and Section 6714 of the Civil Code, and subdivisions (n), (o), and (p) of Section 12955 of this code shall apply to subparagraph (A).

(e) Notwithstanding subdivisions (a) to (d), inclusive, this section and this title do not prohibit either of the following:

(1) The County of Riverside from enacting and enforcing zoning to provide housing for older persons, in accordance with state or federal law, if that zoning was enacted prior to January 1, 1995.

(2) Any city, county, or city and county from extending preferential treatment to residential developments or emergency shelters assisted by the federal or state government or by a local public entity, as defined in Section 50079 of the Health and Safety Code, or other residential developments or emergency shelters intended for occupancy by persons and families of low and moderate income, as defined in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code, or persons and families of middle income, or agricultural employees, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1140.4 of the Labor Code, and their families. This preferential treatment may include, but need not be limited to, reduction or waiver of fees or changes in architectural requirements, site development and property line requirements, building setback requirements, or vehicle parking requirements that reduce development costs of these developments.

(f) For purposes of this section, both of the following shall apply:

(1) “Method of financing” includes the eligibility to claim a welfare exemption under subdivision (g) of Section 214 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

(2) “Residential development” means a single-family residence or a multifamily residence, including manufactured homes, as defined in Section 18007 of the Health and Safety Code.

(g) This section shall apply to chartered cities.

(h) The Legislature finds and declares that discriminatory practices that inhibit the development of housing for persons and families of very low, low, moderate, and middle incomes, or emergency shelters for the homeless, are a matter of statewide concern.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 665, Sec. 2. (AB 1743) Effective January 1, 2020.)

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE


text:
(a) (1) The Legislature finds and declares that there currently is a housing crisis in California and it is essential to reduce delays and restraints upon expeditiously completing housing projects.

(2) The Legislature further finds and declares that a legal action or proceeding challenging a decision of a city, county, or city and county has a chilling effect on the confidence with which property owners and local governments can proceed with projects. Legal actions or proceedings filed to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul a decision of a city, county, or city and county pursuant to this division, including, but not limited to, the implementation of general plan goals and policies that provide incentives for affordable housing, open-space and recreational opportunities, and other related public benefits, can prevent the completion of needed developments even though the projects have received required governmental approvals.

(3) The purpose of this section is to provide certainty for property owners and local governments regarding decisions made pursuant to this division.

(b) (1) In an action or proceeding to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul a finding, determination, or decision of a public agency made pursuant to this title at a properly noticed public hearing, the issues raised shall be limited to those raised in the public hearing or in written correspondence delivered to the public agency prior to, or at, the public hearing, except where the court finds either of the following:

(A) The issue could not have been raised at the public hearing by persons exercising reasonable diligence.

(B) The body conducting the public hearing prevented the issue from being raised at the public hearing.

(2) If a public agency desires the provisions of this subdivision to apply to a matter, it shall include in any public notice issued pursuant to this title a notice substantially stating all of the following: “If you challenge the (nature of the proposed action) in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the (public entity conducting the hearing) at, or prior to, the public hearing.”

(3) The application of this subdivision to causes of action brought pursuant to subdivision (d) applies only to the final action taken in response to the notice to the city or clerk of the board of supervisors. If no final action is taken, then the issue raised in the cause of action brought pursuant to subdivision (d) shall be limited to those matters presented at a properly noticed public hearing or to those matters specified in the notice given to the city or clerk of the board of supervisors pursuant to subdivision (d), or both.

(c) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (d), no action or proceeding shall be maintained in any of the following cases by any person unless the action or proceeding is commenced and service is made on the legislative body within 90 days after the legislative body’s decision:

(A) To attack, review, set aside, void, or annul the decision of a legislative body to adopt or amend a general or specific plan. This paragraph does not apply where an action is brought based upon the complete absence of a general plan or a mandatory element thereof, but does apply to an action attacking a general plan or mandatory element thereof on the basis that it is inadequate.

(B) To attack, review, set aside, void, or annul the decision of a legislative body to adopt or amend a zoning ordinance.

(C) To determine the reasonableness, legality, or validity of any decision to adopt or amend any regulation attached to a specific plan.

(D) To attack, review, set aside, void, or annul the decision of a legislative body to adopt, amend, or modify a development agreement. An action or proceeding to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul the decisions of a legislative body to adopt, amend, or modify a development agreement shall only extend to the specific portion of the development agreement that is the subject of the adoption, amendment, or modification. This paragraph applies to development agreements, amendments, and modifications adopted on or after January 1, 1996.

(E) To attack, review, set aside, void, or annul any decision on the matters listed in Sections 65901 and 65903, or to determine the reasonableness, legality, or validity of any condition attached to a variance, conditional use permit, or any other permit.

(F) Concerning any of the proceedings, acts, or determinations taken, done, or made prior to any of the decisions listed in subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E).

(2) In the case of an action or proceeding challenging the adoption or revision of a housing element pursuant to this subdivision, the action or proceeding may, in addition, be maintained if it is commenced and service is made on the legislative body within 60 days following the date that the Department of Housing and Community Development reports its findings pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 65585.

(d) (1) An action or proceeding shall be commenced and the legislative body served after the accrual of the cause of action as provided in this subdivision, if the action or proceeding meets both of the following requirements:

(A) It is brought in support of or to encourage or facilitate the development of housing that would increase the community’s supply of housing affordable to persons and families with low or moderate incomes, as defined in Section 50079.5 of the Health and Safety Code, or with very low incomes, as defined in Section 50105 of the Health and Safety Code, or middle-income households, as defined in Section 65008 of this code. This subdivision is not intended to require that the action or proceeding be brought in support of or to encourage or facilitate a specific housing development project.

(B) It is brought with respect to the adoption or revision of a housing element pursuant to Article 10.6 (commencing with Section 65580) of Chapter 3, actions taken pursuant to Section 65863.6, or Chapter 4.2 (commencing with Section 65913), or to challenge the adequacy of an ordinance adopted pursuant to Section 65915.

(2) (A) An action or proceeding challenging the adoption or revision of a housing element that the Department of Housing and Community Development has found to substantially comply with the requirements of Article 10.6 (commencing with Section 65580) of Chapter 3 shall be commenced, and the legislative body shall be served, within six months after the accrual of the cause of action as provided in this subdivision.

(B) An action or proceeding challenging the adoption or revision of a housing element that the Department of Housing and Community Development has found does not substantially comply with the requirements of Article 10.6 (commencing with Section 65580) of Chapter 3, where the legislative body has failed to change the draft element or amendment to substantially comply with the requirements of Article 10.6 or has adopted the draft element or amendment without change and made findings pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 65585, shall be commenced, and the legislative body shall be served, within one year after the accrual of the cause of action as provided in this subdivision.

(C) An action or proceeding challenging an action taken pursuant to Section 65863.6, or Chapter 4.2 (commencing with Section 65913), or to challenge the adequacy of an ordinance adopted pursuant to Section 65915 shall be served within 180 days after the accrual of the cause of action as provided in this subdivision.

(3) (A) A cause of action brought pursuant to this subdivision shall not be maintained until 60 days have expired following notice to the city or clerk of the board of supervisors by the party bringing the cause of action, or the party’s representative, specifying the deficiencies of the general plan, specific plan, zoning ordinance, or other action described in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1). A cause of action brought pursuant to this subdivision shall accrue 60 days after notice is filed or the legislative body takes a final action in response to the notice, whichever occurs first.

(B) This notice may be filed at any time within 270 days after an action described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2), two years after an action described in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2), or 180 days after an action described in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (2).

(4) A notice or cause of action brought by one party pursuant to this subdivision shall not bar filing of a notice and initiation of a cause of action by any other party.

(5) After the adoption of a housing element covering the current planning period, no action shall be filed pursuant to this subdivision to challenge a housing element covering a prior planning period.

(e) Upon the expiration of the time limits provided for in this section, all persons are barred from any further action or proceeding.

(f) (1) The period of time before a permit or project approval issued by a city, county, or state agency expires shall not include the period of time during which an action or proceeding involving the approval or conditional approval of the permit or project approval is or was pending.

(2) For purposes of this subdivision:

(A) “Pending” means the same as described in Section 1049 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

(B) “Permit” means a variance, conditional use permit, or any other development permit, but does not include any of the following:

(i) A building permit or other permit issued under the California Building Standards Code (Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations) or any applicable local building code for the construction, demolition, or alteration of buildings, whether discretionary or nondiscretionary.

(ii) A permit for minor or standard excavation and grading.

(iii) A permit for demolition.

(iv) A permit for minor or standard excavation and grading.

(v) Any nondiscretionary permit or review that is required or issued by the local agency after the entitlement process has been completed to begin construction.

(g) Notwithstanding Sections 65700 and 65803, or any other provision of law, this section shall apply to charter cities.

(h) Except as provided in subdivision (d), this section shall not affect any law prescribing or authorizing a shorter period of limitation than that specified herein.

(i) Except as provided in subparagraph (D) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (c), this section shall be applicable to those decisions of the legislative body of a city, county, or city and county made pursuant to this division on or after January 1, 1984.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 270, Sec. 1. (AB 2117) Effective January 1, 2025.)

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text:
(a) In any action brought by the Attorney General or the Department of Housing and Community Development to enforce the adoption of housing element revisions pursuant to the schedule set forth in subdivision (e) of Section 65588, or to enforce any state law that requires a city, county, or local agency to ministerially approve, without discretionary review, any planning or permitting application related to a housing development project, the city, county, or local agency shall be subject to the following remedies:

(1) A civil penalty of, at minimum, ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per month, and not exceeding fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) per month, for each violation, accrued from the date of the violation until the date the violation is cured.

(2) (A) All costs of investigating and prosecuting this action, including expert fees, reasonable attorney’s fees, and costs, whenever the Attorney General or the department prevails in a civil action to enforce any state laws under this section.

(B) Awards imposed pursuant to this paragraph shall be paid to the Public Rights Law Enforcement Special Fund established by Section 12530.

(3) (A) Other relief as the court deems appropriate, including equitable and injunctive relief, provisional or otherwise.

(B) Any injunction, provisional or otherwise, ordered by the court pursuant to this paragraph shall be deemed to be prohibitory, and not affirmative.

(b) The penalties set forth in this section shall only apply when the local agency’s acts or omissions described in subdivision (a) are arbitrary, capricious, entirely lacking in evidentiary support, contrary to established public policy, unlawful, or procedurally unfair. The purpose of this section is to ensure adequate remedies are available to ensure that state laws mandating streamlined, ministerial approvals related to housing development projects, and the timely adoption of housing element revisions, are promptly and faithfully followed.

(c) (1) Any civil penalty levied pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the Building Homes and Jobs Trust Fund for the sole purpose of supporting the development of affordable housing located in the affected jurisdiction. Expenditure of any penalty moneys deposited into the Building Homes and Jobs Trust Fund pursuant to this subdivision shall be subject to appropriation by the Legislature.

(2) Any penalty imposed pursuant to this section shall not be paid out of funds already dedicated to affordable housing, including, but not limited to, very low, low-, and moderate-income households.

(3) To the extent permitted under the California Constitution, in the event a city, county, or local agency fails to pay civil penalties imposed by the court, the court may require the Controller to intercept any available state and local funds and direct those funds to the Building Homes and Jobs Trust Fund to correct the jurisdiction’s failure to pay.

(4) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), if the penalty moneys have not been expended five years after deposit, the penalty moneys may be used, upon appropriation, to finance newly constructed affordable housing units in the state without any geographic restrictions.

(d) (1) The liability, penalties, and remedies imposed by this section are in addition to any other liability, penalties, and remedies imposed by any other law.

(2) For actions brought under this section to enforce the adoption of housing element revisions pursuant to the schedule set forth in subdivision (e) of Section 65588, and where a city, county, or local agency, despite a court order, fails to meet the timelines specified in Section 65754, all of the following apply:

(A) Unless already imposed by the court, the court shall modify its prior order directing a city, county, or local agency to comply with Section 65754 to impose the maximum penalty of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) per month, as specified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of this section, for each additional month until the city, county, or local agency has substantially complied with Section 65754.

(B) Unless already imposed by the court, the court shall also modify its prior order directing a city, county, or local agency, to comply with Section 65754 to impose all of the remedial provisions set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 65755, until the local agency has substantially complied with Section 65754.

(C) An order imposing remedial provisions set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 65755, including any order entered pursuant to subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, shall not suspend the city, county, or local agency’s authority to issue any type of approval identified in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 65755 that is necessary for new housing development projects that are subject to any of the following:

(i) Subdivision (c) of Section 65755.

(ii) Subdivision (d) of Section 65589.5.

(iii) Any other statutory provision that requires a city, county, or local agency to ministerially approve, without discretionary review, a housing development project.

(iv) Any other housing development project, as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (h) of Section 65589.5 where the applicant establishes that approval of the project will not significantly impair the ability of the city, county, or local agency to comply with Section 65754.

(e) (1) The remedies available to the Attorney General and the department pursuant to this section apply to all cities, including charter cities, and do not limit or affect the remedies available to any other party seeking to enforce the laws enumerated in subdivision (j) of Section 65585, including, but not limited to, the remedies in Article 14 (commencing with Section 65750) of Chapter 3, and attorneys’ fees pursuant to Section 1021.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

(2) The remedies in Article 14 (commencing with Section 65750) of Chapter 3 apply to actions against all cities, including charter cities, to enforce the requirements of Section 65585 as a mandatory element of a general plan under Article 5 (commencing with Section 65300) of Chapter 3. This paragraph is declaratory of existing law.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 293, Sec. 2. (SB 1037) Effective January 1, 2025.)

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text:
(a) Formal rules of evidence or procedure applicable in judicial actions and proceedings shall not apply in any proceeding subject to this title except to the extent that a public agency otherwise provides by charter, ordinance, resolution, or rule of procedure.

(b) No action, inaction, or recommendation by any public agency or its legislative body or any of its administrative agencies or officials on any matter subject to this title shall be held invalid or set aside by any court on the ground of the improper admission or rejection of evidence or by reason of any error, irregularity, informality, neglect, or omission (hereafter, error) as to any matter pertaining to petitions, applications, notices, findings, records, hearings, reports, recommendations, appeals, or any matters of procedure subject to this title, unless the court finds that the error was prejudicial and that the party complaining or appealing suffered substantial injury from that error and that a different result would have been probable if the error had not occurred. There shall be no presumption that error is prejudicial or that injury was done if the error is shown.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 114, Sec. 3. Effective June 28, 1985.)

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text: “Office” as used in this chapter means the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 41, Sec. 41. (SB 164) Effective June 29, 2024.)

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text: “Functional plan” as used in this chapter, means an intermediate- or short-range plan for the operation of a discrete function of state government.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1534.)

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chapter: 1.5. Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation

article: 1. General Provisions and Definitions


text: “Report” as used in this chapter, means the State Environmental Goals and Policy Report.

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article: 1. General Provisions and Definitions


text: “Council,” as used in this chapter, means the Planning Advisory and Assistance Council established pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 65040.6.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1386.)

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article: 1. General Provisions and Definitions


text: “District,” as used in this chapter, means a regional planning district created by the office pursuant to Section 65040.4.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 41, Sec. 42. (SB 164) Effective June 29, 2024.)

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article: 1. General Provisions and Definitions


text: Commencing on July 1, 2024, all references to the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research throughout the published laws of the State of California shall henceforth be deemed to be references to the Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation, except as referenced in the act adding this section amending the codes otherwise. Notwithstanding this provision, and other provisions of the act adding this section, the Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation may continue to receive funds and operate grants and contracts under the name Governor’s Office of Planning and Research through 2029. To the extent feasible, the Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation shall commence use of that name as soon as the act adding this section becomes operative, but no contract, grant, or other agreement shall be void or unenforceable simply because the name the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research is utilized.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 41, Sec. 43. (SB 164) Effective June 29, 2024.)

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article: 1. General Provisions and Definitions


text: The Legislature finds and declares that California’s land is an exhaustible resource, not just a commodity, and is essential to the economy, environment and general well-being of the people of California. It is the policy of the state and the intent of the Legislature to protect California’s land resource, to insure its preservation and use in ways which are economically and socially desirable in an attempt to improve the quality of life in California.

history: (History: Repealed and added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1386.)

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text: The Legislature also finds that decisions involving the future growth of the state, most of which are made and will continue to be made at the local level, should be guided by an effective planning process, including the local general plan, and should proceed within the framework of officially approved statewide goals and policies directed to land use, population growth and distribution, development, open space, resource preservation and utilization, air and water quality, and other related physical, social and economic development factors.

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 2. Declaration of State Policy and Legislative Intent


text: It is further the policy of the state and the intent of the Legislature that land use decisions be made with full knowledge of their economic and fiscal implications, giving consideration to short-term costs and benefits, and their relationship to long-term environmental impact as well as long-term costs and benefits.

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text: The Legislature further finds and declares that recommendation, continuous evaluation and execution of statewide environmental goals, policies and plans are included within the scope of the executive functions of the Governor and responsibility for assuring orderly administration of this process within state government should be assigned to a governmental unit reporting directly to the Governor.

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text: The Legislature further finds and declares that analysis of the impact of individual programs on the achievement of statewide environmental goals and the necessity of allocating fiscal and other resources of the state among competing programs and needs requires integration of the planning and executive budget functions within state government.

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text: The Legislature recognizes the importance of public participation at every level of the planning process. It is therefore the policy of the state and the intent of the Legislature that each state, regional, and local agency concerned in the planning process involve the public through public hearings, informative meetings, publicity and other means available to them, and that at such hearings and other public forums, the public be afforded the opportunity to respond to clearly defined alternative objectives, policies, and actions.

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text: The Legislature further finds and declares that the state planning process should be designed to influence legislative policy and actions and therefore should specifically include: (1) provisions for regular review and positive action by the Legislature on statewide environmental goals, plans and policies; and (2) clear identification of legislative actions required to carry out statewide environmental goals.

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text: The Legislature finds that it is necessary to have one agency at the state level that is responsible for developing state land use policies, coordinating planning of all state agencies, and assisting and monitoring local and regional planning. The Legislature recognizes the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation, in the office of the Governor, as the most appropriate state agency to carry out this statewide land use planning function. It is not the intent of the Legislature to vest in the office any direct operating or regulatory powers over land use, public works, or other state, regional, or local projects or programs.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 41, Sec. 44. (SB 164) Effective June 29, 2024.)

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text: It is the policy of the state and the intent of the Legislature to assure orderly planning for specific functions such as water development, transportation, natural resources, economic development and human resources by units of state government who exercise management responsibility for these functions. It is further the intent of the Legislature to provide, as part of the state planning process, that state functional plans proceed from common assumptions and forecasts of statewide growth and development, including those set forth in Section 21001 of the Public Resources Code.

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text: The Legislature recognizes that the state planning process, particularly with regard to the preparation of statewide goals and policies, should incorporate the recommendations and views of an advisory council that is responsive to, and of some assistance to, the planning concerns that occur on a local and regional basis.

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text: The Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation is hereby established in state government in the Governor’s office. The office shall be under the direct control of a director, who shall be responsible to the Governor.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 41, Sec. 46. (SB 164) Effective June 29, 2024.)

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text: For the purpose of administering this chapter, the Governor shall appoint the Director of Land Use and Climate Innovation, who shall perform all duties, exercise all powers, assume and discharge all responsibilities, and carry out and effect all purposes vested by law in the office, including contracting for professional or consultant services in connection with the work of the office.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 41, Sec. 47. (SB 164) Effective June 29, 2024.)

title: 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE

article: 3. Establishment and Functions of the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation


text: The Governor may appoint the Director of Land Use and Climate Innovation at a salary that shall be fixed pursuant to Section 12001.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 41, Sec. 48. (SB 164) Effective June 29, 2024.)

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