Single-family and multifamily housing units: preapproved plans.
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Overview
This bill requires California cities and counties to establish a system for pre-approving single-family and multifamily housing plans. Local agencies must accept these plans, approve or deny them, and post them on their websites. Larger cities will need to implement this program by July 2027, while smaller cities will have until January 2029. The bill also requires local agencies to track and report the number of housing units approved using these pre-approved plans in their annual reports, starting in 2028 for larger cities and 2030 for smaller cities.
Key provisions
- Requires local agencies to develop and implement preapproval programs for single-family and multifamily residential housing plans.
- Establishes deadlines for large and small jurisdictions to establish these programs.
- Mandates the posting of preapproved plans on local agency websites.
- Requires a ministerial review process for applications using preapproved plans, with a 30-day approval timeframe.
- Exempts projects utilizing preapproved plans from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
- Requires local agencies to track and report the number of units approved using preapproved plans in annual reports.
- Defines ‘large’ and ‘small’ jurisdictions for program implementation timelines.
- Specifies that preapproval programs do not apply to master-planned communities or similar large-scale developments.
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