Child daycare facilities.

Assembly Member Ávila Farías' daycare facility legislation extends existing residential use protections to daycare centers colocated with multifamily housing or community amenities across California. The measure classifies these facilities as residential uses and uses by right, preventing local jurisdictions from imposing business licenses, fees, or taxes specifically targeting their operations.

The bill maintains local authority over building standards, health and safety requirements, and nuisance abatement, provided these regulations apply equally to the colocated multifamily housing or community amenities. Under the measure, daycare centers operating within or on the grounds of qualifying locations - including civic centers, places of worship, schools, and multifamily housing with five or more units - cannot face additional discretionary review requirements beyond those applied to their host facilities.

Local jurisdictions retain the ability to conduct design reviews and enforce building restrictions related to height, setback, and lot dimensions. However, these standards must mirror those applied to the colocated facilities. The measure applies to all California cities, including charter cities, based on legislative findings that daycare facility regulation constitutes a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair.