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    AB-1275
    Housing & Homelessness

    Regional housing needs: regional transportation plan.

    Enrolled
    CA
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    2025-2026 Regular Session
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    Key Takeaways

    • Extends housing need determinations to three years before revisions.
    • Sets phased consultation windows of 26–38 months before revisions.
    • Requires delegate subregional shares to align with current final allocation plan.
    • Requires plans to reflect sustainable communities strategy and affirmatively further fair housing.

    Summary

    Assembly Member Elhawary’s proposal would recalibrate California’s housing and regional transportation planning by tying the distribution of regional housing needs more directly to the development pattern reflected in a region’s sustainable communities strategy, while moving the timing of regional determinations further in advance. The bill would require the department to determine each region’s existing and projected housing need at least three years before the scheduled revision for the housing element, with specific calendar-based adjustments for certain revisions; in all revisions, the allocation process would be informed by the region’s sustainable development pattern as articulated in the sustainable communities strategy of the regional transportation plan.

    Key mechanisms center on how housing needs are calculated and allocated. The bill would allow formation of subregional entities consisting of two or more cities and a county (or other eligible configurations) to allocate a region’s housing need among its members, subject to approvals by the involved local governments and the council of governments. Shares allocated to delegate subregions would be determined to align with the subregion’s current share of the region’s adopted final housing need allocation plan, and a public hearing would precede any proposed revision. The department would determine a region’s housing need after consultation with the council of governments, reflecting a feasible balance between jobs and housing, and the council could file objections with specified grounds and timelines. Where population projections differ between the council of governments and the Department of Finance, the bill provides a process for discussion and, if necessary, reliance on the Finance projection.

    The bill expands the range of data and factors that may inform the methodology for distributing housing needs. In addition to existing considerations of jobs-housing relationships and development opportunities, the bill requires attention to the development pattern in the region’s sustainable communities strategy, climate-related risks such as wildfire and sea-level rise, infrastructure constraints (including water and sewer capacity), and land available for urban development or infill. It also foregrounds housing needs data related to homelessness, cost burdens, overcrowding, and the housing needs generated by the presence of university campuses within a region, with specific forecasting and data-sharing requirements for UC and CSU enrollments in certain revisions. Public participation is emphasized, with methodology and underlying data to be shared publicly, and weighting of factors permitted to reflect the council’s adopted approach.

    Taken together, the measures situate housing planning more explicitly within regional sustainability and climate considerations and codify a longer, more structured timeline for planning work, while clarifying processes for subregional allocation, data inputs, and stakeholder engagement. The legislation also contemplates operational interplay with related companion bills, creating conditions under which certain amendments would become operative only if those other measures are enacted. Acknowledging that the proposal would impose a state-mandated local program, the bill notes that reimbursement would be provided if deemed necessary by the state mandates process.

    Key Dates

    Vote on Assembly Floor
    Assembly Floor
    Vote on Assembly Floor
    AB 1275 Elhawary Concurrence in Senate Amendments
    Vote on Senate Floor
    Senate Floor
    Vote on Senate Floor
    Assembly 3rd Reading AB1275 Elhawary By Durazo
    Senate Housing Hearing
    Senate Committee
    Senate Housing Hearing
    Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
    Vote on Assembly Floor
    Assembly Floor
    Vote on Assembly Floor
    AB 1275 Elhawary Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session
    Assembly Appropriations Hearing
    Assembly Committee
    Assembly Appropriations Hearing
    Do pass. To Consent Calendar
    Assembly Local Government Hearing
    Assembly Committee
    Assembly Local Government Hearing
    Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
    Assembly Housing And Community Development Hearing
    Assembly Committee
    Assembly Housing And Community Development Hearing
    Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
    Introduced
    Assembly Floor
    Introduced
    Introduced. To print.

    Contacts

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    Assemblymember
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    Introduced By

    Sade Elhawary
    Sade ElhawaryD
    California State Assembly Member
    70% progression
    Bill has passed both houses in identical form and is being prepared for the Governor (9/10/2025)

    Latest Voting History

    View History
    September 10, 2025
    PASS
    Assembly Floor
    Vote on Assembly Floor
    AyesNoesNVRTotalResult
    790180PASS

    Key Takeaways

    • Extends housing need determinations to three years before revisions.
    • Sets phased consultation windows of 26–38 months before revisions.
    • Requires delegate subregional shares to align with current final allocation plan.
    • Requires plans to reflect sustainable communities strategy and affirmatively further fair housing.

    Get Involved

    Act Now!

    Email the authors or create an email template to send to all relevant legislators.

    Introduced By

    Sade Elhawary
    Sade ElhawaryD
    California State Assembly Member

    Summary

    Assembly Member Elhawary’s proposal would recalibrate California’s housing and regional transportation planning by tying the distribution of regional housing needs more directly to the development pattern reflected in a region’s sustainable communities strategy, while moving the timing of regional determinations further in advance. The bill would require the department to determine each region’s existing and projected housing need at least three years before the scheduled revision for the housing element, with specific calendar-based adjustments for certain revisions; in all revisions, the allocation process would be informed by the region’s sustainable development pattern as articulated in the sustainable communities strategy of the regional transportation plan.

    Key mechanisms center on how housing needs are calculated and allocated. The bill would allow formation of subregional entities consisting of two or more cities and a county (or other eligible configurations) to allocate a region’s housing need among its members, subject to approvals by the involved local governments and the council of governments. Shares allocated to delegate subregions would be determined to align with the subregion’s current share of the region’s adopted final housing need allocation plan, and a public hearing would precede any proposed revision. The department would determine a region’s housing need after consultation with the council of governments, reflecting a feasible balance between jobs and housing, and the council could file objections with specified grounds and timelines. Where population projections differ between the council of governments and the Department of Finance, the bill provides a process for discussion and, if necessary, reliance on the Finance projection.

    The bill expands the range of data and factors that may inform the methodology for distributing housing needs. In addition to existing considerations of jobs-housing relationships and development opportunities, the bill requires attention to the development pattern in the region’s sustainable communities strategy, climate-related risks such as wildfire and sea-level rise, infrastructure constraints (including water and sewer capacity), and land available for urban development or infill. It also foregrounds housing needs data related to homelessness, cost burdens, overcrowding, and the housing needs generated by the presence of university campuses within a region, with specific forecasting and data-sharing requirements for UC and CSU enrollments in certain revisions. Public participation is emphasized, with methodology and underlying data to be shared publicly, and weighting of factors permitted to reflect the council’s adopted approach.

    Taken together, the measures situate housing planning more explicitly within regional sustainability and climate considerations and codify a longer, more structured timeline for planning work, while clarifying processes for subregional allocation, data inputs, and stakeholder engagement. The legislation also contemplates operational interplay with related companion bills, creating conditions under which certain amendments would become operative only if those other measures are enacted. Acknowledging that the proposal would impose a state-mandated local program, the bill notes that reimbursement would be provided if deemed necessary by the state mandates process.

    70% progression
    Bill has passed both houses in identical form and is being prepared for the Governor (9/10/2025)

    Key Dates

    Vote on Assembly Floor
    Assembly Floor
    Vote on Assembly Floor
    AB 1275 Elhawary Concurrence in Senate Amendments
    Vote on Senate Floor
    Senate Floor
    Vote on Senate Floor
    Assembly 3rd Reading AB1275 Elhawary By Durazo
    Senate Housing Hearing
    Senate Committee
    Senate Housing Hearing
    Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
    Vote on Assembly Floor
    Assembly Floor
    Vote on Assembly Floor
    AB 1275 Elhawary Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session
    Assembly Appropriations Hearing
    Assembly Committee
    Assembly Appropriations Hearing
    Do pass. To Consent Calendar
    Assembly Local Government Hearing
    Assembly Committee
    Assembly Local Government Hearing
    Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
    Assembly Housing And Community Development Hearing
    Assembly Committee
    Assembly Housing And Community Development Hearing
    Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
    Introduced
    Assembly Floor
    Introduced
    Introduced. To print.

    Latest Voting History

    View History
    September 10, 2025
    PASS
    Assembly Floor
    Vote on Assembly Floor
    AyesNoesNVRTotalResult
    790180PASS

    Contacts

    Profile
    Sade ElhawaryD
    Assemblymember
    Bill Author
    Not Contacted
    Not Contacted
    0 of 1 row(s) selected.
    Page 1 of 1
    Select All Legislators
    Profile
    Sade ElhawaryD
    Assemblymember
    Bill Author