Housing Development & Tenant Protection

Eliminates time limits for filing childhood sexual assault claims occurring after January 1, 2024. Extends maximum repayment terms for school district emergency loans from 20 to 30 years. Requires clear corroborating evidence beyond victim testimony for pre-2006 sexual assault claims. Reduces immediate payment requirements for public entities from 50% to 25% in tort claim judgments.

Expands local government authority to transfer public property for economic development purposes. Requires detailed reports to the State Controller within 90 days of property transaction approvals. Prohibits using eminent domain for economic development and mandates fair market value sales. Exempts economic development property transfers from standard surplus land disposal requirements.

Requires annual instead of biennial evaluations of state homelessness prevention goals. Mandates specific goals to reduce homelessness among domestic violence survivors and unaccompanied women. Establishes cross-system partnerships to streamline access to housing and social services.

Establishes the Sacramento Area Housing and Homelessness Agency to coordinate regional housing and homeless services. Requires transfer of local housing trust funds and tax revenues to the new agency for affordable housing projects. Mandates consideration of former foster youth and low-income households in state housing program funding. Creates an 11-member governing board with representatives from Sacramento County and qualified cities.

Establishes a state working group to study costs of undergrounding electric utility lines to prevent wildfires. Requires submission of a comprehensive wildfire prevention investment plan to the Legislature by July 2027. Focuses on protecting high-risk fire zones through improved electrical infrastructure. Expires automatically on January 1, 2031 unless renewed by the Legislature.

Strengthens enforcement of housing and land use laws by expanding court authority and mandating sanctions. Extends compliance periods from 60 to 120 days for cities to update housing elements and rezoning. Requires courts to grant temporary relief during legal challenges to housing development projects. Makes court orders on general plan challenges immediately appealable without waiting for final judgment.

Authorizes cities and counties to establish special financing districts for rebuilding areas damaged by declared disasters. Requires public meetings and 30-day review periods before districts can be established in disaster-affected areas. Restricts district funding to disaster repairs, future disaster prevention, and economic recovery projects. Mandates district board members must be local residents or business owners serving minimum 4-year terms.

Expands the Infill Infrastructure Grant Program to include previously developed sites and vacant lots near urban areas. Requires 15% of units in qualifying projects to be affordable housing with long-term price restrictions. Prioritizes projects near transit stops and within walking distance of essential services like grocery stores. Creates separate application processes for small and large jurisdictions to ensure equitable fund distribution.

Requires mobilehome park owners to give tenants 12 months notice before closing or changing park use. Mandates park owners to offer qualified entities first opportunity to purchase before closure or conversion. Establishes new protections for tenants displaced by natural disasters including rent payment exemptions. Requires state-approved forms and monitoring by the Department of Housing and Community Development.

Expands the Encampment Resolution Funding program to include safe parking sites for people living in vehicles. Requires quarterly reporting on transitions from encampments to housing starting April 2026. Mandates detailed plans for operating safe parking sites including services and hours of operation. Transfers program evaluation authority from Housing Department to Legislative Analyst's Office.

Establishes a new state fund to increase per-pupil funding in lower-funded school districts. Requires the state to transfer money to the fund when education funding increases year-over-year. Uses interest earned from the fund to help equalize funding between wealthy and non-wealthy districts. Requires voter approval of a constitutional amendment before taking effect.

Validates the legal status and operations of all existing state and local government bodies in California. Confirms the legitimacy of all previously issued government bonds and financial obligations. Establishes a six-month deadline to challenge the validity of any past government actions. Protects public agencies from legal challenges to their boundaries, mergers, or dissolutions.

Validates the legal status and actions of all existing California public agencies and districts through September 2025. Confirms the legitimacy of all bonds and financial obligations previously issued by public bodies. Requires legal challenges to public agency actions to be filed within six months of the act's effective date. Takes effect immediately as an urgency measure to ensure continuous public agency operations.

Validates the legal status and past actions of all California public bodies and agencies to ensure operational stability. Confirms the legitimacy of previously issued bonds and financial obligations of public agencies. Requires any legal challenges to validated actions be filed within six months of the law taking effect. Takes effect immediately as an urgency measure to preserve public services and operations.

Grants adult sexual assault survivors the right to delay DNA testing of evidence until they decide to report to police. Requires law enforcement to submit sexual assault evidence to crime labs within 20 days of collection. Mandates crime labs process DNA evidence and upload profiles to databases within 120 days of receipt. Requires evidence retention for 20 years or until a victim's 40th birthday if assaulted as a minor.

Restricts sales of new homes built after 2026 to individual buyers rather than corporate entities. Requires business entities buying homes to disclose all owners who control 25% or more of the company. Imposes $100,000 penalties per violation when homes are sold contrary to these restrictions. Limits individuals from transferring more than four homes to companies they partially own.

Requires regional housing authorities to distribute lost emergency housing units proportionally across jurisdictions rather than only where losses occurred. Mandates consideration of climate impacts like wildfire risk and sea level rise when allocating regional housing needs. Prohibits cities from using local ordinances or past housing production to reduce their housing allocation requirements. Strengthens public participation requirements in developing regional housing allocation methodologies.

Requires storage facilities to disclose rental terms and fees prominently on the first page of agreements by 2026. Mandates clear disclosure of promotional rates and their duration in storage rental contracts. Requires facilities to specify the maximum rental fee possible during the first 12 months of storage. Establishes detailed steps for contract termination and property removal in storage agreements.

Expands financing options for affordable housing property owners to access additional debt for improvements. Allows property owners to be reimbursed for predevelopment costs and capital improvements. Requires new debt to maintain a minimum 1.15 debt-service coverage ratio for 15 consecutive years. Mandates Department of Housing oversight through monitoring fees and regulatory agreements.

Expands renter tax credits up to $500 for qualified households with dependents from 2026 to 2031. Limits landlords from charging fees beyond 5% of monthly rent unless specified in rental agreements. Requires electronic submission processes for coastal development permits by July 1, 2027. Funds seismic retrofitting of affordable multifamily housing with priority for low-income residents.

Requires ministerial approval for two-unit developments on single-family lots without discretionary review. Mandates minimum unit sizes of 1,750 square feet and eliminates impact fees for smaller developments. Streamlines urban lot splits by removing minimum lot size requirements and owner occupancy rules. Requires local agencies to submit housing ordinances to state for review within 60 days of adoption.

Makes technical changes to provisions regarding local planning agency review of public property decisions.

Makes technical changes to provisions governing the Building Homes and Jobs Trust Fund.

Updates retail food safety standards with new rules for grease traps and service windows in food facilities. Allows larger passthrough window openings when equipped with air curtains or self-closing devices. Exempts employee-only restrooms from certain wall and ceiling requirements while maintaining sanitation standards. Relaxes overhead protection rules for temporary food facilities in low-risk environmental conditions.

Authorizes California cities and counties to establish financing districts for converting commercial buildings to housing. Requires commercial-to-residential projects to be near transit and in areas with 20% or higher office vacancy rates. Mandates that conversion projects include affordable housing units and comply with prevailing wage requirements. Allows districts to use tax revenue generated by conversion projects to finance development costs for up to 30 years.