(1) Existing law requires a city or county to prepare and adopt a general plan for its jurisdiction that contains certain mandatory elements, including a housing element. Existing law requires the housing element to identify adequate sites for housing, including rental housing, factory-built housing, mobilehomes, and emergency shelters, among other things. Existing law requires the housing element to contain an assessment of housing needs and an inventory of resources and constraints relevant to the meeting of these needs. Existing law requires rezoning, including adoption of minimum density and development standards, as specified, when an inventory of sites does not identify adequate sites to accommodate the need for groups of specified household income levels.
This bill would, for a jurisdiction within the coastal zone that has not identified adequate sites to accommodate the locality's housing need for a designated income level, require completion of any necessary local coastal program amendments related to land use designations, changes in intensity of land use, zoning ordinances, or zoning district maps, as specified. By imposing new duties on local governments with regard to the administration of housing elements, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
(2) The California Coastal Act of 1976 prescribes procedures for the approval and certification of a local coastal program by the California Coastal Commission, and provides for the delegation of development review authority to a local government, as defined, with a certified local coastal program. Under the act, an action taken by a local government after certification of its local coastal program on a coastal development permit application may be appealed to the commission only on specified grounds and only for certain types of developments, including any development approved by a coastal county that is not designated as the principal permitted use under the zoning ordinance or zoning district map, as specified.
This bill would exempt a local government that is both a city and county from the above provision relating to the appeal of developments approved by a coastal county.
The act requires a local government taking an action on a coastal development permit to send notification of its final action to the commission by certified mail, as provided.
This bill would also allow notification to the commission by electronic mail, as provided.
(3) The bill would include findings that changes proposed by Section 1 of this act addresses a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities.
(4) This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for certain areas of the state that are both a city and county.
(5) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Statutes affected:
SB951: 65583 GOV, 30603 PRC
01/18/24 - Introduced: 65583 GOV, 30603 PRC
03/19/24 - Amended Senate: 65583 GOV, 30603 PRC
04/03/24 - Amended Senate: 65583 GOV, 65583 GOV, 30603 PRC
06/05/24 - Amended Assembly: 65583 GOV, 30603 PRC
06/19/24 - Amended Assembly: 65583 GOV, 30603 PRC
06/27/24 - Amended Assembly: 65583 GOV, 30603 PRC
SB 951: 65583 GOV, 30603 PRC