Existing law, commonly referred to as the Density Bonus Law, requires a city or county to provide a developer that proposes a housing development within the city or county with a density bonus and other incentives or concessions, as specified, if the developer agrees to construct, among other options, specified percentages of units for lower income households or very low income households, and meets other requirements. Existing law requires the number of incentives or concessions a qualifying developer receives to be pursuant to a certain formula based on the total number of units in the housing development, as specified. Existing law defines "housing development," for these purposes, to mean a development project for 5 or more residential units, including mixed-use developments.
This bill would prohibit an incentive or concession granted for a mixed-use development containing a hotel, motel, bed and breakfast inn, or other visitor-serving purpose from applying to the portion of the proposed development containing hotel, motel, bed and breakfast inn, or other visitor-serving purpose use.
This bill would also make related conforming changes to various other laws to update cross-references to the Density Bonus Law.
The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities.

Statutes affected:
03/17/25 - Amended Assembly: 65589.5 GOV, 65589.5 GOV, 65912.101 GOV, 65912.101 GOV, 65912.123 GOV, 65912.123 GOV, 65912.124 GOV, 65912.124 GOV, 65915 GOV, 65915 GOV, 65915.3 GOV, 65915.3 GOV
04/24/25 - Amended Assembly: 65589.5 GOV, 65912.101 GOV, 65912.123 GOV, 65912.124 GOV, 65915 GOV, 65915.3 GOV