Existing law, the California Child Day Care Facilities Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of daycare centers and family daycare homes by the State Department of Social Services. Under existing law, the use of a home as a small or large family daycare home is considered a residential use of property and a use by right for the purposes of all local ordinances, including zoning ordinances, and a local jurisdiction is prohibited from imposing a business license, fee, or tax for the privilege of operating a small or large family daycare home. Existing law also exempts small and large family daycare homes from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act.
This bill would similarly require a daycare center, as defined, when colocated with multifamily housing or legally established community amenities, to be considered a residential use of property and a use by right for the purposes of all local ordinances. The bill would similarly prohibit a local jurisdiction from imposing a business license, fee, or tax for the privilege of operating a daycare center that is colocated with multifamily housing or legally established community amenities, and would exempt a daycare center colocated with multifamily housing or legally established community amenities from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act.

Statutes affected:
AB 752: 1597.16 HSC
02/18/25 - Introduced: 1597.16 HSC
03/24/25 - Amended Assembly: 1597.16 HSC