The State Housing Law establishes statewide construction and occupancy standards for buildings used for human habitation. That law requires the building department of every city or county to enforce within its jurisdiction the provisions of the State Building Standards Code, the provisions of the State Housing Law, and specified other rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to that law.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact statutory changes designed to expedite the rebuilding of housing in areas impacted by major disasters, including, among others, statutory changes to create a streamlined ministerial approval process for development proposals that will rebuild residential developments on parcels that contain structures that were damaged or destroyed in a declared disaster.