(1) Existing law governs the hiring of residential dwelling units. Existing law, the Tenant Protection Act of 2019, prohibits, until January 1, 2030, an owner of residential real property from terminating the tenancy of certain tenants without just cause, either at-fault or no-fault of the tenant, and requires just cause for terminating a tenancy to be stated in the written notice to terminate tenancy. The act requires an owner of residential real property subject to these provisions to provide the above-described notice to a tenant subject to specified requirements, including, for any tenancy commenced or renewed on or after July 1, 2020, as an addendum to the lease or rental agreement, or as a written notice signed by the tenant, with a copy provided to the tenant, except as specified.
This bill would allow the above-described notice to be provided in the lease or rental agreement.
(2) Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, requires each county and each city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the county or city, and specified land outside its boundaries, that includes, among other specified mandatory elements, a housing element. Existing law, commonly referred to as the Housing Element Law, prescribes requirements for a city's or county's preparation of, and compliance with, its housing element, and requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to review and determine whether the housing element substantially complies with the Housing Element Law, as specified.
Existing law, the Housing Accountability Act, which is part of the Planning and Zoning Law, among other things, prohibits a local agency from disapproving, or conditioning approval in a manner that renders infeasible, a housing development project for very low, low-, or moderate-income households or an emergency shelter unless the local agency makes written findings, based upon a preponderance of the evidence, that one of 6 specified conditions exist, as specified. Among these conditions, the act allows the disapproval of a project if, on the date the application for the project was deemed complete, the jurisdiction did not have an adopted revised housing element that was in substantial compliance with this article and the housing development project is not a builder's remedy project, as defined. The act also specifies various conditions and requirements with respect to a builder's remedy project that is required to be approved under these provisions.
This bill would correct a cross-reference in the definition of the term "builder's remedy project," under the Housing Accountability Act.
The Housing Accountability Act defines the term "disapprove the housing development project" for purposes of its provisions to include, among other things, any instance in which a local agency makes a written determination that a preliminary application under specified law has expired or that the applicant has otherwise lost its vested rights under the preliminary application for any reason other than, among other reasons, that the development proponent failed to resubmit certain information if the development proponent revised the project such that the number of residential units or square footage of construction changed by 20% or more, as specified.
This bill would correct a cross-reference in the above-described provision regarding an applicant's failure to resubmit certain information.
(3) Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, requires an owner of an assisted housing development, as defined, that is within 3 years of a scheduled expiration of rental restrictions or a scheduled termination of a subsidy contract to provide notice of the scheduled expiration or termination to any prospective tenant at the time the prospective tenant is interviewed for eligibility, to existing tenants, as specified, and to affected public entities, as defined.
This bill would require a notice of a scheduled expiration of rental restrictions or a scheduled termination of a subsidy contract described above to remain posted until the expiration or termination has occurred, and would make technical changes relating to these provisions.
Existing law requires an owner of an assisted housing development, at least 12 months prior to the anticipated date of the termination of a subsidy contract, the expiration of rental restrictions, or prepayment on an assisted housing development, to provide a notice of the proposed change to each affected tenant household residing in the assisted housing development at the time the notice is provided and to the affected public entities, as specified. Existing law also requires an owner of an assisted housing development proposing to terminate a subsidy contract, or prepay the mortgage, or sell or otherwise dispose of the assisted housing development to provide a notice of the opportunity to offer to purchase, as provided. Existing law requires the notice of the opportunity to purchase to be given concurrently with the notice of the proposed change described above, as specified.
This bill would specify that the notice of the opportunity to purchase is required to be given before or concurrently with the 12-month notice of the proposed change, as specified.
Existing law requires that the initial notice of a bona fide opportunity to submit an offer to purchase contain certain information, including a statement addressing, among other things, whether the owner has an interest in selling the property. Existing law also requires that the initial notice include a statement that specified types of entities, or any combination of them, have the right to purchase the development under these provisions.
This bill would delete the requirement that the initial notice include a statement addressing whether the owner has an interest in selling the property. The bill would also clarify that the initial notice include a statement that the specified types of entities, as described above, have the right to submit a bona fide offer to purchase the development.
Existing law prescribes various requirements to be satisfied before the exercise of a power of sale under a mortgage or deed of trust and prescribes a procedure for the exercise of that power, including, among other things, that a trustee, mortgagee, or beneficiary, or any of their authorized agents, first file for record, in the office of the recorder of each county wherein the mortgaged or trust property or some part or parcel thereof is situated, a notice of default, as specified. Existing law requires the Director of Housing and Community Development to approve forms to be used by owners to comply with certain notice requirements, including, among other notices, providing a notice of proposed changes relating to the termination of a subsidy contract, the expiration of rental restrictions, or prepayment on an assisted housing development to affected tenants, as defined, and affected public entities, as described above, and requires an owner to use the approved forms once the director has approved the forms to comply with those notice requirements.
This bill would require, within 10 calendar days after a recording of a notice of default pursuant to the above-described provisions with respect to an assisted housing development, a mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary, or authorized agent to provide a copy of the recorded notice of default to the affected public entities, and the owner to provide a copy of the recorded notice of default to the affected tenants and to all qualified entities, as defined. The bill would require a copy of the recorded notice of default provided to the affected tenants to be accompanied by, among other things, a written statement providing that the owner's default may impact rent and eviction protections currently in place and directing affected tenants to contact their local legal services provider. The bill would require the director to also approve forms to be used by owners to comply with the notice requirement relating to a recorded notice of default, and require an owner to use the approved forms once the director has approved the form to comply with that notice requirement.
(4) Existing law, the Zenovich-Moscone-Chacon Housing and Home Finance Act, prohibits "affordable rent" for certain rental housing developments that receive assistance on or after January 1, 1991, from exceeding a specified percentage based on the area median income adjusted for family size appropriate for the unit and whether the household is an acutely low income household, extremely low income household, very low income household, lower income household, or moderate-income household. Existing law, for a rental housing development that dedicates 80% of units to lower income households, as specified, prohibits affordable rent from exceeding the rent prescribed by deed restrictions or regulatory agreements pursuant to the terms of public financing or public financial assistance for the rental housing development, if the rental housing development receives specified awards on or after January 1, 2025. This bill would instead, for an above-described rental housing development that dedicates at least 80% of units to lower income households, as specified, prohibit affordable rent from exceeding an amount consistent with the maximum rent levels for lower income households, as those rents and incomes are determined by the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee. By revising the limit on "affordable rent" for certain housing developments, thereby revising the duties of local government officials with respect to administering various programs and requirements that require a determination of "affordable rent," this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
(5) Existing law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development, through its Office of Migrant Services, to assist in the development, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or operation of migrant farm labor centers, as provided. Existing law requires the department to develop a report that analyzes the feasibility and impact of transitioning housing units at Office of Migrant Services centers to year-round availability, and to submit that report to specified committees of the Legislature by July 1, 2027, as provided. Existing law, by December 31, 2028, and following completion of that report, requires the department to coordinate with the Department of General Services and the Department of Food and Agriculture to identify available excess sites in proximity to migrant farm labor centers.
This bill would specify that, for the purposes of these provisions, the term "available excess sites" refers to prescribed previously identified sites, as provided.
(6) 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, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Statutes affected:
AB 1529: 65589.5 GOV, 65863.11 GOV, 66323 GOV, 50710.7 HSC
03/25/25 - Introduced: 65589.5 GOV, 65863.11 GOV, 66323 GOV, 50710.7 HSC
06/17/25 - Amended Senate: 1946.2 CIV, 1946.2 CIV, 65589.5 GOV, 65863.10 GOV, 65863.10 GOV, 65863.11 GOV, 66323 GOV, 50053 HSC, 50053 HSC, 50710.7 HSC