Existing law provides that a housing development project shall be an allowed use as a transit-oriented housing development if specified conditions and requirements are met. Existing law provides that these provisions do not apply to a local agency until July 1, 2026, unless the local agency adopts an ordinance or local transit-oriented development alternative plan, as defined, deemed compliant by the Department of Housing and Community Development before July 1, 2026. Existing law specifies that, beginning on January 1, 2027, a local government that denies a housing development project meeting the requirements referenced above that is located in a high-resource area is presumed to be in violation of specified law and immediately liable for specified penalties. Existing law specifies exclusions from the provisions described above, including, among other sites prior to one year following the adoption of the 7th revision of the housing element, a site with a historic resource designated as of January 1, 2025, on a local register.
This bill would also exclude from the provisions described above, a contributing site within a historic district included on the State Historic Resources Inventory designated before January 1, 2025, and a parcel individually listed as a historical resource included on the State Historic Resources Inventory designated before January 1, 2025.

Statutes affected:
AB2576: 65912.156 GOV, 65912.156 GOV, 65912.157 GOV, 65912.157 GOV, 65912.158 GOV, 65912.158 GOV, 65912.160 GOV, 65912.160 GOV, 65912.161 GOV, 65912.161 GOV, 65580 GOV
02/20/26 - Introduced: 65580 GOV
03/19/26 - Amended Assembly: 65912.156 GOV, 65912.156 GOV, 65912.157 GOV, 65912.157 GOV, 65912.158 GOV, 65912.158 GOV, 65912.160 GOV, 65912.160 GOV, 65912.161 GOV, 65912.161 GOV, 65580 GOV
04/16/26 - Amended Assembly: 65912.156 GOV, 65912.157 GOV, 65912.158 GOV, 65912.160 GOV, 65912.161 GOV
05/28/26 - Amended Senate: 65912.161 GOV
06/15/26 - Amended Senate: 65912.161 GOV
AB 2576: 65580 GOV