As the New Year gets underway, a look back at 2022 reveals several legislative wins on the affordable housing front. Even with battling priorities slowing legislative movement as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, six bills heavily endorsed by many in the affordable housing field were signed into law – AB 2244, AB 252, AB 1837, AB 2094, AB 2011, and SB 948. Here’s a look at what passed and what you might expect in the coming year provided by the East Bay Housing Organization:
LEGISLATIVE WINS SIGNED INTO LAW
AB 2244 (Wicks) – Faith Parking Spaces & Affordable Housing
Allows a developer of a new place of worship, when also constructing housing, to reduce by 50% the number of religious use parking spaces required.
AB 252 (Bonta)- Rent & Vacancy Control for Floating Homes
Extends rent and vacancy control protections for floating homes in Alameda, Contra Costa, and Marin counties.
AB 1837 (Bonta) – Improvements to Residential Foreclosure Law
Strengthens provisions in SB 1079 (Skinner), which provides tenants and nonprofits an opportunity to match investor bids at a foreclosure auction.
AB 2094 (Rivas) – Adding Extremely Low-Income to APRs
Requires local jurisdictions to report their progress towards ELI units to HCD as part of their annual Housing Element progress reports.
AB 2011 (Wicks) – Affordable Housing & High Road Jobs Act
Establishes by-right zoning to permit affordable housing on land zoned for commercial uses and mixed-income housing along commercial corridors.
SB 948 (Becker) – Creation of Statewide Project Reserves Pool
Replaces individual project transition reserves for the development of affordable housing to a pooled reserve model, operated by HCD.
TO THE BALLOT IN 2024
SCA-2 (Allen) – Statewide Repeal of Article 34
VETOED BY THE GOVERNOR (INACTIVE BILLS)
AB 1685 (Bryan) – Parking Ticket Relief for People Experiencing Homelessness
AB 1288 (Quirk-Silva) – Low-Income Housing Tax Credits
AB 2817 (Reyes) – House California Challenge Program
AB 1487 (Gabriel) – Statewide Eviction Defense Program
ORDERED TO INACTIVE FILE/WITHDRAWN
AB 1816 (Bryan) – Reentry Housing Program
AB 1961 (Gabriel) – Statewide Affordable Housing Database
AB 2050 (Lee) – Ellis Act Reform
AB 2357 (Ting) – Surplus Land Act Amendments
AB 2710 (Kalra) – Tenant & Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA/COPA)
AB 2713 (Wicks) – Improvements to AB 1482, Just Cause Eviction Protections
SB 490 (Caballero) – TA for Acquisition/Rehab (bill was gut & amended)
HELD IN APPROPRIATIONS/ON SUSPENSE
ACA-14 (Wicks) – Housing Opportunities for Everyone Act
AB 1911 (Gabriel) – Affordable Housing Tax Credit
AB 1961 (Gabriel) – Statewide Affordable Housing Database
SB 917 (Becker) – Regional Seamless Transit Act
HELD IN COMMITTEE
AB 2053 (Lee) – Social Housing Act — Senate Governance & Finance
AB 1850 (Ward) – Min. Standards for JPAs — Senate Gov. & Finance
SB 1336 (Wiener) – Faith Institutions to Build AH — Assembly Natural Resources
SB 1176 (Limon) – California Community Reinvestment Act — Assembly Banking & Finance
For a ready guide, you can click here to download and print this EBHO recap in a convenient PDF format.
