---
type: "Bill"
title: "Land use: zoning."
description: "The Planning and Zoning Law authorizes the legislative body of a city or county to regulate, among other things, the intensity of land use, and also authorizes a local agency to provide by ordinance for the creation of 2nd units in single-family and multifamily residential zones, as specified. That law makes findings and declarations with respect to the value of 2nd units to California's housing supply."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 1069"
citation: "California SB 1069 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Land use: zoning."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wieckowski"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 34
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2016-02-16"
last_action: "2016-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18c78e69-c421-48f9-903c-be38c69679e3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1069"
source_hash: "db935d9473c521b19e5be12276694806af88cf426a3788961a7d566ee43e1aff"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 1069 (20152016) — Land use: zoning.

The Planning and Zoning Law authorizes the legislative body of a city or county to regulate, among other things, the intensity of land use, and also authorizes a local agency to provide by ordinance for the creation of 2nd units in single-family and multifamily residential zones, as specified. That law makes findings and declarations with respect to the value of 2nd units to California's housing supply.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/16/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1069&version=20150SB106999INT)
2. **04/06/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1069&version=20150SB106998AMD)
3. **04/13/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1069&version=20150SB106997AMD)
4. **04/26/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1069&version=20150SB106996AMD)
5. **06/16/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1069&version=20150SB106995AMD)
6. **08/01/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1069&version=20150SB106994AMD)
7. **08/19/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1069&version=20150SB106993AMD)
8. **08/25/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1069&version=20150SB106992AMD)
9. **09/27/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1069&version=20150SB106990CHP)
10. **SB1069** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1069)
11. **09/02/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1069&version=20150SB106991ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] — **10–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **15–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business (Supplemental File 2) SB1069 Wieckowski Concurrence — **30–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- SB 1069 Wieckowski Senate Third Reading By ATKINS — **55–23** (pass) · lower
- SB 1069 Wieckowski Senate Third Reading Amendment Set #1 — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **29–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wieckowski — primary (person)
- Atkins — coauthor (person)
- Bloom — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2016-02-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
- **2016-02-25** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-07** Re-referred to Coms. on T. & H. and GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-12** Set for hearing April 19.
- **2016-04-13** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-14** Set for hearing April 20 in GOV. & F. pending receipt.
- **2016-04-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 10. Noes 1. Page 3616.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-25** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3616.) (April 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-26** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-29** Set for hearing May 9.
- **2016-05-09** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2016-05-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 3. Page 3872.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-16** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-27** Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-15** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-16** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-03** August 3 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2016-08-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 3.) (August 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-19** Read third time and amended. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5954.) `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-19** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-08-25** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-25** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-08-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 55. Noes 23. Page 6366.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-30** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2016-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 2. Page 5527.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2016-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 720, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18c78e69-c421-48f9-903c-be38c69679e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).