---
type: "Bill"
title: "Housing development approvals: reserving affordable units in or near a cultural district for artists."
description: "Existing law requires the Arts Council to establish criteria and guidelines for certification of state-designated cultural districts and collaborate with other public agencies and private entities to maximize the benefits of state-designated cultural districts. The Planning and Zoning Law imposes various requirements on cities and counties with regard to their review and approval of certain housing developments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 812"
citation: "California AB 812 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Housing development approvals", "reserving affordable units in or near a cultural district for artists"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boerner"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-02-13"
last_action: "2023-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2201fb28-6312-4d4b-a1a6-af86b4264d38"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB812"
source_hash: "f011a8d9f24b6639a9fbf3452f66621ad7613a432be92a76d82e1d35c7a57e80"
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 AB 812 (20232024) — Housing development approvals: reserving affordable units in or near a cultural district for artists.

Existing law requires the Arts Council to establish criteria and guidelines for certification of state-designated cultural districts and collaborate with other public agencies and private entities to maximize the benefits of state-designated cultural districts. The Planning and Zoning Law imposes various requirements on cities and counties with regard to their review and approval of certain housing developments.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB812&version=20230AB81299INT)
2. **03/16/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB812&version=20230AB81298AMD)
3. **04/10/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB812&version=20230AB81297AMD)
4. **05/30/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB812&version=20230AB81296AMD)
5. **06/08/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB812&version=20230AB81295AMD)
6. **09/08/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB812&version=20230AB81294AMD)
7. **10/11/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB812&version=20230AB81292CHP)
8. **AB812** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB812)
9. **09/18/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB812&version=20230AB81293ENR)

## Votes

- AB 812 Boerner Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **64–10** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 812 Boerner Assembly Third Reading — **64–6** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB812 Boerner et al. By Rubio — **33–5** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **5–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism] — **6–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boerner — primary (person)
- Allen — coauthor (person)
- Blakespear — coauthor (person)
- Haney — coauthor (person)
- Rubio — coauthor (person)
- Wendy Carrillo — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
- **2023-03-16** Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and A., E., S., & T. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-20** Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-04-11** Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on A., E., S., & T. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on A., E., S., & T. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20** Measure version as amended on April 10 corrected. `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-25** Coauthors revised.
- **2023-04-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 2. Page 1545.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-24** Referred to Com. on HOUSING. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 6). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-06-08** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-08** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 5. Page 2729.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2023-09-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 64. Noes 10. Page 3542.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2023-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 747, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2201fb28-6312-4d4b-a1a6-af86b4264d38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).