The Planning and Zoning Law authorizes the Department of Housing and Community Development to allow a city or county to substitute the provision of units for up to 25% of the city's or county's obligation to identify adequate sites for any income category in its housing element if the city or county includes in its housing element a program committing the city or county to provide units in that income category within the city or county that will be made available through the provision of committed assistance, during the planning period covered by the element, to very low and low-income households at affordable housing costs or affordable rents, as defined. In order for a unit to qualify for inclusion in the program, it must meet one of several, specified criteria.
California AB 1103 (20112012) — Land use: housing element.
The Planning and Zoning Law authorizes the Department of Housing and Community Development to allow a city or county to substitute the provision of units for up to 25% of the city's or county's obligation to identify adequate sites for any income category in its housing element if the city or county includes in its housing element a program committing the city or county to provide units in that income category within the city or county that will be made available through the provision of committed assistance, during the planning period covered by the element, to very low and low-income households at affordable housing costs or affordable rents, as defined. In order for a unit to qualify for inclusion in the program, it must meet one of several, specified criteria.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Local Government. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1103 HUFFMAN Assembly Third Reading — 77–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1103 HUFFMAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Huffman — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2011-02-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2011-02-20 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2011-03-31 Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. referral-committee
2011-03-31 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-04-04 Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee
2011-05-03 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 27). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-05-04 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-05-05 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
2011-05-12 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-05-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1443.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-05-19 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2011-06-02 Referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
2011-07-11 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 5). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-07-12 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-07-13 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2011-08-15 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1916.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-08-15 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2011-08-22 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2484.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2011-08-26 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2011-09-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2011-09-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 210, Statutes of 2011.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1f100928-f928-4224-920e-b8257f5e6f7b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).