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 2308 (20112012) — Land use: housing element: regional housing need.
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, to Consent Calendar. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Housing and Community Development. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
AB 2308 TORRES Consent Calendar Second Day — 75–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar 2nd — 36–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Torres — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2012-02-24 Introduced. To print. introduction
2012-02-26 From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
2012-02-27 Read first time. reading-1
2012-03-29 Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and H. & C.D. referral-committee
2012-03-29 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
2012-04-09 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
2012-05-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 2). Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-05-09 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 9). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-05-10 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2012-05-17 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4887.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-05-17 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2012-05-24 Referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
2012-06-13 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 12). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-06-14 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2012-06-18 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3958.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-06-18 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2012-06-28 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:15 a.m.
2012-07-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2012-07-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 58, Statutes of 2012.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/01d95cb7-bc59-486a-ba86-0dafbef7945e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).