republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-1690.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local planning: housing elements."
description: "Existing law requires that the housing element of a community's general plan contain a program that sets forth a schedule of actions during the planning period that the local government is undertaking, or intends to undertake, to implement the policies and achieve the goals and objectives of the housing element through the utilization of appropriate federal and state financing and subsidy programs, and the utilization of moneys in a low- and moderate-income housing fund, as specified. Existing law also requires the program to accommodate at least 50% of the very low and low-income housing need on sites designated for residential use and for which nonresidential uses or mixed-uses are not permitted, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1690"
citation: "California AB 1690 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local planning: housing elements."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gordon"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2014-02-13"
last_action: "2014-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b36362d4-cbe9-421c-bcba-5f39c17c9a06"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1690"
source_hash: "80b79729828eaabdc8ffffa000796d22ac3e260fb01d708f90ed2e2250a5046e"
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 1690 (20132014) — Local planning: housing elements.

Existing law requires that the housing element of a community's general plan contain a program that sets forth a schedule of actions during the planning period that the local government is undertaking, or intends to undertake, to implement the policies and achieve the goals and objectives of the housing element through the utilization of appropriate federal and state financing and subsidy programs, and the utilization of moneys in a low- and moderate-income housing fund, as specified. Existing law also requires the program to accommodate at least 50% of the very low and low-income housing need on sites designated for residential use and for which nonresidential uses or mixed-uses are not permitted, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1690&version=20130AB169099INT)
2. **06/30/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1690&version=20130AB169098AMD)
3. **08/18/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1690&version=20130AB169097AMD)
4. **09/30/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1690&version=20130AB169095CHP)
5. **AB1690** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1690)
6. **08/26/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1690&version=20130AB169096ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1690 Gordon By Beall — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1690 GORDON Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Local Government. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1690 GORDON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **74–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gordon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
- **2014-02-20** Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4960.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-22** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-26** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-18** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 0. Page 4706.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-21** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 23 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-22** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6347.)
- **2014-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 6350.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2014-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 883, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b36362d4-cbe9-421c-bcba-5f39c17c9a06`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).