Planning and zoning: housing development: density.
The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to adopt a general plan for land use development within its boundaries that includes, among other things, a housing element. Existing law requires an attached housing development to be a permitted use, not subject to a conditional use permit, on any parcel zoned for multifamily housing if at least certain percentages of the units are available at affordable housing costs to very low income, lower income, and moderate-income households for at least 30 years and if the project meets specified conditions relating to location and being subject to a discretionary decision other than a conditional use permit. Existing law provides for various incentives intended to facilitate and expedite the construction of affordable housing.
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California Legislature
20212022
SB 10
California SB 10 (20212022)
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Planning and zoning: housing development: density.
California SB 10 (20212022) — Planning and zoning: housing development: density.
The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to adopt a general plan for land use development within its boundaries that includes, among other things, a housing element. Existing law requires an attached housing development to be a permitted use, not subject to a conditional use permit, on any parcel zoned for multifamily housing if at least certain percentages of the units are available at affordable housing costs to very low income, lower income, and moderate-income households for at least 30 years and if the project meets specified conditions relating to location and being subject to a discretionary decision other than a conditional use permit. Existing law provides for various incentives intended to facilitate and expedite the construction of affordable housing.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 10 Wiener Senate Third Reading By Chiu — 44–12 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 6–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — 6–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 6–1 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB10 Wiener et al. Concurrence — 28–6 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] — 7–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–1 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading SB10 Wiener et al. — 27–7 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Wiener — primary (person)
Atkins — principal coauthor (person)
Caballero — principal coauthor (person)
Robert Rivas — principal coauthor (person)
Skinner — principal coauthor (person)
Wicks — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2020-12-07 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2020-12-08 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 7.
2021-01-28 Referred to Coms. on HOUSING, GOV. & F., and EQ. referral-committee
2021-01-28 Referral to Com. on E.Q. rescinded because of the limitations placed on committee hearings due to ongoing health and safety risks of the COVID-19 virus.
2021-02-24 Set for hearing March 18.
2021-02-24 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-03-18 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 7. Noes 1. Page 552.) (March 18). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-03-22 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-04-13 Set for hearing April 22.
2021-04-13 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-04-26 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 895.) (April 22). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-04-27 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-04-30 Set for hearing May 10.
2021-05-10 May 10 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
2021-05-14 Set for hearing May 20.
2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 1178.) (May 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-05-26 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-05-26 Ordered to second reading.
2021-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-06-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 7. Page 1393.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2021-06-10 Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. referral-committee
2021-06-14 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-06-23 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 22). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-06-24 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-07-01 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 30). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-07-05 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2021-07-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-08-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 44. Noes 12. Page 2475.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-08-26 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2021-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 28. Noes 6. Page 2210.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-09-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2021-09-16 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2021-09-16 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 163, Statutes of 2021. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5e50e0ca-f2e4-4979-b610-7c8668e75eb5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).