Affordable housing development projects: adaptive reuse.
Existing law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to give priority with respect to funding under the Multifamily Housing Program to projects that prioritize adaptive reuse in existing developed areas served with public infrastructure, as specified. Existing law, the Housing Accountability Act, which is part of the Planning and Zoning Law, prohibits a local agency from disapproving, or conditioning approval in a manner that renders infeasible, a housing development project, as defined for purposes of the act, for very low, low-, or moderate-income households or an emergency shelter unless the local agency makes specified written findings based on a preponderance of the evidence in the record. That act states that it shall not be construed to prohibit a local agency from requiring a housing development project to comply with objective, quantifiable, written development standards, conditions, and policies appropriate to, and consistent with, meeting the jurisdiction's share of the regional housing need, except as provided. That act further provides that a housing development project or emergency shelter shall be deemed consistent, compliant, and in conformity with an applicable plan, program, policy, ordinance, standard, requirement, or other similar provision if there is substantial evidence that would allow a reasonable person to conclude that the housing development project or emergency shelter is consistent, compliant, or in conformity.
California AB 1490 (20232024) — Affordable housing development projects: adaptive reuse.
Existing law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to give priority with respect to funding under the Multifamily Housing Program to projects that prioritize adaptive reuse in existing developed areas served with public infrastructure, as specified. Existing law, the Housing Accountability Act, which is part of the Planning and Zoning Law, prohibits a local agency from disapproving, or conditioning approval in a manner that renders infeasible, a housing development project, as defined for purposes of the act, for very low, low-, or moderate-income households or an emergency shelter unless the local agency makes specified written findings based on a preponderance of the evidence in the record. That act states that it shall not be construed to prohibit a local agency from requiring a housing development project to comply with objective, quantifiable, written development standards, conditions, and policies appropriate to, and consistent with, meeting the jurisdiction's share of the regional housing need, except as provided. That act further provides that a housing development project or emergency shelter shall be deemed consistent, compliant, and in conformity with an applicable plan, program, policy, ordinance, standard, requirement, or other similar provision if there is substantial evidence that would allow a reasonable person to conclude that the housing development project or emergency shelter is consistent, compliant, or in conformity.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1490 Lee Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — 6–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] — 10–1 (pass) · upper
AB 1490 Lee Assembly Third Reading — 72–1 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB1490 Lee et al. By Umberg — 29–7 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 14–1 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Lee — primary (person)
Kalra — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2023-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
2023-03-09 Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. 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
2023-04-12 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2023-04-19 Coauthors revised.
2023-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-04-27 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 26). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2023-05-01 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-02 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2023-05-17 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 1. Page 1788.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-05-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2023-06-07 Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and GOV. & F. referral-committee
2023-06-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-06-27 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-07-06 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 5). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2023-07-10 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-08-14 In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. referral-committee
2023-09-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 7. Page 2620.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-12 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2023-09-13 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3374.). 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 764, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bb6226cf-9a62-431b-a388-5c5b411e5a6a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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