The Planning and Zoning Law requires each county and city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the county or city, which includes, among other mandatory elements, a housing element. That law requires, for the 4th and subsequent revisions of the housing element, the Department of Housing and Community Development (department) to determine the existing and projected need for housing for each region, as specified. That law requires the department, in consultation with the council of governments, to determine the existing and projected need of housing for each region in a specified manner. That law requires the department's determination to be based upon population projections produced by the Department of Finance, as specified. That law also requires the department to meet and consult with the council of governments regarding the assumptions and methodologies to be used to determine each region's housing need and requires the council of governments to provide data assumptions from the council of governments' projections, as specified. That law authorizes the department to accept or reject the information provided by the council of governments and, after consultation with each council of governments, requires the department to make determinations on the council of governments' data assumptions and the methodology the department will use to determine each region's housing need. That law requires the department to provide its determinations to each council of governments, as specified. That law, upon making that determination, authorizes the council of governments to object to the determination.
California SB 7 (20232024) — Regional housing need: determination.
The Planning and Zoning Law requires each county and city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the county or city, which includes, among other mandatory elements, a housing element. That law requires, for the 4th and subsequent revisions of the housing element, the Department of Housing and Community Development (department) to determine the existing and projected need for housing for each region, as specified. That law requires the department, in consultation with the council of governments, to determine the existing and projected need of housing for each region in a specified manner. That law requires the department's determination to be based upon population projections produced by the Department of Finance, as specified. That law also requires the department to meet and consult with the council of governments regarding the assumptions and methodologies to be used to determine each region's housing need and requires the council of governments to provide data assumptions from the council of governments' projections, as specified. That law authorizes the department to accept or reject the information provided by the council of governments and, after consultation with each council of governments, requires the department to make determinations on the council of governments' data assumptions and the methodology the department will use to determine each region's housing need. That law requires the department to provide its determinations to each council of governments, as specified. That law, upon making that determination, authorizes the council of governments to object to the determination.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Unfinished Business SB7 Blakespear Concurrence — 31–8 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended — 4–0 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 10–4 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–2 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Rules] — 8–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — 7–1 (pass) · lower
SB 7 Blakespear Senate Third Reading By Ward — 54–16 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading — 32–0 (pass) · upper
That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — 8–2 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Blakespear — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-12-05 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2022-12-06 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 5.
2023-01-18 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2023-02-13 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-02-22 Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. referral-committee
2023-04-10 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
2023-04-11 Set for hearing April 18.
2023-04-13 Set for hearing April 26 in GOV. & F. pending receipt.
2023-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 8. Noes 1. Page 796.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on RLS. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-04-19 Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
2023-04-19 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
2023-04-27 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2. Page 937.) (April 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-05-01 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-05-05 Set for hearing May 15.
2023-05-15 May 15 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
2023-05-16 Set for hearing May 18.
2023-05-18 May 18 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
2024-01-12 Set for hearing January 18.
2024-01-18 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 3010.) (January 18). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-01-22 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2024-01-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 3054.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-01-29 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2024-06-10 Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. referral-committee
2024-06-10 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
2024-06-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-08-07 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (August 7). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-08-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-15 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-15 Ordered to third reading.
2024-08-19 Action rescinded and record expunged whereby a roll call vote was taken.
2024-08-23 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-23 Ordered to third reading.
2024-08-26 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 54. Noes 16. Page 6506.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-26 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2024-08-26 Re-referred to Com. on RLS pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). referral-committee
2024-08-26 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on HOUSING pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 5416.) Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. committee-passage, referral-committee
2024-08-27 Set for hearing August 27.
2024-08-27 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 8. Noes 2. Page 5515.) committee-passage
2024-08-28 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 5561.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-09-04 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2024-09-19 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-09-19 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 283, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4c2be4cf-ffbb-4c69-b05a-3ccc0dfc66d4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).