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Bill	Local agency formation commissions: written policies and procedures: Permit Streamlining Act: housing development projects.	(1) The Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 governs the procedures for the formation and change of organization of cities and special districts and establishes a local agency formation commission in each county consisting of members appointed as provided. The act expresses the intent of the Legislature that each local agency formation commission, by January 1, 2002, establish written policies and procedures and exercise its powers in a way that encourages and provides planned, well-ordered, efficient urban development patterns, as specified. The act requires these written policies and procedures to include forms to be used for various submittals to the commission, as provided. The act requires each commission to provide access to notices and other information to the public on an internet website, as specified, including notice of all public hearings and commission meetings.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	SB 489	California SB 489 (20252026)	bill	Localagencyformationcommissions PermitStreamliningAct housingdevelopmentprojects writtenpoliciesandprocedures	enacted	Arreguín	8	31	8	2025-02-19	2025-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/78906f2d-25da-4e66-8cd2-d65c775acc41	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB489	695ccde0e2e15feda3405ec0567062afc74ca9137a5bd42fff28d4679607a041	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 489 (20252026) — Local agency formation commissions: written policies and procedures: Permit Streamlining Act: housing development projects.

(1) The Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 governs the procedures for the formation and change of organization of cities and special districts and establishes a local agency formation commission in each county consisting of members appointed as provided. The act expresses the intent of the Legislature that each local agency formation commission, by January 1, 2002, establish written policies and procedures and exercise its powers in a way that encourages and provides planned, well-ordered, efficient urban development patterns, as specified. The act requires these written policies and procedures to include forms to be used for various submittals to the commission, as provided. The act requires each commission to provide access to notices and other information to the public on an internet website, as specified, including notice of all public hearings and commission meetings.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/25/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/21/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/17/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/26/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/10/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB489 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/05/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 489 Arreguín Senate Third Reading By Alvarez — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing and Community Development] — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing] — 6–1 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB489 Arreguín Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Arreguín — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-19 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2025-02-20 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
• 2025-02-26 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2025-03-25 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
• 2025-04-02 Re-referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and HOUSING. referral-committee
• 2025-04-04 Set for hearing April 23.
• 2025-04-21 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-04-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 871.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-04-25 Set for hearing April 29.
• 2025-04-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 936.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-05-02 Set for hearing May 12.
• 2025-05-12 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2025-05-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-27 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1247.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-05-28 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2025-06-05 Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and H. & C.D. referral-committee
• 2025-06-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-07-16 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 16). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-07-17 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-08-20 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-08-25 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Garcia.
• 2025-08-25 Ordered to third reading.
• 2025-08-26 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-08-26 Ordered to third reading.
• 2025-09-03 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2867.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-03 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2025-09-04 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2513.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2025-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 518, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/78906f2d-25da-4e66-8cd2-d65c775acc41. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).