Land use: housing element.
Summary
The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to prepare and adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan, and requires the general plan to include specified, mandatory elements, including a housing element. That law requires the housing element, in turn, to contain, among other items, an identification and analysis of existing and projected housing needs and a statement of goals, policies, quantified objectives, financial resources, and scheduled programs for the preservation, improvement, and development of housing. This bill would revise references to redevelopment agencies within these provisions to instead be to successor housing agencies.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2011
Committee Review
Aug 2012
Assembly Passage
Jun 2011
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 16, 2011
Last action Aug 27, 2012
Floor votes · Assembly Jun 1, 2011
How they voted
52–3
Passed · 15 other
Total votes 70
Jun 1, 2011
D
Democratic44
65% Yea
R
Republican26
88% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
5
Committee
7
Amendments
1
Aug 27, 2012
Committee
Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c).
upper
Jul 5, 2012
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 3).
upper
Jun 29, 2011
Upper · Passed
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
upper
Jun 8, 2011
Committee
Referred to Com. on T. & H.
upper
Jun 1, 2011
Assembly · Passed
Assembly Vote: pass (52-3-15)
assembly
Apr 28, 2011
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 27).
lower
Apr 7, 2011
Committee
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.
lower
Mar 3, 2011
Committee
Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and H. & C.D.
lower
Feb 17, 2011
Lower · Passed
From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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