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Bill # State Year Party Topic

AB 785

CA 2023 D Affordable housing incentives and financing, Environmental review

Provided by Furman

Summary

  • Existing law, until January 1, 2025, exempts from the requirements of CEQA certain activities approved or carried out by the City of Los Angeles and other eligible public agencies related to supportive housing and emergency shelters in the City of Los Angeles.
    • Under existing law, this exemption requires the lead agency, if it determines that an activity is not subject to CEQA and approves or carries out that activity, to file a notice of exemption with the Office of Planning and Research and the county clerk for the County of Los Angeles.
  • This bill broadens the definition of projects exempt from the requirements of CEQA to include affordable housing, low barrier navigation centers, supportive housing, and transitional housing for youth and young adults, within the City of Los Angeles, within the unincorporated areas of the County of Los Angeles, and parcels owned by the County of Los Angeles within the City of Los Angeles.

Provided by lawmakers

Bill Title

California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: City of Los Angeles: County of Los Angeles: affordable housing and transitional housing

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