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State Land Use Enacted Legislation
| Bill # | State | Year | Party | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
SB 828 |
CA | 2018 | D | Fair distribution of housing, Planning for climate adaptation and hazards, Planning Requirements |
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Summary
- Prohibits councils of governments from reducing a jurisdiction’s Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) allocation based on prior underproduction from the previous cycle or stable population numbers.
- Requires councils of governments to provide additional data inputs including overcrowding rates for comparable markets, cost burden rates, healthy market vacancy benchmarks (defined as no less than 5%), and projected household income growth.
- Requires the department-approved methodology to grant allowances for overcrowding, vacancy, and cost burden factors based on total projected households, including existing and future households.
- Expands agricultural land protections in the methodology to include lands subject to voter-approved local ballot measures restricting conversion to nonagricultural uses.
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Bill Title
Land use: housing element
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