BILL NUMBER: AB 2158	CHAPTERED  08/28/02

	CHAPTER  297
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 28, 2002
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 28, 2002
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 12, 2002
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 20, 2002
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 18, 2002

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Lowenthal

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2002

   An act to add Section 30614 to the Public Resources Code, relating
to coastal development permits.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2158, Lowenthal.  Coastal development permits:  affordable
housing requirements.
   The California Coastal Act of 1976 provides for the planning and
regulation of development, under a coastal development permit
procedure, within the coastal zone, as defined, based on various
coastal resources planning and management policies set forth in the
act.  The act requires any person wishing to perform or undertake any
development in the coastal zone to obtain a coastal development
permit from the California Coastal Commission or from a local
government and requires compliance with various low- and
moderate-income housing requirements.
   This bill would require the commission to take appropriate steps
to ensure that all coastal development permit conditions existing on
January 1, 2002, relating to affordable housing are enforced and
exist for the term of the permit.  The bill would additionally
provide that the above provision is not intended to retroactively
authorize the release of any housing unit from coastal development
permit requirements relating to affordable housing.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 30614 is added to the Public Resources Code, to
read:
   30614.  (a) The commission shall take appropriate steps to ensure
that coastal development permit conditions existing as of January 1,
2002, relating to affordable housing are enforced and do not expire
during the term of the permit.
   (b) Nothing in this section is intended to retroactively authorize
the release of any housing unit for persons and families of low or
moderate income from coastal development permit requirements except
as provided in Section 30607.2.