BILL NUMBER: AB 502	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bonilla

                        FEBRUARY 15, 2011

   An act to amend Section 65580 of the Government Code, relating to
land use.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 502, as introduced, Bonilla. Land use: general plan: housing
element.
   The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to adopt a
comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of
the city or county and any land outside its boundaries that bears
relation to its planning. That law also requires the general plan to
include various elements, including a housing element that is
required to identify adequate sites for housing and to make adequate
provision for the existing and projected needs of all economic
segments of the community.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that
law.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 65580 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   65580.  The Legislature finds and declares  as follows
  all of the following  :
   (a) The availability of housing is of vital statewide importance,
and the early attainment of decent housing and a suitable living
environment for every Californian, including farmworkers, is a
priority of the highest order.
   (b) The early attainment of this goal requires the cooperative
participation of government and the private sector in an effort to
expand housing opportunities and accommodate the housing needs of
Californians of all economic levels.
   (c) The provision of housing affordable to low- and
moderate-income households requires the cooperation of all levels of
government.
   (d) Local and state governments have a responsibility to use the
powers vested in them to facilitate the improvement and development
of housing to make adequate provision for the housing needs of all
economic segments of the community.
   (e) The Legislature recognizes that in carrying out this
responsibility, each local government also has the responsibility to
consider economic, environmental, and fiscal factors and community
goals set forth in the general plan and to cooperate with other local
governments and the state in addressing regional housing needs.