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                                 THIRD READING


          Bill No:  AB 542
          Author:   Allen (D)
          Amended:  8/24/12 in Senate
          Vote:     21

           
          PRIOR VOTES NOT RELEVANT


           SUBJECT  :    Housing element law

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This bill updates housing element law to replace 
          references to redevelopment agency housing resources with 
          references to housing successor agency resources.

           Senate Floor Amendments  of 8/24/12 delete the prior version 
          of the bill, which dealt with housing alternative default 
          densities, and instead add the current language.

           ANALYSIS  :    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.

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          This bill updates housing element law to replace references 
          to redevelopment agency housing resources with references 
          to housing successor agency resources.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Appropriation:  No   Fiscal Com.:  No   
          Local:  No


          JJA:n   8/27/12   Senate Floor Analyses 

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