BILL NUMBER: AB 2135	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ting

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2014

   An act to amend Section 65913 of the Government Code, relating to
housing.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2135, as introduced, Ting. Affordable housing.
   Existing law requires the legislative body of each county and city
to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical
development of the county or city and requires that the plan include
a land use element that addresses housing. Existing law states
legislative findings and declarations regarding the need for
affordable housing in connection with local authority to approve
housing developments.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes in the legislative
findings and declarations regarding affordable housing, as described
above.
   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 65913 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   65913.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that  there
exists  a severe shortage of affordable housing  exists
 , especially for persons and families of low and moderate
income, and that  there is  an immediate need 
exists  to encourage the development of new housing, not only
through the provision of financial assistance, but also through
changes in law designed to do all of the following:
   (1) Expedite the local and state residential development process.
   (2) Assure that local governments zone sufficient land at
densities high enough for production of affordable housing.
   (3) Assure that local governments make a diligent effort through
the administration of land use and development controls and the
provision of regulatory concessions and incentives to significantly
reduce housing development costs and thereby facilitate the
development of affordable housing, including housing for elderly
persons and families, as defined by Section 50067 of the Health and
Safety Code.
   These changes in the law are consistent with the responsibility of
local government to adopt the program required by subdivision (c) of
Section 65583.
   (b) The Legislature further finds and declares that the costs of
new housing developments have been increased, in part, by the
existing permit process and by existing land use regulations and that
vitally needed housing developments have been halted or rendered
infeasible despite the benefits to the public health, safety, and
welfare of those developments and despite the absence of adverse
environmental impacts. It is, therefore, necessary to enact this
chapter and to amend existing statutes which govern housing
development so as to provide greater encouragement for local and
state governments to approve needed and sound housing developments.