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California State Legislative Bills
DVBA is Tracking
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB736
AB 736 - This bill would enact the Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026, which, if adopted, would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $10,000,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law. Proceeds from the sale of these bonds would be used to finance programs to fund affordable rental housing and home ownership programs, including, among others, the Multifamily Housing Program, the CalHome Program, and the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program.
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1751
AB 1751, as amended, Quirk-Silva. Missing Middle Townhome Ownership Act.
Previous Bills
Bill Text - SB-1349 Taxation: tax expenditures: Legislative Analyst’s Office: report and recommendation. (Jeff Gonzalez) The bill would require the Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO), by January 1, 2029, to write and publish a report that comprehensively assesses major tax expenditures, as defined, of the state, and make a recommendation to the Legislature based on the report. In this regard, the bill would require LAO, as part of the comprehensive assessments, to identify any savings that the Legislature can reduce or eliminate from realize by reducing or limiting the major tax expenditures, and require them to consider certain criteria when finalizing the report, including the impact on the General Fund.
Bill Text - SB-417 The Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026. (Cabaldon) This bill would enact the Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026, which, if adopted, would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $10,000,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law. Proceeds from the sale of these bonds would be used to finance programs to fund affordable rental housing and home ownership programs, including, among others, the Multifamily Housing Program, the CalHome Program, and the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program.
Bill Text - AB-1577 Data centers: reporting. (Bauer-Kahan)This bill would require the commission to establish a process for the owner of a data center, as defined, to submit specified information to the commission, including, among other information, the data center’s location and size, the data center’s power usage effectiveness, and the quantity of fuel consumed by onsite generators or other fuel-based energy systems.
The bill would require the owner or developer of a data center, to submit to the applicable local agency, as defined specified information, including the expected annual energy and water consumption, and the expected sound levels attributable to the operation of the data center.
Joshua Tree – Takings Clarity Bills
WJTCA3 Press Release
AB 1881 (Ramos)
Supersedes and interferes with California’s existing good-faith tribal consultation framework with a consent-based regime that would effectively grant individual tribes veto power over housing and other critical infrastructure projects. The bill also includes overly broad and vague terms, establishes a freestanding private right of action, and contains categorical confidentiality provisions that operate entirely outside of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and layer duplicative obligations on local governments and project proponents. AB 1881 threatens to slow or stop critical housing development by imposing new, onerous regulatory constraints, making it more difficult for families to find a place to call home. (CBIA Oppose)
AB 2569 (Hart)
Expands CEQA by redefining “environment” and “significant effect on the environment” to require analysis of how existing natural hazards, pollution, and other adverse environmental conditions affect future residents, legislatively overturning the California Supreme Court’s 2015 decision in CBIA v. BAAQMD that rejected this “reverse CEQA” approach. AB 2569 would create sweeping new grounds for litigation against proposed projects seeking to create more housing for California’s working families. (CBIA Oppose)
SB 1075 (Reyes)
Expands the role of community emissions reduction programs in ways that will create additional constraints on local land use decisions, particularly in already overburdened communities where housing is most needed. This added layer of regulatory compliance risks compounding existing barriers to housing under CEQA and other environmental laws, making it more difficult to build homes for working families. SB 1075 would ultimately exacerbate our state’s housing policy crisis. (CBIA Oppose)
SB 1182 (Allen)
Requires homebuilders to obtain insurance premium quotes decades before a project is constructed at the earliest stages of entitlement when critical project details are unknown and subject to change. At that point in the process, applicants frequently cannot determine whether a site will ultimately include residential units, open space, or public infrastructure. There is no insurance product sold anywhere in the world to provide meaningful or reliable quotes for projects during these early stages of the development process. SB 1182 will stifle housing development for working families by imposing new regulatory barriers that are not based in reality. (CBIA Oppose)
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