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California bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

California AB 726

Planning and zoning: annual report: rehabilitated units.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To Governor
  6. Became law

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Summary

Official abstract published by the California legislature· summary

Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, requires each county and each city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the county or city, and specified land outside its boundaries, that includes, among other specified mandatory elements, a housing element. That law requires the planning agency of a city or county to provide by April 1 of each year an annual report to, among other entities, the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation, formerly known as the Office of Planning and Research, and the Department of Housing and Community Development. Existing law requires the annual report to include, among other things, the city's or county's progress in meeting its share of regional housing needs, as specified. This bill would permit a local agency to include in its annual report the number of units of existing deed-restricted affordable housing within a specified affordability threshold that are at least 15 years old and have been substantially rehabilitated with at least $60,000 per unit in funds awarded from the city or county, as specified. The bill would prohibit any of the units included in the annual report from being considered when determining affordability requirements for the purposes of eligibility for streamlined approvals, as specified. The bill would also make a nonsubstantive change to update a reference to the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation in these provisions. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 65400 of the Government Code proposed by AB 670 to be operative only if this bill and AB 670 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.

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Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 22, 2026, 8:07 PM.

DateVoteResultYour legislators
Sep 12, 2025
House		AB 726 Ávila Farías Concurrence in Senate AmendmentspassSet your home in California to see
Sep 11, 2025
Senate		Special Consent AB726 Ávila Farías By WienerpassSet your home in California to see
Aug 29, 2025
Senate		Do pass as amendedpassSet your home in California to see
Aug 18, 2025
Senate		Placed on suspense filepassSet your home in California to see
Jul 15, 2025
Senate		Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent CalendarpassSet your home in California to see
Jun 2, 2025
House		AB 726 Ávila Farías Assembly Third ReadingpassSet your home in California to see
May 23, 2025
House		Do pass.passSet your home in California to see
Apr 9, 2025
House		Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent CalendarpassSet your home in California to see
Mar 26, 2025
House		Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] with recommendation: To Consent CalendarpassSet your home in California to see

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