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California bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

California SB 262

Housing element: prohousing designations: prohousing local policies.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  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 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. Existing law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to determine whether the housing element is in substantial compliance with those provisions. Existing law requires the department to designate jurisdictions as prohousing pursuant to emergency regulations adopted by the department, as prescribed. Existing law requires that jurisdictions that are prohousing and that are in substantial compliance with specified provisions be awarded additional points or preference in the scoring of applications for specified state programs. Existing law defines "prohousing local policies" for these purposes and specifies a nonexhaustive list of examples of those policies, including local financial incentives for housing and adoption of zoning allowing for use by right for residential and mixed-use development. This bill would include in the definition of "prohousing local policies" policies that keep people housed, and would include additional examples of prohousing local policies under the above-described provisions, as specified. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 65589.9 of the Government Code proposed by AB 36 to be operative only if this bill and AB 36 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.

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Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 18, 2026, 4:12 PM.

DateVoteResultYour legislators
Sep 9, 2025
Senate		Unfinished Business SB262 Wahab et al. ConcurrencepassSet your home in California to see
Sep 8, 2025
House		SB 262 Wahab Senate Third Reading By AhrenspassSet your home in California to see
Aug 20, 2025
House		Do pass.passSet your home in California to see
Jul 16, 2025
House		Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]passSet your home in California to see
Jul 2, 2025
House		Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government]passSet your home in California to see
Jun 3, 2025
Senate		3rd ReadingpassSet your home in California to see
Mar 18, 2025
Senate		Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]passSet your home in California to see

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