California Government Code

§ 65912.160

GOV § 65912.160 Effective Jan 1, 2026Div. 1 · Title 7 · Ch. 4.1.5

Statute text

(a)The department shall oversee compliance with this chapter.

(b)The department shall promulgate standards on how to allow for capacity pursuant to this chapter to be counted in a city or county’s inventory of land suitable for residential development pursuant to Section 65583.2, no later than July 1, 2026.

(c)(1) A local government may enact an ordinance to make its zoning code consistent with the provisions of this chapter, subject to review by the department pursuant to subdivision (d). This ordinance may include objective development standards, conditions, and policies, applying to transit-oriented housing developments, that are demonstrated by a preponderance of evidence to not physically preclude, alone or in concert, the applicable housing development standards of Section 65912.157.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 512, Sec. 1. (SB 79) Effective January 1, 2026.