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AB 1407

Planning and Zoning Law: housing elements: rezoning.

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Greg Wallis

Extends the mandatory rezoning deadline to 18 months from the housing-element adoption deadline when HCD finds it in substantial compliance, delaying local zoning action.

Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.
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Bill Summary · AB 1407

AB 1407 (Wallis) — Planning and Zoning Law: housing elements: rezoning

Status: Re‑referred to Committee on Housing & Community Development (Apr 1, 2025)
Introduced: Feb 21, 2025
Code Section Amended: Government Code §65583

Purpose

AB 1407 makes a targeted change to California’s housing‑element rezoning timeline. Its primary substantive effect is to extend the deadline for required rezoning when a local government fails to adopt a housing element that the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) has found to be in “substantial compliance.” The bill also makes nonsubstantive (technical/clarifying) edits to existing housing element provisions.

Key provisions

  • Extends the mandatory rezoning deadline:
    • Existing law: if a city or county does not adopt an HCD‑approved housing element within 120 days of the statutory adoption deadline, the jurisdiction must complete any required rezoning no later than one year from the statutory deadline.
    • AB 1407: extends that one‑year rezoning completion deadline to one year and six months (18 months) from the statutory housing‑element adoption deadline.
  • Confirms housing element content requirements remain in place (identification/analysis of housing needs; inventory of sites; goals, policies, objectives, financial resources, and programs). The bill’s text also reiterates existing rules about identifying zoning for emergency shelters and objective standards for shelter permitting.
  • Described as making nonsubstantive changes to related statutory text (i.e., technical edits, not policy changes beyond the rezoning deadline).

Who is affected

  • Local governments (cities and counties): gain additional time (6 months) to complete mandatory rezoning when they miss the statutorily required housing‑element adoption timeline.
  • Developers, housing advocates, and potential housing providers: rezoning timelines and project permitting could be delayed by up to six months in those jurisdictions.
  • People seeking shelter or housing: changes to timing could affect when sites are rezoned to allow housing or emergency shelters, though substantive planning requirements remain unchanged.

Procedural / timeline notes

  • The bill amends Government Code §65583.
  • Legislative status (select actions): Introduced Feb 21, 2025; read first time Feb 24; amended and re‑referred to H. & C.D. Mar 28; re‑referred to H. & C.D. Apr 1.
  • Digest key: majority vote; no appropriation; no fiscal committee; no local program effect flagged.

Potential impacts to consider

  • Provides jurisdictions more time to complete rezoning, which may reduce immediate administrative pressure but could delay the availability of rezoned sites needed to meet regional housing needs.
  • Because substantive housing‑element duties remain intact, the change affects only the timing for mandatory rezoning enforcement following a missed adoption deadline.
  • Stakeholders may view the extension as either administrative relief (for local governments) or a setback for housing production (for advocates seeking timely rezoning and development).

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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