2025 California Housing Partnership Summary of Legislative Positions

Affordable Housing Bond of 2026: AB 736 (Wicks), SB 417 (Cabaldon)

• AB 736 Fact Sheet (PDF)
• SB 417 Fact Sheet (PDF)
• AB 736 and SB 417 Sign On in Support (Google Form)

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2025 Sponsored Bills

AB 480 (Quirk-Silva) to Increase the Value of State Low-Income Housing Tax Credits

• AB 480 Fact Sheet (PDF)
• AB 480 Sample Support Letter (Word)
• AB 480 Governor Signing Message

AB 726 (Avila Farias) to Incentivize Local Investment In the Rehabilitation of Deeply-Affordable Housing

• AB 726 Fact Sheet (PDF)
• AB 726 Sample Support Letter (Word)

AB 801 (Bonta) to Establish a State Community Reinvestment Act

• AB 801 Fact Sheet (PDF)
• AB 801 Sign on in support (Google Form)

AB 913 (C. Rodriguez) to Allow HCD to Assist Financially Struggling Developments

• AB 913 Fact Sheet (PDF)
• AB 913 Sample Support Letter (Word)

AB 1244 (Wicks) to Fund TOD Affordable Housing with VMT Mitigation Resources

• AB 1244 Fact Sheet (PDF)
• AB 1244 Sample Support Letter (Pending)

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Enacted Legislation

2024:

SPONSORED:

• AB 1053 (Gabriel) reduces affordable housing costs by allowing HCD loans to fund during construction.
• AB 2353 (Ward) allows developers to not pay property taxes on affordable units while a welfare exemption application is pending.
• AB 2926 (Kalra) strengthens the ability of preservation purchasers to buy affordable housing at risk of conversion to market rate.

SUPPORTED: AB 1878, AB 1886, AB 2023, AB 2199, AB 2243, AB 2304, AB 2347, AB 2430, AB 3093, AB 3177, ACA 10, SB 393, SB 440, SB 924, SB 1037, and SB 1527

2023

SPONSORED:

• AB 84 (Ward) allows the welfare property tax exemption for affordable housing to take effect upon recordation of deed-restrictions.
• AB 346 (Quirk-Silva) allows TCAC to pair enhanced state low-income housing tax credits with either 9% or 4% federal credits in years when CDLAC is competitive.
• AB 1307 (Wicks & Rivas) specifies that unamplified voices of residents is not a significant effect on the environment under Californian Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
• AB 1449 (Alvarez) provides a Californian Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) exemption for certain housing developments where all units are affordable.
• AB 1633 (Ting) specifies that the wrongful denial or withholding of a CEQA clearance to which a housing development is legally entitled is a violation of the Housing Accountability Act.
• SB 341 (Becker) more appropriately aligns prohousing incentives to programs where local governments are the applicants.
• SB 355 (Eggman) broadens the eligibility for the Solar on Multifamily Affordable Housing (SOMAH) program. *
• SB 469 (Allen & Weiner) exempts LIHTC and HCD-funded developments from Article 34.
• SB 482 (Blakespear) requires HCD to offer capitalized operating subsidy reserves for supportive units under the Multifamily Housing Program.

SUPPORTED: ACA 1, ACA 13, AB 50, AB 434, AB 480, AB 529, AB 1114, AB 1218, AB 1319, AB 1386, AB 1418, AB 1485, AB 1679, AB 1764, AJR 3, SB 4, SB 34, SB 229, SB 267, SB 326, SB 406, SB 410, SB 423, SB 439, SB 567, SB 593, SB 713, SB 789.

2022

SPONSORED:

• AB 2006 (Berman) Streamlining of state compliance monitoring activities
• SB 948 (Becker) HCD pooled transition reserve

SUPPORTED: AB 1551, AB 1654, AB 1837, AB 2011, AB 2094, AB 2179, AB 2233, AB 2234, AB 2244, AB 2334, AB 2483, SCA 2

2021

SPONSORED:

• AB 447 (Grayson) California Debt Limit Allocation Committee: income taxes: low-income housing tax credits

SUPPORTED: AB 721, AB 1043, AB 1124, AB 1304, SB 8, AB 215, AB 602, AB 816, AB 1398, AB 1584, and SB 791

2020

SPONSORED:

• AB 434 (Daly) Streamlining HCD Rental Housing Programs into a Single Application and Award Process