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Measure SB 507
Authors Limón  
Subject Planning and zoning: regional housing needs allocation.
Relating To relating to housing.
Title An act to add Section 65584.2.2 to the Government Code, relating to housing.
Last Action Dt 2025-10-10
State Chaptered
Status Chaptered
Active? Y
Vote Required Majority
Appropriation No
Fiscal Committee Yes
Local Program No
Substantive Changes None
Urgency No
Tax Levy No
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Actions
2025-10-10     Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 519, Statutes of 2025.
2025-10-10     Approved by the Governor.
2025-09-09     Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2025-09-03     Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2444.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2025-08-28     In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-08-28     Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2776.) Ordered to the Senate.
2025-08-21     Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
2025-08-20     From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 20).
2025-07-17     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-07-08     From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
2025-07-03     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
2025-06-09     Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV.
2025-06-03     In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
2025-06-02     Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1404.) Ordered to the Assembly.
2025-05-20     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-19     From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
2025-05-09     Set for hearing May 19.
2025-05-01     Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-04-30     From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 936.) (April 29).
2025-04-24     Set for hearing April 29.
2025-04-02     Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.
2025-03-25     From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
2025-02-26     Referred to Com. on RLS.
2025-02-20     From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
2025-02-19     Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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Chaptered     2025-10-10
Enrolled     2025-09-05
Amended Assembly     2025-07-08
Amended Senate     2025-05-01
Amended Senate     2025-03-25
Introduced     2025-02-19
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			<html:p>This bill would authorize a local government within the same county as a tribe to enter into a voluntary agreement with a tribe to allow new tribal housing development projects to count toward the locality’s share of the regional housing needs allocation, as specified. The bill would prohibit a local government from requiring a tribe to waive sovereign immunity in order to enter into a voluntary agreement pursuant to these provisions. The bill would define various terms for these provisions. The bill would state the intent of the Legislature that the Department of Housing and Community Development be encouraged to approve units in a tribal housing development as counting toward the locality’s regional housing needs allocation, as specified.</html:p>
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								The units in the tribal housing development meet the definition of housing unit, as defined by the United States Census Bureau.
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								This section does not affect an existing tribal housing development that is being counted towards a locality’s share of the regional housing needs allocation regardless of whether a local government and a tribe enter into a voluntary agreement pursuant to this section.
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								For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
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Last Version Text Digest Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, requires each city, county, or city and county to prepare and adopt a general plan for its jurisdiction that contains certain mandatory elements, including a housing element. Under existing law, a part of the housing element is an assessment of housing needs, which includes the locality’s share of the regional housing need. Under existing law, the appropriate council of governments, or for cities and counties without a council of governments, the Department of Housing and Community Development, adopts a final regional housing need plan that allocates a share of the regional housing need to each locality in the region. Existing law authorizes a local government to conduct a review or appeal regarding allocation data provided by the department or the council of governments regarding, among other things, the locality’s share of the regional housing need. This bill would authorize a local government within the same county as a tribe to enter into a voluntary agreement with a tribe to allow new tribal housing development projects to count toward the locality’s share of the regional housing needs allocation, as specified. The bill would prohibit a local government from requiring a tribe to waive sovereign immunity in order to enter into a voluntary agreement pursuant to these provisions. The bill would define various terms for these provisions. The bill would state the intent of the Legislature that the Department of Housing and Community Development be encouraged to approve units in a tribal housing development as counting toward the locality’s regional housing needs allocation, as specified. The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities.