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CaliforniaAB 15292025-2026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET
Housing omnibus.
Sponsored By: Sponsor information unavailable
Signed by Governor
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Bill Overview
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10 provisions identified: 7 benefits, 0 costs, 3 mixed.
First chance to buy affordable homes
Before ending subsidies, selling near restriction end (within five years), or letting limits expire, owners must first offer a chance to buy to listed entities. These include tenant associations, local and regional or national nonprofits and public agencies, and qualified for‑profit housing buyers. Buyers must be certified by the state and record at least a 30‑year affordability agreement (or longer if federal aid lasts longer). Qualified buyers get 270 days to submit a bona fide offer. If the owner receives a real offer, they must tell the state within 90 days and either sell or record a new 30‑year affordability agreement. Owners must send and post notices and share key records within 15 business days of request. If appraisals differ by 5% or less, the higher appraisal sets the price; if more, a third appraiser can decide. Before selling to a non‑qualified buyer, owners must record a sworn statement that they followed these rules. Tenants, tenant groups, qualified entities, and public agencies can enforce the law and seek attorney fees.
Stronger renter eviction rules through 2030
Beginning April 1, 2024, you get just‑cause protection after 12 straight months in your home. Landlords must state a valid at‑fault or no‑fault reason, like owner move‑in, demolition, or major remodel. For owner move‑in, the new occupant must move in within 90 days and live there at least 12 months; big remodels must require a 30‑day vacancy. For no‑fault cases, landlords must pay you one month’s rent or waive the last month within 15 days. Clear written notices in at least 12‑point type are required, with special timing rules. Some homes are exempt, like certain owner‑occupied properties and newly built units. Courts can award damages, attorney fees, and up to triple damages for willful violations. These rules remain in place until January 1, 2030.
Early warning before assisted housing ends
Owners of assisted housing must give each affected household at least 12 months’ notice before ending a subsidy, prepaying a mortgage, or letting rent limits expire. The notice must include dates, the program name, expected rents for the next year, whether rents may rise, and key contacts. A follow‑up notice goes out at least six months before with updated rent details, and any big changes must be shared within seven business days. Owners must post a public notice three years before a scheduled expiration (for expirations after January 1, 2021) and give copies to prospective tenants. Notices go by first‑class mail to tenants (and by mail or email to public agencies). If owners break these rules, courts can pause rent hikes, put back old limits, and order refunds of improper increases. Owners are not liable for errors already in existing tenant or project records.
More people get foreclosure sale notices
After a notice of default is recorded, the lender or trustee must mail copies within 10 business days to listed requestors and the borrower. A notice of sale must be mailed at least 20 days before the sale. In some cases, mailings also go within one month to other recorded interest holders, to the State Controller for postponed property taxes, and to state housing and tax‑credit agencies when a use restriction is recorded. After a trustee’s sale, trustees must mail requested copies of the trustee’s deed to associations within 15 business days. These steps help owners and other parties learn about a foreclosure in time to act.
Plan sites for farmworker housing
State housing, general services, housing finance, and agriculture agencies must find and rank excess state sites near migrant labor centers for permanent farmworker housing. They must identify sites by December 31, 2028, and give top priority to areas with the greatest need. This planning helps steer future affordable housing in farm communities.
Clear rent caps in assisted rentals
For pre‑1991 assisted rentals, HCD sets affordable rent between 15% and 25% of a household’s gross income. For post‑1991 assisted rentals, rent caps tie to area median income: generally 30% of a set share of AMI by income level (for example, very low income uses 50% of AMI). The acutely low‑income rule applies to leases signed on or after January 1, 2022. Starting January 1, 2025, projects that dedicate at least 80% of units to lower‑income households and receive certain awards may use state tax‑credit rent limits. These rules standardize how maximum rents are set in assisted housing.
Exceptions and compliance for purchase rules
If no bona fide offer arrives in 270 days, an owner may sell to any buyer, extend restrictions, or let them end at the noticed time. Some transfers are exempt, like eminent domain, foreclosure, gifts, inheritance, transfers by law, and owner‑certified financial emergencies. Developments with 30% or fewer restricted units are also exempt. When a property is not economically feasible, a buyer may temporarily remove some restricted units and must restore them as the next units turn over once the building is feasible. Owners can rely on a buyer’s claimed qualifications unless they actually know otherwise. HCD requires state‑approved forms and may refer violations to the Attorney General. Owners with at least 5% restricted units must file a yearly compliance certification under penalty of perjury.
Local governments reimbursed for state mandates
If the state requires local agencies or schools to do new work under this law, the state pays them back. The Commission on State Mandates decides if there are state‑mandated costs. When it finds costs, locals get reimbursement under state law.
Faster state housing forms and rules
The state housing department can set standards, forms, and definitions to run this law. It can create or change them without using the usual Administrative Procedure Act process. This helps the state issue required notices and certifications faster. It does not by itself change tenant or owner rights.
Some changes depend on another bill
A change to the statewide just-cause tenancy section only operates if another bill also becomes law. Both bills must be effective by January 1, 2026, both must change the same section, and this bill must be signed after the other. If that happens, one earlier version in this bill does not take effect. This helps avoid conflicts but can delay which tenant rules apply.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
There is no primary sponsor on record.
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 9/11/2025
Item 57 — Assembly AFLOOR
Yes: 79 • No: 0
Senate vote • 9/10/2025
Item 184 — Senate SFLOOR
Yes: 40 • No: 0
legislature vote • 7/16/2025
Vote in CS82
Yes: 7 • No: 0
legislature vote • 6/24/2025
Vote in CS75
Yes: 11 • No: 0
House vote • 5/15/2025
Item 176 — Assembly AFLOOR
Yes: 69 • No: 0
legislature vote • 5/7/2025
Vote in CX25
Yes: 15 • No: 0
legislature vote • 4/30/2025
Vote in CX10
Yes: 10 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 203, Statutes of 2025.
10/1/2025SenateApproved by the Governor.
10/1/2025legislatureEnrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
9/23/2025legislatureSenate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3333.).
9/11/2025HouseIn Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
9/10/2025HouseRead third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2797.).
9/10/2025SenateRead second time. Ordered to third reading.
9/8/2025SenateRead third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
9/5/2025SenateOrdered to third reading.
8/29/2025SenateFrom Consent Calendar.
8/29/2025SenateRead second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
8/26/2025SenateFrom committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.
8/25/2025SenateFrom committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.
8/19/2025SenateIn committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
8/1/2025SenateFrom committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
7/16/2025SenateFrom committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
6/25/2025SenateFrom committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.
6/17/2025SenateReferred to Coms. on HOUSING and L. GOV.
5/28/2025SenateIn Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
5/15/2025SenateRead third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1570.)
5/15/2025HouseRead second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
5/8/2025HouseFrom committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 7).
5/7/2025HouseFrom committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
4/30/2025HouseReferred to Com. on H. & C.D.
3/28/2025HouseFrom printer. May be heard in committee April 25.
3/26/2025House
Bill Text
Chaptered
10/1/2025
Enrolled
9/15/2025
Amended Senate
9/5/2025
Amended Senate
8/19/2025
Amended Senate
6/17/2025
Introduced
3/25/2025