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Yes: 248 • No: 0
CaliforniaAB 6702025-2026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET
Planning and zoning: housing element: converted affordable housing units.
Sponsored By: Sharon Quirk-Silva (Democratic)
Signed by Governor
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Bill Overview
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4 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Converted apartments count as affordable units
Beginning April 1, 2027, cities and counties may count existing apartments they convert to affordable homes toward up to 25% of their low‑income housing goals. The homes must get a new recorded affordability covenant for at least 55 years and were not previously restricted. Residents living there at conversion cannot be evicted for income or eligibility. If rehab work temporarily displaces them, the owner provides temporary housing. After conversion, units must be decent, safe, and sanitary and be monitored by a government agency. Reports must show these were not new construction and list units by income level.
Stronger oversight of housing reports
The state housing department can ask for corrections to the housing report within 90 days, and the local agency must fix them within 30 days. If the report still does not substantially comply, the state can reject it and must give written reasons. The state must post each annual housing report online soon after receiving it. If a court finds a report is over 60 days late and not compliant, it must order the city or county to comply within 60 days, and may impose sanctions if they do not. This court rule applies to cases filed on or after the first October after the state adopts the forms and definitions, and at least six months after that adoption. A coordination rule with AB 726 decides which version of the reporting section applies if both laws take effect by January 1, 2026 and both amend the same section, with this later‑enacted law’s version taking precedence.
Track demolitions and required replacements
Starting with the report due April 1, 2027, planning agencies must mark each housing application that triggers replacement housing or relocation help. They must report how many replacement homes are required and how many are entitled, permitted, or completed, by income level. They must add a demolition report listing units approved for demolition and units demolished. For each site, the report must include the parcel number, approval date, rental or ownership counts, protected units by income, approved uses, and any relocation assistance. Agencies must also report when non‑housing projects require replacement homes, including the site, who will build them, and the expected completion date.
Rehabbed affordable units count, with limits
The production report may include deed‑restricted affordable homes that are at least 15 years old. They must average no more than 45% of area median income and receive at least $60,000 per unit from the city or county for rehab, including forgiven debt. These rehabbed units do not count toward the separate affordability requirement used for streamlined housing approvals under state law.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Sharon Quirk-Silva
Democratic • House
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 9/12/2025
Item 121 — Assembly AFLOOR
Yes: 77 • No: 0
Senate vote • 9/11/2025
Item 218 — Senate SFLOOR
Yes: 40 • No: 0
legislature vote • 8/29/2025
Vote in CS61
Yes: 7 • No: 0
legislature vote • 7/14/2025
Vote in CS61
Yes: 7 • No: 0
legislature vote • 7/1/2025
Vote in CS75
Yes: 11 • No: 0
House vote • 6/3/2025
Item 72 — Assembly AFLOOR
Yes: 74 • No: 0
legislature vote • 5/23/2025
Vote in CX25
Yes: 12 • No: 0
legislature vote • 4/9/2025
Vote in CX15
Yes: 10 • No: 0
legislature vote • 3/26/2025
Vote in CX10
Yes: 10 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 701, Statutes of 2025.
10/13/2025SenateApproved by the Governor.
10/13/2025legislatureEnrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
9/24/2025legislatureSenate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3379.).
9/12/2025HouseIn Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
9/12/2025HouseRead third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2933.).
9/11/2025SenateOrdered to special consent calendar.
9/9/2025SenateRead second time. Ordered to third reading.
9/8/2025SenateRead third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
9/5/2025SenateRead second time. Ordered to third reading.
9/2/2025SenateRead second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
8/29/2025SenateFrom committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).
8/29/2025SenateIn committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
7/14/2025SenateFrom committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
7/2/2025SenateFrom committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.
6/23/2025SenateReferred to Com. on HOUSING.
6/18/2025SenateIn Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
6/4/2025SenateRead third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1977.)
6/3/2025HouseRead second time. Ordered to third reading.
5/27/2025HouseFrom committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 23).
5/23/2025HouseIn committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
4/30/2025HouseFrom committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
4/10/2025HouseRe-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
4/1/2025HouseRead second time and amended.
3/28/2025HouseFrom committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 26).
3/27/2025House
Bill Text
Chaptered
10/13/2025
Enrolled
9/16/2025
Amended Senate
9/5/2025
Amended Senate
8/29/2025
Amended Senate
6/23/2025
Amended Assembly
3/28/2025
Introduced
2/14/2025