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AB 2118

Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act of 2022: use by right: objective standards.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-09-12 13:12:55 UTC.

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Measure details

Jurisdiction
California
Session
20252026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
AffordableHousingandHighRoadJobsActof2022, objectivestandards, usebyright
Introduced / first action
2026-02-18 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

The Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act of 2022, until January 1, 2033, authorizes a development proponent to submit an application for a mixed-income housing development along a commercial corridor that satisfies specified site criteria, affordability criteria, and objective development standards, and deems a housing development that meets those requirements a use by right and subject to streamlined, ministerial review. Existing law prohibits the objective standards from precluding a development from being built at specified residential density required and from requiring the development to reduce unit size to meet the objective standards. This bill would also prohibit the objective standards from prohibiting or otherwise limiting mixed-use development, as defined, in a housing development project. By changing the criteria local agencies must follow for the approval of certain development projects, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act of 2022 defines various terms for purposes of the act. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those definition provisions. 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. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

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Actions

  1. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.

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  2. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 1.).

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  3. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  4. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).

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  5. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  6. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  7. Ordered to third reading.

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  8. From Consent Calendar.

  9. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  10. From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  11. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  12. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 23).

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  13. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

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  14. Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and L. GOV.

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  15. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  16. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 1.)

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  17. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  18. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 6).

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  19. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  20. Read second time and amended.

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  21. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 20).

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  22. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.

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  23. Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and NAT. RES.

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  24. From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.

  25. Read first time. To print.

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