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California 20252026

AB 939

Housing development: density bonuses: affordability of for-sale units.

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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
Housingdevelopment, affordabilityoffor-saleunits, densitybonuses
Introduced / first action
2025-02-19 00:00:00

Alternate titles

  • The Safe, Sustainable, Traffic-Reducing Transportation Bond Act of 2026.

Source-supplied abstracts

Existing law, commonly referred to as the Density Bonus Law, requires a city or county to provide a developer that proposes a housing development, as defined, within the city or county with a density bonus, other incentives or concessions, and waivers or reductions of development standards, as specified, if the developer agrees to construct specified units and meets other requirements. Existing law, among other things, requires compliance with certain affordability requirements, including requiring that the applicant agree to ensure, and that the city, county, or city and county ensure, that a for-sale unit that qualified the applicant for the award of the density bonus is either (1) initially sold to and occupied by a person or family of very low, low, or moderate income, as specified, or (2) if the unit is not purchased by an income-qualified person or family within 180 days after the issuance of the certificate of occupancy, the unit is purchased by a qualified nonprofit housing corporation, as provided. This bill would additionally allow the applicant and the city, county, or city and county to comply with the above-described affordability requirements with respect to a for-sale unit by ensuring that the unit is purchased by a nonprofit housing corporation, as specified, for properties to be sold to and occupied by extremely low, very low, or lower income families who participate in a below market interest rate loan program, as described. By adding to the duties of local agencies to implement the Density Bonus Law, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. 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 4 p.m.

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  2. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 67. Noes 6.).

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  3. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  4. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 1.).

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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. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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

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  9. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  10. From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

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  11. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  12. Referred to Com. on HOUSING.

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

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  14. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 9. Page 3873.)

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  15. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  16. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 2.) (January 22).

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  17. Coauthors revised.

  18. Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3806.)

  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 10. Noes 1.) (January 14).

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  22. Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.

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  23. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.

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  24. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended.

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  25. Referred to Com. on TRANS.

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  26. From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.

  27. Read first time. To print.

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