AB 893 — Housing development projects: objective standards: campus development zone.

Summary

Existing law, the Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act of 2022 (act) , until January 1, 2033, authorizes a development proponent to submit an application for an affordable housing development or a mixed-income housing development that meets specified objective standards and affordability and site criteria, including being located within a zone where office, retail, or parking are a principally permitted use. The act makes a development that meets those objective standards and affordability and site criteria a use by right and subject to one of 2 streamlined, ministerial review processes depending on, among other things, the affordability requirements applicable to the project. The act requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to undertake at least 2 studies, one completed on or before January 1, 2027, and one completed on or before January 1, 2031, on the outcomes of the act. This bill would provide that, for purposes of determining whether a property or site satisfies the criteria, objective development standards, or other requirements for receiving streamlined, ministerial review under the act, a local government's review of the property or site is limited to the area described as being physically disturbed by construction in the application for streamlined, ministerial review and does not include, unless expressly stated otherwise, other contiguous or noncontiguous areas even if under the ownership or control of the project proponent. The bill would provide that easements for public right-of-way, public or private utilities, or other public improvements in, under, or over the property shall not make the property ineligible to receive streamlined, ministerial review for either affordable or mixed-income housing developments. This bill would also expand the eligibility for the above-described streamlined, ministerial review for mixed-income housing developments to include developments located in a campus development zone, as defined, as long as the development meets certain affordability requirements and objective standards, as provided. The bill would require the outcomes of projects built under campus development zones to be reported in the January 1, 2031, outcomes report. The bill would also make related findings and declarations. The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of, an environmental impact report on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment. CEQA does not apply to the approval of ministerial projects. By expanding the scope of projects eligible for streamlined, ministerial approval as described above, this bill would expand the scope of the exemption from CEQA for ministerial projects. Existing law includes certain setback requirements in the objective standards that a mixed-income development project must meet to be subject to the above-referenced streamlined, ministerial review process. In this regard, existing law requires all parking to be set back at least 25 feet. This bill would instead impose that setback requirement only on parking that is aboveground. By changing the criteria local agencies must follow for the approval of certain development projects, 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.

Bill Text

• Chaptered 10/10/25 - Chaptered Current pdf October 10, 2025
• Enrolled 09/10/25 - Enrolled pdf September 10, 2025
• Amended 08/25/25 - Amended Senate pdf August 25, 2025
• Amended 07/03/25 - Amended Senate pdf July 03, 2025
• Amended 05/27/25 - Amended Assembly pdf May 27, 2025
• Amended 04/21/25 - Amended Assembly pdf April 21, 2025
• Amended 04/10/25 - Amended Assembly pdf April 10, 2025
• Introduced 02/19/25 - Introduced pdf February 19, 2025
• AB893 View text html

Action History

1. October 10, 2025

   Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 500, Statutes of 2025.

2. October 10, 2025

   Approved by the Governor.

3. September 15, 2025

   Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.

4. September 08, 2025

   Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 62. Noes 5. Page 3018.).

5. September 03, 2025

   In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

6. September 03, 2025

   Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 2437.).

7. August 26, 2025

   Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

8. August 25, 2025

   Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

9. August 20, 2025

   Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

10. August 19, 2025

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

11. July 16, 2025

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

12. July 03, 2025

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

13. July 02, 2025

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (July 1).

14. June 11, 2025

    Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and L. GOV.

15. June 03, 2025

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

16. June 02, 2025

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 5. Page 1813.)

17. May 27, 2025

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1745.)

18. May 15, 2025

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

19. May 14, 2025

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 14).

20. May 01, 2025

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

21. April 22, 2025

    Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

22. April 21, 2025

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

23. April 21, 2025

    Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

24. April 10, 2025

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

25. April 09, 2025

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

26. March 10, 2025

    Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV.

27. February 20, 2025

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.

28. February 19, 2025

    Read first time. To print.

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• Mike Fong · Primary

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