California 2019-2020 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

SB 940 — Housing Crisis Act of 2019: City of San Jose.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 201, Statutes of 2020.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 10, 2020. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 76% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

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High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 3 sponsors

    1 primary, 2 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 5 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

The Housing Crisis Act of 2019 prohibits an affected county or affected city, as defined, from enacting a development policy, standard, or condition that would change the general plan land use designation, specific plan land use designation, or zoning of a parcel or parcels of property to a less intensive use below what was allowed under the land use designation and zoning ordinances of the affected county or affected city in effect on January 1, 2018. The act does not prohibit an affected county or an affected city from changing a land use designation or zoning ordinance to a less intensive use if the city or county concurrently changes the development standards, policies, and conditions applicable to other parcels within the jurisdiction to ensure that there is no net loss in residential capacity. This bill would authorize the City of San Jose to proactively change a zoning ordinance to a more intensive use and use the added capacity to subsequently change a zoning ordinance applicable to an eligible parcel, as defined, to a less intensive use as long as there is no net loss in residential capacity. The bill would require that the change to a zoning ordinance to a less intensive use pursuant to these provisions occur within one year of the change to the zoning ordinance to a more intensive use. The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to adopt a general plan for land use development within its boundaries that includes, among other things, a housing element. That law requires the planning agency of a city or county to provide by April 1 of each year an annual report to, among other entities, the Department of Housing and Community Development that includes, among other specified information, the number of net new units of housing that have been issued a completed entitlement, a building permit, or a certificate of occupancy, thus far in the housing element cycle, as provided. This bill would require the City of San Jose to report each zoning ordinance amendment establishing a less intensive use pursuant to these provisions on an internet website by the time the zoning ordinance amendment is in effect and in its annual report, and would require the City of San Jose to send the annual report to the relevant policy committees of the Legislature, as specified. The Planning and Zoning Law requires each local government to review and revise its housing element according to specified deadlines. This bill would provide that the provisions described above that authorize the City of San Jose to change zoning ordinances become inoperative upon the date that the City of San Jose's housing element update for the sixth cycle is due. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the City of San Jose.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 201, Statutes of 2020.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. Ordered to unfinished business.

  6. From special consent calendar on motion of Senator Grove.

  7. Ordered to special consent calendar.

  8. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  9. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5286.) Ordered to the Senate.

  10. Ordered to third reading.

  11. Read third time and amended.

  12. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  13. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 29).

  14. July 28 hearing postponed by committee.

  15. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.

  16. Referred to Com. on H. & C.D.

  17. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  18. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3793.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  19. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  20. Referral to Com. on HOUSING rescinded due to the shortened 2020 Legislative Calendar.

  21. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3523.) (May 11).

  22. Set for hearing May 11.

  23. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F.

  24. Referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and HOUSING.

  25. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12.

  26. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

  • Beall · Primary
  • Chu · Cosponsor
  • Ash Kalra · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 119 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Beall

Co-sponsors (2)

Not signed on (119)

119 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

SB 940 Beall Senate Third Reading By Kalra

Passed 73 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 48003
Democratic 20002
Republican 5001
Total 73006
% of votes cast 92%0%0%8%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Levine — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Weber — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Gray — Yea
Salas — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Ting — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Kamlager — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Brough — Yea
Fong — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Low — Yea
Diep — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chau — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Burke — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Medina — Yea
Gloria — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Daly — Yea
Wood — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Holden — Yea
Smith — Yea
Eggman — Not Voting
Frazier — Not Voting
Voepel — Not Voting
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Luz Rivas — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Boerner, Tasha Democratic Not Voting
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Ramos, James C. Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Rubio, Blanca E. Democratic Yea
Wicks, Buffy Democratic Not Voting
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Not Voting
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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Unfinished Business SB940 Beall et al. Concurrence

Passed 39 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 27000
Democratic 10000
Republican 2001
Total 39001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%3%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Roth — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Bates — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Pan — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Monning — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Borgeas — Yea
Beall — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Allen — Yea
Chang — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Hill — Yea
Archuleta, Bob Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena Democratic Yea
Gonzalez, Lena A. Democratic Yea
Hurtado, Melissa Democratic Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Umberg, Thomas J. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Not Voting

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3rd Reading SB940 Beall et al.

Passed 38 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 25002
Democratic 10000
Republican 3000
Total 38002
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Chang — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Allen — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Borgeas — Yea
Roth — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Hill — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Pan — Yea
Beall — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Bates — Yea
Monning — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Moorlach — Not Voting
Morrell — Not Voting
Archuleta, Bob Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena Democratic Yea
Gonzalez, Lena A. Democratic Yea
Hurtado, Melissa Democratic Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Umberg, Thomas J. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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Do pass

Passed 6 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 3000
Unaffiliated 3001
Total 6001
% of votes cast 86%0%0%14%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Nielsen — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Beall — Yea
Moorlach — Not Voting
Hurtado, Melissa Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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Subjects

housing
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 940 do?
The Housing Crisis Act of 2019 prohibits an affected county or affected city, as defined, from enacting a development policy, standard, or condition that would change the general plan land use designation, specific plan land use designation, or zoning of a parcel or parcels of property to a less intensive use below what was allowed under the land use designation and zoning ordinances of the affected county or affected city in effect on January 1, 2018. The act does not prohibit an affected county or an affected city from changing a land use designation or zoning ordinance to a less intensive use if the city or county concurrently changes the development standards, policies, and conditions applicable to other parcels within the jurisdiction to ensure that there is no net loss in residential capacity. This bill would authorize the City of San Jose to proactively change a zoning ordinance to a more intensive use and use the added capacity to subsequently change a zoning ordinance applicable to an eligible parcel, as defined, to a less intensive use as long as there is no net loss in residential capacity. The bill would require that the change to a zoning ordinance to a less intensive use pursuant to these provisions occur within one year of the change to the zoning ordinance to a more intensive use. The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to adopt a general plan for land use development within its boundaries that includes, among other things, a housing element. That law requires the planning agency of a city or county to provide by April 1 of each year an annual report to, among other entities, the Department of Housing and Community Development that includes, among other specified information, the number of net new units of housing that have been issued a completed entitlement, a building permit, or a certificate of occupancy, thus far in the housing element cycle, as provided. This bill would require the City of San Jose to report each zoning ordinance amendment establishing a less intensive use pursuant to these provisions on an internet website by the time the zoning ordinance amendment is in effect and in its annual report, and would require the City of San Jose to send the annual report to the relevant policy committees of the Legislature, as specified. The Planning and Zoning Law requires each local government to review and revise its housing element according to specified deadlines. This bill would provide that the provisions described above that authorize the City of San Jose to change zoning ordinances become inoperative upon the date that the City of San Jose's housing element update for the sixth cycle is due. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the City of San Jose.
Who sponsors SB 940?
SB 940 is sponsored by Beall, Chu, and Kalra, Ash (Democratic).
What is the current status of SB 940?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 10, 2020. Enacted.
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