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SB 13832025–2026 SessionREPORTEDDEMOCRAT

Housing development: density bonus: incentives or concessions: labor standards.

Introduced Feb 20, 2026Jesse Arreguín (D-CA)

Summary

Existing law, commonly referred to as the Density Bonus Law, requires a city or county to provide a developer that proposes a housing development within the city or county with a density bonus, waivers or reductions of development standards, parking ratios, and other incentives or concessions, as specified, if the developer agrees to construct certain types of housing, including, among other types of housing, housing that will include specified percentages of units for rental or sale to lower income households or very low income households, as specified. Existing law requires a city or county to grant incentives or concessions requested by an applicant for a density bonus except under prescribed circumstances. Existing law defines "incentives or concessions" to include, among other things, a reduction in site development standards or a modification of zoning code requirements or architectural design requirements that exceed the minimum building standards, as specified, and regulatory incentives or concessions proposed by the developer or the city or county that result in identifiable and actual cost reductions to provide for affordable housing costs, as specified. This bill would exclude a reduction in site development standards, a modification of zoning code or architectural design requirements, and other regulatory incentives or concessions that include or relate to a labor standard, as defined, from the definition of "incentives or concessions."

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Legislative Journey

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Floor
  4. Passed Chamber 1
  5. Passed Chamber 2
  6. Signed
Feb 20, 2026

Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Senate
Feb 23, 2026

From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.

Senate
Feb 23, 2026

Read first time.

Senate
Mar 4, 2026

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

Senate
Mar 23, 2026

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

Senate
Mar 24, 2026

Withdrawn from committee.

Senate
Mar 24, 2026

Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

Senate