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California AB 2011 — Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act (CA)

Tracked preemption from the California overlay bundle.

Overview

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Effective
2023-07-01
Sunset
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Authority
state
Scope
state:CA
Other California preemptions
California SB 423 — Streamlined Multifamily ApprovalCalifornia AB 2097 — Parking Mandate Elimination Near TransitCalifornia SB 9 — Housing Opportunity and More Efficiency (HOME) ActCalifornia SB 10 — Local Upzoning AuthorizationCalifornia ADU / JADU By-RightCalifornia Builder's RemedyCalifornia Density Bonus Law
Primary-source summary
Extends and expands SB 35 streamlined ministerial approval for multifamily housing Applies to sites zoned residential or mixed-use (and commercial sites per AB 2011) **Qualifying**: ≥10% affordable at moderate income (ownership) or low income (rental) **50%+ affordable**: ministerial approval with no design review **10–49% affordable**: ministerial with objective design standards only Prevailing wage / skilled & trained workforce requirements apply Cannot be applied in coastal zone, very high fire severity zones, or on sites with existing tenants displaced within 10 years

Trigger predicate

When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.

AND
  • parcel.base_zone_category == com
  • OR
    • project.affordable_pct == 100
    • parcel.on_corridor == True

Preempted fields

2 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.

FieldOpValueNote
base_districts[category=com].allowed_usesaddmultifamily_residential
review_typewaive_discretionary—

Citation

Authority source
CA AB 2011 / Gov Code §65912.100 et seq.
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2011

Research notes

Ministerial approval for MF on commercially-zoned parcels. 100% affordable on any commercial site; mixed-income only on corridor sites. Prevailing wage required. Overlaps SB 423 — developers choose pathway.