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California AB 2097 — Parking Mandate Elimination Near Transit (CA)

Tracked preemption from the California overlay bundle.

Overview

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Effective
2023-01-01
Sunset
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Authority
state
Scope
state:CA
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Primary-source summary
AB 2097 — Parking Mandate Elimination Near Transit (2023)

Trigger predicate

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

city.transit_proximity_flags.has_qualifying_transit_stop_under_ab2097 == True

Preempted fields

1 field on the base district schema is rewritten when the trigger fires.

FieldOpValueNote
base_districts[*].parking_ratiowaive—Waiver applies per-parcel within ½ mile of major transit stop

Citation

Authority source
CA Government Code §65863.2
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=65863.2.&lawCode=GOV

Research notes

Major transit stop = rail station, BRT, ferry terminal, or bus intersection with 15-min peak service. Does not prohibit voluntary parking provision; only eliminates the mandate.