Bill author: Assembly Member Sam Blakeslee (R-33)

RELEVANT LEGISLATION: AB 668 (2003), AB 1019 (2007)

SUMMARY
This bill requires that a city and county submit their agreed upon regional housing needs assessment transfer or their request for a revised regional housing needs assessment determination within 90 days of the date of an incorporation or annexation, unless a waiver is granted. In addition, this bill requires a city or county that receives a regional housing needs assessment transfer to update their housing element and identify sites to accommodate the new transfers as specified.

WHY IT MATTERS
The Planning and Zoning Law requires cities and counties to prepare and adopt a general plan to guide the future growth of a community. Every general plan must contain seven elements: 1) land use, 2) circulation, 3) housing, 4) conservation, 5) open-space, 6) noise, and 7) safety. These elements have important implications for the overall effect a community will have on the environment. AB 242 makes provisions to how these general plans are submitted.

THE GOALS OF AB 242 INCLUDE:
Clarifying the statutory language governing transfers in the event of annexations and incorporations - language that currently uses terminology that is inconsistent with the rest of Housing Element Law and contains incorrect statutory cross-references.