2026 Policy Priorities

AB 306 (Schultz) California Building Standards Commission: appeals: code interpretations

Would establish a practical statewide process for resolving building code interpretation, code equivalency, and appeals issues that have broader statewide significance (position taken 6/16/2026)

AB 750 (Quirk-Silva) Department of Housing and Community Development. 

Expands eligible PRP projects beyond HCD funded-projects. (position taken 6/3/2026)

AB 801 (Bonta) Would establish the California Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), which would close loopholes in the federal CRA by bringing non-traditional financial institutions under the obligation. [2-Year Bill]

AB 1128 (Muratsuchi) Mobilehome parks: rent caps.

Would establish the California Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), which would close loopholes in the federal CRA by bringing non-traditional financial institutions under the obligation. [2-Year Bill] [DEAD]

AB 1165 (Gipson) Would create a financing plan to provide state funding to address the homelessness and housing crisis in California. [2-Year Bill]

AB 1573 (Bryan) Land Use: housing elements: target population. 

Would add survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking to the list of targeted populations in the housing element. (position taken 4/8/26)

AB 1611 (Haney) Taxation: capital gains and losses: single-family rental homes.

Would end the current tax break for capital gains on sale of single-family houses for corporations that own more than 50 single-family homes. (position taken 4/7/26) [DEAD]

AB 1621 (Wilson) Planning and Zoning Law: postentitlement phase permits: Housing Accountability Act. Would close gaps and improve existing law regarding timelines for local agencies to act on post-entitlement permits and establish remedies for housing project applicants when local agencies violate the applicable timeline. (position taken 3/13/26)

AB 1710 (Carillo) Housing developments: ordinances, policies, and standards. Would include in the definition of “ordinances, policies, and standards” materials requirements, post entitlement permit standards, and any rules, regulations, determinations, and other requirements adopted or implemented by other public agencies, as defined. (position taken 3/13/26) [DEAD]

AB 1924 (Gabriel): Statewide Homelessness Prevention Strategy. Would direct HCD to develop a statewide strategy and model practices on homelessness prevention. (position taken 4/8/26)

AB 2020 (Gabriel): Housing Programs:Financing. Would direct HCD to develop a statewide strategy and model practices on homelessness prevention. (position taken 4/8/26)

AB 2089 (Ward): Property Taxation: Welfare Exemption:

Prevents properties from losing their welfare tax exemption (WTE) when they transfer ownership during resyndication. Creates an online portal to certify income rather than requiring paper. Adds transparency to the WTE process, including requiring an example of a complete application to be posted online, and creating a timeline for assessors to certify the WTE. (position taken 4/8/26)  

AB 2122 (Kalra) Infractions: warrants and penalties. Would prohibit the issuance of a bench warrant if the underlying offense is an infraction. This ensures that the lowest level law violations that are only subject to a fine do not unfairly turn into jail time simply because of failure to pay. (position taken 3/13/26)

AB 2128 (Haney) Housing Authorities: Term Limits And Work Requirements.

Prohibits a public housing authority from implementing any rules that impose term limits or work requirements as a condition of eligibility for housing vouchers, regardless of federal requirements. (position taken 4/16/26)

AB 2185 (Quirk-Silva)) Housing: Multifamily Affordable Housing Programs. Requires housing agencies to systematically review and revise funding programs to make them work for the unique circumstances involved in approving and financing factory-built housing. (position taken 4/16/26)

AB 2299 (Calderon) California Antihunger Response and Employment Training Act of 2026. Would create state-funded food benefits for people from CalFresh food benefits due to the federal time limit work requirements. (position taken 3/13/26) [DEAD]

AB 2465 (Ortega) State Government: benefits. 

Prohibits businesses that contract with ICE from receiving tax breaks, excluding LIHTC (position taken 6/12/26).

AB 2626 (Gabriel) Housing Programs: Financing. Would authorize HCD to waive annual monitoring fee payments for affordable housing developments when the department determines that such relief is necessary to maintain the fiscal integrity and long-term viability of the development. (position taken 4/8/26) [DEAD]

AB 2748 (Quirk-Silva) Building Standards: Affordable Housing Developments: Electric Vehicle Charging. Freezes electric vehicle charging standards for affordable housing at 2022 standards. (position taken 4/16/26) [DEAD]

AB 2351 (Bonta) General Plan: Annual Report: Shelter beds. Requires planning agencies to report the number of temporary emergency shelter beds and the number of permanent housing units serving those experiencing or exiting homelessness. (position taken 4/23/26) [DEAD]

SB 894 (Allen)Wildfire resiliency: financial assistance. 

Would establish the CA Wildfire Resilience Program, a loan loss reserve and interest rate buy-down program to increase access to, and affordability of, home hardening modifications, including for affordable housing. (position taken 6/2/26)

SB 963 (Laird) California Coastal Act of 1976: coastal development permits: appeal: de novo review.

Creates a timeline of 180 days for the Coastal Commission to approve or deny a project appeal. (position taken 6/2/26) [PASSED]

SB 982 (Wiener) Climate Disasters: Civil Actions. Would authorize the Attorney General to bring a civil action against specified fossil fuel companies for climate-attributable damage to recover costs and losses suffered by the California FAIR Plan Association, funds borrowed from the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank, or costs and losses incurred by insurance policyholders. (position taken 4/8/26) [DEAD]

SB 996 (Padilla) Advancing Equitable and Affordable Housing Finance for Manufactured Homeowners. Would create a new opt-in pathway for residents of Manufactured Homes to have their home titled as “real property” rather than “personal property.” (position taken 3/13/26)

SB 1014 (Grayson) Development Projects: Preliminary Estimate Of Requirement Improvements: Onsite And Offsite Improvements. Would require a city or county to provide developers a list of any required onsite or offsite improvements and an estimate of the cost within 30 days of a preliminary application, and prohibit a local or state agency from requiring any improvements that were not disclosed during that period. (position taken 4/8/2026)

SB 1092 (Allen) Mobilehome parks: resident organizations: financial assistance.   

Would require mobile home parks management to provide notice of intent to sell 360 days before accepting the offer, and allow 180 days for residents to deliver a proposed purchase agreement, which management must consider and negotiate in good faith to determine whether a mutual agreement can be reached to enable the resident organization to purchase the park, and, if the offer is rejected, provide a good faith reason for the rejection. (position taken 4/8/2026) [DEAD]

SB 1160 (Durazo) Judicial Council: eviction data reporting.   

Would require the Judicial Council to collect data on evictions and unlawful detainer cases. (position taken 4/8/2026)

SB 1243 (Durazo) Unlawful detainer: Tenant Protections for Immigrant Families Act of 2026. Would establish eviction protections for tenants impacted by immigration detention and enforcement actions. (position taken 4/16/2026) [DEAD]