California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California AB817: Cold storage facilities.
Status: Chaptered, September 27, 2026
What the bill says
An act to add, repeal, and add Section 65850.22 of the Government Code, and to add and repeal Sections 17138.10 and 24309.10 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to cold storage facilities. cold storage facilities Cold storage facilities. Existing law, the Permit Streamlining Act, establishes requirements for the review and approval of applications for development projects, as defined, by public agencies, including requiring that a public agency that is the lead agency for the development project approve or disapprove the project within certain time periods, as specified…
From the chaptered text, September 27, 2026:
An act to add, repeal, and add Section 65850.22 of the Government Code, and to add and repeal Sections 17138.10 and 24309.10 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to cold storage facilities. cold storage facilities Cold storage facilities. Existing law, the Permit Streamlining Act, establishes requirements for the review and approval of applications for development projects, as defined, by public agencies, including requiring that a public agency that is the lead agency for the development project approve or disapprove the project within certain time periods, as specified. This bill would prohibit a city, county, or city and county from approving a building permit for cold storage facilities, as defined, unless the owner of the cold storage facility, or the lessee or operator of the cold storage facility, as specified, establishes a contingency fund, as defined, to be used upon declared national, state, or local emergencies in certain circumstances. Until July 1, 2028, the bill would limit the definition of cold storage facilities for purposes of these provisions to facilities located within the geographic boundaries of the Boyle Heights Community Plan. The bill would require an owner of a cold storage facility to provide evidence of the contingency fund at the discretion of the city, county, or city and county, as specified, and authorize an owner to require the lessee …