California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California SB677: Housing financing: joint powers agreements: bond approvals: subdivisions: tentative and final maps: appeals.
Status: Chaptered, September 30, 2026
What the bill says
An act to amend Sections 6519, 66452.5, 66458, 66462, and 66474.7 of, and to add Sections 6505.7, 6505.9, and 66452.8 to, the Government Code, and to amend Section 52011.5 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to housing. housing Housing financing: joint powers agreements: bond approvals: subdivisions: tentative and final maps: appeals. Existing law, the Joint Exercise of Powers Act, authorizes 2 or more public agencies, by agreement, to form a joint powers authority to exercise any power common to the contracting parties, as specified…
From the chaptered text, September 30, 2026:
An act to amend Sections 6519, 66452.5, 66458, 66462, and 66474.7 of, and to add Sections 6505.7, 6505.9, and 66452.8 to, the Government Code, and to amend Section 52011.5 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to housing. housing Housing financing: joint powers agreements: bond approvals: subdivisions: tentative and final maps: appeals. Existing law, the Joint Exercise of Powers Act, authorizes 2 or more public agencies, by agreement, to form a joint powers authority to exercise any power common to the contracting parties, as specified. Existing law, for the purposes of that act, defines the term “public agency” to include various federal, state, local, and tribal entities. Existing law requires approval by the Department of General Services of certain joint powers agreements that include the state as a member, as provided. Existing law authorizes a joint powers authority to issue revenue bonds to pay the costs and expenses of acquiring, constructing, or conducting a program for, among other things, low-income housing projects owned or operated by a city, county, city and county, or housing authority. Existing law provides that the Treasurer and the Secretary of State are designated as elected representatives for federal tax purposes of a joint powers agency created to approve or certify the issuance of bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness issued by or on behalf …