California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California AB2118: Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act of 2022: use by right: objective standards.
Status: Chaptered, September 27, 2026
What the bill says
An act to amend Sections 65912.101 and 65912.123 of the Government Code, relating to housing. housing Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act of 2022: use by right: objective standards…
From the chaptered text, September 27, 2026:
An act to amend Sections 65912.101 and 65912.123 of the Government Code, relating to housing. housing Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act of 2022: use by right: objective standards. The Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act of 2022, until January 1, 2033, authorizes a development proponent to submit an application for a mixed-income housing development along a commercial corridor that satisfies specified site criteria, affordability criteria, and objective development standards, and deems a housing development that meets those requirements a use by right and subject to streamlined, ministerial review. Existing law prohibits the objective standards from precluding a development from being built at specified residential density required and from requiring the development to reduce unit size to meet the objective standards. This bill would also prohibit the objective standards from prohibiting or otherwise limiting mixed-use development, as defined, in a housing development project. By changing the criteria local agencies must follow for the approval of certain development projects, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act of 2022 defines various terms for purposes of the act. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those definition provisions. The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, …
Sponsors
- Josh Hoover (R, AD07) · primary sponsor
- Kelly Seyarto (R, SD32)
Latest actions
- : Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 579, Statutes of 2026.
- : Approved by the Governor.
- : Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- : Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 6781.).
- : Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 1.).
- : In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- : Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).
- : Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
- : Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
- : Ordered to third reading.
Votes
- AB 2118 Hoover Concurrence in Senate Amendments (August 28, 2026): 74 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2118 Hoover et al. By Seyarto (August 25, 2026): 40 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar (June 23, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] (June 16, 2026): 10 yea, 0 nay, passed
- AB 2118 Hoover Assembly Third Reading (May 27, 2026): 73 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Do pass. (May 6, 2026): 14 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is AB2118?
- AB2118 is a bill in the California Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act of 2022: use by right: objective standards.
- What does AB2118 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend Sections 65912.101 and 65912.123 of the Government Code, relating to housing. housing Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act of 2022: use by right: objective standards…
- What is the status of AB2118?
- Chaptered as of September 27, 2026. Latest action: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 579, Statutes of 2026. (September 27, 2026).
- Who sponsored AB2118?
- Josh Hoover (R, AD07), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for AB2118?
- On the California Legislature website: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB2118
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