California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California AB2074: Regional transit hub districts: downtown housing developments.
Status: Chaptered, September 29, 2026
What the bill says
An act to amend Section 65585 of, and to add Section 65913.13 to, the Government Code, relating to land use. land use Regional transit hub districts: downtown housing developments. The Planning and Zoning Law generally regulates local government zoning and approval of certain types of housing development projects. The law authorizes a development proponent to submit an application for a development that is subject to a prescribed ministerial approval process if the development complies with certain procedural requirements and satisfies specified objective planning standards…
From the chaptered text, September 29, 2026:
An act to amend Section 65585 of, and to add Section 65913.13 to, the Government Code, relating to land use. land use Regional transit hub districts: downtown housing developments. The Planning and Zoning Law generally regulates local government zoning and approval of certain types of housing development projects. The law authorizes a development proponent to submit an application for a development that is subject to a prescribed ministerial approval process if the development complies with certain procedural requirements and satisfies specified objective planning standards. The law also requires a housing development project within a specified distance of a transit-oriented development stop to be an allowed use as a transit-oriented housing development on any site zoned for residential, mixed, or commercial development, if the development complies with specified requirements, as applicable. This bill would, by July 1, 2027, require major transit cities to designate at least one regional transit hub district, as specified, and prescribe requirements for those districts, including requiring that a district make a downtown housing development an allowable use, as specified. The bill would define “downtown housing development” as a housing development project within a regional hub district that meets certain conditions, including that it meets specified labor standards. The bill would prescribe requirements for the developments, including that the developments are eligible for streamlined ministerial approval, as …