Facing opposition led by CAA, an inclusionary-housing bill failed to get off the Assembly floor by Thursday’s deadline, but it’s still alive.
Assemblyman Kevin Mullin
AB 2502 by Assemblyman Kevin Mullin, D-South San Francisco, lacked the needed votes to advance to the Senate. So instead of taking a vote, the bill was referred back to the Committee on Local Government. This unusual move keeps the bill alive, although it’s unclear whether the committee will take it up again.
Mullin’s bill would allow cities and counties to force below-market rate housing in new rental developments.
It would overturn the Palmer v. Los Angeles court decision, which concluded that requiring a percentage of affordable units, or inclusionary housing, in new rental developments violates California’s Costa-Hawkins Act. Costa-Hawkins bans rent control in rental housing built after 1995.
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