UPDATE: This legislation was approved and signed by the Governor on 10-11-23.
AB-1218 was introduced by Assembly Member Lowenthal on 2-16-23.
This bill would prohibit a city/county from approving any project that would require the demolition of:
Occupied or vacant protected units
Sites where protected units where demolished within the previous 5 years
Demolitions would only be permitted if the project included all of the following:
Replacement of all existing or demolished protected units
Include at minimum, the same number of residential units as existed on the site in the past 5 years
Allow existing tenants to occupy their units until 6 months prior to the start of construction
Provide relocation benefits to the existing occupants of any protected units that are lower income households
Comments