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AB 1771: State Housing Law: apartment houses.

  • Session Year: 2025-2026
  • House: Assembly
  • Latest Version Date: 2026-04-27

Current Status:

In Progress

(2026-05-14: Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5030.))

Introduced

In Committee

First Chamber

In Committee

Second Chamber

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Existing law, the State Housing Law, establishes statewide building standards relating to occupancy, use, and maintenance of hotels, motels, lodging houses, apartment houses, and dwellings, and authorizes the Department of Housing and Community Development to adopt rules and regulations for this purpose. Pursuant to that authority, existing law requires a manager or other responsible person to reside upon the premises and have charge of every apartment house in which there are 16 or more apartments, as specified.

This bill would prohibit a state or local entity from requiring a manager or other caretaker to reside upon the premises of an apartment house and would require the department to update its regulations, as specified.The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities.

This bill would require the department to analyze the efficacy of the above-described manager residence requirement and to submit a report to the Legislature with recommendations on whether to maintain, modify, or repeal the requirement no later than January 1, 2029, as specified. The bill would require the department to engage and solicit feedback from specified stakeholders for this purpose. The bill would repeal its provisions on January 1, 2031.

Discussed in Hearing

Assembly Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development6MIN
Apr 22, 2026

Assembly Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development

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