AB 301: Planning and zoning: housing development projects: postentitlement phase permits: state departments.

Existing law relating to housing development approval requires a local agency to compile a list of information needed to approve or deny a postentitlement phase permit, to post an example of a complete, approved application and an example of a complete set of postentitlement phase permits for at least 5 types of housing development projects in the jurisdiction, as specified, and to make those items available to all applicants for these permits no later than January 1, 2024. Existing law establishes time limits for completing reviews regarding whether an application for a postentitlement phase permit is complete and compliant and consequences for a local agency that fails to meet that timeline, as provided. Existing law defines postentitlement phase permit to include a range of permits issued by a local agency.

This bill would require a state department to comply with the above-described provisions relating to postentitlement phase permits applicable to a local agency. The bill would deem a postentitlement phase permit approved, and all related reviews complete, if a state department fails to meet the time limits for review of an application for that permit. The bill would revise the definition of postentitlement phase permit for purposes of these provisions to include permits issued by a state department and any postentitlement review by a state department associated with a housing development proposal, and would define the term state department for these purposes.

This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.