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 03/25/26 - Amended Senate
 02/20/26 - Introduced

 SB-1344 Civil actions: housing development projects.(2025-2026)

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 Date Published: 06/03/2026 02:13 PM

SB1344:v97#DOCUMENTBill Start

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 June 03, 2026

 Amended
 IN 
 Senate
 March 25, 2026

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

 Senate Bill

No. 1344

Introduced by Senator Cabaldon
(Principal coauthor: Senator Umberg)

February 20, 2026

 An act to amend Sections 529.2 and 904.1 of, and to add Section 425.21 to, the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to civil actions. 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 1344, as amended, Cabaldon.
 Civil actions: housing development projects.

Existing law provides that in a civil action brought by a plaintiff to challenge a housing development project that meets or exceeds the requirements for low- or moderate-income housing, a defendant may seek an order requiring the plaintiff to furnish an undertaking as security for costs and damages that may be incurred by the defendant if the bringing of the action would result in preventing or delaying the project, as specified. Existing law limits the liability of the plaintiff who must furnish the undertaking to $500,000. Existing law also permits a defendant in a civil action challenging the approval or permitting of a priority housing development project, as defined, to bring a special motion to strike the pleading. Existing law requires the court to deny the motion to strike if the court determines, based on the pleadings, affidavits, and administrative record if applicable,
 that the plaintiff has established a probability of prevailing on the claim.

This bill would increase the above-referenced liability limit to $1,000,000. The bill would also generally apply the above provisions to priority care developments, as defined, that provide supportive housing or other housing assistance in connection with behavioral health services and other specified purposes.

Digest Key

 Vote:
 MAJORITY 
 Appropriation:
 NO 
 Fiscal Committee:
 NO 
 Local Program:
 NO 

Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 425.21 is added to the Code of Civil Procedure, to read:

425.21.

 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(1) The state faces an availability and affordability housing crisis, largely due to a severe housing shortage. Solving the housing crisis therefore requires a multifaceted, statewide approach that includes encouraging an increase in the overall housing supply, encouraging the development of housing that is affordable to households at all income levels, and removing barriers to housing production.

(2) The limited availability of community-based care facilities to support rehabilitation and recovery contributes to the growing crisis of
 homelessness and incarceration among those living with a mental health disorder. Research in 2021 indicates that the state has a shortage of over 2,700 subacute and nearly 3,000 community residential beds. This shortage has caused significant increases in emergency department visits for mental health treatment at a very high cost.

(3) The continuum of care for all Californians, especially the most vulnerable, must include immediate access to temporary and permanent supportive housing or other housing assistance provided in connection with behavioral health services, including temporary shelter and permanent housing for people experiencing, or at the risk of experiencing, homelessness.

(4) In response to the state’s housing shortage, and in order to expedite the resolution of actions challenging priority housing developments, the Legislature has enacted laws authorizing a defendant defendant, respondent, or real party in interest to bring a special motion to strike the plaintiff’s pleading in such an action. A similar law for actions challenging priority care development projects will strengthen California’s investment in improving its continuum of care statewide and ameliorate the shortage of such infrastructure.

(b) (1) (A) In all civil actions brought by any petitioner to challenge the approval or
 permitting of a priority care development project, including actions brought pursuant to Section 21167 of the Public Resources Cod