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 02/19/25 - Introduced

 AB-818 Permit Streamlining Act: local emergencies.(2025-2026)

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 Date Published: 10/13/2025 02:00 PM

AB818:v93#DOCUMENTBill Start

 Assembly Bill

 No. 818

 CHAPTER 534

An act to add Section 65946.1 to the Government Code, relating to housing.

 [
 Approved by

 Governor
 October 10, 2025.

 Filed with

 Secretary of State
 October 10, 2025.
 ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 818, Ávila Farías.
 Permit Streamlining Act: local emergencies.

Existing law, the Permit Streamlining Act, requires a public agency to determine whether an application for a development project is complete within specified time periods, as specified. The act requires a public agency that is the lead agency for a development project to approve or disapprove that project within specified time periods. Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, among other things, authorizes the governing body of a city, county, or city and county to proclaim a local emergency under certain circumstances, as specified, and grants political subdivisions various powers and authorities in periods of local emergency.

This
 bill would require a city, county, or city and county to approve or deny a complete application, within 10 business days of receipt of the application, for a building permit or an equivalent permit for any of the specified structures intended to be used by a person until the rebuilding or repair of an affected property is complete. By imposing new duties on local agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

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.

The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Digest Key

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

Bill Text

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

SECTION 1.

 Section 65946.1 is added to the Government Code, to read:

65946.1.

 (a) For purposes of this section:

(1) “Affected property” means a residential real property that satisfies either of the following conditions:

(A) The property was destroyed by a disaster that resulted in a declared local emergency.

(B) The property was rendered a substandard building as a result of a disaster that resulted in a declared local emergency.

(2) “Disaster” has the same meaning as defined in Section 8680.3.

(3) Notwithstanding Section 65930, “local agency” means any city, county, or city and county.

(4) “Local emergency” has the same meaning as defined in Section 8680.9.

(5) “Substandard building” has the same meaning as defined in Section 17920 of the Health and Safety Code.

(6) “Utility provider” means an entity that provides a utility service connection and that is subject to the requirements of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 66000).

(b) If a local agency approves a permit necessary to rebuild or repair an affected property, a utility provider shall provide a written notice describing the next steps in the approval process for a connection request for the project within 30 days of receipt of the connection request, unless connection is infeasible due to the disaster.

(c) Notwithstanding any other law, after a parcel has been deemed safe for development by the state, a local agency, or the state and a local agency after a disaster that resulted in a declared local emergency, a local agency shall approve or deny a complete application, within 10 business days of receipt of the application, for a building permit or an equivalent permit for any of the following structures intended to be used by a person until the rebuilding or repairing of an affected property is complete:

(1) A state-approved or federally approved modular home.

(2) A state-approved or federally approved prefab