Bill Text: CA AB69 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended
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Bill Title: Help Homeowners Add New Housing Program: accessory dwelling unit financing.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2020-09-28 - Vetoed by Governor. [AB69 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB69-Amended.html
standards to apply to accessory dwelling units and homes smaller than 800 square feet, which standards.
Bill Title: Help Homeowners Add New Housing Program: accessory dwelling unit financing.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2020-09-28 - Vetoed by Governor. [AB69 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB69-Amended.html
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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill | No. 69 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Ting (Coauthor: Assembly Member Gloria) (Coauthors: Senators Skinner and Wiener) |
December 03, 2018 |
An act to add Section 17921.2 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to land use.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 69, as amended, Ting.
Land use: accessory dwelling units.
Existing law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to propose building standards to the California Building Standards Commission, and to adopt, amend, or repeal rules and regulations governing, among other things, apartment houses and dwellings, as specified.
This bill would require the department to propose small home building standards governing accessory dwelling units smaller than 800 square feet, junior accessory dwelling units, and homes detached dwelling units smaller than 800 square feet. The bill would require the small home building standards to be submitted
feet, as specified, and to submit the small home building standards to the California Building Standards Commission for adoption on or before January 1, 2021.
Digest Key
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 17921.2 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:17921.2.
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17921, the department shall propose for adoption small home building(b) The small home building standards shall include
standards for accessory dwelling units of less than 800 square feet and junior accessory dwelling units that include allowances for small kitchens and bathrooms with small appliances.
(b)
(c) The small home building standards shall be drafted to achieve the most cost-effective construction standards possible, and possible. The small home building standards applicable to detached accessory dwelling units and other detached dwelling units less
than 800 square feet
shall be similar or more cost effective than standards in the 2007 edition of the California Building Standards Code.
(c)
(d) The small home building standards shall be submitted to the California Building Standards Commission for adoption on or before January 1, 2021.
(e) For purposes of this section, “small home” means an accessory dwelling unit less than 800 square feet, a junior accessory dwelling unit, and any other detached dwelling unit less than 800 square feet.