California Code Library
The enacted text of California's local zoning ordinances and state codes, organized by jurisdiction, chapter, and section.
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State building codes (Title 24)
Browse the full, enacted text by chapter and section.
2025 edition
2025 California Administrative Code (Title 24, Part 1)
2025 edition
2025 California Building Code (Title 24, Part 2)
2025 edition
2025 California Residential Code (Title 24, Part 2.5)
2025 edition
2025 California Mechanical Code (Title 24, Part 4)
2025 edition
2025 California Plumbing Code (Title 24, Part 5)
2025 edition
2025 California Energy Code (Title 24, Part 6)
2025 edition
2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface Code (Title 24, Part 7.5)
2025 edition
2025 California Historical Building Code (Title 24, Part 8)
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2025 California Fire Code (Title 24, Part 9)
2025 edition
2025 California Existing Building Code (Title 24, Part 10)
2025 edition
2025 California Green Building Standards Code (Title 24, Part 11)
2025 edition
2025 California Referenced Standards Code (Title 24, Part 12)
2022 edition
2022 PG&E Greenbook (Gas & Electric Service Requirements)
2025 edition
2025 California ADU Handbook (HCD)
Housing & land-use law
The state statutes, regulations, cases and HCD guidance that set the floor every local ordinance is written against.
Planning, zoning & housing approvals
The Planning and Zoning Law and the statutes layered on top of it — density bonus, streamlining, SB 330, ADUs.
2026 edition
Government Code §§ 65100–65763 — Local Planning, General Plans, Specific Plans, Community Plans (Planning and Zoning Law, Chapter 3, excluding Articles 10.6–10.7)
2026 edition
Government Code §§ 65580–65590.1 — Housing Element Law, Housing Accountability Act (§ 65589.5), and Coastal-Zone Low/Mod Housing (Mello Act)
2026 edition
Government Code §§ 65800–65912 — Zoning Regulations (Planning and Zoning Law, Chapter 4)
2026 edition
Government Code §§ 65912.100–65912.162 — Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act (AB 2011) and Transit-Oriented Development (SB 79)
2026 edition
Government Code §§ 65913–65914.900, 66200–66210 — Housing Development Approvals (incl. § 65913.4 SB 35/SB 423 streamlined ministerial approval) and Housing Sustainability Districts
2026 edition
Government Code §§ 65915–65918 — State Density Bonus Law
2026 edition
Government Code §§ 65920–65964.5 — Permit Streamlining Act
2026 edition
Government Code §§ 66300–66300.6.5 — Housing Crisis Act of 2019 (SB 330) and Demolition of Housing Units
2026 edition
Government Code §§ 66310–66342 — Accessory Dwelling Unit and Junior ADU Law
2026 edition
Government Code, Title 7, Division 1 — General Provisions, State & Regional Planning, Public Hearings, and Miscellaneous Chapters (§§ 65000–65096, 65098, 65919–65993, 66100–66103, 66345)
Environmental & coastal
CEQA, the Coastal Act, and the historical-resources statutes and regulations.
2026 edition
California Register of Historical Resources — listing regulations; State Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit procedures
2026 edition
CEQA Statute and Guidelines (2025 consolidated text)
2026 edition
Public Resources Code §§ 21000–21189.91 — California Environmental Quality Act
2026 edition
Public Resources Code §§ 30000–30900 — California Coastal Act of 1976
2026 edition
Public Resources Code §§ 5020–5029.5 — Historical Resources (State Historical Resources Commission, California Register)
2026 edition
State Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit procedures (14 CCR § 4859 series, rulemaking text)
Public finance, fees & tax credits
Impact fees, the Subdivision Map Act, CTCAC/CDLAC allocation rules, and redevelopment dissolution.
2026 edition
CDLAC Regulations — Qualified Residential Rental Project Program (tax-exempt bond allocation)
2026 edition
CTCAC Regulations Implementing the Federal and State Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Programs
2026 edition
Government Code §§ 53311–53368.3 — Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982
2026 edition
Government Code §§ 53398.50–53398.88 — Enhanced Infrastructure Financing Districts
2026 edition
Government Code §§ 65970–66025, 66030–66035 — School Facilities Fees and Mitigation Fee Act (Fees for Development Projects)
2026 edition
Government Code §§ 66410–66499.58 — Subdivision Map Act
2026 edition
Health and Safety Code §§ 34161–34191.55 — Redevelopment Agency Dissolution and Successor Agencies (Division 24, Parts 1.8, 1.85, 1.87)
Constitutional authority
HCD guidance & enforcement
Program advisories, technical-assistance letters, and notices of violation issued to specific jurisdictions.
- Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act (AB 2011) — housing-law fact sheet
- California Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. City of Los Angeles
- California Redevelopment Ass'n v. Matosantos
- HCD enforcement — Beverly Hills — Notice of Violation: builder's-remedy applications
- HCD enforcement — Beverly Hills (8844 Burton Way) — Notice of Potential Violation: completeness/appeal denial
- HCD enforcement — Glendale — ADU follow-up Notice of Violation
- HCD enforcement — Huntington Beach — Notice of Potential Violation: SB 35 / housing element
- HCD enforcement — La Cañada Flintridge — Notice of Violation: HAA / builder's remedy
- HCD enforcement — Los Gatos (980 University Ave.) — Notice of Potential Violation: PSA & SDBL
- HCD enforcement — Placer County — Notice of Potential Violation + corrective action: HAA, SDBL, Housing Element Law
- HCD enforcement — San Bernardino — Notice of Violation: HAA
- HCD letter of technical assistance — Baldwin Park — AB 2011 technical assistance
- HCD letter of technical assistance — Berkeley (Berkeley USD site) — HAA technical assistance
- HCD letter of technical assistance — Carlsbad — SDBL implementation
- HCD letter of technical assistance — Carlsbad — SDBL replacement units
- HCD letter of technical assistance — Danville (101–119 Town & Country Dr.) — SDBL base density & concessions
- HCD letter of technical assistance — Los Gatos (North 40 Phase II) — SDBL phased-development concession
- HCD letter of technical assistance — Rancho Cucamonga — SB 330 preliminary-application vesting rights
- HCD letter of technical assistance — Santa Ana — AB 2011 technical assistance
- HCD letter of technical assistance — Santa Ana — HAA technical assistance
- HCD letter of technical assistance — Santa Cruz (Arthaus Ocean) — SDBL
- Housing Accountability Act — HCD program advisory
- Housing Accountability Act Technical Assistance Advisory
- Housing Crisis Act — affected cities list
- Housing Crisis Act — affected counties list
- Housing Crisis Act (SB 330/SB 8) — HCD program advisory
- Housing Element Completeness Checklist
- Housing Element Sites Inventory Guidebook (AB 1397)
- Palmer/Sixth Street Properties, L.P. v. City of Los Angeles
- SB 330 Preliminary Application Form (standardized)
- SB 423 Determination Methodology (SMAP)
- SMAP Determination Methodology (updated 2026-06-30)
- State Density Bonus Law — HCD program advisory
- State Density Bonus Law — sample ordinance template
- Streamlined Ministerial Approval Process (SB 35/SB 423) — HCD program advisory
- Streamlined Ministerial Approval Process Guidelines (final updated)
Rent control & tenant protection statutes
2019 edition
AB 1482 — Tenant Protection Act of 2019
2025 edition
California Civil Code § 1946.2 — Just-Cause Termination
2025 edition
California Civil Code § 1947.12 — Rent Caps
2025 edition
Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act
2025 edition
Ellis Act (Gov. Code §§ 7060–7060.7)
2023 edition
SB 567 — Homelessness Prevention Act (2023)
County codes
Alameda CountyAlpine CountyAmador CountyButte CountyCalaveras CountyColusa CountyContra Costa CountyDel Norte CountyEl Dorado CountyFresno CountyGlenn CountyHumboldt CountyImperial CountyInyo CountyKern CountyKings CountyLake CountyLassen CountyLive Oak, Sutter CountyLos Angeles CountyMadera CountyMarin CountyMariposa CountyMendocino CountyMerced CountyModoc CountyMono CountyMonterey CountyNapa CountyNevada CountyOrange CountyPlacer CountyPlumas CountyRiverside CountySacramento CountySan Benito CountySan Bernardino CountySan Diego CountySan Francisco CountySan Joaquin CountySan Luis Obispo CountySan Mateo CountySanta Barbara CountySanta Clara CountySanta Cruz CountyShasta CountySierra CountySiskiyou CountySolano CountySonoma CountyStanislaus CountySutter CountyTehama CountyTrinity CountyTulare CountyTuolumne CountyVentura CountyYolo CountyYuba County
City zoning codes
AdelantoAgoura HillsAlamedaAlbanyAlhambraAliso ViejoAlturasAmador CityAmerican CanyonAnaheimAndersonAngels CampAntiochApple ValleyArcadiaArcataArroyo GrandeArtesiaArvinAtascaderoAthertonAtwaterAuburnAvalonAvenalAzusaBakersfieldBaldwin ParkBanningBarstowBeaumontBellBell GardensBellflowerBelmontBelvedereBeniciaBerkeleyBeverly HillsBig Bear LakeBiggsBishopBlue LakeBlytheBradburyBrawleyBreaBrentwoodBrisbaneBuelltonBuena ParkBurbankBurlingameCalabasasCalexicoCalifornia CityCalimesaCalistogaCamarilloCampbellCanyon LakeCapitolaCarlsbadCarmel-by-the-SeaCarpinteriaCarsonCathedral CityCeresCerritosChicoChinoChino HillsChowchillaChula VistaCitrus HeightsCity of IndustryClaremontClaytonClearlakeCloverdaleClovisCoachellaCoalingaColfaxColmaColtonColusaCommerceComptonConcordCorcoranCorningCoronaCoronadoCorte MaderaCosta MesaCotatiCovinaCrescent CityCudahyCulver CityCupertinoCypressDaly CityDana PointDanvilleDavisDel MarDel Rey OaksDelanoDesert Hot SpringsDiamond BarDinubaDixonDorrisDos PalosDowneyDuarteDublinDunsmuirEast Palo AltoEastvaleEl CajonEl CentroEl CerritoEl MonteEl SegundoElk GroveEmeryvilleEncinitasEscalonEscondidoEtnaEurekaExeterFairfaxFairfieldFarmersvilleFerndaleFillmoreFirebaughFolsomFontanaFort BraggFort JonesFortunaFoster CityFountain ValleyFowlerFremontFresnoFullertonGaltGarden GroveGardenaGilroyGlendaleGlendoraGoletaGonzalesGrand TerraceGrass ValleyGreenfieldGridleyGrover BeachGuadalupeGustineHalf Moon BayHanfordHawaiian GardensHawthorneHaywardHealdsburgHemetHerculesHermosa BeachHesperiaHidden HillsHighlandHillsboroughHollisterHoltvilleHughsonHuntington BeachHuntington ParkHuronIdyllwildImperialImperial BeachIndian WellsIndioInglewoodIoneIrvineIrwindaleIsletonJacksonJurupa ValleyKermanKing CityKingsburgLa Cañada FlintridgeLa HabraLa Habra HeightsLa MesaLa MiradaLa PalmaLa PuenteLa QuintaLa VerneLafayetteLaguna BeachLaguna HillsLaguna NiguelLaguna WoodsLake ElsinoreLake ForestLakeportLakewoodLancasterLarkspurLathropLawndaleLemon GroveLemooreLincolnLindsayLivermoreLivingstonLodiLoma LindaLomitaLompocLong BeachLoomisLos AlamitosLos AltosLos Altos HillsLos AngelesLos BanosLos GatosLoyaltonLynwoodMaderaMalibuMammoth LakesManhattan BeachMantecaMaricopaMarinaMartinezMarysvilleMaywoodMcFarlandMendotaMenifeeMenlo ParkMercedMill ValleyMillbraeMilpitasMission ViejoModestoMonroviaMontagueMontclairMonte SerenoMontebelloMontereyMonterey ParkMoorparkMoragaMoreno ValleyMorgan HillMorro BayMount ShastaMountain HouseMountain ViewMurrietaNapaNational CityNeedlesNevada CityNewarkNewmanNewport BeachNorcoNorwalkNovatoOakdaleOaklandOakleyOceansideOjaiOntarioOrangeOrange CoveOrindaOrlandOrovilleOxnardPacific GrovePacificaPalm DesertPalm SpringsPalmdalePalo AltoPalos Verdes EstatesParadiseParamountParlierPasadenaPaso RoblesPattersonPerrisPetalumaPico RiveraPiedmontPinolePismo BeachPittsburgPlacentiaPlacervillePleasant HillPleasantonPlymouthPoint ArenaPomonaPort HuenemePortervillePortolaPortola ValleyPowayRancho CordovaRancho CucamongaRancho MirageRancho Palos VerdesRancho Santa MargaritaRed BluffReddingRedlandsRedondo BeachRedwood CityReedleyRialtoRichmondRidgecrestRio DellRio VistaRiponRiverbankRiversideRocklinRohnert ParkRolling HillsRolling Hills EstatesRosemeadRosevilleRossSacramentoSalinasSan AnselmoSan BernardinoSan BrunoSan CarlosSan ClementeSan DiegoSan DimasSan FernandoSan FranciscoSan GabrielSan JacintoSan JoaquinSan JoseSan Juan BautistaSan Juan CapistranoSan LeandroSan Luis ObispoSan MarcosSan MarinoSan MateoSan PabloSan RafaelSan RamonSand CitySangerSanta AnaSanta BarbaraSanta ClaraSanta ClaritaSanta CruzSanta Fe SpringsSanta MariaSanta MonicaSanta PaulaSanta RosaSanteeSaratogaSausalitoScotts ValleySeal BeachSeasideSebastopolSelmaShafterShasta LakeSierra MadreSignal HillSimi ValleySolana BeachSoledadSolvangSonomaSonoraSouth El MonteSouth GateSouth Lake TahoeSouth PasadenaSouth San FranciscoSt. HelenaStantonStocktonSuisun CitySunnyvaleSusanvilleSutter CreekTaftTehachapiTehamaTemeculaTemple CityThousand OaksTiburonTorranceTracyTrinidadTruckeeTulareTulelakeTurlockTustinTwentynine PalmsUkiahUnion CityUplandVacavilleVallejoVenturaVernonVictorvilleVilla ParkVisaliaWalnutWalnut CreekWascoWaterfordWatsonvilleWeedWest CovinaWest HollywoodWest SacramentoWestlake VillageWestminsterWestmorlandWheatlandWhittierWildomarWilliamsWillitsWillowsWindsorWintersWoodlakeWoodlandWoodsideYorba LindaYountvilleYrekaYuba CityYucaipaYucca Valley
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