California housing & land-use law
Streamlined Ministerial Approval Process Guidelines (final updated)
California housing and land-use law as enacted — the statewide floor local ordinances are written against.
- Edition
- 2026
- Last updated
- 2026-07-29
- Contents
- 33 sections
- Jurisdiction
- California
Contents
- Guidelines
- State of California Governor Gavin Newsom
- Megan Kirkeby, Deputy Director Division of Housing Policy Development
- Government Code section 65913.4, subdivision (j)
- Table of Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- Section 100. Purpose and Scope
- Section 101. Applicability
- Section 102. Definitions
- Department of Housing and Community Development
- ARTICLE II. STREAMLINED MINISTERIAL APPROVAL PROCESS DETERMINATION
- Section 200. Methodology
- Example Calculation
- Department of Housing and Community Development
- Section 201. Timing and Publication Requirements
- ARTICLE III. APPROVAL PROCESS
- Section 300. Local Government Responsibility
- Department of Housing and Community Development
- Determination of consistency
- Example Objective Design Review
- Density calculation
- Section 301. Development Review and Approval
- Ministerial processing
- Department of Housing and Community Development
- ARTICLE IV. DEVELOPMENT ELIGIBILITY
- Section 400. Housing Type Requirements
- Section 401. Site Requirements
- Section 402. Affordability Provisions
- Section 403. Labor Provisions
- Section 404. Additional Provisions
- ARTICLE V. REPORTING
- Section 500. Reporting Requirements
- Department of Housing and Community Development