Table of Contents
Streamlined Ministerial Approval Process Guidelines (final updated) · 2026 edition · updated 2026-07-29 · California
INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................... 1 ARTICLE I. GENERAL PROVISIONS ............................................................................... 2 Section 100. Purpose and Scope ................................................................................. 2 Section 101. Applicability .............................................................................................. 2 Section 102. Definitions ................................................................................................ 2 ARTICLE II. STREAMLINED MINISTERIAL APPROVAL PROCESS DETERMINATION............................................................................................................. 5 Section 200. Methodology ............................................................................................ 5 Section 201. Timing and Publication Requirements ...................................................... 7 ARTICLE III. APPROVAL PROCESS ............................................................................... 7 Section 300. Local Government Responsibility ............................................................ 7 Section 301. Development Review and Approval ....................................................... 11 ARTICLE IV. DEVELOPMENT ELIGIBILITY ................................................................... 16 Section 400. Housing Type Requirements ................................................................. 16 Section 401. Site Requirements ................................................................................. 17 Section 402. Affordability Provisions ........................................................................... 22 Section 403. Labor Provisions .................................................................................... 24 Section 404. Additional Provisions.............................................................................. 28 ARTICLE V. REPORTING .............................................................................................. 28 Section 500. Reporting Requirements ........................................................................ 28
Department of Housing and Community Development
Get a plain-English answer with a citation back to this text.
Ask AI about this code▸ Contents — Streamlined Ministerial Approval Process Guidelines (final updated)
- Guidelines
- State of California Governor Gavin Newsom
- Megan Kirkeby, Deputy Director Division of Housing Policy Deve…
- 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 DETERMINA…
- 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