§ 50863

Grants shall only be made to a qualifying city, county, or city and county that has demonstrated that it has provided incentives or reduced or removed regulatory barriers to affordable housing for an identified or specified project. The department shall establish the types of local governmental actions that it determines are appropriate and objectively measurable incentives and regulatory barrier reductions or removals. These actions may include, but are not limited to, any or all of the following measures: standards relating to housing density, project design, parking requirements, permit processing, and fee reductions.

(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 724, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)