CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1239Introduced by Assembly Member CunninghamFebruary 21, 2019 An act relating to local government. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1239, as introduced, Cunningham. Local government: housing.The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan that includes various mandatory elements, including a housing element. That law requires the housing element to contain, among other things, an assessment of housing needs and an inventory of resources and constraints relevant to meeting those needs. That law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to determine the existing and projected need for housing for each region, as specified.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would ensure regional housing needs are being met.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that housing is essential to the quality of life of our population.(b) Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would ensure regional housing needs are being met. CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1239Introduced by Assembly Member CunninghamFebruary 21, 2019 An act relating to local government. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1239, as introduced, Cunningham. Local government: housing.The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan that includes various mandatory elements, including a housing element. That law requires the housing element to contain, among other things, an assessment of housing needs and an inventory of resources and constraints relevant to meeting those needs. That law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to determine the existing and projected need for housing for each region, as specified.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would ensure regional housing needs are being met.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1239 Introduced by Assembly Member CunninghamFebruary 21, 2019 Introduced by Assembly Member Cunningham February 21, 2019 An act relating to local government. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST ## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1239, as introduced, Cunningham. Local government: housing. The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan that includes various mandatory elements, including a housing element. That law requires the housing element to contain, among other things, an assessment of housing needs and an inventory of resources and constraints relevant to meeting those needs. That law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to determine the existing and projected need for housing for each region, as specified.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would ensure regional housing needs are being met. The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan that includes various mandatory elements, including a housing element. That law requires the housing element to contain, among other things, an assessment of housing needs and an inventory of resources and constraints relevant to meeting those needs. That law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to determine the existing and projected need for housing for each region, as specified. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would ensure regional housing needs are being met. ## Digest Key ## Bill Text The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that housing is essential to the quality of life of our population.(b) Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would ensure regional housing needs are being met. The people of the State of California do enact as follows: ## The people of the State of California do enact as follows: SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that housing is essential to the quality of life of our population.(b) Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would ensure regional housing needs are being met. SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that housing is essential to the quality of life of our population.(b) Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would ensure regional housing needs are being met. SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that housing is essential to the quality of life of our population. ### SECTION 1. (b) Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would ensure regional housing needs are being met.