SB4

Universities and religious institutions, let's build some housing!

State: California

Status: Enacted ✅

Formal Title: Planning and zoning: housing development: higher education institutions and religious institutions.

Summary: Requires housing development projects to be a use by right upon request from qualified developers on land owned by higher education institutions or religious institutions, if specified criteria are met. 100% of units must be affordable, with 20% allowed for moderate-income and 5% for institution staff. Provides density bonuses and CEQA exemptions for qualifying projects, while requiring skilled and trained workforce and healthcare expenditure standards for projects with 50+ units.

Main sponsors: Scott Wiener

Legislative text: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB4