SB 35 Streamlined Multifamily Review and SB 330 Preliminary Application
SB 35 STREAMLINED MULTIFAMILY REVIEW PROCESS GUIDE
What is Senate Bill 35 (SB 35)?
In 2017, Governor Brown signed into law Senate Bill 35 (SB 35) to address the State of California’s housing shortage. The new law provides a streamlined review process for eligible multifamily projects in cities and counties that have not built their share of housing to accommodate the region’s population growth. In unincorporated Del Norte County, not enough housing has been built to meet our share of regional housing needs. Therefore, multifamily projects in Del Norte County may be eligible for SB 35 streamlining.
What is the SB 35 Streamlined Multifamily Review Process?
Under the streamlined review process, applicants are routed directly to “ministerial” project review (review of project compliance with the County’s objective standards). This means that SB 35 applicants skip both “discretionary” review (subjective project review) and environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The streamlined process also provides more flexible density and parking requirements, reduced project review timelines, and extended project approval expirations. The California Office of Housing and Community Development (HCD) has prepared guidelines that further explain this process.
The County has prepared the following documents which provide further details about SB 35.
SB 35 Streamlined Multifamily Review Process Guide
SB 35 Streamlined Multifamily Review Process Application
SB 330/SB 8 GUIDE: HOUSING CRISIS ACT OF 2019
Overview
In October 2019, Governor Newsom signed into law the Housing Crisis Act of 2019 (SB 330), which established a statewide housing emergency and added new regulations focused on the production and preservation of housing. Changes included a new section of California Government Code called the “Housing Crisis Act” (CA Gov. Code section 65941.1), as well as updates to the existing Housing Accountability Act (CA Gov. Code section 65589.5) and Permit Streamlining Act (CA Gov. Code section 65950 and related code sections). In 2021, the governor signed into law SB 8, which made several further changes to these code sections. The Housing Crisis Act of 2019 is in effect from January 1, 2020 to January 1, 2030.
The County has prepared the following documents which provide further details about SB 330.
