California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill
AB 2295: Regional housing need: affordable housing.
In committee Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
Last official action: ·Record last updated:
Plain-language summary
AB 2295 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on February 19, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Regional housing need: affordable housing. Primary sponsor: Natasha Johnson (R). Most recent recorded action (March 9, 2026): Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV.
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Official summary
Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.
Existing law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development, in consultation with each council of governments, to determine each region’s existing and projected housing need, as provided. Existing law requires each council of governments, or delegate subregion as applicable, to develop and adopt a methodology for distributing the existing and projected regional housing need to cities, counties, and cities and counties within the region or within the subregion, as provided. Existing law also requires each council of governments and delegate subregion, as applicable, to adopt a final allocation of regional housing needs to each local government in the region or subregion, where applicable, and the department, based on that adopted methodology. Existing law requires that the housing element of a county’s or city’s general plan include, among other things, a quantification of the locality’s existing and projected housing needs for all income levels, which must include the locality’s share of the regional housing need, as provided. Existing law authorizes a local government within the same county as a federally recognized Native American tribe to enter into a voluntary agreement with a tribe to allow new tribal housing development projects to count toward the locality’s share of the regional housing needs allocation if certain conditions are met.
This bill would authorize a local government, as defined, to enter into a voluntary agreement with another local government to allow new housing development projects to count toward each locality’s share of the regional housing needs allocation if certain conditions are met, including that the project includes affordable housing units for very low and lower income households.
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natasha Johnson | Primary sponsor | Republican | Assembly | 63 |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV.
- From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- Read first time. To print.