Issue 02
California Real Estate
June 16, 2026
Market Intelligence
Know before it moves. · Tye Moody · Twin Oaks Real Estate · DRE #02439789
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What Passed
The Board of Supervisors approved Mayor Lurie's 'Family Zoning' plan, which legalizes taller, multi-unit housing across large stretches of the west side. It doesn't build a single unit — it changes what's legal to build, which is the step that has to happen first. Most of the coverage led with the politics and skipped that part.
Policy Watch
Policy Watch
Policy Watch
California is amending the Housing Accountability Act again. Translation: a local planning commissioner who likes saying 'no' to a housing project just lost a few more arguments that hold up in court.
SB 838 — Housing Accountability Act: housing development projects
Policy Watch
Cities have been creative about how they show progress on their state housing element. SB 457 tightens what counts as 'committed assistance' — fewer ways to look compliant on paper without actually producing homes.
SB 457 — Housing element compliance: committed assistance
The Number
AB 2234 would put cities on a 30-day clock to approve or deny a complete planning application. If you've watched a permit sit on a desk for a year, that single number is the whole story.
AB 2234 — planning application approval timelines
What Passed
Newport Beach is floating a measure that would give voters a say over its state-required housing plan — a coastal city hunting for a legal off-ramp from its housing numbers. The thing to watch is whether Sacramento lets it stand.
Voice of OC
Real Story
CalMatters' read: some California cities are racing to get their housing elements certified, and others are spending real money to fight. Where your city lands tells you a lot about what gets built near you over the next five years.
CalMatters
Sources
San Francisco 'Family Zoning' approvalSF Board of Supervisors, Mayor Lurie's Family Zoning plan
AB 1308 — rent-increase notice90 days' notice for larger rent increases
SB 679 — ADU owner-occupancyStreamlines ADU permitting
SB 838 — Housing Accountability ActHousing development projects
SB 457 — Housing element complianceCommitted assistance / in-kind services
AB 2234 — permit approval timelines30-day approve-or-deny window
Newport Beach housing vote — Voice of OCVoters may get a say over the city housing plan
Cities comply or fight state housing law — CalMattersStatewide housing-element compliance
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