Parking reforms in California, CA
- 39,700,000 residents
Parking minimum removal
AB2097, signed into law in September 2022, prohibits cities and counties from enforcing parking mandates within 1/2 mile of high quality transit service. There are avenues for city's to enforce multi-family residential mandates on a case-by-case basis, but also a backup exemption for developments which include affordable housing. Previous California laws limited local parking mandates. Senate Bill 35, adopted in 2017, has streamlined the approval of thousands of affordable homes near transit. The law grants these projects relief from local parking mandates. Senate Bill 9 signed into law in 2021, makes it legal statewide to build up to four homes on most lots that are currently zoned for single-family homes only. Cities cannot require more than one parking space per home for projects built under the law.
- Status
- Adopted
- Scope
- Regional
- Transit-oriented
- Affected land uses
- All uses
- Requirements
- Affordable housing
- Frequent transit
- Size of project
- Reporter
- Patrick Siegman and Etienne Lefebvre
Citation 1
- Source
- Senate Bill 35
- Notes
- "The bill would limit the authority of a local government to impose parking standards or requirements on a streamlined development approved pursuant to these provisions, as provided. "
- URL
- leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Citation 2
- Source
- Senate Bill 9
- Notes
- (3) Off-street parking of up to one space per unit, except that a local agency shall not impose parking requirements in either of the following instances:
- URL
- leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Citation 3
- Source
- Text of AB2097
- URL
- leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Citation 4
- Source
- Text of AB2011
- Notes
- 65912.123 (e)
- URL
- leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
