Housing

Finance and Development (includes redevelopment)
Mobilehomes/Manufactured Housing
Mortgage/Foreclosure Reform
Common Interest Developments
Miscellaneous

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Finance and Development (includes redevelopment)

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SB 77 (Leno-D) Department of Housing and Community Development: loans

Permits the Department of Housing and Community Development to reduce the interest rate on any loan that the Department issues to a rental housing development to as low as 0%.
(Died in Assembly Rules Committee)

SB 123 (Liu-D) California Runaway, Homeless, and Exploited Youth Act

Requires the California Emergency Management Agency, subject to the availability of adequate resources, to develop a statewide plan for runaway, homeless, and exploited youth in collaboration with the Senate Office of Research and various stakeholders.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 184 (Leno-D) Land use: zoning regulations

Expressly authorizes a county or city under the Planning and Zoning Law to establish as a condition of development inclusionary housing requirements, which may require the provision of affordable residential units for low-, very low-, or extremely low-income owners or tenants. Declares the intent of the Legislature to supersede any holding or dicta in Palmer v. City of Los Angeles that conflicts with this authority.
(Died on Senate Floor)

SB 286 (Wright-D) Redevelopment

Imposes new requirements on a redevelopment agency with respect to implementation plans and evidentiary standards and expands existing prohibitions on agency direct assistance to certain projects. Requires the State Controller, on or before 1/1/13, to issue regulations revising and consolidating reporting for redevelopment agencies and to develop a simple, uniform, and consistent methodology for the calculation, payment, and reporting of passthrough payments.
(Died in Senate Governance and Finance Committee)

SB 499* (Huff-R) Redevelopment: tax increment calculations

Requires that calculations of a redevelopment agency's payments calculated on property tax increment revenues must be based on the lesser of either the property tax increment revenues allocated and paid to the agency, or the amount of taxes actually received by the agency pursuant to limits in the redevelopment plan.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 654 (Steinberg-D) Redevelopment

Allows the host city or county of a dissolving redevelopment agency to retain the funds on deposit in the agency's housing fund and expands the types of agency loans from the host city or county that are considered enforceable obligations. Requires, rather than permits, an entity assuming the housing functions of an agency to enforce affordability covenants on affordable housing properties. Expands the definition of an "enforceable obligation" to include two additional types of loan agreements between an agency and its host city or county: (1) a loan that was executed within two years of the date of creation of a project area, if the loan is specific to that project area; and (2) a loan to fund the agency's 2009-Supplemental Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund payment to schools.
(Died in Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee)

SB 663 (Correa-D) Homeless veterans

Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to include in the strategic plan a review of the goals and objectives relating to homeless veterans, to determine whether the methods the Department uses to plan, analyze, develop, monitor, and implement the strategic will likely decrease homelessness among veterans, and requires the Department to transmit the strategic plan to the Chair of the Assembly and Senate Veterans Affairs Committee.
Chapter 217, Statutes of 2012

SB 986* (Dutton-R) Redevelopment: bond proceeds

Authorizes successor agencies to use the proceeds of bonds issued by former redevelopment agencies prior to 1/1/11 to fulfill an enforceable obligation of the former agency or enter into new enforceable obligations funded by those bond proceeds until 12/31/14, as specified.
(Failed passage on Senate Floor)

SB 1056* (Hancock-D) Redevelopment: enforceable obligations

Defines, as an "enforceable obligation," a financial obligation relating to a project funded with a combination of tax increment and a Federal Qualified School Construction Bond issued before 1/1/12. Requires that a project that qualifies as an enforceable obligation under this definition must continue to receive an amount equivalent to the amount of property tax increment previously dedicated to that project in order to complete that project.
(Died in Senate Governance and Finance Committee)

SB 1151 (Steinberg-D) Sustainable Economic Development and Housing Trust Fund

Creates an alternative process by which communities can use their former redevelopment agencies assets for specified economic development and housing purposes. The alternative process requires a Sustainable Communities Investment Authority to develop a long-range asset management plan to govern the disposition and use of former redevelopment agency assets that are placed into a Sustainable Economic Development and Housing Trust Fund.
(Died in Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee)

SB 1156 (Steinberg-D) Sustainable Communities Investment Authority

Authorizes certain public entities of a Sustainable Communities Investment Area, as described, to form a Sustainable Communities Investment Authority to carry out the Community Redevelopment Law in a specified manner. Requires the Authority to adopt a Sustainable Communities Investment Plan for a Sustainable Communities Investment Area and authorizes the Authority to include in that plan a provision for the receipt of tax increment funds provided that certain economic development and planning requirements are met. Authorizes the legislative body of a city or county forming an Authority to dedicate any portion of its net available revenue, as defined, to the Authority through its Sustainable Communities Investment Plan.
Vetoed

SB 1220 (DeSaulnier-D) Housing Opportunity and Market Stabilization Trust Fund Act

Imposes a fee of $75 on the recording of each real-estate related document, except for those documents recorded in connection with a transfer subject to a documentary transfer tax, and directs the money to the Housing Opportunity and Market Stabilization Trust Fund. The Legislature may then appropriate these funds for the development, acquisition, rehabilitation, and preservation of homes affordable to low- and moderate-income households, including emergency shelters, transitional and permanent rental housing, foreclosure mitigation, and homeownership opportunities.
(Failed passage on Senate Floor)

SB 1335 (Pavley-D) Redevelopment: brownfield sites

Authorizes a successor agency of a redevelopment agency to retain property obtained by the former redevelopment agency, for specified remediation or removal purposes of the release of hazardous substances, as defined, at a brownfield site using available financing, funds, and grants, subject to approval of the oversight board pursuant to specified procedures. Upon completion of remediation, requires the successor agency to dispose of the property pursuant to existing asset disposition provisions.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 1439* (Huff-R) Redevelopment: successor agencies

Requires a successor agency to a redevelopment agency to continue to oversee the development and construction of any regional transportation project of the former redevelopment agency.
(Died in Senate Governance and Finance Committee)

AB 14 (Wieckowski-D) Redevelopment: Fremont Redevelopment Agency

Requires the county assessor of the County of Alameda to review the assessed value of the taxable properties in the project area encompassing or surrounding the New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. automobile manufacturing plant and the Warm Springs Bay Area Rapid Transit station prior to the effective date of the ordinance adopted by the Fremont Redevelopment Agency for purposes of establishing the assessment roll to be used in connection with the taxation of the subject properties.
(Died in Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee)

AB 232 (V. Manuel Pérez-D) Community Development Block Grant Program: funds

Eliminates, for the economic development portion of the Community Development Block Grant Program, the dollar-per-job test in state law, in effect relying only on the two-pronged federal dollar-per-job test. Deletes the state law requirement that the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) use benefit to low- and moderate-income persons as a scoring factor in ranking economic development applications. Eliminates the requirement that HCD utilize the federal standards for "blight" and "urgent need" as a scoring factor, and instead clarifies that HCD develop criteria which meet the minimum requirements of federal law for eligible projects and that meet National Objectives.
Chapter 386, Statutes of 2012

AB 264 (Hagman-R) Transitional housing

Requires operators of transitional housing to notify the city or county and residents within 300 feet of the property when a transitional housing facility will be established so that the city or county and residents have specified knowledge about the transitional housing facility.
(Died in Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee)

AB 296 (Skinner-D) Green building standards

States the intent of the Legislature that the California Environmental Protection Agency develop a standard definition of the term urban heat island effect, and upon completion of a definition the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) develop a standard specification for sustainable or cool pavements that can be used to reduce the urban heat island effect index. Requires the California Building Standards Commission, in the next triennial adoption process for the code adopted after the development of a standard specification by Caltrans, consider incorporating that specification as an additional strategy for Heat Island Effect: Hardscape Alternatives in the California Green Building Standards Code.
Chapter 667, Statutes of 2012

AB 330 (Norby-R) Redevelopment: local agencies

Establishes a specified procedure by which the Department of Housing and Community Development, the Attorney General, and the courts handle major audit violations of redevelopment agencies. Authorizes the State Controller to conduct quality control reviews of independent financial audit reports to the extent it is feasible to do so within existing budgetary resources, and refer suspected violations to the Board of Accountancy, as provided.
(Died in Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee)

AB 343 (Atkins-D) Redevelopment plans: environmental goals

Requires each redevelopment plan to be consistent with the regional sustainable communities strategy or alternative planning strategy adopted by the metropolitan planning organization or council of government.
(Died in Senate Governance and Finance Committee)

AB 345 (Torres-D) Redevelopment: housing funding

Reforms, beginning 1/1/18, how redevelopment agencies spend their Low and Moderate Income Housing Funds.
Vetoed

AB 445 (Carter-D) Redevelopment

Requires, notwithstanding anticipated proposed legislation, that a redevelopment agency shall continue in full force and effect with respect to a military base reuse project under the jurisdiction of that agency, as specified.
(Died in Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee)

AB 497 (Wieckowski-D) Housing and community development: emergency shelters

Requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to adopt regulations for the distribution of the unobligated balance of federal Emergency Solutions Grant Program funds received by the state, if any, taking into account specified considerations relating to homelessness.
(Died in Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee)

AB 502 (Bonilla-D) Alternative Voluntary Redevelopment Program: military bases

Exempts an Alternative Voluntary Redevelopment Program participating community from being required to remit any amounts that are calculated based on tax increment revenues received for a project area that includes within its boundaries a military base that has been closed or realigned by the federal government. In the event a community fails to make the required remittance, permits the community to continue to function, to a limited extent, if the community contains a project area that includes within its boundaries a military base closed or realigned by the federal government and one or more project areas that do not include a closed or realigned base.
(Died in Assembly Local Government Committee)

AB 505 (Harkey-R) Housing programs: audits

Requires, on or before 1/1/13, and every four years after, the Bureau of State Audits to conduct a performance audit of special fund and General Fund programs administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)

AB 542 (Allen-D) Housing element: land use

Updates housing element law to replace references to redevelopment agency housing resources with references to housing successor agency resources.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)

AB 602 (Olsen-R) Housing: local government

Authorizes, until 1/1/17, a local government that has received a confirmation of compliance from the Department of Housing and Community Development, and that updates its housing element not more than every five years, to delay until the next scheduled revision date a revision to that local government's housing element, as specified.
(Died in Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee)

AB 679 (Allen-D) Housing element: land use

Allows the County of Napa, through 10/31/22, to meet up to 15% of its share of the regional housing need for lower-income households by committing funds for the construction of affordable housing units within one or more cities within the county, if various conditions are met.
(Died in Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

AB 910 (Torres-D) Infrastructure financing districts

Authorizes an infrastructure financing district (IFD) to finance affordable housing facilities and economic development projects. Specifies that an election is not required to form an IFD, adopt an infrastructure financing plan, or issue bonds, if the IFD is implementing an affordable housing or economic development plan or a transit village plan.
(Died in Senate Governance and Finance Committee)

AB 931 (Dickinson-D) Housing projects: environment: CEQA exemption

Exempts from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) an infill housing project that may be used for neighborhood-serving goods, services, or retail uses to a level that does not exceed 25% of the total building square footage of the project.
(Died in Senate Environmental Quality Committee)

AB 1072 (Fuentes-D) Community development

Establishes the California Promise Neighborhoods Initiative in the Office of Economic Development. Requires the Office to establish 40 promise neighborhoods throughout the state to maximize collective efforts within a community to improve the health, safety, education, and economic development of each neighborhood.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 1092* (Dickinson-D) Housing: catalyst project funding

Appropriates $20 million of Proposition 1C funding for grants to projects that the Department of Housing and Community Development previously designated as catalyst projects.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 1167 (Fong-D) Homelessness: Interagency Council on Homelessness

Establishes the Interagency Council on Homelessness and prescribes the membership and duties of the Council.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 1170 (Alejo-D) Redevelopment Agency: City of Watsonville

Authorizes the planning commission or city council of the City of Watsonville to amend a specified preliminary plan and redevelopment plan, respectively, to add described territory, known as the Manabe-Bergstrom Site, currently referred to as the Manabe-Ow Site.
(Died in Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee)

AB 1183 (Bill Berryhill-R) Housing: environmental impact reports

Enacts the Jobs and Housing Act of 2011 and limits the standing to file and maintain a California Environmental Quality Act action or proceeding to the Attorney General.
(Died in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)

AB 1198 (Norby-R) Housing element: regional housing need assessment: land use

Repeals the requirement that the Department of Housing and Community Development determine the existing and projected need for housing for each region, as specified, and other specified provisions relating to the assessment or allocation of regional housing need.
(Died in Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee)

AB 1207 (Furutani-D) Real property development: civil actions: limitations

Provides that the limitation of 10 years after the development or improvement, as specified, does not apply to an action in tort to recover damages for damage to real or personal property, or for personal injury or wrongful death from exposure to hazardous or toxic materials, pollution, hazardous waste, or associated environmental remediation activities.
(Failed passage in Assembly Judiciary Committee)

AB 1234 (Norby-R) Redevelopment agencies: financing

Prohibits redevelopment agencies from using specified revenue for the promotion, recruitment, or retention of any professional sports team, or any related activity, as defined or for the development, planning, design, site acquisition, subdivision, financing, leasing, construction, operation, or maintenance of infrastructure, as defined, related to the occupancy, recruitment, or retention of any professional sports team.
(Died in Assembly Local Government Committee)

AB 1250 (Alejo-D) Redevelopment

Specifies the refinancing of any redevelopment indebtedness that existed as of 11/1/11, that does not increase the amount of overall indebtedness or extend the time for repayment, or financings that fulfill an agency obligation that existed as of 11/1/11.
(Died in Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee)

AB 1317 (Norby-R) Community development: plan consistency

Requires, in addition to consistency with the general plan, that a redevelopment plan be consistent with any specific plan for which the community has adopted for the same territory.
(Died in Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee)

AB 1555 (Norby-R) Redevelopment: debt forgiveness agreements

Prohibits the oversight board responsible for the wind-down of a Redevelopment Agency (RDA) to require the successor agency to forgive a loan, advance, or indebtedness that is owed to the dissolved RDA by a private body. Permits the oversight board to set aside any agreements that relate to the forgiveness of a loan, indebtedness, or advance owed by a private body to a dissolved RDA dating back to 1/1/11.
(Died on Assembly Inactive File)

AB 1585 (John A. Pérez-D) Community development

Reappropriates $50 million of Proposition 1C bond funds to the Infill Infrastructure Grant (IIG) Program and the Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Program. Reallocates any monies which were previously allocated and appropriated under the IIG Program which become disencumbered and redeposited in the Regional Planning, Housing, and Infill Incentive Account during the 2012-13 and 2013-14 fiscal years, for the purpose of funding infill incentive grants under the IIG Program. Reallocates any monies allocated and appropriated under the TOD Program that become disencumbered and redeposited in the TOD Account during the 2012-13 fiscal year, for the purpose of funding transit-oriented grants and loans pursuant to the TOD Program. Clarifies that specified provisions of the Community Redevelopment Law relating to the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund apply for purposes of funding administrative and planning costs associated with the implementation of housing-related provision of the Community Redevelopment Law.
Chapter 777, Statutes of 2012

AB 1644 (Carter-D) California Military Base Reuse and Preservation Act of 2012

Enacts the California Military Base Reuse and Preservation Act of 2012. Makes several legislative findings and declarations relating to the granting of redevelopment powers to communities affected by federal military base closures. Requires that a reuse plan contain several elements relating to the economic, environmental, and low- and moderate-income housing impacts of the military base closure, as specified. In order to facilitate the implementation of these plan elements, authorizes a reuse authority, through a transfer from the United States Department of Defense, to acquire and dispose of real property and other former military base assets adjacent to, or near, the former base.
(Died in Assembly Local Government Committee)

AB 1672 (Torres-D) Housing-Related Parks Program

Makes changes to the Housing-Related Parks Program administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development.
Chapter 779, Statutes of 2012

AB 1699 (Torres-D) Affordable housing

Authorizes the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) to extend the term of an existing HCD loan, subordinate a HCD loan to new debt, and authorize an investment of tax credit equity under certain rental housing finance programs, subject to specified conditions. Authorizes HCD to charge a fee to cover its costs related to extending the term of a loan or for processing the restructuring of a loan. Makes changes with regard to existing rent subsidies and rents under existing HCD programs, as specified, and requires HCD, within available resources, to post on its Internet Web site information regarding household incomes and rents for developments approved for restructuring, as specified.
Chapter 780, Statutes of 2012

AB 1745 (Torres-D) Mortgages: notices of sale

Prohibits the recordation of a notice of sale, if there is a pending, approved short sale, and provides rules that can be used by a mortgage beneficiary, or authorized agent (i.e., a lender) to withdraw approval of a written short sale, thus allowing a foreclosure to move forward.
(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)

AB 1828 (Bonilla-D) Land use: Concord Naval Weapons Revise Authority

Authorizes Contra Costa County and the City of Concord to establish the Concord Naval Weapons Station Reuse Authority to plan for, finance, and manage the transition of the property formerly known as the Concord Naval Weapons Station from military to civilian use.
(Died in Assembly Local Government Committee)

AB 1951 (Atkins-D) Housing bonds

Eliminates two programs included in the Affordable Housing Innovation Fund, established by Proposition 1C, and transfers $30 million in bond funds from the Affordable Housing Innovation Fund to the Multifamily Housing Program (MHP). Requires the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) to issue a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for MHP. Requires the NOFA to specify that HCD shall consider persons with developmental disabilities, including those with autism and homeless veterans, as special needs populations for the purpose of granting bonus points to affordable housing developments.
Chapter 784, Statutes of 2012

AB 2308 (Torres-D) Land use: housing element: regional housing need

Allows a city or county to reduce its regional housing needs assessment fair share by the number of units built between the start of the projection period and the housing element due date, provided that the housing element includes a description of the methodology for assigning those housing units to the appropriate income category based on actual or sales prices, rent levels, or other mechanisms establishing affordability.
Chapter 58, Statutes of 2012

AB 2447 (Skinner-D) California Neighborhood Revitalization Partnership Act

Establishes the California Revitalization Partnership Act of 2012 and transfers $25 million in Proposition 1C bonds from the Self-Help Housing Fund for expenditure on the new program. Requires the Department of Housing and Community Development make the funds available to local public agencies or nonprofit corporations as grants or loans for the purchase, rehabilitation, or demolition of foreclosed or abandoned residential properties and for downpayment assistance associated with the resale of an improved property. Requires applicants for funding to demonstrate that those funds will be used to leverage other funds. Those who receive a grant or loan and purchase or improve an abandoned or foreclosed property are required to sell or lease the property to low- or moderate-income households, as specified. An unspecified percentage of properties sold must be at an affordable housing cost to lower-income households, and properties that are leased must be at an affordable rent and subject to a 15-year affordability covenant.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

Mobilehomes/Manufactured Housing

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SB 149 (Correa-D) Mobilehome and special occupancy parks: permit invoice

Requires the Department of Housing Community Development or a local agency to include in its mobilehome park permit-to-operate invoice a notice of the Mobilehome Residency Law, and the Recreational Vehicle Park Occupancy Law, as applicable to the park.
Chapter 307, Statutes of 2012

SB 376 (Fuller-R) Mobilehome loans

Revises the definition of "real estate broker" to allow brokers to make, arrange, or service chattel mobilehome loans under their Department of Real Estate license, without having to secure an additional finance lender or broker license from the Department of Corporations.
(Died in Assembly Banking and Finance Committee)

SB 1173 (Wyland-R) Mobilehomes: rent control: government charges

Requires a local agency that administers a rent control ordinance to permit mobilehome park management to separately charge a homeowner, as specified, for: (1) the pro rata amount of any charge first imposed by a city, county, the state or federal government on a parcel on or after 1/1/13; and (2) the pro rata amount of any charge first imposed by a state or locally mandated program relating to housing on a parcel on or after 1/1/13.
(Failed passage in Senate Judiciary Committee)

SB 1421* (Correa-D) Mobilehomes: resident-owned mobilehome parks

Deletes language specifying that Articles 1 through 8 of the Mobilehome Residency Law (MRL) apply to residents who rent their space in a mobilehome park owned and operated by a non-profit mutual benefit corporation for which there is no recorded parcel or tract map. Clarifies that in a mobilehome park owned and operated by a non-profit mutual benefit corporation, Articles 1 through 8 of the MRL apply to any residents who rent their space from the corporation.
Chapter 492, Statutes of 2012

AB 317 (Charles Calderon-D) Mobilehomes

Clarifies the statutory notice entitled "INFORMATION FOR PROSPECTIVE HOMEOWNERS" notice by including a statement that prospective purchasers in a mobilehome park who do not occupy the mobilehome as their principal residence may not be subject to rent control.
Chapter 337, Statutes of 2012

AB 579 (Monning-D) Mobilehome parks: liability: attorney's fees

Permits the award of attorney's fees and, in some cases, other litigation expenses, to a local governmental entity in an action brought by the owner of a mobilehome park to challenge the validity or application of a local ordinance, rule, regulation, or initiative measure that regulates space rent or is intended to benefit or protect residents in a mobilehome park, if the local governmental entity is determined to be the prevailing party.
(Died in Assembly Judiciary Committee)

AB 1797 (Torres-D) Mobilehome Park Purchase Fund

Allows the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) to lower the interest rate below 3% when it makes loans from the Mobilehome Park Purchase Fund provided HCD finds that a lower interest rate is necessary and will not jeopardize the financial stability of the Fund. Permits HCD to provide technical assistance to loan applicants, or may contract with a qualified nonprofit entity to provide technical assistance, and include the cost of this assistance as part of the loan principal.
Chapter 558, Statutes of 2012

AB 1830 (V. Manuel Pérez-D) Mobilehome parks: water service

Authorizes the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to investigate rates and adequacy of water service if a complaint is filed by tenants of the mobilehome park that represent 10% or more of the park's water service connections during any 12-month period, claiming that the water rates charged by the park are not just and reasonable or that the service is inadequate. Requires the PUC, if it determines that a mobilehome park has charged an unjust or unreasonable rate, to order the mobilehome park to reimburse overcharges to current and former tenants affected by the rate, if no discrimination will result from the reimbursement. Requires a mobilehome park to provide tenants, at the time of establishing residence and each time it changes rates or service, written notice of their right to, and how to, file with the PUC a complaint about water rates and service.
Chapter 539, Statutes of 2012

AB 1938 (Williams-D) Mobilehomes: rental agreements

Expands the existing prohibition on mobilehome park management passing through various fines, fees, or damages assessed by a court relating to violations of the Mobilehome Residency Law to also cover violations of the Mobilehome Park Act and amounts assessed by enforcement agencies.
Chapter 477, Statutes of 2012

AB 2150 (Atkins-D) Mobilehome parks

Requires every rental agreement in a mobilehome park to include a statutory summary of the rights and responsibilities of homeowners and park management under the Mobilehome Residency Law. Requires park management to distribute the statutory notice to all homeowners prior to February 1 of each year.
Chapter 478, Statutes of 2012

AB 2272 (Wagner-R) Mobilehomes: injunctions

Allows mobilehome park management to seek a petition for an order enjoining a continuing or recurring violation of any reasonable rule or regulation of a mobilehome park within the limited jurisdiction of the superior court of the county in which the mobilehome park is located.
Chapter 99, Statutes of 2012

AB 2522 (Williams-D) Mobilehome parks: rental agreements

Prohibits a mobilehome park rental agreement from being made contingent upon the homeowner agreeing to binding arbitration or waiving a right to trial by jury for a dispute between the homeowner and management. Authorizes a homeowner to voluntarily agree to provisions in a rental agreement that impose binding arbitration or waive the right to trial by jury for a dispute between the homeowner and management; provided that the rental agreement clearly states that the homeowner is not required to agree to binding arbitration or to waive the right to trial by jury for a dispute between the homeowner and management.
(Died in Assembly Judiciary Committee)

AB 2597 (Fuentes-D) Mobilehome parks: lot lines

Requires the management of a mobilehome park, on and after 1/1/14, to include in the rental agreement a description of the size and location of the lot that is being leased and a copy of the map of the park lot lines indicating the leased space.
(Died in Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee)

Mortgage/Foreclosure Reform

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SB 2* (Calderon-D) Mortgage loans

Extends provisions of the California Finance Lenders Law and the California Residential Mortgage Lending Act until 1/1/15, and applies those laws to persons who facilitate or attempt to facilitate mortgage loan modifications or forbearance.
(Died in Senate Banking and Financial Institutions Committee)

SB 376 (Fuller-R) Mortgage loan originators

Revises the definition of "real estate broker" to allow brokers to make, arrange, or service chattel mobilehome loans under their Department of Real Estate license, without having to secure an additional finance lender or broker license from the Department of Corporations.
(Died in Assembly Banking and Finance Committee)

SB 412 (Vargas-D) Mortgages: deficiency judgments

Deletes the provisions of existing law regarding written consent of the holder of the deed of trust or mortgage obligating the holder to accept the sale proceeds as full payment. Prohibits a deficiency judgment upon a note secured solely by a deed of trust or mortgage for a dwelling of not more than four units in any case in which the trustor or mortgagor sells the dwelling for a sale price less than the remaining amount of the indebtedness outstanding at the time of sale, in accordance with the written consent of the holder of the deed of trust or mortgage, if the title has been voluntarily transferred to a buyer by grant deed or by other document that has been recorded and the proceeds of the sale are tendered as agreed.
(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)

SB 435 (Harman-R) Mortgages and deeds of trust

Permits a notice of default to reference the authorized agent of the beneficiary or mortgagee on the notice. Permits sales of property pursuant to a power of sale in a mortgage or deed of trust to be postponed for any period of time not to exceed one year from the date set forth in the notice of sale.
(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)

SB 722 (Correa-D) Home mortgages: financing programs

Extends, until 1/1/12, existing law which includes the refinancing of home mortgages in the criteria for establishing a maximum household income for the purposes of a city- or county-administered home financing program.
(Died in Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

SB 825 (Corbett-D) Foreclosures: residential tenancies

Extends, until 12/31/19, existing law notifying tenants of rights when rental property is sold in foreclosure. Specifically, continues existing law in effect for an additional six years requiring that any notice to quit served within one year after a foreclosure sale include additional notice to renters regarding specified rights and responsibilities with respect to the new owner.
Chapter 210, Statutes of 2012

SB 900 (Leno-D) Mortgages and deeds of trust: foreclosure

Makes changes to California's non-judicial foreclosure process to provide stability to California's statewide and regional economies and housing market by facilitating opportunities for borrowers to pursue loss mitigation options. Prohibits lenders from "dual tracking," the practice of negotiating with clients to modify a mortgage so that payments become more affordable while simultaneously pursuing foreclosure. Outlaws so-called robo-signing, the improper or faulty processing of foreclosure documents, and allows state agencies and private citizens to sue financial institutions, under limited conditions, for economic compensation and for additional civil damages of up to $50,000 if lenders willfully, intentionally or recklessly violate the law. No lawsuit could go forward if the bank or servicer first fixes the problem with documentation or procedures. Requires, upon borrower request for a foreclosure prevention alternative from a Larger Residential Mortgage Lender, the mortgage servicer establish a "single point of contact" (individual or team) and provide the borrower with one or more direct means of communication with their single point of contact.
Chapter 87, Statutes of 2012
An identical bill is AB 278 (Eng-D), Chapter 86, Statutes of 2012.

SB 980 (Vargas-D) Mortgage loans

Extends the sunset date on the states prohibition against collecting up-front fees in connection with mortgage loan modifications and other forms of mortgage loan forbearance, from 1/1/13 to 1/1/17.
Chapter 563, Statutes of 2012

SB 1244 (Harman-R) Foreclosure procedures

Authorizes a common interest development, if after reasonable diligence a notice of default is not able to be served on an owner's representative in accordance with provisions of current law, to post a copy on the owner's separate interest in a manner most likely to give actual notice to the party to be served and to mail a copy of the notice by certified mail and first-class mail to the owner's legal representative at the address of the owner's separate interest.
(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)

SB 1450 (Calderon-D) Mortgage guaranty insurance

Eliminates, until 1/1/18, requirements that limit the percentage of coverage a mortgage guaranty insurer may provide for the class of insurance that insures against financial loss by reason of nonpayment of principal, interest, and other sums under any evidence of indebtedness secured by a mortgage, deed of trust, or other instrument constituting a first lien or charge on a residential building or a condominium unit or buildings designed for occupancy by not more than four families.
Chapter 105, Statutes of 2012

SB 1470 (Leno-D) Mortgages and deeds of trust: foreclosure

Enacts several changes to the rules governing the nonjudicial foreclosure process for residential real property. Establishes an Office of Homeowner Protection to help respond to borrower inquiries about and complaints regarding compliance with the new rules, and provides for enforcement mechanisms, as specified.
(Died in Senate Banking and Financial Institutions Committee)

SB 1471 (DeSaulnier-D) Mortgages and deeds of trust: foreclosure

Requires servicers, as defined, to offer borrowers a single point of contact with whom those borrowers may communicate regarding options that may be available to avoid foreclosure, prohibits any robosigned document, as defined, from being recorded or filed with any court, and enacts rules relating to the ability of an entity to exercise the power of sale in a mortgage or deed of trust.
(Died in Senate Banking and Financial Institutions Committee)

SB 1472 (Pavley-D) Foreclosures: blight

Removes the sunset on, and thereby makes permanent, a statute that requires a legal owner to maintain vacant residential property purchased or acquired through foreclosure. Provides that if a person has purchased, and is in the process of abating a violation at a residential property that has been foreclosed upon on or after 1/1/08, then a local enforcement agency shall not commence any action or proceeding until at least 60 days after the person takes title to the property, unless a shorter period of time is deemed necessary by the enforcement agency to prevent or remedy an immediate threat to the health and safety of the public or occupants of the structure. Requires an entity, that releases a lien securing a deed of trust or mortgage on a property for which a notice of pendency of action has been recorded by an enforcement agency, to notify the enforcement agency within 30 days of releasing the lien.
(Died on Assembly Inactive File)

SB 1473 (Hancock-D) Foreclosure and unlawful detainer: tenants

Lengthens the requirement of existing law providing 60 days' notice to provide, in the case of a month-to-month lease or periodic tenancy, 90 days' notice for tenants in a foreclosed property. Specifies that a tenant holding possession under a residential lease when the property is sold in foreclosure shall have the right to remain until the end of the lease term. This provision would not apply if the new owner will occupy the property as his/her primary residence, the lessee is the borrower or the child, spouse or parent of the borrower, the lease was not the result of an arm's-length transaction or the rent is substantially less than the fair market rent for the property, unless reduced or subsidized by federal, state or local law. In either case, however, the new owner must give the tenant a 90-day notice to vacate. Specifies a notice to be used to inform the tenant of these requirements upon posting a notice of sale for a foreclosed property. Requires the Department of Consumer Affairs to make available translations of the new notice requirements. Provides that the new notice requirements would not become operative until 3/1/13, or 60 days following the issuance of an amended new translation by the Department, whichever occurs later.
(Died on Assembly Inactive File)

AB 278 (Eng-D) Mortgages and deeds of trust: foreclosure

Makes changes to California's non-judicial foreclosure process to provide stability to California's statewide and regional economies and housing market by facilitating opportunities for borrowers to pursue loss mitigation options. Prohibits lenders from "dual tracking," the practice of negotiating with clients to modify a mortgage so that payments become more affordable while simultaneously pursuing foreclosure. Outlaws so-called robo-signing, the improper or faulty processing of foreclosure documents, and allows state agencies and private citizens to sue financial institutions, under limited conditions, for economic compensation and for additional civil damages of up to $50,000 if lenders willfully, intentionally or recklessly violate the law. No lawsuit could go forward if the bank or servicer first fixes the problem with documentation or procedures. Requires, upon borrower request for a foreclosure prevention alternative from a Larger Residential Mortgage Lender, the mortgage servicer establish a "single point of contact" (individual or team) and provide the borrower with one or more direct means of communication with their single point of contact.
Chapter 86, Statutes of 2012
An identical bill is SB 900 (Leno-D), Chapter 87, Statutes of 2012.

AB 406 (Davis-D) Adjustable rate mortgages: balloon payments

Prohibits the inclusion of a balloon payment in an adjustable rate residential mortgage loan.
(Died in Assembly Banking and Finance Committee)

AB 407 (Davis-D) Mortgages: prepayment penalties

Prohibits the imposition of prepayment charges on loans secured by a mortgage or deed of trust on real property improved with one to four dwelling units.
(Died in Assembly Banking and Finance Committee)

AB 856* (Jeffries-R) Mortgages: debt relief: cancellation of indebtedness

Conforms fully the Personal Income Tax Law to the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act, as extended by Section 303 of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, to allow an exclusion from gross income for cancellation of indebtedness income generated from the discharge of qualified principal residence indebtedness.
(Died in Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee)

AB 935 (Blumenfield-D) Foreclosures: foreclosure mitigation charges

Prohibits a notice of trustee's sale from being accepted for filing with a county recorder until the mortgage servicer pays a foreclosure mitigation charge of 5% of the price for which the house was last sold, a charge not to exceed $20,000.
(Died in Assembly Banking and Finance Committee)

AB 1497 (Assembly Budget Committee) National Mortgage Settlement: Budget Trailer Bill

Enacts the "Budget Bill Junior" which, among other provisions, appropriates $18 million to the Department of Justice for programs related to helping individuals impacted by the National Mortgage Settlement.
Chapter 29, Statutes of 2012 -- Item Veto

AB 1547 (Eng-D) Residential mortgage loans: foreclosure procedures

Deletes the 1/1/13 sunset date on provisions of law which require a 30-day notice, as specified, to be given to the borrower of certain home mortgages, as specified, before a mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary, or authorized agent may file a notice of default.
(Died in Assembly Banking and Finance Committee)

AB 1551* (Torres-D) Mortgages: subordination

Allows the California Housing Finance Agency under the Home Purchase Assistance and Extra Credit Teacher Programs and the Department of Housing and Community Development under the CalHome Program to subordinate a second mortgage under certain conditions.
Chapter 555, Statutes of 2012

AB 1557 (Skinner-D) Maintenance of foreclosed property: violation

Continues, until 1/1/13, provisions of current law which (1) require a legal owner to maintain vacant residential property purchased at a foreclosure sale, or acquired by that owner through foreclosure under a mortgage or deed of trust; (2) authorize a governmental entity to impose civil fines and penalties for failure to maintain that property of up to $1,000 per day for a violation; and (3) require a governmental entity that seeks to impose those fines and penalties to give notice of the claimed violation and an opportunity to correct the violation at least 14 days prior to imposing the fines and penalties, and to allow a hearing for contesting those fines and penalties.
(Died in Assembly Banking and Finance Committee)

AB 1599 (Feuer-D) Mortgages and deeds of trust: foreclosure

Requires a foreclosing financial institution to provide the borrower with a copy of a recorded notice of default or recorded notice of sale that contains a summary of the respective notice that is translated into Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, and Korean, codifies the contents of that summary and requires the Department of Corporations to translate the summary and post the translation on their Internet Web site.
Chapter 556, Statutes of 2012

AB 1602 (Eng-D) Mortgages and deeds of trust: foreclosure

Establishes foreclosure guidelines and procedures for mortgage loan servicers, and provides a framework for borrowers seeking a modification of their mortgage loan.
(Died in Assembly Banking and Finance Committee)

AB 1603 (Feuer-D) Mortgages and deeds of trust: mortgage servicers

Prohibits a mortgage servicer from obtaining forced-placed insurance unless there is a reasonable basis to believe the borrower (homeowner) has failed to comply with the mortgage loan requirement to maintain hazard, flood, or homeowner's insurance. Prohibits a mortgage servicer from imposing any charge on a borrower for force-placed insurance unless the mortgage servicer has met specified conditions, including providing written notification, as specified. Requires a mortgage servicer, within 15 days of receiving evidence of a borrower's insurance coverage, to terminate any force-placed insurance and refund premiums paid during any period of overlap between both policies. Prohibits a mortgage servicer from obtaining force-placed insurance from an affiliated entity and from splitting fees or giving or receiving anything of value in connection with obtaining force-placed insurance.
(Died on Assembly Inactive File)

AB 1745 (Torres-D) Mortgages: notices of sale

Prohibits a mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary, or authorized agent (i.e., a lender) from recording a notice of sale, after providing written approval of a short sale to a mortgagor or trustor (i.e., a borrower). Authorizes a mortgagee, beneficiary, or authorized agent to withdraw approval for a short sale at any time after the mortgagor or trustor fails to comply with a condition of the written short sale agreement. Requires that withdrawal of short sale approval to be made in writing to the mortgagor or trustor, include an explanation of the reason or reasons for the withdrawal, and state the date on which the withdrawal of approval is effective, a date which must be at least three days after the date on which the written withdrawal of approval is provided to the mortgagor or trustor.
(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)

AB 2010 (Bonilla-D) Reverse mortgages: counseling

Requires a prospective borrower to receive reverse mortgage counseling in person, unless the borrower elects to receive the counseling in another manner.
Chapter 641, Statutes of 2012

AB 2303 (Assembly Insurance Committee) Mortgage insurance

Prohibits mortgage insurance from being an insurance product that may be offered in this state. Adds title insurers and underwritten title companies to the list of qualified escrow providers for the purposes of compliance with Civil Code Section 1946.1.
Chapter 786, Statutes of 2012

AB 2314 (Carter-D) Housing foreclosure: blight

Removes the sunset on and thereby makes permanent a statute that requires a legal owner to maintain vacant residential property purchased or acquired through foreclosure. Provides that if a person has purchased, and is in the process of diligently abating a violation at, a residential property that has been foreclosed upon on or after 1/1/08, then a local enforcement agency shall not commence any action or proceeding until at least 60 days after the person takes title to the property, unless a shorter period of time is deemed necessary by the enforcement agency in its sole discretion to prevent or remedy an immediate threat to the health and safety of the public or occupants of the structure. Requires an entity, that releases a lien securing a deed of trust or mortgage on a property for which a notice of pendency of action has been recorded by an enforcement agency, to notify the enforcement agency in writing within 30 days of releasing the lien.
Chapter 201, Statutes of 2012

AB 2425 (Mitchell-D) Mortgages and deeds of trust: foreclosure

Requires a mortgage servicer to provide a delinquent borrower with a single point of contact for the purpose of expediting loss mitigation evaluation and activities. Additionally, prohibits use of robosigned documents in the foreclosure process.
(Died in Assembly Banking and Finance Committee)

AB 2475 (Assembly Veterans Affairs Committee) Foreclosures: military service

Extends from three months to nine months the time after a servicemembers period of military service is over during which foreclosure upon the servicemember's home is prohibited. Provides that no sale, foreclosure, or seizure of property for nonpayment of any sum due under any obligation secured mortgage, trust deed, or other security, shall be valid if made during the period of military service or within nine months thereafter, except pursuant to an agreement between the parties, unless upon an order previously granted by the court and a return thereto made and approved by the court.
Chapter 204, Statutes of 2012

AB 2476 (Assembly Veterans Affairs Committee) Mortgage interest rates: service members

Extends the period during which mortgage interest rates are capped for military service members.
Chapter 101, Statutes of 2012

AB 2528 (John A. Pérez-D) Mortgages and deeds of trust: foreclosure: military members

Requires that in order for a notice of default to be recorded, it includes a declaration stating that the mortgagee, trustee, or authorized agent contacted the borrower to determine if the borrower is an active duty servicemember, and if the borrower is an active duty servicemember, or was an active duty servicemember 90 days prior to the date the notice of default is to be recorded, that the mortgagee, trustee, or authorized agent has complied with the federal Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.
(Died in Assembly Judiciary Committee)

AB 2610 (Skinner-D) Foreclosure and unlawful detainer: tenants

Provides additional protections to tenants living in foreclosed homes. Revises the requirement of existing law providing 60 days' notice to instead provide, in the case of a month-to-month lease or periodic tenancy, for 90 days' notice for tenants in a foreclosed property. Provides that new owners of a foreclosed property must honor a tenant's lease, except in certain cases such as if the new owner will occupy the property as his/her primary residence. In those cases, the new owner must give the tenant a 90 days' notice to vacate. Revises the notice that is sent to tenants when the property is noticed for a foreclosure sale to reflect these changes. Permits a tenant in a foreclosed property to file a post-judgment claim of right to possession, as specified.
Chapter 562, Statutes of 2012

AB 2666 (Assembly Banking And Finance Committee) Mortgage loan originators

Makes technical and clarifying changes to provisions of the California Finance Lenders Law and California Residential Mortgage Lending Act that implement the federal Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act (SAFE Act) of 2008.
Chapter 264, Statutes of 2012

AJR 40 (Skinner-D) Mortgages

Urges the Federal Housing Finance Agency, and specifically its director, Edward DeMarco, to immediately allow the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation to offer principal reductions to homeowners who owe more on their home loans than what their homes are worth.
Resolution Chapter 140, Statutes of 2012

Common Interest Developments

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SB 880* (Corbett-D) Common interest developments: electric vehicle charging

Specifies that the governing documents of a common interest development may not prohibit the installation of an electric vehicle charging station in an owner's designated parking space, including, but not limited to, a deed-restricted parking space, a parking space in an owner's exclusive use common area, or a parking space that is specifically designated for use by a particular owner. Requires an electric vehicle charging stations to meet any applicable zoning, land use, or other ordinances, or land use permits.
Chapter 6, Statutes 2012

AB 805 (Torres-D) Common interest developments

Revises and recasts the Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act, and makes minor substantive changes relating to (1) governing documents; (2) property use, ownership, and transfers; (3) board of directors; (4) member elections; (5) records and notices; (6) assessments; and (7) enforcement and dispute resolution.
Chapter 180, Statutes of 2012

AB 806 (Torres-D) Common interest developments

Makes technical and conforming corrections of cross-references to the Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act, which was revised and recast by AB 805 (Torres-D), Chapter 180, Statutes of 2012.
Chapter 181, Statutes of 2012

AB 1838 (Charles Calderon-D) Common interest developments: association records

Prohibits a common interest development (CID) from charging of a cancellation fee related to the provision of sale-related documents if the request was cancelled in writing by the same party that placed the order and work had not yet been performed on the order, or the request was cancelled in writing and any work that had been performed on the order was compensated. Requires a CID refund all fees collected related to the provision of sale-related documents if the request was canceled in writing and the work has not yet been performed on the order. If work has been performed on the order, a refund of the share of the fee that represents the portion of the work not performed. Requires the statutory billing disclosure to be in at least 10-point font.
Chapter 475, Statutes of 2012

AB 2273 (Wieckowski-D) Common interest developments: required documents

Streamlines the process for the mortgagee or trustee for a separate interest in a common interest development to provide information about the new owner to the homeowner association (HOA) necessary for the purpose of invoicing HOA assessments.
Chapter 255, Statutes of 2012

Miscellaneous

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SB 464* (Anderson-R) New construction: fire protection: property tax

Excludes fire safety systems installed in expanded parts of reconstructions after a disaster from value for property tax purposes.
(Died in Senate Governance and Finance Committee)

SB 660 (Runner-R) Housing authorities: housing certificates

Allows public housing authorities to make compliance with truancy laws a continuing condition of eligibility for tenant rental assistance vouchers.
(Died in Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

SB 726 (Berryhill-R) Residential fire sprinkler systems

Authorizes, until 1/1/14, a county, by ordinance or resolution, to opt not to be subject to a regulation published in the California Building Standards Code requiring the installation of a fire sprinkler system in a single-family residential dwelling.
(Died in Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

SB 865 (Negrete McLeod-D) Contractors: expertise: legal representation

Requires the Contractors State License Board to provide legal representation to any person hired to provide expertise in a licensing or disciplinary matter when, as a result of providing that expertise, that person is named as a defendant in a civil action, and requires the Board to indemnify the expert for any judgment rendered against him/her.
(Died in Assembly Judiciary Committee)

SB 875 (Price-D) Real estate licensees

Allows the Commissioner of the Department of Real Estate (DRE) to bar from participation in a licensure examination a real estate salesperson, a real estate broker, or specified unlicensed persons if the Commissioner makes certain findings. Provides that persons suspended or barred from a position of employment, management, or control under existing law are also barred from participating in licensure examinations. Requires DRE, upon denial of a license application or a license endorsement, to proceed under statutes governing the denial, suspension and revocation of licenses issued by the boards and bureaus within the Department of Consumer Affairs, which require a statement of issues or a notification of denial, as specified. Requires the Commissioner to require a person who submits a petition for reinstatement of a license or reduction of a penalty to submit his/her fingerprints with the petition.
Chapter 380, Statutes of 2012

SB 912 (Lieu-D) New homes: fire protection systems

Authorizes specified contractors to install residential fire protection systems for new single- and two-family homes and authorizes the State Fire Marshal to adopt regulations for all occupancy buildings, as specified.
(Died in Assembly Rules Committee)

SB 1055 (Lieu-D) Landlord and tenant: payments

Bans the practice of online-only rental payments and protects tenants from being forced to obtain Internet connections and/or PayPal accounts. Prohibits landlords from requiring cash as the exclusive payment of rent or a security deposit. Requires that any landlord or landlord's agent that offers the option of paying rent or a security deposit online to also accept other forms of payment for any lease or rental agreement.
Chapter 268, Statutes of 2012

SB 1168* (Calderon-D) Qualified principal residence: income tax credit

Authorizes a $10,000 tax credit (or 5% of the purchase price if that amount is lower) for taxpayers purchasing qualified homes between 1/1/12 and 12/31/12. Qualified homes can be detached or unattached, but must be the principle residence of the taxpayer, and eligible for the homeowners' exemption. The taxpayer must apply the credit in equal amounts over the next three tax years, and may only receive one tax credit for purchasing a qualified home.
(Died in Senate Governance and Finance Committee)

SB 1191 (Simitian-D) Landlord-tenant relations: disclosure of notice of default

Requires specified landlords who have received a notice of default that has not been rescinded to notify a prospective tenant of that default in writing prior to executing a lease agreement for the property. Provides that a violation voids the lease at the election of the tenant and entitle the tenant to recovery of one month's rent or twice the actual damages, whichever is greater if the tenancy is terminated, and all prepaid rent, in addition to any other legal remedy available to the tenant.
Chapter 566, Statutes of 2012

SB 1229 (Pavley-D) Real property: rentals: animals

Prohibits a landlord who allows tenants or occupants to have animals on the premises from doing any of the following: (1) advertising the property in a way that discourages individuals from applying because their animal is not declawed or devocalized; (2) refusing to allow, negotiate, or make the property available for occupancy because of a person's refusal to declaw or devocalize an animal; or (3) requiring a tenant or occupant to declaw or devocalize an animal that is allowed on the premises. Permits a city or district attorney, other law enforcement prosecutorial entity to enforce these provisions and sue for declaratory relief, injunctive relief, or imposition of a civil penalty of $1,000 for every violation.
Chapter 596, Statutes of 2012

SB 1241 (Kehoe-D) Land use: general plan: safety element

Requires cities and counties to address fire risk in state responsibility areas and very high fire hazard severity zones in the safety element of their general plans upon the next revision of the housing element, and requires cities and counties to make certain findings regarding available fire protection and suppression services before approving a tentative map or parcel map.
Chapter 311, Statutes of 2012

SB 1342 (Emmerson-R) Real estate fraud deterrence

Increases, from $3 to $10, the maximum fee that a county can place on specified recorded documents to fund real estate fraud deterrence, investigations, and prosecutions.
Chapter 104, Statutes of 2012

SB 1394 (Lowenthal-D) Dwelling safety: carbon monoxide and smoke detectors

Requires the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), on or before 7/1/14, to submit to the Building Standards Commission for adoption building standards for the installation of carbon monoxide detectors in hotel and motel units. In developing these standards, HCD must convene and consult a stakeholder group, and review and consider the most current national standards available related to the installation of carbon monoxide detectors. After 1/1/14, requires that a smoke alarm, in order for the State Fire Marshal to approve and list the device, display the date of manufacture, provide a place where the date of installation can be written, incorporate a hush feature (which allows a resident to manually turn off a sounding alarm), incorporate an end-of-life feature providing notice that the device needs to be replaced, and, if battery-operated, contain a nonreplaceable, nonremovable battery that is capable of powering the smoke alarm for a minimum of 10 years.
Chapter 420, Statutes of 2012

SB 1546 (Cannella-R) Real property: local government

Allows a county that owns real property on a converted military base to sell that real property, or any interest in the property, in a manner and upon the terms and conditions approved by the board of supervisors, without complying with the state laws that govern the sale of county-owned real property. Requires a board of supervisors to make a finding that the sale is in the public interest.
(Died in Senate Governance and Finance Committee)

SCR 55 (Liu-D) California Runaway and Homeless Youth Month

Designates November 2012 as California Runaway and Homeless Youth Month, and recognizes the need for individuals, schools, communities, businesses, local governments, and the state to take action on behalf of runaway and homeless youth in California.
Resolution Chapter 12, Statutes of 2012

AB 19 (Fong-D) Building standards: water meters: multiunit structures

Mandates that water purveyors adopt policies requiring that multiunit residential structures or mixed use residential and commercial structures that apply for water connections after 1/1/14, have, as a condition of new water service, submeters that measure the water supplied to each individual dwelling unit.
(Died in Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee)

AB 20 (Halderman-R) Construction defect actions

Requires an attorney who solicits or consults with a client or potential client for purposes of filing an action for defects in the design or construction of an improvement to residential real property to provide a written notice at the time of the solicitation or consultation including specified information.
(Died in Assembly Judiciary Committee)

AB 87 (Logue-R) Home furnishings: inspections: compensation

Deletes provisions allowing a chief or inspector from the Bureau of Electronic and Appliance Repair, Home Furnishings, and Thermal Insulation to take any articles or samples of upholstered furniture or bedding for purposes of analysis.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 249 (Bill Berryhill-R) Contractors

Authorizes a person who utilizes a contractor's services for the construction or improvement of residential property, as specified, to recover two times the amount of compensation paid for work performed during periods when the contractor was not duly licensed. Authorizes a person who utilizes the services of a contractor for the construction or improvement of property other than specified residential property, to bring an action in any court of competent jurisdiction in this state to recover all compensation paid to the contractor for performance of any act or contract during the time the contractor was not properly licensed.
(Died in Assembly Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Committee)

AB 265 (Ammiano-D) Tenancies: unlawful detainer

Gives a tenant who has received a three-day notice to quit or pay rent the right to redeem the tenancy after the three-day period has expired by tendering rent due and other fees and costs, as specified.
(Died on Assembly Inactive File)

AB 328 (Smyth-R) Inverse condemnation: comparative fault

Requires a court or arbiter, in an inverse condemnation proceeding, to reduce the compensation to be paid to a plaintiff in direct proportion to his/her percentage of fault, if any, in the damaging of property that constitutes a taking. Extends to actions in inverse condemnation an existing statute which provides that when a plaintiff rejects a defendant's settlement offer and then fails to obtain a more favorable judgment or award, then the plaintiff is prohibited from recovering his/her post-offer costs and is required to pay the defendant's costs from the time of the offer.
(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)

AB 370 (Smyth-R) Tankless water heater venting materials

Requires a plastic pipe or plastic pipe fitting to be used for venting hot gases from a tankless water heater only if that pipe or pipe fitting meets specified certification requirements.
(Died in Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee)

AB 448* (Ammiano-D) Property taxation: change in ownership

Makes numerous revisions in the change in ownership provisions in the property tax law.
(Died in Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee)

AB 534 (Swanson-D) Homeless persons: civil rights

Specifies that homeless persons, as defined, are entitled to the rights set forth under existing law, and provides that a homeless person has the right to be free from violence or intimidation by threat of violence directed against that person on the basis of that person’s status as a homeless person.
(Died in Assembly Judiciary Committee)

AB 683 (Ammiano-D) Homelessness

Requires the Department of Health Care Services to inquire in both paper and electronic applications into the housing status of persons who apply for Medi-Cal benefits, and requires the Department of Social Services (DSS) inquire in both paper and electronic applications into the housing status of persons who apply for CalFresh benefits, to determine whether or not an applicant is homeless, as defined pursuant to specified federal regulations. Requires the DSS to seek any necessary federal waivers to align the CalFresh definition of a person who is homeless with the specified federal regulations. Requires application forms to be revised only when there is another reason to revise the applications, and subsequent to the application revisions, requires the collected data to be included in relevant reports to the Legislature.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 865* (Nestande-R) Property taxation: active solar energy systems

Extends the "new construction" exclusion for active solar energy systems to improvements constructed through the 2032-33 fiscal year.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1124 (Skinner-D) Landlord and tenant

Provides that the law establishing multifamily habitability requirements shall not be interpreted to prohibit a tenant or owner of rental properties from qualifying for heating and hot water system repair or replacement under a utility energy efficiency program.
Chapter 600, Statutes of 2012

AB 1511 (Bradford-D) Real property: disclosures: transmission pipelines

Requires real estate sale contracts to include a specified notice informing purchasers of residential property about the existence of a database where information regarding gas and hazardous liquid transmission pipelines can be obtained.
Chapter 91, Statutes of 2012

AB 1679 (Bonilla-D) Landlord-tenant relations: security deposits

Permits a landlord and tenant, after either has provided notice to terminate the tenancy, to agree to have the landlord deposit any remaining portion of a security deposit electronically into an account designated by the tenant. Permits a landlord and tenant, after either has provided a notice to terminate the tenancy, to agree to have the landlord send a copy of a required itemized statement, along with any required related documents, to an e-mail account provided by the tenant.
Chapter 557, Statutes of 2012

AB 1700* (Butler-D) Property taxation: change in ownership

Excludes from property tax reassessment a transfer of cotenancy interest in a principal residence if the principal residence was owned by two individuals and was transferred to one of those individuals upon the death of the other, with the survivor obtaining sole ownership of that property.
Chapter 781, Statutes of 2012

AB 1718 (Hill-D) Real estate broker licenses

Repeals and recasts existing requirements that must be met prior to the licensure of real estate brokers, to provide that the Real Estate Commissioner may grant an original real estate broker license to an applicant who (1) has passed the real estate broker license examination, (2) satisfied other specified requirements, (3) either held a real estate salesperson's license, or (4) holds an active membership in the State Bar of California or has graduated from a four-year university with a specialization in real estate.
Chapter 193, Statutes of 2012

AB 1788* (Morrell-R) Property taxation: welfare exemption

Revises various definitions for purposes of the property tax welfare exemption, and allows the welfare exemption to be granted on a retroactive basis, as provided.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1801 (Campos-D) Land use: fees

Prohibits cities and counties from using the valuation method to calculate their fees for solar energy systems, such as charging fees based on the value of the system, property, materials, labor, or any other factor not directly associated with the cost to review and inspect the installation of the solar energy system.
Chapter 538, Statutes of 2012

AB 1865 (Alejo-D) Residential tenancies: eviction: notices

Requires the mandatory notice of filing of an unlawful detainer (eviction) action by the clerk of the court to include the name and telephone number of any entity certified as a lawyer referral service that requests inclusion in the notice of filing, as specified, and information on how to locate a lawyer referral service through the State Bar.
Chapter 241, Statutes of 2012

AB 1925 (Ma-D) Real property: rent control

Limits the level of compensation for the temporary displacement of a tenant household for less than 20 days to both of the following: (1) temporary housing and living expenses of $275 per day, as specified; and (2) actual moving expenses if it is necessary to move the possessions of the tenant household. Applies the above provision only to units governed by the local rent stabilization ordinance in the City and County of San Francisco and applies those limits notwithstanding any local law to the contrary.
Chapter 243, Statutes of 2012

AB 1927 (Jones-R) Easements: maintenance: arbitration

Authorizes the owner of a right-of-way easement to seek a judgment from a small claims court or a superior court, as specified, to determine the proportionate liability of each owner for maintenance costs, and specifies that neither a small claims judgment nor a superior court judgment shall affect apportionment of any future costs not requested in the action.
Chapter 244, Statutes of 2012

AB 1953 (Ammiano-D) Rental housing: tenant notice

Establishes a conditional defense from eviction for nonpayment of rent in cases where the tenant has not been notified who or where to pay rent. Prohibits a successor owner or manager from serving a notice pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure Section 1161(2) or otherwise evicting a tenant for nonpayment of rent that accrued during any period where the successor owner or manager failed to comply with the existing obligation to disclose the name and address of the person to whom rent shall be paid. Clarifies that the above restriction shall in no case relieve the tenant of any liability for unpaid rent.
Chapter 695, Statutes of 2012

AB 1959 (Williams-D) Building standards: green building standards

Requires the Department of Housing and Community Development and the Building Standards Commission to consider adopting standards for indoor air pollutants in residential buildings and in nonresidential buildings, respectively, as part of the next triennial edition of the California Green Buildings Standards Code.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 2014 (Ammiano-D) Property taxation: change in ownership

Requires the Legislature to convene a task force, as specified, to update the work done by the 1979 Task Force on Property Tax Administration regarding the definition of "change in ownership" for complex legal entities, as provided.
(Died in Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee)

AB 2046* (Allen-D) Property taxation: change in ownership

Extends provisions applicable to mobile home parks to transfers of floating home marinas to current tenants of berths at a marina. Excludes these transfers from the definitions of change of ownership, thereby precluding reassessment of a marina to fair market value upon transfer, so long as specified conditions are met.
Chapter 817, Statutes of 2012

AB 2135 (Blumenfield-D) Building standards: solar distributed generation technology

Requires specified state entities to develop a guidebook to assist cities and counties in implementing building standards and permitting processes for solar distributed generation technology. Allows the Air Resources Board and the California Energy Commission to give priority in certain grant programs to cities and counties that adopt the policies in the guidebook.
(Died in Senate Governmental Organization Committee)

AB 2237 (Monning-D) Home improvement contractors

Clarifies the definition of "contractor" as it applies to home improvement projects to include consultants who provide or oversee bids, or arrange for and set up work schedules and maintain oversight of a project.
Chapter 371, Statutes of 2012

AB 2290 (Hill-D) Vacation ownership and time-shares: owners list

Requires a time-share association to maintain a complete list of the names and post office addresses of all owners of time-share interests in the time-share plan, and prohibits the association from publishing the owners list or providing a copy of it to any time-share interest owner or to any third party or using or selling the list for commercial purposes. Provides an alternate method for time-share interest owners to communicate with the entire membership of the association, as specified.
(Died in Assembly Judiciary Committee)

AB 2326 (Wagner-R) Real property: execution of documents

Expands the type of notarized documents that require a party signing a document to place his/her fingerprint in the notary's journal to include all documents pertaining to real property.
Chapter 202, Statutes of 2012

AB 2518* (Hall-D) Vacation ownership and time-shares: owners list

Requires a time-share association to maintain a complete list of the names and post office addresses of all owners of time-share interests in the time-share plan, and prohibits the association from publishing the owners list or providing a copy of it to any time-share interest owner or to any third party or using or selling the list for commercial purposes. Provides methods for a time-share interest owner to communicate with the entire membership of the association through a written request to the association, as specified. Authorizes an owner, whose request to communicate was denied by the association, to file a court action, and, under certain circumstances, authorizes a court to award to the requesting owner costs, including attorney's fees, reasonably incurred to enforce the owner's rights.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)

AB 2519 (Bill Berryhill-R) Real estate appraisers: licensing

Specifies a number of required or discretionary disciplinary actions to be taken by the Office of Real Estate Appraisers (OREA) against its licensees, and makes other changes to the law governing real estate appraisers and appraisal management companies (AMCs). Adds employee appraisers of AMCs to existing law requirements that apply to AMC independent contractor appraisers, and makes conforming changes. Allows an appraiser to voluntarily provide his/her digital signature or seal to another person only to the extent permissible under the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraiser Practice. Specifies that an applicant for licensure shall not be eligible to have a license issued unless he/she notifies the OREA within one year of successful completion of a required examination.
Chapter 683, Statutes of 2012

AB 2521 (Blumenfield-D) Landlord and tenant: personal property

Increases, from $300 to $700, the threshold amount of determining whether the landlord must dispose of the departed tenant's unclaimed property via a public sale, with the proceeds of the sale (less storage and sale costs) held for the tenant, or whether the landlord may dispose of the property in any manner or retain it for his/her own use. Requires a landlord to release the personal property to the former tenant without paying the cost of storage, if, the property remained in the dwelling and the former tenant or other person reasonably believed by the landlord to be its owner reclaims the property within two days of vacating the dwelling. Requires a landlord to inform the tenant of his/her general right to recover abandoned property in the notice to terminate a tenancy, or in the notice to request an initial inspection of the property prior to termination.
Chapter 560, Statutes of 2012

AB 2525 (Smyth-R) Tankless water heater venting materials

Requires materials used in the construction of exhaust systems designed for the extraction of toxic gases, if the failure of that material could result in physical harm to humans, be appropriately tested and suited for that purpose.
(Died in Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee)

AB 2547 (Blumenfield-D) Statewide Office of the Homeless Youth Advocate

Establishes the Statewide Office of the Homeless Youth Advocate (OHYA) within the California Health and Human Services Agency to coordinate services, facilitate interagency collaboration to remove barriers and improve access to, and share, information related to homeless youth. Requires the OHYA to submit a biennial report to the Governor and Legislature regarding the activities and performance of the OHYA, as specified.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 2643 (Ma-D) Property taxation

Deletes the exception for the return of replicated property tax payments, for purposes of allowing the tax collector to apply any refund due to a taxpayer, or the taxpayer's agent, to any delinquent taxes due for the same property for which the same taxpayer, or his/her agent, is liable, thereby applying the provisions authorizing the tax collector to apply any refund to any delinquent taxes. Limits penalty relief, for cases in which a taxpayer has failed to pay taxes on an assessment that is the subject of a pending informal review due to a decline in value as a result of damage, destruction, depreciation, obsolescence, removal of property, or other factors causing a decline in value, to the difference the county assessor's final determination of value and the value on the assessment roll for the fiscal year covered by the application. Extends, for purposes of calculating the interest on property tax refunds, the time period the county treasurer has to advise the State Controller of the county pool apportioned rate and of computations made in deriving that rate from 60 to 90 days.
Chapter 161, Statutes of 2012

AB 2644 (Butler-D) Building standards: electric vehicle charging stations

Requires the California Building Standards Commission, as a part of the next triennial edition of the California Building Standards Code adopted after 1/1/14, to adopt building standards for the construction, installation, and alteration of electric vehicle charging stations for parking spaces in single-family residential real property, in accordance with prescribed requirements.
(Died in Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee)

AB 2697 (Assembly Housing And Community Development Committee) Housing Omnibus Act

Makes technical and non-controversial changes to housing-related laws including (1) clarifying that with respect to construction defects law, a building is subject to the heating standard that was in place on the date the building permit application was submitted; (2) clarifying that the written consent of all members of a common interest development board is only required for the board to take actions in an electronic emergency meeting, not to hold an emergency meeting generally; (3) allowing the board of a common interest development to designate someone other than a board member to be present at the assigned physical location where members of the association may attend and participate in a board meeting held via teleconference; and (4) deleting the phrase "and its applicability" from the existing requirement that if there is a provision in the governing documents of a Common Interest Development that prohibits the rental or leasing of any of the separate interest, the owner of a separate interest must provide to prospective purchasers a statement describing the prohibition and its applicability.
Chapter 770, Statutes of 2012

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Note: * Denotes Urgency or Tax Levy Legislation.

Measure and Reference	Author	Measure Title
SB 2* - Mortgage/Foreclosure Reform	Calderon-D	Mortgage loans
SB 77 - Finance and Development (includes redevelopment)	Leno-D	Department of Housing and Community Development: loans
SB 123 - Finance and Development (includes redevelopment)	Liu-D	California Runaway, Homeless, and Exploited Youth Act
SB 149 - Mobilehomes/Manufactured Housing	Correa-D	Mobilehome and special occupancy parks: permit invoice
SB 184 - Finance and Development (includes redevelopment)	Leno-D	Land use: zoning regulations
SB 286 - Finance and Development (includes redevelopment)	Wright-D	Redevelopment
SB 376 - Mobilehomes/Manufactured Housing	Fuller-R	Mobilehome loans
SB 376 - Mortgage/Foreclosure Reform	Fuller-R	Mortgage loan originators
SB 412 - Mortgage/Foreclosure Reform	Vargas-D	Mortgages: deficiency judgments
SB 435 - Mortgage/Foreclosure Reform	Harman-R	Mortgages and deeds of trust
SB 464* - Miscellaneous	Anderson-R	New construction: fire protection: property tax
SB 499* - Finance and Development (includes redevelopment)	Huff-R	Redevelopment: tax increment calculations
SB 654 - Finance and Development (includes redevelopment)	Steinberg-D	Redevelopment
SB 660 - Miscellaneous	Runner-R	Housing authorities: housing certificates
SB 663 - Finance and Development (includes redevelopment)	Correa-D	Homeless veterans
SB 722 - Mortgage/Foreclosure Reform	Correa-D	Home mortgages: financing programs
SB 726 - Miscellaneous	Berryhill-R	Residential fire sprinkler systems
SB 825 - Mortgage/Foreclosure Reform	Corbett-D	Foreclosures: residential tenancies
SB 865 - Miscellaneous	Negrete McLeod-D	Contractors: expertise: legal representation
SB 875 - Miscellaneous	Price-D	Real estate licensees
SB 880* - Common Interest Developments	Corbett-D	Common interest developments: electric vehicle charging
SB 900 - Mortgage/Foreclosure Reform	Leno-D	Mortgages and deeds of trust: foreclosure
SB 912 - Miscellaneous	Lieu-D	New homes: fire protection systems
SB 980 - Mortgage/Foreclosure Reform	Vargas-D	Mortgage loans
SB 986* - Finance and Development (includes redevelopment)	Dutton-R	Redevelopment: bond proceeds
SB 1055 - Miscellaneous	Lieu-D	Landlord and tenant: payments
SB 1056* - Finance and Development (includes redevelopment)	Hancock-D	Redevelopment: enforceable obligations
SB 1151 - Finance and Development (includes redevelopment)	Steinberg-D	Sustainable Economic Development and Housing Trust Fund
SB 1156 - Finance and Development (includes redevelopment)	Steinberg-D	Sustainable Communities Investment Authority
SB 1168* - Miscellaneous	Calderon-D	Qualified principal residence: income tax credit
SB 1173 - Mobilehomes/Manufactured Housing	Wyland-R	Mobilehomes: rent control: government charges
SB 1191 - Miscellaneous	Simitian-D	Landlord-tenant relations: disclosure of notice of default
SB 1220 - Finance and Development (includes redevelopment)	DeSaulnier-D	Housing Opportunity and Market Stabilization Trust Fund Act
SB 1229 - Miscellaneous	Pavley-D	Real property: rentals: animals
SB 1241 - Miscellaneous	Kehoe-D	Land use: general plan: safety element
SB 1244 - Mortgage/Foreclosure Reform	Harman-R	Foreclosure procedures
SB 1335 - Finance and Development (includes redevelopment)	Pavley-D	Redevelopment: brownfield sites
SB 1342 - Miscellaneous	Emmerson-R	Real estate fraud deterrence
SB 1394 - Miscellaneous	Lowenthal-D	Dwelling safety: carbon monoxide and smoke detectors
SB 1421* - Mobilehomes/Manufactured Housing	Correa-D	Mobilehomes: resident-owned mobilehome parks
SB 1439* - Finance and Development (includes redevelopment)	Huff-R	Redevelopment: successor agencies
SB 1450 - Mortgage/Foreclosure Reform	Calderon-D	Mortgage guaranty insurance
SB 1470 - Mortgage/Foreclosure Reform	Leno-D	Mortgages and deeds of trust: foreclosure
SB 1471 - Mortgage/Foreclosure Reform	DeSaulnier-D	Mortgages and deeds of trust: foreclosure
SB 1472 - Mortgage/Foreclosure Reform	Pavley-D	Foreclosures: blight
SB 1473 - Mortgage/Foreclosure Reform	Hancock-D	Foreclosure and unlawful detainer: tenants
SB 1546 - Miscellaneous	Cannella-R	Real property: local government
SCR 55 - Miscellaneous	Liu-D	California Runaway and Homeless Youth Month
AB 14 - Finance and Development (includes redevelopment)	Wieckowski-D	Redevelopment: Fremont Redevelopment Agency
AB 19 - Miscellaneous	Fong-D	Building standards: water meters: multiunit structures
AB 20 - Miscellaneous	Halderman-R	Construction defect actions
AB 87 - Miscellaneous	Logue-R	Home furnishings: inspections: compensation
AB 232 - Finance and Development (includes redevelopment)	V. Manuel Pérez-D	Community Development Block Grant Program: funds
AB 249 - Miscellaneous	Bill Berryhill-R	Contractors
AB 264 - Finance and Development (includes redevelopment)	Hagman-R	Transitional housing
AB 265 - Miscellaneous	Ammiano-D	Tenancies: unlawful detainer
AB 278 - Mortgage/Foreclosure Reform	Eng-D	Mortgages and deeds of trust: foreclosure
AB 296 - Finance and Development (includes redevelopment)	Skinner-D	Green building standards
AB 317 - Mobilehomes/Manufactured Housing	Charles Calderon-D	Mobilehomes
AB 328 - Miscellaneous	Smyth-R	Inverse condemnation: comparative fault
AB 330 - Finance and Development (includes redevelopment)	Norby-R	Redevelopment: local agencies
AB 343 - Finance and Development (includes redevelopment)	Atkins-D	Redevelopment plans: environmental goals
AB 345 - Finance and Development (includes redevelopment)	Torres-D	Redevelopment: housing funding
AB 370 - Miscellaneous	Smyth-R	Tankless water heater venting materials
AB 406 - Mortgage/Foreclosure Reform	Davis-D	Adjustable rate mortgages: balloon payments
AB 407 - Mortgage/Foreclosure Reform	Davis-D	Mortgages: prepayment penalties
AB 445 - Finance and Development (includes redevelopment)	Carter-D	Redevelopment
AB 448* - Miscellaneous	Ammiano-D	Property taxation: change in ownership
AB 497 - Finance and Development (includes redevelopment)	Wieckowski-D	Housing and community development: emergency shelters
AB 502 - Finance and Development (includes redevelopment)	Bonilla-D	Alternative Voluntary Redevelopment Program: military bases
AB 505 - Finance and Development (includes redevelopment)	Harkey-R	Housing programs: audits
AB 534 - Miscellaneous	Swanson-D	Homeless persons: civil rights
AB 542 - Finance and Development (includes redevelopment)	Allen-D	Housing element: land use
AB 579 - Mobilehomes/Manufactured Housing	Monning-D	Mobilehome parks: liability: attorney's fees
AB 602 - Finance and Development (includes redevelopment)	Olsen-R	Housing: local government
AB 679 - Finance and Development (includes redevelopment)	Allen-D	Housing element: land use
AB 683 - Miscellaneous	Ammiano-D	Homelessness
AB 805 - Common Interest Developments	Torres-D	Common interest developments
AB 806 - Common Interest Developments	Torres-D	Common interest developments
AB 856* - Mortgage/Foreclosure Reform	Jeffries-R	Mortgages: debt relief: cancellation of indebtedness
AB 865* - Miscellaneous	Nestande-R	Property taxation: active solar energy systems
AB 910 - Finance and Development (includes redevelopment)	Torres-D	Infrastructure financing districts
AB 931 - Finance and Development (includes redevelopment)	Dickinson-D	Housing projects: environment: CEQA exemption
AB 935 - Mortgage/Foreclosure Reform	Blumenfield-D	Foreclosures: foreclosure mitigation charges
AB 1072 - Finance and Development (includes redevelopment)	Fuentes-D	Community development
AB 1092* - Finance and Development (includes redevelopment)	Dickinson-D	Housing: catalyst project funding
AB 1124 - Miscellaneous	Skinner-D	Landlord and tenant
AB 1167 - Finance and Development (includes redevelopment)	Fong-D	Homelessness: Interagency Council on Homelessness
AB 1170 - Finance and Development (includes redevelopment)	Alejo-D	Redevelopment Agency: City of Watsonville
AB 1183 - Finance and Development (includes redevelopment)	Bill Berryhill-R	Housing: environmental impact reports
AB 1198 - Finance and Development (includes redevelopment)	Norby-R	Housing element: regional housing need assessment: land use
AB 1207 - Finance and Development (includes redevelopment)	Furutani-D	Real property development: civil actions: limitations
AB 1234 - Finance and Development (includes redevelopment)	Norby-R	Redevelopment agencies: financing
AB 1250 - Finance and Development (includes redevelopment)	Alejo-D	Redevelopment
AB 1317 - Finance and Development (includes redevelopment)	Norby-R	Community development: plan consistency
AB 1497 - Mortgage/Foreclosure Reform	Assembly Budget Committee	National Mortgage Settlement: Budget Trailer Bill
AB 1511 - Miscellaneous	Bradford-D	Real property: disclosures: transmission pipelines
AB 1547 - Mortgage/Foreclosure Reform	Eng-D	Residential mortgage loans: foreclosure procedures
AB 1551* - Mortgage/Foreclosure Reform	Torres-D	Mortgages: subordination
AB 1555 - Finance and Development (includes redevelopment)	Norby-R	Redevelopment: debt forgiveness agreements
AB 1557 - Mortgage/Foreclosure Reform	Skinner-D	Maintenance of foreclosed property: violation
AB 1585 - Finance and Development (includes redevelopment)	John A. Pérez-D	Community development
AB 1599 - Mortgage/Foreclosure Reform	Feuer-D	Mortgages and deeds of trust: foreclosure
AB 1602 - Mortgage/Foreclosure Reform	Eng-D	Mortgages and deeds of trust: foreclosure
AB 1603 - Mortgage/Foreclosure Reform	Feuer-D	Mortgages and deeds of trust: mortgage servicers
AB 1644 - Finance and Development (includes redevelopment)	Carter-D	California Military Base Reuse and Preservation Act of 2012
AB 1672 - Finance and Development (includes redevelopment)	Torres-D	Housing-Related Parks Program
AB 1679 - Miscellaneous	Bonilla-D	Landlord-tenant relations: security deposits
AB 1699 - Finance and Development (includes redevelopment)	Torres-D	Affordable housing
AB 1700* - Miscellaneous	Butler-D	Property taxation: change in ownership
AB 1718 - Miscellaneous	Hill-D	Real estate broker licenses
AB 1745 - Finance and Development (includes redevelopment)	Torres-D	Mortgages: notices of sale
AB 1745 - Mortgage/Foreclosure Reform	Torres-D	Mortgages: notices of sale
AB 1788* - Miscellaneous	Morrell-R	Property taxation: welfare exemption
AB 1797 - Mobilehomes/Manufactured Housing	Torres-D	Mobilehome Park Purchase Fund
AB 1801 - Miscellaneous	Campos-D	Land use: fees
AB 1828 - Finance and Development (includes redevelopment)	Bonilla-D	Land use: Concord Naval Weapons Revise Authority
AB 1830 - Mobilehomes/Manufactured Housing	V. Manuel Pérez-D	Mobilehome parks: water service
AB 1838 - Common Interest Developments	Charles Calderon-D	Common interest developments: association records
AB 1865 - Miscellaneous	Alejo-D	Residential tenancies: eviction: notices
AB 1925 - Miscellaneous	Ma-D	Real property: rent control
AB 1927 - Miscellaneous	Jones-R	Easements: maintenance: arbitration
AB 1938 - Mobilehomes/Manufactured Housing	Williams-D	Mobilehomes: rental agreements
AB 1951 - Finance and Development (includes redevelopment)	Atkins-D	Housing bonds
AB 1953 - Miscellaneous	Ammiano-D	Rental housing: tenant notice
AB 1959 - Miscellaneous	Williams-D	Building standards: green building standards
AB 2010 - Mortgage/Foreclosure Reform	Bonilla-D	Reverse mortgages: counseling
AB 2014 - Miscellaneous	Ammiano-D	Property taxation: change in ownership
AB 2046* - Miscellaneous	Allen-D	Property taxation: change in ownership
AB 2135 - Miscellaneous	Blumenfield-D	Building standards: solar distributed generation technology
AB 2150 - Mobilehomes/Manufactured Housing	Atkins-D	Mobilehome parks
AB 2237 - Miscellaneous	Monning-D	Home improvement contractors
AB 2272 - Mobilehomes/Manufactured Housing	Wagner-R	Mobilehomes: injunctions
AB 2273 - Common Interest Developments	Wieckowski-D	Common interest developments: required documents
AB 2290 - Miscellaneous	Hill-D	Vacation ownership and time-shares: owners list
AB 2303 - Mortgage/Foreclosure Reform	Assembly Insurance Committee	Mortgage insurance
AB 2308 - Finance and Development (includes redevelopment)	Torres-D	Land use: housing element: regional housing need
AB 2314 - Mortgage/Foreclosure Reform	Carter-D	Housing foreclosure: blight
AB 2326 - Miscellaneous	Wagner-R	Real property: execution of documents
AB 2425 - Mortgage/Foreclosure Reform	Mitchell-D	Mortgages and deeds of trust: foreclosure
AB 2447 - Finance and Development (includes redevelopment)	Skinner-D	California Neighborhood Revitalization Partnership Act
AB 2475 - Mortgage/Foreclosure Reform	Assembly Veterans Affairs Committee	Foreclosures: military service
AB 2476 - Mortgage/Foreclosure Reform	Assembly Veterans Affairs Committee	Mortgage interest rates: service members
AB 2518* - Miscellaneous	Hall-D	Vacation ownership and time-shares: owners list
AB 2519 - Miscellaneous	Bill Berryhill-R	Real estate appraisers: licensing
AB 2521 - Miscellaneous	Blumenfield-D	Landlord and tenant: personal property
AB 2522 - Mobilehomes/Manufactured Housing	Williams-D	Mobilehome parks: rental agreements
AB 2525 - Miscellaneous	Smyth-R	Tankless water heater venting materials
AB 2528 - Mortgage/Foreclosure Reform	John A. Pérez-D	Mortgages and deeds of trust: foreclosure: military members
AB 2547 - Miscellaneous	Blumenfield-D	Statewide Office of the Homeless Youth Advocate
AB 2597 - Mobilehomes/Manufactured Housing	Fuentes-D	Mobilehome parks: lot lines
AB 2610 - Mortgage/Foreclosure Reform	Skinner-D	Foreclosure and unlawful detainer: tenants
AB 2643 - Miscellaneous	Ma-D	Property taxation
AB 2644 - Miscellaneous	Butler-D	Building standards: electric vehicle charging stations
AB 2666 - Mortgage/Foreclosure Reform	Assembly Banking And Finance Committee	Mortgage loan originators
AB 2697 - Miscellaneous	Assembly Housing And Community Development Committee	Housing Omnibus Act
AJR 40 - Mortgage/Foreclosure Reform	Skinner-D	Mortgages