California Senate Bill 1534 (1982)

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California Senate Bill 1534 (SB 1534, Government Code section 65852.2) is a 1982 California statute law which established statewide options for local governments to promote and regulate secondary suites, also known as "accessory dwelling units" (ADUs) in California. Under the law, local governments were allowed the following options:

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The bill was drafted by Henry J. Mello, who described it as the "Granny housing bill", signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown in January 1983, and came into effect on July 1, 1983. In 1981, Mello drafted another law, SB 1160, which allowed zoning variances in R1 areas for ADUs and was geared toward seniors.

The law, which was passed by the legislature due to the perception that local governments would not resolve the statewide housing shortage on their own, was the first regulation of ADUs in the state for all ages. Due to the low-impact approach taken by the legislature at the time, the law did not have much initial effect upon the housing supply, and has been repeatedly amended since to increase housing supply, especially under Governor Gavin Newsom. [1]

Amendments

Impact

The ADU law was rarely used in California until after the passage of AB 2406, SB 1069 and AB 2299 in 2016. Statewide, the application rate increased from just under 10,000 ADU applications being filed in 2017 to nearly 30,000 being filed in 2021. [18] The total number of permits issued each year increased by 15,334% from 2016 to 2022, with over 83,865 ADUs permitted. In addition, ADUs constituted around 19% of new housing units produced statewide as of 2022. [19]

Of the cities, Los Angeles saw the most dramatic increase of ADU applications within the year following passage of the three bills in 2016, going from only 80 applications in 2016 to 1,980 applications by November 2017 (an increase of 2,375%) to 7,160 applications in 2022 (an increase of 8,850% since 2016). [20] As of 2022, the Greater Los Angeles area remained the most popular site for permitting ADUs, followed by the San Francisco Bay Area and San Diego County. [21]

The majority of ADUs constructed in California are used for housing, compared to only 8% being used for short-term rentals, according to a survey conducted by the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at University of California, Berkeley. [22]

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