Housing development: density bonuses.

Assembly Member Boerner's housing density bonus legislation modifies California's existing framework for incentivizing affordable housing development by refining how local governments can regulate transient lodging within these projects. The bill establishes that cities and counties are not required to approve, provide concessions for, or waive development standards for hotels, motels, bed and breakfast inns, or other temporary lodging as part of housing developments seeking density bonuses.

The measure maintains an important exception for residential hotels, which provide permanent housing options for lower-income residents. It also explicitly preserves property owners' ability to use or market their units as short-term rentals after receiving occupancy certificates, provided such use complies with local regulations.

This targeted amendment to the state's Density Bonus Law aims to maintain the program's focus on creating permanent housing while providing clarity around the treatment of temporary lodging facilities. The change allows local jurisdictions to evaluate transient lodging proposals separately from the density bonus process designed to increase the supply of long-term affordable housing units.