Assembly Member Boerner's proposed modification of California's Density Bonus Law seeks to narrow the scope of eligible developments by restricting density bonuses exclusively to purely residential projects. The measure would eliminate the current flexibility that allows mixed-use developments incorporating visitor-serving elements to qualify for density bonuses and related incentives.

Under existing law, cities and counties provide density bonuses and other development incentives to projects that include specified percentages of lower-income or very low-income housing units. The proposed changes would maintain these underlying affordability requirements while adding a new qualifying criterion: projects must be entirely residential, with no portions allocated to visitor-serving purposes or uses.

The measure places implementation responsibility with local governments, who would need to adjust their density bonus evaluation criteria to ensure qualifying projects contain only residential components. The bill requires a simple majority vote for passage and includes no new appropriations or fiscal obligations for state or local agencies.