Manhattan BeachAdoptedCity Council
This ordinance amends Manhattan Beach's zoning code and Local Coastal Program to implement several programs from the city's state-mandated 6th Cycle Housing Element (2021-2029), building on an earlier 2025 implementation ordinance. It's part of the city's required RHNA rezoning work to allow more housing capacity where the housing element committed to it. The city council adopted it on second reading July 7, 2026; the coastal-zone portion still needs California Coastal Commission certification before taking effect there.
Introduced Jun 16, 2026Next: California Coastal Commission certification of Local Coastal Program amendmentEffective Aug 6, 2026Checked Aug 3, 2026
BellIntroducedPlanning Commission
Bell's planning commission is scheduled to hold its first public hearing on August 5, 2026 on a new Specific Plan covering roughly 84 acres along the Atlantic Avenue corridor. The plan would create a new Mixed-Use land use designation and zoning sub-districts allowing by-right mixed-use housing with ground-floor commercial on identified opportunity sites, projected to add about 584 net new residential units as part of the city's Housing Element/RHNA program. If recommended by the commission, it would next go to city council for adoption.
Introduced Aug 5, 2026Next: Planning commission public hearing; if recommended, moves to city council — Aug 5, 2026Checked Aug 3, 2026
Santa MonicaSecond ReadingCity Council
This ordinance would amend Santa Monica's zoning code to allow increased development capacity on certain downtown parcels, including city-owned sites and the Gateway Master Plan area, supporting more housing and mixed-use capacity downtown. It pairs with a companion resolution amending the Downtown Community Plan. The city council passed the item on first reading on July 14, 2026; a second reading is required before it takes effect.
Introduced Jul 14, 2026Next: Confirm second-reading adoption outcome and effective date via posted council minutesChecked Aug 3, 2026
Santa MonicaSecond ReadingCity Council
To exempt the area around the Expo/Bundy light-rail station from California's SB 79 state transit-density mandate, the city council voted 5-1 on July 14, 2026 to direct staff to draft an ordinance upzoning up to 212 single-family (R1) parcels near the station, rather than upzoning multi-family (R2/R3) parcels as city staff and the planning commission had recommended. If enacted, this would shift added density onto single-family lots near the station instead of letting the state law's density increase apply to existing multi-family zones. Council has since directed staff to also explore a smaller boundary of at least 52 parcels as an alternative to upzoning all 212.
Introduced Jul 14, 2026Next: Confirm final parcel boundary choice (89 parcels north of I-10 / all 212 R1 parcels / revert to the planning commission's 66-parcel multifamily recommendation) and ordinance adoption outcome from posted council minutesChecked Aug 3, 2026
Santa ClaritaPC RecommendedPlanning Commission
This amendment converts Santa Clarita's discretionary multifamily design guidelines into 63 mandatory objective design standards covering setbacks, materials, colors, building articulation, and landscaping, tailored to four neighborhood character areas (Canyon Country, Newhall, Saugus, Valencia). The goal is to preserve the city's design-review authority under state housing laws that block subjective "compatibility" findings but still allow objective standards. The planning commission unanimously recommended approval in early July 2026; city council review is next, with no hearing date set yet.
Introduced Jul 8, 2026Next: City council review and adoption (no hearing date set yet)Checked Aug 3, 2026
MontebelloAdoptedCity Council
In response to the state's SB 79 transit-density law taking effect July 1, 2026, Montebello adopted an urgency ordinance that temporarily halts the city from accepting, processing, or approving SB 79 development applications in the Washington Boulevard Transit-Oriented Development Specific Plan area near the planned Metro Eastside light-rail station. Under state law, an urgency moratorium like this initially lasts up to 45 days unless the council votes to extend it. Property owners with projects in this corridor that would otherwise qualify for SB 79's density and height boost should expect processing delays until the moratorium is lifted or extended.
Introduced Jun 24, 2026Next: Confirm moratorium status directly with city clerk (initial 45-day urgency period would lapse around 2026-08-08 absent a council extension vote) — could not independently verify this ordinance via public web sources this run despite two research passes — Aug 8, 2026Checked Aug 3, 2026
South PasadenaAdoptedCity Council
South Pasadena adopted an interim urgency ordinance on July 15, 2026 delaying implementation of the state's SB 79 transit-density mandate within the Downtown Specific Plan's Mixed-Use Core. The move follows a 171-unit development application filed at 1021 Mission Street that would have qualified for SB 79's density and height increases. The city has scheduled community meetings to gather input on a localized alternative plan, with a subcommittee recommendation expected at an early-August council meeting.
Introduced Jul 15, 2026Next: Council subcommittee to present recommendations for a localized alternative plan to city council (reported as either August 4 or August 5, 2026 across sources — not yet confirmed which) — Aug 4, 2026Checked Aug 3, 2026
PasadenaFirst ReadingCity Council
Pasadena's city council voted 5-0 on first reading to repeal its own temporary ban on SB 9 lot splits and duplex/multi-unit construction in the Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone within the Eaton Fire burn area. If given final approval on second reading, property owners rebuilding in that zone will regain the ability to file SB 9 applications to split lots and build up to two units per resulting parcel, the same as elsewhere in the city. The repeal follows a lawsuit challenging the original moratorium as inconsistent with state law and a planning commission recommendation to repeal it; the repeal is part of a settlement with YIMBY plaintiffs, who also settled a companion case against Malibu's similar moratorium.
Introduced Jul 20, 2026Next: Confirm second-reading vote outcome from the 2026-08-03 council meeting — Aug 3, 2026Checked Aug 3, 2026
Baldwin ParkFirst ReadingCity Council
Baldwin Park's city council passed first reading of Ordinance No. 1527 on July 15, 2026, amending Municipal Code Chapter 153 to align the city's ADU/JADU rules with current state law and to revise the citywide Objective Design Standards that apply to new residential construction. For property owners, this changes both accessory dwelling unit permitting rules and the objective design criteria a new home or ADU must meet. Second reading and adoption is calendared for August 5, 2026.
Introduced Jul 15, 2026Next: Second reading and adoption (consent calendar) — Aug 5, 2026Checked Aug 3, 2026
BellflowerIntroducedCity Council
Bellflower's city council has scheduled an August 24, 2026 public hearing on ZOTA 26-01, an amendment to the city's existing Housing Opportunity Overlay Zone (HOOZ) — a Housing Element implementation overlay that permits increased residential development on qualifying sites. The amendment would revise allowed uses and development standards within the overlay; the exact changes aren't detailed until the staff report is released. Property owners with parcels inside the HOOZ overlay should watch for the staff report ahead of the hearing.
Introduced Jul 31, 2026Next: City council public hearing — Aug 24, 2026Checked Aug 3, 2026
ComptonIntroducedCity Council
Compton is moving forward on a state-mandated citywide rezoning tied to the Compton 2045 General Plan update, needed to meet its RHNA housing obligations. The city council approved added consultant funding to complete the rezoning and zoning-code work on July 7, 2026, and formally scheduled a public hearing on the citywide rezoning and zoning code revisions for September 15, 2026. No zoning map or development-standard changes have been adopted yet, but property owners citywide should watch for the draft rezoning proposal ahead of that hearing.
Introduced Jul 7, 2026Next: Public hearing on Compton 2045 General Plan and related rezoning/zoning code revisions — Sep 15, 2026Checked Aug 3, 2026
CovinaIntroducedCity Council
Covina is rewriting its entire zoning code (Title 17, unchanged since the 1960s), consolidating 56 chapters into about 14 with clearer development-standard tables; the city held a public workshop on the draft on July 21, 2026. Draft chapters under review include single-family residential zone standards, general development standards, and specific use regulations, meaning density, height, parking, or ADU rules could shift once finalized, even though the city states the rewrite isn't tied to any specific project. No ordinance has been introduced yet; property owners should review the draft chapters and the city's affected-properties map.
Introduced Jul 21, 2026Next: Not yet scheduled; process continues toward future hearings and adoptionChecked Aug 3, 2026
Redondo BeachIntroducedCity Council
Redondo Beach's city charter (Article XXVII / Measure RB) requires voter approval for major changes in allowable land use, so the city council directed staff on the scope of General Plan and zoning ordinance changes needed to rezone sites for 2,490 new housing units required by its state-mandated Housing Element. Rather than the council adopting the rezoning directly, the actual zoning and density changes on identified sites will go before voters as a ballot measure on November 3, 2026. Property owners near identified housing sites should watch for specific density and zoning changes once the ballot measure text is finalized and voted on.
Introduced Jul 7, 2026Next: Finalize ballot measure text; voters decide at the November 2026 general election — Nov 3, 2026Checked Jul 27, 2026
AlhambraFirst ReadingCity Council
This citywide update rewrites Alhambra's discretionary design review into objective, non-discretionary design standards in Title 23 (Zoning), applying mainly to multi-family residential, mixed-use, and non-residential development. It eliminates the West Main Corridor Master Plan Overlay District in favor of new focus-area design guidelines for West Main, East Main, and Valley Boulevard, and corrects zoning-map errors on two parcels. The objective standards are meant to speed up ministerial review of new housing and mixed-use projects consistent with state housing law. The planning commission recommended approval May 18, 2026, and the city council held a public hearing and first reading July 27, 2026.
Introduced Jul 27, 2026Next: Second reading and adoption — Aug 24, 2026Checked Jul 27, 2026
ArtesiaFirst ReadingCity Council
Artesia introduced two ordinances amending its zoning code to implement its state-mandated Housing Element, following a September 2025 settlement with the California Attorney General and HCD that requires the city to zone for 1,069 housing units, including 608 affordable, or face penalties. The amendments streamline development review, modernize zoning standards including revised minimum density in the Mixed-Use Overlay Zone, and add a reasonable-accommodation process for disability access. The city council introduced both ordinances on first reading July 8, 2026.
Introduced Jul 8, 2026Next: Second reading and adoption — Aug 10, 2026Checked Jul 27, 2026
Los AngelesIn EffectCity Council
This ordinance amends LA's Mixed Income Incentive Program (LAMC 12.22 A.38) to allow low-scale multifamily housing in R2 and RD zones within a half-mile of designated transit "Opportunity Stations," serving as the city's local alternative to the state's SB 79 transit-density law. It lets more duplexes, triplexes, and small apartment buildings be built near transit without triggering the state law's larger density and height mandates. The city council adopted it June 30, 2026, and it took effect July 1, 2026.
Introduced May 20, 2026Effective Jul 1, 2026Checked Jul 24, 2026
Los AngelesIn EffectCity Council
This companion ordinance sets a phased, delayed schedule for applying the state's SB 79 transit-density mandate in Los Angeles, deferring full upzoning in lower-resource areas, fire hazard zones, and historic districts until roughly 2030. It works alongside the separate SB 79 Low-Rise ordinance, which serves as the city's interim local alternative near transit stations in the meantime. The city council adopted it June 23, 2026, effective June 30, 2026.
Introduced May 19, 2026Effective Jun 30, 2026Checked Jul 24, 2026
MalibuIn EffectCity Council
This ordinance rewrites Malibu's accessory dwelling unit and junior ADU rules to fix problems the state (HCD) identified in the prior ordinance and to conform to new 2025-26 state ADU laws. It updates size, height, setback, parking, and floor-area standards, caps impact fees on small ADUs, and sets ministerial approval timelines. It also adds a reduced setback and a special exception for ADUs on Palisades/Franklin/Broad fire-rebuild parcels, letting an ADU get occupancy approval before the destroyed primary home is rebuilt.
Introduced Jun 8, 2026Effective Jul 22, 2026Checked Jul 24, 2026
