Impact of New Housing Laws on Historic Preservation (CA)

Summary

California has recently adopted a number of new housing laws to lessen regulations on the construction of new housing with a goal of increasing the desperately needed affordable housing supply in the state. However, some of the existing regulations include protections to preserve and otherwise limit impacts to historic resources. This practice note provides an overview of several recently adopted housing laws and how those housing laws could affect existing protections for historic resources, and it offers suggestions on working within the new laws to protect those resources.