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Recent housing coverage from Shasta County, including local decisions, public meetings, and civic updates.
Committee leaders said the package balances the next two years, leans on about $5 billion in additional current-year revenue and adds to school funding before floor action.
Supporters from housing, land-use and local government groups said the bill would help fill an affordable-housing financing gap and could fit into a broader state bond strategy.
The May 5 vote clears J&L Custom Homes’ rezoning and subdivision request at 4363 Churn Creek Road for 16 attached single-family lots.
Sen. Grayson’s bill would require local jurisdictions to credit prior site uses when redevelopment or adaptive-reuse projects are charged mitigation fees.
At an Assembly hearing on the SB 254 report, wildfire survivors urged faster compensation and emergency housing relief financed by utilities rather than taxpayers.
AB 2038 moved on the Assembly floor May 11, extending post-wildfire insurance protections for homeowners facing cancellation pressure after a disaster.
The measure cleared the Housing and Community Development Committee after testimony on Santa Clara County's prevention system and a broader debate over prevention versus shelter costs.
Assembly subcommittee members held open a proposal to move staff and General Fund resources from HCD to HDFC, while housing groups pressed for changes to the transfer date, tax-credit oversight and bond-cap allocation.
The committee approved the bill after testimony that 32 of 157 associations reviewed would face special assessments in 2025.
