SUPPORT MORE HOUSING VARIETY IN CALIFORNIA
2024 Casita-supported Bills
Learn more about our legislative work
Casita-supported and sponsored bills launched the Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) revolution and continue to enhance ADU/JADU and middle housing-related state law annually. Our legislative successes catalyzed the growth of ADUs as the fastest growing housing type in California, with more than 84,000 ADUs permitted since 2017. Our legislative momentum would not be possible without our extended community of members, supporters, and ecosystem partners. We continue to rely on and appreciate your support letters, petition signatures, and network sharing of our calls to action.
Announcing our 2024 ADU and Middle Housing Legislation
Casita Coalition is proud to support California legislation to advance ADU and middle housing solutions. Help us advance our mission by supporting our bills:
SB 1211 (Skinner) Multifamily ADUs
SB 1211 Improves flexibility for ADU type and location of ADUs on multifamily properties so the existing site cap allowances can be workable for more properties.
AB 2533 (Carrillo) Unpermitted ADU Amnesty
AB 2533 makes improvements to existing unpermitted ADU amensty laws, helping to preserve existing informal ADU rentals and the important role they play for homeowners while ensuring the safety of tenants. The bill specifies the code standards local agencies must use to assess safety, cuts fees and charges for lower resourced homeowners, and requires cities to provide a checklist of standards that units will have to meet, upfront.
SB 1077 (Blakespear) ADUs in the Coastal Zone
SB 1077 will responsibly exempt ADUs and JADUs on qualified sites from the additional permitting requirements and cost of Coastal Development Permits, reducing the time and cost burdens for homeowners willing to add long term more affordable ADU homes to their properties.
Sign your support letter today and help us build a better tomorrow for California
Your letter will let our legislature know that you, your organization, and your community embrace Casita-supported bills. Help us sign these bills into law by taking the most important step, sharing your support.
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1. Download the support letter template, adding your org name to the file name when you save it.
2. Complete the yellow highlighted areas (org name, date, signature block, optional paragraph describing why the bill is particularly important for your org)
3. Copy and paste the instructions at the top of the letter somewhere else on your computer, then delete instructions from the letter.
4. Remove all yellow highlighting.
5. Copy onto your letterhead, or add logo at the top
6. Add a digital signature (or print, sign and scan)
7. Save as PDF or Word
8. Upload to the Letter Submission Portal, here: https://calegislation.lc.ca.gov/Advocates/
You may have to create a free account (it’s quick and easy)
9. Email a copy of the letter to the two persons specified in the instructions
10. Congratulate yourself for helping make a difference with the housing crisis!
Contact Celeste@casitacoalition.org if you have questions
Thank you for protecting our collective housing policy wins
The Casita-Coalition and our extended community of supporters and members successfully opposed SB 1055 (Min)
SB 1055 (Min) undermined state ADU law that protects homeowner rights
This bill proposed a dangerous precedent by 'rewarding' cities and counties that have met their Regional Housing Needs Allocation goals for the year for affordable housing by allowing them to reduce the height standards of attached ADUs to 16', below current state law, and shorter than the home the ADU is attached to in some cases
It would create a confusing patchwork of standards that would change each year, reducing ADU production and disproportionately burdening lower resourced homeowners and builders
Current ADU height standards are reasonable and based on local zoning for the property--and make ADUs above garages possible when attached to 2-story homes
ADU policy wins have permitted more than 84,000 ADU homes over the last seven years. Your collective action has kept these attainable homes possible for Californians.