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Ordinance Fact Sheet
June 8, 2026
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Honorable Mayor and City Council
City Attorney/City Prosecutor Department
AN UNCODIFIED ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PASADENA
TO DELAY EFFECTUATION OF THE ABUNDANT AND
AFFORDABLE HOMES NEAR TRANSIT ACT (SENATE BILL 79)
FOR ELIGIBLE SITES AND SITES CONTAINING A LOCALLY
DESIGNATED HISTORIC RESOURCE
TITLE OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE
AN UNCODIFIED ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PASADENA TO DELAY
EFFECTUATION OF THE ABUNDANT AND AFFORDABLE HOMES NEAR
TRANSIT ACT (SENATE BILL 79) FOR ELIGIBLE SITES AND SITES CONTAINING
A LOCALLY DESIGNATED HISTORIC RESOURCE
PURPOSE OF THE ORDINANCE
As directed by the City Council on June 9, 2026, this ordinance excludes certain sites from Senate Bill (SB) 79 until one year following the adoption of the seventh revision of the housing element. This ordinance excludes specified (1) sites with historic resource designated as of January 1, 2025, on a local register and (2) certain sites in transit-oriented development zones in which at least 33 percent of sites in the relevant transit-oriented development zone have permitted density and residential floor area ratios of not less than 50 percent of the standards specified under Government Code 65912.157, subdivision (a) and which includes sites with densities that cumulatively allow for at least 75 percent of the aggregate density for the transit- oriented development zone specified under this subdivision.
MFFTIMP.OF 06/08/2026
AGENDA ITEM NO.
Senate Bill 79
June 9, 2026
REASONS WHY LEGISLATION IS NEEDED
SB 79 was approved by the Governor on October 10, 2025. Provisions of the law go into effect for certain local agencies beginning July 1, 2026. Among other things, SB 79 provides that a housing development project within a specified distance from a transit-oriented development stop shall be an allowed use on any site zoned for residential, mixed, or commercial development, if the project complies with the law's requirements. For qualifying projects, local agencies may not impose height limits, density standards, or other local development standards to limit floor area ratios except as permitted by SB 79.
SB 79 shall not apply to qualifying sites for which a local agency has adopted an ordinance indicating the site's exclusion from the bill. This exclusion expires prior to one year following the adoption of the 7th revision of the housing element. The City is required to adopt an ordinance if it wishes to temporarily exclude qualifying sites from SB 79.
PROGRAMS, DEPARTMENTS OR GROUPS AFFECTED
Planning will implement this ordinance.
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION
Pursuant to Government Code Section 65912.160(c)(2), this ordinance shall not be considered a project for the purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act. ///
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Senate Bill 79
June8, 2026
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact as a result of this ordinance amendment.
Respectfully submitted,
Prepared by:
Caroline K. Monr^
Assistant City Attorney
Concurred by:
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