California lawmakers have voted to fast-track low-income housing on surplus land owned by nonprofit colleges and religious institutions. The bill would rezone lands owned by nonprofit colleges, churches, mosques and synagogues to allow for affordable housing. The state Assembly also approved a legislation to extend a landmark law to streamline housing projects in cities that failed to meet the state-mandated housing goals. Lawmakers also approved proposals to expand access to gender-neutral bathrooms in schools. They sent a bill to diversify school curricula to Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk. These are among the nearly 1,000 bills California lawmakers are considering during the hectic final two weeks of the Legislative session.
The California Assembly approved several measures Thursday as lawmakers review nearly a thousand bills in the final two weeks of the Legislative session.
A state assembly bill was signed into law Friday that allows counties in California to create committees to investigate the deaths of homeless people. Advocates for the bill say this will help counties gather essential data to uncover the root causes of these deaths.