{"code":"PRC","codeName":"Public Resources Code","section":"21080.73","citation":"Pub. Resources Code, § 21080.73","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 13. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY [21000. - 21189.91.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/public-resources-code/division-13"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2.6. General [21080. - 21098.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/public-resources-code/division-13/chapter-2.6"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 650, Sec. 10.   (SB 158)   Effective October 11, 2025.","effective":"2025-10-11","html":"<p>Notwithstanding any other law, a housing development project, as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (h) of Section <a href=\"/gov/65589.5\">65589.5</a> of the Government Code, that meets the following criteria shall be considered a discretionary project, as that term is used in subdivision (a) of Section <a href=\"/prc/21080\">21080</a>, and shall not be exempt from this division:</p><p>(a) The project is located in a city with a population of more than 85,000 but less than 95,000, as determined by the 2020 Census.</p><p>(b) The project is located in a county with a population of more than 440,000 but less than 455,000, as determined by the 2020 Census.</p><p>(c) A portion of the parcel where the project is located is identified on a United States Fish and Wildlife Service map as freshwater forested or shrub wetland.</p><p>(d) A portion of the parcel where the project is located is within a regulatory floodway as determined by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in any official maps published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.</p><p>(e) The project is located on a parcel adjacent to a California historical landmark on the California Register of Historic Places.</p>","text":"Notwithstanding any other law, a housing development project, as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (h) of Section 65589.5 of the Government Code, that meets the following criteria shall be considered a discretionary project, as that term is used in subdivision (a) of Section 21080, and shall not be exempt from this division: (a) The project is located in a city with a population of more than 85,000 but less than 95,000, as determined by the 2020 Census. (b) The project is located in a county with a population of more than 440,000 but less than 455,000, as determined by the 2020 Census. (c) A portion of the parcel where the project is located is identified on a United States Fish and Wildlife Service map as freshwater forested or shrub wetland. (d) A portion of the parcel where the project is located is within a regulatory floodway as determined by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in any official maps published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. (e) The project is located on a parcel adjacent to a California historical landmark on the California Register of Historic Places.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/public-resources-code/general-21080-73","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}