On September 28, 2021, Governor Newsom signed SB 290, which amends certain provisions of the Density Bonus Law (Gov. Code § 65915). Senator Skinner’s SB 290 essentially replicates SB 1085 from 2020, which died, along with several other housing bills, on the Assembly Floor on the final night of the legislative session. In addition to some minor restructuring of Government Code section 65915, SB 290 provides the following clarifications and revisions to the Density Bonus Law (DBL):
