{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-65589.55","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 65589.55","heading":"","body":"(a) For purposes of a local agency’s approval, conditional approval, or disapproval of a housing development project pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 65589.5, a housing element or amendment shall be considered in substantial compliance with this article only if the element or amendment was in substantial compliance, as determined by the department or a court of competent jurisdiction, when a preliminary application, including all of the information required by subdivision (a) of Section 65941.1, was submitted or, if a preliminary application was not submitted, when a complete application pursuant to Section 65943 was submitted.\n(b) This section does not constitute a change in, but is declaratory of, existing law.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000. - 66499.58.]","DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000. - 66345.4.]","CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100. - 65763.]","ARTICLE 10.6. Housing Elements [65580. - 65589.11.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"75a95d1e0c4ab5ef2185ed0662981a1bea61aaefade2ebe4e2bd54bb30ef2c17","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-65589.5.2","next":"us-ca/gov-65589.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}