{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-65589.8","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 65589.8","heading":"","body":"A local government which adopts a requirement in its housing element that a housing development contain a fixed percentage of affordable housing units, shall permit a developer to satisfy all or a portion of that requirement by constructing rental housing at affordable monthly rents, as determined by the local government.\nNothing in this section shall be construed to expand or contract the authority of a local government to adopt an ordinance, charter amendment, or policy requiring that any housing development contain a fixed percentage of affordable housing units.","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":"8b260a801eaf47b1143d956d18a6aeb616823815129d74a2d9f01ef12e4cac05","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-65589.7","next":"us-ca/gov-65589.9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}