{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-65850.02","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 65850.02","heading":"","body":"(a) Notwithstanding any other local law, with respect to land zoned for residential use, the legislative body of a city or county shall not adopt or enforce an ordinance requiring a public hearing as a condition of reconfiguring existing space to increase the bedroom count within an existing dwelling unit.\n(b) This section shall only apply to a permit application for no more than two additional bedrooms within an existing dwelling unit.\n(c) This section shall not be construed to prohibit a local agency from requiring a public hearing for a proposed project that would increase the number of dwelling units within an existing structure.\n(d) The Legislature finds and declares that ensuring adequate housing is a matter of statewide concern and is not a municipal affair, as that term is used in Section 5 of Article IX of the California Constitution. Therefore, this section applies to all cities, including charter cities.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000. - 66499.58.]","DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000. - 66345.4.]","CHAPTER 4. Zoning Regulations [65800. - 65912.]","ARTICLE 2. Adoption of Regulations [65850. - 65863.13.]"],"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":"6ac70d0167d516a72fce9336944a20bdae8c98b05a8e9303019239f0cd0f3cff","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-65850.01","next":"us-ca/gov-65850.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}