Will 2025 be the Year of the Builder’s Remedy?

One of the most controversial housing bills in California that was signed into law last year was the Attorney General-backed AB 1893 (Wicks). This bill’s goal was to make the so-called Builder’s Remedy of the Housing Accountability Act a more useful entitlement tool for developers.

Did it succeed? It’s only been in affect for 50 days as of this writing, but we’re already hearing from builders that aspects of it, especially its limitations on delays that cities might cause via the CEQA process, are proving to be beneficial, while other aspects of it, like its reduction in density available to projects, are frustrating.

If you want to learn more about what this bill is, and how it works, check out the post we wrote with our friends over at Patterson & O’Neill on this topic!