Pub. Resources Code, § 21159.26 · Article 6. Special Review of Housing Projects
Pub. Resources Code, § 21159.26
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
With respect to a project that includes a housing development, a public agency may not reduce the proposed number of housing units as a mitigation measure or project alternative for a particular significant effect on the environment if it determines that there is another feasible specific mitigation measure or project alternative that would provide a comparable level of mitigation. This section does not affect any other requirement regarding the residential density of that project.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1039, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 2003.
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