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Prior to recent amendments that heavily modified the bill, Senate Bill 1307 (Jones) as introduced would have substantially amended existing law on post-conviction procedures for a prosecuting agency to file a motion to declare a false or forged deed void under Penal Code Section 115.
Assembly Bill 1857 (Aguiar-Curry) would enact The Grocery Store Access Act, which as introduced would have made void and unenforceable any covenant, restriction, or condition contained in any deed, contract, security instrument, lease, or other recorded or unrecorded instrument affecting the transfer or sale of any interest in real property that effectively prohibits or restricts the use of that property as a grocery store or supermarket, defined as “any retailer that sells food items.”
Assembly Bill 1957 (Pacheco) proposes to amend existing law on eligible bidders at residential real property foreclosure sales and address what “eligible properties” are for certain bidding procedures.
Assembly Bill 1842 (Harabedian) would enact the California Emergency Mortgage Relief Act. The bill would authorize a borrower to request forbearance on a residential mortgage loan that has become uninhabitable as a direct result of conditions resulting from an event that was the subject of a proclaimed state of emergency issued by the Governor or by the federal government.
Assembly Bill 1977 (Irwin) makes changes to the existing notary law, including several to the Online Notarization Act. With respect to the Online Notarization Act, this bill would require the Secretary of State to review the course of study proposed by any vendor to be offered pursuant to the Act.
Ag Land Acquisition by Foreign Actors Prohibited; Transfer of Mortgage Loan to New Property Authorized; Required Reporting by Insurance Companies on Facilitating Slavery; Department of Insurance Recommendations Become Mandates Under SB 1209
The California Chamber of Commerce has proposed the Building an Affordable California Act (Affordable CA). The measure has gained the support of Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, one of the Legislature’s leading champions of policies designed to solve California’s housing supply and affordability crisis, having served as the Chair of the Assembly Housing Committee.
The California Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) updated its quarterly Housing Affordability Tracker and now reports that homes in California are about twice as expensive as the typical U.S. home. The LAO found that payments for a mid-tier home were over $5,500 a month in September 2025—a 74 percent increase since January 2020.
Newly introduced, Assembly Bill 1611 (Haney) proposes a change in the tax-deferred exchange treatment of real property.
Assemblymember John Harabedian (D - Pasadena) and Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas announced the launch of an Outcomes Review of Assembly Bill 238, the Mortgage Forbearance Act, which requires mortgage servicers to offer up to 12 months of forbearance to homeowners experiencing financial hardship due to the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires.
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