Although the “Billionaire’s Tax” qualified to be on the November Ballot and may receive the most attention, a number of housing-related measures will also be put before California voters later this year. Funded by billions in state bonds, the housing-related measures that have secured a place on the ballot were put forth by the Legislature and the initiative process. 

Senate Bill 996 (Padilla) enacts the Manufactured Housing Real Property Modernization Act of 2026. The bill has passed the Senate and is pending in the Assembly Appropriations Committee. The bill expands state law to allow proprietary occupancy agreements and long-term land leases to qualify manufactured housing as real property for purposes of titling in resident-owned communities. It also provides that a home not placed on a permanent foundation may be classified as real property if it meets certain requirements, including among other things, that the homeowner possesses one of the following: a transferable, exclusive occupancy right to the homesite that is only transferable with the sale of the manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial modular; full ownership of the land under their unit; or, an exclusive and renewable long-term lease not terminable except for just cause; or, an occupancy agreement with a perpetual right to occupy the mobilehome. 

This month marks the start of the California Housing and Homelessness Agency (CHHA), a new cabinet-level agency designed to bring coordination, focus, and accountability to the state’s civil rights, affordable housing and homelessness systems. California will now have a cabinet‑level agency devoted to housing and homelessness, a structural change intended to lock in long‑term focus, accountability, and urgency around the state’s most pressing challenges. 

Assembly Bill 1977 (Irwin) clarifies the Online Notarization Act.  The bill’s revisions to the Online Notarization Act were further supplemented by amendments on May 22, after it had already passed the Assembly on a 61-5 vote. ​

Assembly Bill 1847 (Harabedian) encountered opposition from lenders, yet passed the Assembly on a vote of 49-18 with the support of labor unions, L.A. County and the Consumer Attorneys of California. ​

Assembly Bill 1842 (Harabedian), seeks to enact the California Emergency Mortgage Relief Act. The bill passed the Assembly on a vote of 58-14 despite arguments from the financial services industry that the bill creates duplicative compliance obligations and conflicts with the federal disaster framework.  

Recent amendments made to Senate Bill 1090 (Perez) remove language that would have prohibited any person or entity owning 75 or more single family residences from making an unsolicited offer to purchase real property in a wildfire disaster area after a declaration of a state of emergency. The prohibition would have applied for five years. ​

Assembly Bill 2224 (Hadwick)  increases in the maximum recording fees to $15 for recording the first page and $4 for each additional page but the fees cannot exceed the reasonable costs of the recording services. Recorders that collect these fees must implement an Electronic Recording Delivery System (ERDS) by January 1, 2028.