California Assembly Bill 72 (2017)
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California Assembly Bill 72 (AB 72) is a 2017 California statute which amends the Planning and Zoning Law to grant the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) enforcement authority with respect to four statutes: the HAA, State Density Bonus Law, fair housing law (Section 65008 of the Government Code) and the "no net loss" requirements for replacing housing element sites that are not developed as projected (Section 65863 of the Government Code). The law requires the department to notify both a local government and the Attorney General of the local government's specified violation of the aforementioned laws as well as need for enforcement, and for the attorney general to sue the offending government in state court.[1][2][3]
The law expanded the powers of the HCD in the construction of affordable housing. The bill was signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown on September 29, 2017.