AB 648 – Exempts Certain Community College Housing Developments from Zoning Regulations

AB 648 provides that a community college district is not required to comply with the zoning ordinances of a city, including a charter city, county, or city and county, for a student housing project or a faculty and staff housing project constructed on property owned or leased by a community college district, if the parcel on which the project will be built is contained either wholly or partially within a one-half mile radius of a main campus or of a satellite campus that existed before July 1, 2025.

Additionally, AB 648 requires that, if the project includes units for faculty and staff, the community college district must ensure that a portion of the units are made available at affordable rents to extremely low-income faculty and staff and lower-income faculty and staff.

(AB 648 adds Section 81055 to the Education Code.)