New California Legislation Impacting Commercial Real Estate in 2023

With the turn of the year comes ill-fated resolutions, needed but annoying rain, and a slew of new legislative enactments coming into effect. While commercial real estate is not typically a hotbed for legislative activity, there are a few noteworthy changes that may affect prospective projects, mostly focused on relaxing procedural requirements to incentivize the construction of new housing projects to combat the state’s ongoing housing crisis.