Santa Clarita, CA Building Safety: Green Building Code (2026)

" That local code became Title 25 of the municipal code and took effect for any building permit application received by the city on or after January 1, 2026; applications filed before that date continue under the prior CALGreen cycle. The ordinance requires the city to keep at least one copy of the adopted code available for public reference and examination at the Permit Center public counter, so applicants and contractors can check the current mandatory and voluntary measures before submitting plans. This adoption sits inside a broader 2025 restructuring: Ordinance 25-5, adopted November 25, 2025, is the enacting ordinance for the current Title 25 citation, consistent with the state's triennial code-adoption cycle noted in the code's own editor's history for Title 25.

Because CALGreen is folded into the municipal code by reference rather than rewritten locally, the substantive mandatory measures, such as construction waste diversion, water-efficient fixtures and energy design requirements, are the ones printed in the 2025 state code itself; the city's role under this chapter is adoption, effective-date-setting and enforcement through its own Building and Safety Division rather than drafting separate local standards. Reviewers checking compliance for a covered project route it through the same permit process as the Building, Electrical, Plumbing and Mechanical Codes, with Green Building Standards Code compliance verified alongside those trades at plan check and inspection.