Los Banos, CA Zoning Overlays & Bonuses: Density Bonus Law (2026)

3401 states the article is "intended to provide density bonuses and incentives or concessions for the production of housing that is affordable to the types of households and qualifying residents identified in this article in accordance with Sections 65915 through 65918 of the California Government Code," and where local provisions conflict with the state statute, the Government Code controls. 3403(a), the City must grant a density bonus to a housing development of five or more units that dedicates at least 10% of units to lower-income households or at least 5% to very low-income households (senior housing, moderate-income common-interest developments, foster-youth/veteran/homeless housing and qualifying student housing can also qualify).

3405: a project offering the 10% lower-income threshold receives a 20% density bonus, climbing with each added percentage point of affordable units (up to 35% at 20% lower-income units), with a parallel table for very low-income projects starting at a 20% bonus for 5% very low-income units. 3404(d), must be proportional in unit mix and square footage to the market-rate units, and must be built concurrently with, or on a phasing schedule tied to, the market-rate units so market-rate certificates of occupancy cannot issue ahead of the affordable ones. 3414. 3415.