South Gate, CA Zoning Overlays & Bonuses: Density Bonus Law (2026)

Chapter 11.31, Density Bonus for Affordable Housing, implements California Government Code § 65915 for developments of five or more units (thirty-five or more for senior housing), per § 11.31.020. Under § 11.31.040(A) and Table 11.31-1, a project reserving five percent of units for very-low-income households earns a twenty percent base density bonus, plus two-and-a-half percent more density for each additional one percent of very-low-income units, up to a maximum bonus of fifty percent; developments that are one hundred percent lower-income can reach an eighty percent bonus.