Assembly Bill 2252 (Lee)
What the bill does:
The bill would add a condition to existing law — which currently prohibits cities and counties from establishing more restrictive building standards than the state code through June 2031 — to explicitly allow local jurisdictions to adopt standards permitting single-exit, single stairway multifamily residential buildings of up to 6 stories in height.
Why this bill matters:
Single-stair reform is one of the more important building code changes for unlocking new building typologies. Current California code generally requires two stairs in multifamily buildings above three stories, which makes designing smaller projects difficult and leads to financial infeasible projects.
Contact Ali Sapirman at Ali@housingactioncoalition.org for more information.