AB 457: Farmworker housing: streamlined, ministerial approval: Counties of Fresno, Madera, and Merced.

The bill aims to expand eligibility for a streamlined, ministerial approval process for agricultural employee housing developments. It would allow developments in three specific counties (Fresno, Madera, and Merced) to be eligible for this process, as long as they meet certain requirements, such as being located within 15 miles of farmland or grazing land and not adjacent to industrial sites. The maximum number of units in an eligible development would be increased from 36 to 150. The bill also makes legislative findings and declarations about the necessity of a special statute for these counties.