SB 786: Planning and zoning: general plan: judicial challenges.

The bill aims to amend the planning and zoning law to provide a clearer process for challenging the validity of general plans. It limits the period for continuing a trial or hearing to 60 days and allows the court to grant a continuance on its own motion. The bill also requires the court to grant temporary relief if it orders a continuance, rather than just if a respondent is granted a continuance. Additionally, the bill requires the court to consider ordering additional temporary relief if it has already granted relief. The bill updates the general plan's housing element to prioritize consistency with state requirements and allows for the review of local agency actions that fail to implement housing element programs. It extends the deadline for bringing a city's or county's general plan or zoning ordinance into compliance with state law to 120 days. The bill also removes the provision…