Real Estate/Development
Jan. 2, 2026
AB 1050: Expanding opportunity to remove restrictive covenants that block housing
Daniel R. Golub
Partner
Holland & Knight LLP
Email: daniel.golub@hklaw.com
UC Berkeley SOL; Berkeley CA
Authored by Assemblymember Nick Schultz (D-Burbank), Assembly Bill (AB) 1050 aims to clear barriers to housing development by marrying two important legal trends. First, California has increasingly adopted laws promoting the conversion of underutilized commercial properties--such as offices, retail spaces and parking lots--into residential and mixed-use developments. Second, the state has established and expanded mechanisms for "redacting" restrictive covenants from title, partic...
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