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Next, lawmakers added several deferral options, allowing cities to postpone implementation in selected areas until approximately 2030 — one year after they must submit their latest plan for spurring new housing construction and accommodating growth.

But SB 79 is also loaded up with exemptions, deferrals and carve-outs, some of them the product of the scramble to eke out the votes, complicating the effort to understand the bill’s impact.

“In the case of the L.A. fires, EPA encountered a higher percentage of properties that required deferral due to partial structural destruction compared to previous EPA wildfire responses.”

Private loans, moreover, lack some of the consumer protections traditionally provided by government loans, including deferrals, and typically carry higher interest rates.

The band had previously won a deferral in 2020, when the nation's parliament passed a bill allowing them to delay their duties until the age of 30.