Affordable Housing on Faith and Higher Education Lands Act of 2023
What SB 4, the Affordable Housing on Faith and Higher Education Lands Act of 2023, allows religious institutions to build, and how a 2025 amendment updated the eligibility rules.
Yearly Archives: 2024
Church Bingo: A Guide to Regulations, Licensing, and Tax Exemptions
Church bingo is legal in California, but only under strict rules. Learn the licensing requirements under Penal Code §326.5 and how bingo activity can affect your church’s property tax exemption.
Why Use Bushore Church Real Estate
Why use Bushore Church Real Estate instead of a church member or a general-practice broker — 40+ years of combined brokerage and legal experience for congregations.
Church Formation in California: Key Steps and Compliance
The key steps to forming a church in California: choosing a legal structure, filing Articles of Incorporation, drafting bylaws, and securing tax-exempt status.
The Builder’s Remedy and California’s Housing Crisis: What It Means for Church Land
When a California city falls out of compliance with state housing law, the Builder’s Remedy can override its zoning entirely. Here’s how the HAA, SB 330, and CEQA fit together, and why it matters for churches sitting on developable land.
What Type of Business Entity Is Right for Your Church?
A comparison of entity types for churches — unincorporated association, LLC, corporation, and nonprofit corporation — and the liability and tax tradeoffs of each.
California Land Trust
What a California Land Trust actually is, why California has no statute backing it the way Illinois does, and the practical uncertainty that creates
Conflict of Interest Policy
What a church conflict of interest policy needs to cover, and how California Corporations Code § 9243 governs self-dealing by religious corporation directors.
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