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The California Legislature is considering a number of bills that affect housing. The big one is Senate Bill 50 (SB-50). While there are affordability issues in some parts of the state, the issue here is unregulated, profit-driven development that would be worsened by 2019 legislation. Some have described SB-50 as not a "housing" bill but a "real estate" bill.
TIME FRAME: The bills are in their respective policy committees NOW. They must move out of committee by April 26. ACT NOW: Choose the options and frequency that work for you.
Livable CA has prioritized our efforts to oppose these bills.
SB-50 (overrides local planning) - allows anyone to put up a 4 to 5 story apartment in any residential neighborhood with either good schools, or lots of jobs, or near any form of transit - those terms to be defined at an unspecified time and by an unspecified agency. Applies to entire state.
Text of SB-50 here:
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB50
SB-330 - Restricts the ability of jurisdictions to change several parameters of residential zoning. Jurisdictions may not lower the density or limit the number of residential units. And, most importantly, may not alter any requirements in appearance or features that would be more costly than those effective January 1, 2018.
This last point means that cities cannot require new apartments or condos to have things like cisterns to conserve water or be net-zero energy or to have solar panels above 3 stories. Nor can cities or counties require that new housing construction be fully electric (i.e., not connected to natural gas). This means cities can not ask for reductions in GHG emissions due to housing.
Text of SB-330 here:
No more than 20% of "above moderate income" housing intended to satisfy "Regional Housing Needs Allocation" (RHNA) can be single family homes. In other words, 80% must be apartments or condos. The number of "above moderate income" housing units for RHNA is determined by the CA "Housing and Community Development".
Text of AB-725 here:
EMAIL or CALL your State Senator and Assembly Members about bills coming out of MTC-initiated CASA Compact, which lacked transparency and representation from 97 of 101 cities. Personally or collectively urge opposition to the bills that are an assault on local control and democratic principles. Find your state rep here: http://www.legislature.ca.gov/your_legislator.html. Follow the prompts.
EMAIL or CALL the SENATE Housing Committee.
Scott Wiener, Chair....(916) 651-4011 https://sd11.senate.ca.gov/contact
Mike Morrell, VC........(916) 651-4023....https://morrell.cssrc.us
Anna Caballero (916) 651-4012 https://sd12.senate.ca.gov/contact
Patricia Bates..............(916) 651-4036...https://bates.cssrc.us/content/contact
Maria Elena Durazo (916) 651-4024...https://sd24.senate.ca.gov/contact
Mike McGuire............(916) 651-4002....senator.mcguire@senate.ca.gov
John Moorlach (916) 651-4037 https://moorlach.cssrc.us/content/my-offices
Richard Roth..............(916) 651-4031...https://sd31.senate.ca.gov/send-e-mail
Nancy Skinner (916) 651-4009 https://sd09.senate.ca.gov/contact
Thomas Umberg........(916) 651-4034...https://sd34.senate.ca.gov/contact
Bob Wieckowski (916) 651-4010 https://sd10.senate.ca.gov/contact/email
