Map: The El Camino strip runs 43 miles through Silicon Valley and could provide 250,000 units of housing without displacing any existing homes or apartments. And there are 543 miles of strip in the inner Bay Area lined with 16,000 acres of underused commercial land with capacity for 1.6M new households. [Editor's Note: In an
If the rumors are true in these last days of February — rumors swirling through Sacramento and among leaders in many cities — that the divisive, accusatory and arrogant state Sen. Scott Wiener has lost his pull with state legislators, we are proud to put forth positive ideas that create a framework for housing bills
A game-changing study has found that California's urban areas are fast-approving too much luxury housing, under rules set by the legislature, and most urban areas will hit or far surpass the state's overall housing targets for 2025. Yet this month, and again this summer, we expect state Sen. Scott Wiener to try to upzone California's
PRESS RELEASE / CONTACT: [email protected] Livable California Applauds SB 50's Defeat, Urges Media Fairness and Sacramento Rethinking of Housing Following the defeat of Sen. Scott Wiener's market-rate housing Senate Bill 50 this week, we urge journalists to set aside assumptions, stated as fact, that we know to be untrue — the most concerning of these
Housing Is A Human Right has released a special report about the forces including Sen. Scott Wiener who push a troubling “trickle-down” housing agenda that fuels gentrification. That includes SB 50 — California’s controversial, land-use deregulation bill. As the SB 50 battle unfolds, this revealing investigation connects the dots between Big Tech, California YIMBY, and
Press Release, January 2018 Contact: Rick Hall, chair, Livable California / [email protected] SB 50 is Back and the Media Must Rev Up its Understanding of its Impact Livable California and its allies call on the California media to show a deeper understanding of the war over Senate Bill 50, whether it be the Mercury News,
In 2020, all California cities face an existential battle to save their livability, affordability and environment from state Sen. Scott Wiener of San Francisco, and his dozen or so hardcore followers in the legislature, who embrace Wiener’s failed theory that building dense luxury housing will “trickle down” to the rest of us. LivableCalifornia.org is a