“Playing the Housing Numbers Game, How California’s sixth-cycle RHNA was rigged” presented by Michael Barnes at a Livable California Teleconference 10/29/22.
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SB 9 Fact Sheet: The Media Missed SB 9’s Perilous Role in Firestorms. We’re Correcting the Record.
Oct. 12, 2021 Senate Bill 9 ends single-family zoning to allow four homes where one now stands. It was signed by Gov. Newsom, backed by 73 of 120 legislators and praised by many media. Yet a respected pollster found 71% of California voters oppose SB 9. During the 2021 firestorms, SB 9 sailed through
Gov. Newsom Signed SB 9 to End Single-Family Zoning, and the Eight Reasons He Shouldn’t Have
September 16, 2021 Gov. Gavin Newsom today signed SB 9 and its cousin bill, SB 10, two deeply flawed and troubling bills that target single-family areas for density but with different approaches. Neither bill requires any affordable housing to alleviate California's affordability crisis. And SB 9 is the first housing bill signed in California's
SB 478 Would Eliminate Cities’ Minimum Lot Size Standards and Mess with “FAR” for No Good Reason
August 31, 2021 SB 478 sets a statewide standard on 3-unit to 10-unit projects proposed in multi-family zoning districts, by eliminating a city’s minimum lot size standards. This bill also bans a city from requiring a FAR of less than 1.0 for a 3- to 7-unit project, or 1.25 for a 7- to 10-unit project.
SB 9: Watch Assembly Floor Vote Live on Aug. 26 and Aug. 30. Which Legislators Speak Against SB 9?
August 26, 2021 SB 9 is on the agenda above, meaning there is a SMALL CHANCE that SB 9 will be voted on today, Aug. 26, following after the badly flawed SB 8 goes up for a vote. SB 9 is listed as No. 36 on today's Assembly agenda for Thurs. August 26. Our
SB 9 and SB 10: Opposed by L.A. City, State Voters in a Major Poll and 1,100 People at a Town Hall
August 20, 2021 The California State Assembly Appropriations Committee this week sent SB 9 to the full Assembly for a vote in the coming days. A broad movement is urging a NO vote on SB 9, which will turn homeownership into a contact sport dominated by pension funds, rental giants and other deep pockets. “SB
SB 9 and SB 10: Dense Housing in Severe Fire Hazard Zones including Paradise
August 6, 2021 Journalists and some lawmakers still believe that SB 9 and SB 10, opposed by thousands of Californians, won't be applied in the Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones that run from the Mexican border on the south to the Wine Country on the north, almost without pause. Let’s get this straight before
L.A. City Councilmember Paul Koretz, Who Fought SB 50, Slams SB 9, SB 10 and SB 478
July 9, 2021 [Letter sent by Los Angeles City Councilmember Paul Koretz urging Californians to call their Assemblymember NOW!] Dear Friends and Neighbors, IT’S NOW OR NEVER! Are we going to stand idly by and let the Big Developers convince the state legislature to destroy our single-family neighborhoods, create parking nightmares and make it even
SB 10 Would Let California City Councils Undo Voter-Approved Land Protections: SB 10 Fact Sheet
(SOAR Photo) Jan. 9, 2021 (updated July 8, 2021) SB 10 does two things: First, it lets city councils overturn voter-approved ballot measures that protect from overdevelopment local farmland, urban boundaries, shorelines, canyons — or that protect neighborhoods from overdevelopment by enacting height limits or other concepts. Second, SB 10 allows hundreds of cities
SB 9 is One of The 7 Bad Bills of 2021: “Let’s End Homeownership”
June 10, 2021 / SB 9 is designated by Livable California as one of the 7 Bad Bills of 2021. Here's what it does: SB 9’s authors call it a duplex bill that allows split lots in single-family areas. Only after intense pressure from critics including Livable California did the authors concede that the bill