Senate President pro Tempore Mike McGuire and the Senate Democratic Caucus have launched a legislative package aimed at addressing California’s affordability crisis, focusing on energy, housing, and workforce development, with three bills designed to make California more affordable.
Democratic leaders in the California Legislature have introduced ambitious bills to make it easier to build housing developments in existing neighborhoods, but the Senate housing committee led by Sen. Aisha Wahab nearly killed a bill that would have required cities to allow taller, denser apartments near public transit stations.
California’s Senate Housing Committee advanced SB 79, which would legalize mid-rise apartment buildings near public transit, while rejecting SB 677, which aimed to strengthen the state’s existing housing streamlining laws.
YIMBYism is a grassroots movement advocating for more housing, particularly in urban California, that is not driven by developers, but by renters, young workers, environmentalists, and displaced families, and has been successful in many cities, but not in Davis due to exclusionary policies.
California’s housing crisis is not inevitable, and the George W. Bush Institute report suggests that other states and metro areas have successfully produced housing that meets demand, keeps prices in check, and reduces homelessness by allowing multifamily and high-density housing in substantial portions of their urban footprint, reducing lot sizes and parking mandates, reusing underutilized land, embracing innovation, and investing in public schools, transit, walkable downtowns, parks, and vibrant mixed-use communities.
Colorado’s land use reforms could be a blueprint for climate and housing policy nationwide by legalizing infill housing, such as duplexes and fourplexes, and promoting transit-oriented development, which could drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions while helping to solve the state’s growing housing crisis.
SB 79 aims to legalize multi-family housing near transit stops, including single-family zones, and streamline permitting, with critics arguing that it should prioritize affordable housing instead of luxury units.
California is facing a severe housing crisis, with high costs leading to overcrowding, homelessness, and a loss of population, and the state needs to take bold action to address it through legislation such as SB 750, SB 677, SB 79, SB 9, and SB 543.
The California Civil Rights Department has released new data showing widespread housing discrimination in Los Angeles and Ventura counties, with over half of properties tested for housing voucher acceptance demonstrating discrimination and 26% of properties tested showing bias against families with children.
SB 607 would allow agencies to bypass the Environmental Impact Report requirement, severely limiting CEQA’s ability to protect California’s environment and communities.
California’s high cost of housing is due to a spiraling cost of construction, with soft costs such as architectural and engineering fees, and development fees to local governments, contributing significantly to the difference in costs between California and Texas.
A coalition of tenant organizers and advocacy groups is taking the San Diego Housing Commission to court, alleging that the agency approved illegal rent increases for Section 8 tenants and misused federal housing funds intended to support the city’s lowest-income renters.
State Sen. Aisha Wahab has been appointed as the chair of the Senate Housing Committee, raising concerns among housing advocates and critics alike about her skepticism towards rapid development and her focus on quality over quantity.
AB 1154, authored by Assemblymember Juan Carrillo, aims to simplify and unify the rules governing small ADUs in California, making it easier for homeowners to contribute to the state’s housing supply.
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