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New State Legislation to Align Housing, Climate, Environmental Goals

AB 609 from Asm. Buffy Wicks Puts the “E” Back in CEQA Streamlined Review for New Homes that Reduce Pollution, Sprawl, and Other Impacts Read more about AB 609 here. Sacramento, CA – Today California YIMBY and State Assemblymember Buffy…

Legislation Introduced to Create “Building Homeownership for All” Program

AB 595 will create more homeownership opportunities for working families Sacramento, CA – Today, California YIMBY joined Assemblymember Juan Carrillo (D-Palmdale), and their fellow co-sponsors California Community Builders and UnidosUS, to announce AB 595, which seeks to expand affordable homeownership…

New California Legislation Would Legalize More Homes Near Transit

California YIMBY, Sen. Scott Wiener Team Up on SB 79 Eliminates Housing Bans Near Taxpayer-Funded Trains and Bus Rapid Transit Lines SACRAMENTO – Today California YIMBY and State Senator Scott Wiener announced Senate Bill 79, new state legislation that will…

California YIMBY Statement on Passing of Donald Shoup

UCLA Urban Planning Professor Transformed California, National Land Use “Professor Shoup was a testament to the value of transformative policy backed by solid analysis“ SACRAMENTO – Today, California YIMBY issued the following statement on the news of the passing of UCLA…

Election Aftermath: We Still Need More Homes

It’s been two weeks since the historic election of 2024. Some races are still too-close to call, and statisticians will need another few weeks to collect, clean, and analyze election data before we can confidently substantiate some of the hot…