Read the full article … “Does supply and demand work for housing the way it’s supposed to? Does San Francisco, in particular, represent a weird freak of market rule that reverses the traditional effects? These questions drive both our housing…
California’s largest newspapers come out strong for SB 50
On January 6, Sen. Scott Wiener filed new amendments to Senate Bill 50 — the More HOMES Act — focused on giving local governments more flexibility in how they meet the need to build urgently-needed housing. The Los Angeles Times…
Finally, Governor signs AB 68 into law, effectively ending single-family zoning statewide
“Single-family homes are luxury housing.” These are the words of Shane Phillips of UCLA’s Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies (and creator of the condo versus single-family home cost map below)—and it is something that Gov. Gavin Newsom and a…
Governor Newsom passes legislation addressing housing crisis in California
Read the full article The California YIMBY, a statewide non-profit organization aimed at finding solutions for the state’s housing crisis celebrated the signing and its implications for the future. “This week marks another important step toward addressing the housing shortage…
Advocates urge end to zoning that bars multi-unit housing
City officials asked to overturn a “hidden history” of zoning laws used to perpetuate segregation … After a brief press conference Wednesday, Flores and leaders of the NAACP, the Chicano Federation and California YIMBY urged the council’s Land Use and…
The Latest Quick Fix for the Housing Crisis? GRANNY FLATS
The rise in ADU permit applications since these changes points to pent-up demand. More than 10,000 permits have been filed in Los Angeles since 2017, compared to just a few hundred each year before the new regulations, according to the…
California housing: New laws aim to make it easier to build
California YIMBY, a group that advocates for more housing construction, celebrated the “de facto elimination of single-family zoning throughout the state.” “We now have more tools in the toolkit to help cities overcome NIMBYism and allow the construction of more…
Is Bernie Sanders a NIMBY?
Brian Hanlon, president of California YIMBY, was surprised when Sanders made his 2016 endorsements. “My first reaction was, does Bernie understand the local politics here?” he says. “He was supporting people who were identified as progressive, but many of these…
California Must Improve Transportation to Meet Climate Goals
“Two factors trigger all this (pollution), and they feed on each other,” said Matthew Lewis, an environmental consultant and spokesman for the pro-housing group California YIMBY. “One is sport utility vehicles,” he said, noting that state tailpipe standards allow larger…
Did California Just Abolish Single-Family Zoning?
“The big news is that we have effectively ended single-family zoning in California,” says Matthew Lewis, director of communications for California YIMBY, an advocacy group that sponsored two of the three ADU bills. … Two other bills, AB 881 (also…