Read the full article. … “If the bill passes, California would become denser, cheaper, greener, and more affordable—a state less centered on car culture, and more centered on walkable neighborhoods; less responsive to the aesthetic complaints of longtime property owners,…
Senate Bill 50 is needed to deal with our housing crisis
Read the full article … “SB 50, the More Homes Act, helps ensure that every city fairly shares the responsibility of building more housing to accommodate current and future residents — the vast majority of whom are our children. This…
SB 50 is back. If you care about California’s housing crisis, give it a chance this time
Read the full article … “Wiener says he took to heart those concerns and local officials’ desire for flexibility. Now SB 50 allows cities two years to adopt their own plans to achieve the bill’s central goal, which is to…
Yes, this study found that new housing drives down nearby rents
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…