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SB 50

The More Homes Act

Senate Bill 50 would have legalized more homes near key job centers and public transportation. It included strong protections against displacement for renters and vulnerable communities in those areas.

The bill sought to ensure that the benefits of public investments in transportation and other amenities like parks, health care providers, and good schools are broadly accessible to Californians of all incomes. It proposed a default zoning program for cities that chose not to adopt their own local plans.

SB 50’s default program would’ve allowed more density on sites that are either within ½ mile of high-quality public transportation or within a job-rich, high-opportunity neighborhood close to key job centers. In both cases, the bill included specific requirements to provide low-income housing in new development to ensure that market-rate construction is always coupled with affordable units for the lowest income Californians.

In addition to relieving California’s acute housing shortage and affordability crisis, it would have been a major contributor to climate mitigation by reducing pollution from car travel. 

Updates

Author

• Wiener (D, SD 11)

Co-authors

• Caballero (D, SD 14)
• Hueso (D, SD 40)
• McGuire (D, SD 2)
• Moorlach (R, SD 37)
• Roth (D, SD 31)
• Skinner (D, SD 9
• Chu (D, AD 25)
• Diep (R, AD 72)
• Fong (R, AD 32)
• Kalra (D, AD 27)
• Kiley (R, AD 6)
• Low (D, AD 28)
• McCarty (D, AD 7)
• Quirk-Silva (D, AD 67)
• Rivas (D, AD 29)
• Ting (D, AD 19)
• Wicks (D, AD 11)

Sponsors

• California YIMBY
• Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California
• California Association of Realtors

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