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Law that ended single-family zoning is struck down for five Southern California cities
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Law that ended single-family zoning is struck down for five Southern California cities

LA Times  

Men fish at the pier in Redondo Beach, one of five cities fighting California to restore single-family zoning in its neighborhoods. Rob Bonta, whose office defended the law, said the attorney general is reviewing the decision “and will consider all options in defense of SB 9.” SB 9 is one of the highest-profile laws approved in response to California’s housing …

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Editorial: Patience, please. Undoing damage from decades of anti-housing policy in California won’t happen overnight
1 year, 11 months ago

Editorial: Patience, please. Undoing damage from decades of anti-housing policy in California won’t happen overnight

LA Times  

Construction of backyard homes, known as accessory dwelling units, has been booming. The state desperately needs new homes built to ease the housing and homelessness crises, so it’s worth examining why more property owners haven’t embraced SB 9. The study from UC Berkeley’s Terner Center for Housing Innovation evaluated 13 cities where property owners seemed most likely to take advantage …

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A new California housing law has done little to encourage building, report says
1 year, 11 months ago

A new California housing law has done little to encourage building, report says

LA Times  

A new duplex law once considered to be the end of single-family-home zoning in California has instead done little so far to encourage much housing construction. Across 13 cities in the state, SB 9 projects are “limited or nonexistent,” according to a new study by the UC Berkeley Terner Center for Housing Innovation. “It doesn’t seem like Senate Bill 9 …

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Editorial: Here’s a warning, Pasadena. Don’t even think about trying to evade SB 9
2 years, 9 months ago

Editorial: Here’s a warning, Pasadena. Don’t even think about trying to evade SB 9

LA Times  

Hell hath no fury like city officials forced to comply with state-mandated increases in housing density. Further, the deputy attorney general said his office was aware of local efforts to create new landmark districts to avoid allowing SB 9‘s duplexes and lot splits. The letter also flagged a report to the Pasadena City Council saying the Planning Commission urged the …

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Some California cities try to blunt new duplex law with restrictions on new developments
3 years ago

Some California cities try to blunt new duplex law with restrictions on new developments

LA Times  

With California on the verge of allowing multi-unit housing in neighborhoods previously reserved for single-family homes, some cities are rushing to pass restrictions on the new developments. Indeed, UC Berkeley researchers found that it would make financial sense for property owners of only about 5% of the state’s 7.5 million single-family lots to add more homes on their property pursuant …

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Editorial: To save California, sacrifice single-family zoning
3 years, 4 months ago

Editorial: To save California, sacrifice single-family zoning

LA Times  

Andrew Aguayo works on an Accessory Dwelling Unit being built as part of a new initiative called Backyard Homes, in which homeowners receive help building an ADU in their backyard in exchange for agreeing to rent it to a low-income Section 8 resident. SB 9 would allow up to four units of housing on a single-family lot. California has already …

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Showdown looms in Sacramento over plan to split some single-family lots for more homes
3 years, 4 months ago

Showdown looms in Sacramento over plan to split some single-family lots for more homes

LA Times  

Under Senate Bill 9, up to four new housing units could be allowed on a single property in certain neighborhoods that are currently zoned for standalone houses only. Dubbed the “duplex bill,” Senate Bill 9 marks the most conservative effort in a string of so-far unsuccessful measures by Sacramento lawmakers in recent years to permit more housing density in single-family …

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‘Upzoning’ in my backyard? California bill won’t turbocharge home building, study says
3 years, 5 months ago

‘Upzoning’ in my backyard? California bill won’t turbocharge home building, study says

LA Times  

A new bill would allow most lots now zoned for only one house to have up to four units. Because of the way unit development would pencil out, the study found that “the vast amount of single-family parcels across the state would not see any new development,” said David Garcia, policy director at the Terner Center, which supports the bill …

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