SB 1120 Failed this year
Several Assemblymembers spoke against the bill, including our own Adrin Nazarian. Continue Reading
Housing Bills
The Assembly VOTES tomorrow SB 1120
Assembly vote will take place approximately 10:30 or 11 am. It’s item No. 39 on the official agenda. Continue Reading
Last Public Hearing on SB 1120 and SB 902 this Tuesday at 10:00 a.m.
UPDATED WITH CALL IN NUMBER BELOW On Tuesday, there will be a hearing on 2 California housing bills that will permit the removal of one home, allowing the one home to be replaced with 4-8 rental homes. How does this… Continue Reading
Please Sign This Petition Against SB 1120
Call your Assembly and Senate members. Write to them. Write letters to the editors and articles for local newspapers. Write/call the governor’s office. But if you don’t have time, at least Sign This Petition. Continue Reading
Sacramento’s Coming War on Neighborhoods
Article by Daily News journalist Christopher LeGras PUBLISHED: August 10, 2020 at 11:34 p.m. | UPDATED: August 11, 2020 at 9:18 a.m. Sacramento’s coming war on neighborhoods
TUESDAY is when you speak against the two worst 2020 Housing Bills, SB 902 and SB 1120
Get in the phone queue about 9:30 am Tuesday. Wait for your turn, then urge the Assembly Local Government Committee to oppose SB 1120. Then call back (we estimate 4-5 hours later, see below), get back in the phone queue and listen for SB 902… Continue Reading
Save single-family neighborhoods
On Aug. 6, Scott Wiener’s Senate Housing Committee passed AB 725 and AB 3040. Both bills can STILL be killed, on the Assembly floor, in August. Continue Reading
VVHA Housing Bills Position Statement 2020
VVHA Housing Bills 2020 Position Statement Continue Reading
Scott Wiener’s disastrous experiment, SB 50, was killed in Sacramento today for the 3rd time.
We expect Sen. Wiener to use a surprise bill to revive his thrice-failed idea of mass upzoning sometime later this summer, and will work to keep you apprised of any developments. Continue Reading
The California Housing Crisis
It’s called Vacancy Control. According to Minneapolis Planning Commissioner Alissa Luepke-Pier, “The people who should be at the table making these decisions are the people who lay their heads down on pillows in the zip codes that will be most affected.” She expresses concern that rezoning encourages land speculation by global investment firms, a practice called the financialization of housing. Continue Reading