New Law Makes It Harder to Stop Construction of Apartment Buildings – Palo Alto Daily Post

New law makes it harder to stop construction of apartment buildings – Palo Alto Daily Post

BY BEN CHRISTOPHERCalMatters A law passed in the final day of the state legislative session will allow developers to build more apartment buildings — and build them faster — than ever before. These projects will no longer face the open threat of environmental litigation. Developers will no longer have to study, predict and mitigate the ways that new housing might affect local traffic, air pollution, flora and fauna, noise levels, groundwater qua…

California Lawmakers Pass Key Housing Bills, Allowing State Budget to Take Effect - The Thinking Conservative

Budget approval hinged on the trailer bills, which aim to streamline construction and boost affordability. When California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the state budget into law on June 27, he made it contingent on the Legislature passing housing and infrastructure bills aimed at streamlining construction and cutting red tape. The governor said the $321 billion […] The post California Lawmakers Pass Key Housing Bills, Allowing State Budget to Take E…

California Lawmakers Pass Key Housing Bills, Allowing State Budget to Take Effect

When California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the state budget into law on June 27, he made it contingent on the Legislature passing housing and infrastructure bills aimed at streamlining construction and cutting red tape. The governor said the $321 billion state budget for the new fiscal year, which began July 1, would not take effect if two trailer bills—AB 130 and SB 131—aimed at boosting housing production and lowering home costs didn’t become la…

California Assembly Committee Passes Bill to Enhance Transit-Oriented Housing - Davis Vanguard

SB 79, a bill introduced by Senator Scott Wiener, aims to legalize more multi-family housing near public transit stations by establishing statewide zoning standards, which would help address California's housing affordability crisis and advance climate goals.