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Chris Elmendorf
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Of this year's crop of
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bills, this is the one I'm most excited about: SB 1216 would create an **outcome-based** prohousing designation. Cities that produce a lot of new housing would be partially exempted from several preemptive state laws. 1/4
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SB 1216 will create a new housing leadership designation to recognize and reward cities and counties that demonstrate measurable success in building new homes.
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Chris Elmendorf
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To achieve the gold star, cities with higher housing prices would have to achieve a greater rate of housing-stock growth. This is as it should be. /2
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Chris Elmendorf
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Cities that receive the designation would be allowed to: - impose height limits on SDBL projects (!) - prohibit duplexes in R1 zones, notwithstanding SB 9 - impose setbacks & various design standards on SB 9 lot splits - get an extra 30 days to cure housing-law violations /3
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Chris Elmendorf
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Eventually, the Leg may wish to establish a metric of cities' housing-production performance that better adjusts for factors beyond cities' control--such as the exogenous component of demand, lot sizes, existing uses, & slopes and wetlands. But this is a great start! /end
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Gianmatteo Costanza
@emissionite
This is lightyears premature. We should fully liberalize housing production, remove all restrictions, delete all taxes and fees, for at least a decade if not longer, to really make a dent in the housing market. Truly not the time for rewarding exactly nobody for nothing.
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Elijah
@EJManassero
This is so good. If BR is the stick, this is the carrot. Essentially, build housing -> earn local discretion
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donald jones
@donjones4441
More laws is exactly what we need, because more laws worked so well for housing in the past. Hasn’t CA tried this? Wtf, Einstein.
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