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发帖数: 965 | 1 祝贺房托 湾区房价还要涨
SACRAMENTO — A sweeping bill that would have given the state unprecedented
power over local development failed in its first committee hearing, crushing
the hopes of those who saw it as the key to making housing in the state
more affordable.
At a lively and crowded hearing Tuesday, the Senate Transportation and
Housing Committee blocked Senate Bill 827, a bill to force cities to allow
apartments and condominiums of roughly four to five stories within a half
mile of rail and ferry stops — as well as denser housing near bus stops
with frequent service.
The vote abruptly halted a feverish debate over one of the biggest housing
proposals introduced in Sacramento this year — one which took aim at cities
reluctant to embrace larger developments. Its demise also underscored the
political realities and pace of change at the Capitol, even as pressure
mounts for the state to respond to runaway housing costs.
“Every housing advocate should know that this was always going to be an
uphill battle,” said Laura Foote Clark, executive of San Francisco YIMBY
Action, which advocates for more housing construction. “Of course there are
going to be setbacks, but we are going to rally and keep fighting for it.”
Just four of the 13 committee members, including the bill’s two main
authors, Sens. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, and Nancy Skinner, D-Oakland,
supported the proposal.
Some senators said they liked the idea of housing density near public
transportation, but the details were off: that the bill didn’t make sense
for smaller, more rural areas, or that its affordable housing provisions
weren’t strong enough.
“My challenge, frankly is the one-size-fits-all approach to the bill,”
said Sen. Richard Roth, D-Riverside.
When the bill’s fate became clear, Wiener vowed to keep the idea alive — a
sentiment echoed by a number of his colleagues, even some who voted against
it. “Whatever happens today,” he said, “we’re going to keep working.”
As he made his case to his colleagues, Wiener had argued the ambitious
proposal was long overdue, given the state’s spiraling housing costs and
freeways clogged with long-distance commuters who can’t afford to live near
their jobs. Wiener, a former San Francisco supervisor elected to the
statehouse in 2016, says he knows firsthand the pressure on local elected
officials to preserve the status quo, and that the bill would bring sorely
needed housing where it is needed the most.
“In California, for decades now, we have made a conscious decision that
having enough housing simply doesn’t matter,” Wiener told the committee
earlier as he made his case. “SB 827 promotes exactly the kind of housing
that we need.”
The bill was sponsored by California YIMBY, a coalition of pro-development
Yes In My Backyard groups who are newcomers to Sacramento politics. Also
backing it were Silicon Valley CEOs and development and real estate trade
associations. Dozens of urban planning and housing experts have lined up in
favor of the proposal, arguing it could encourage more racially integrated
neighborhoods and ease the state’s housing shortage. But the proposal had
an even longer list of detractors, including scores of cities and many
tenants’ rights and affordable housing groups who predicted it would hasten
gentrification and put tenants at even greater risk of displacement.
The state’s influential construction union, the State Building &
Construction Trades Council of California, also came out against the bill,
which did not include prevailing wage standards or other labor-friendly
provisions.
The vice mayor of Beverly Hills, John Mirisch — a vocal opponent of SB 827
— drew cheers and laughter when he called the bill “the wrong prescription
,” likening the effort to “trying to cure psoriasis with an appendectomy.”
At least twice during the hearing, the committee chairman Sen. Jim Beall, D-
Campbell, had to tell the crowd to be quiet. “No outbursts whatsoever,” he
said.
Wiener twice amended the bill after its introduction in January. The second
set of changes, made last week, lowered height limits, gave cities more time
to prepare for the new rules to take effect, and added provisions that the
senator argued would protect low and middle-income tenants at risk of losing
their homes.
But the new language did little to neutralize the opposition.
“We just think it was very, very deeply flawed from the start,” said Anya
Lawler, a policy advocate for the Western Center on Law & Poverty, in an
interview Tuesday. “Do we support high density housing near transit? Of
course we do. But we have to be very thoughtful about how we get there.”
In a statement issued after the vote, Wiener said the outcome was not a
surprise, given the scope of the proposal.
“I have always known there was a real possibility that SB 827 – like other
difficult and impactful bills that have come before – was going to take
more than one year,” he said. “… I will continue to work with anyone who
shares the critical goals of creating more housing for people in California,
and I look forward to working in the coming months to develop a strong
proposal for next year.” | c*****e
发帖数: 1106 | 2 很多local govt也很左，san Mateo 刚批了caltrain边上建高层，164户全部低租房。
房价／房租降不下来，最后还是纳税人买单。https://www.smdailyjournal.com/news/
local/developer-selected-for-prime-downtown-lots/article_0de93ade-42b4-11e8-
a2ef-f71784725bb1.html | n********g
发帖数: 6504 | 3 SB35已经是法律了
【在 b******t 的大作中提到】
: 祝贺房托 湾区房价还要涨
: SACRAMENTO — A sweeping bill that would have given the state unprecedented
: power over local development failed in its first committee hearing, crushing
: the hopes of those who saw it as the key to making housing in the state
: more affordable.
: At a lively and crowded hearing Tuesday, the Senate Transportation and
: Housing Committee blocked Senate Bill 827, a bill to force cities to allow
: apartments and condominiums of roughly four to five stories within a half
: mile of rail and ferry stops — as well as denser housing near bus stops
: with frequent service.
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发帖数: 965 | 4 SB35 杀伤力 没有 SB827 大
SB35是说 你要建的high rise如果有一半 可负担 就可以跳过审批
SB827 是说 你要见的 high rise 如果离bus rail 等等车站近 就可以跳过审批
开发商也不太愿意搞一半可负担 因为也卖不出价
【在 n********g 的大作中提到】
: SB35已经是法律了
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