Supporters saw [SB 1122] as a way to ease California’s affordability problems that most economists blame on a lack of supply that has forced people to bid up home prices and rents to find a place to live. [...]
But like previous efforts to upend California zoning rules, SB 1120 faced pushback from community groups concerned it would ruin single-family neighborhoods, making them into denser places with too much noise and traffic.
— The Los Angeles Times
Another attempt to bring statewide housing reforms to California's zoning code has failed after a last-ditch effort to pass a bill that would allow homeowners to build two units per lot fell short. SB 1122 was created as response to the failure of the recent SB 50 densification plan, which would have allowed homeowners to build four units per lot.
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This whole California density issue confuses me. It's a state with homes spread out for geographical reasons and with ample public transportation to stitch it together. Immigrants are crowding the area because they like the SFH residential spaces and dislike dense urban complexes -- while few take the BART that's right in front of them (the pedestrial connections to the neighborhoods could be improved)
There is also ample industrial and commercial space to be developed into apartment buildings. But i think a big part of YIMBY/Developer propoganda is trying to build on top of already established communities.
"...for geographical reasons.." I dunno about that. For a major city, SF is absurdly underbuilt. Which I think is much more cultural than geographical.
People must be too young to remember the 89 earthquake. And that was nothing compared with the 06 that destroyed 80% of San Fran. Don’t think we are prepared for the inevitable
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