Dave Rand
@DRand2024
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Tonight, the Redondo Beach Planning Commission denied a modest AB 2011 project on a lot that has been vacant for 30 years. The only reason it didn't have ministerial approval is because it is in the Coastal Zone. We are far overdo for Coastal Zone reform
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I was a little critical at first of @TomSteyer for not providing housing plan specificity. But I give him credit for using this highly controversial project to make an unambiguous point about the need for more housing. We need this kind of clear eyed, unwavering YIMBY embrace.
Building more homes everywhere means building more homes everywhere.
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Let’s talk about Nexus Study Logic. The Supreme Court jurisprudence on land use exactions like affordable housing requirements requires that they have an "essential nexus" with the proposed land use and that they are "roughly proportional" to the impacts of that use.
Not sure I've heard this one before for opposing new housing: "This current proposal doesn’t even break even on addressing the new demand for affordable housing that’s created by the market-rate housing that’s built,” Councilmember Kristen Sneddon said https://t.co/22UOtMUQlU?
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Lots of dunking on the State Density Bonus Law today. Let’s remember there is probably no other single law (other than maybe the HAA) that has produced more housing than the DBL. Gov Code 65915 has been and will continue to be an invaluable production tool!
Plans to put a 25-story apartment complex on San Francisco’s Marina District sparked concerns about a future where the city’s waterfront is ringed by tall housing structures.
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This is absolutely an appropriate use of State Density Bonus Law. Not even a close call in my view. And the great power of the SDBL is that the burden is on the City to disprove the need for an incentive/waiver- not on the developer to prove it.
voiceofsandiego.org
The development team’s key players say they can use the state’s generous housing laws to bypass and preempt the city’s height limit law that’s blocking their path forward.
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Developers are already calling and lining up in anticipation of Newport Beach adopting the “Builder’s Remedy Welcome Mat” Initiative. Hope NB voters follow Sausalito and do the smart thing. But the housing is coming either way.
laist.com
Residents will vote next November
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Great reporting from LAIST - but man this is depressing on so many levels …
laist.com
Weingart Center has been out of compliance for nearly four years, according to an LAist review. Audits found multiple failures to properly account for…
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Again, I love the sentiment and it’s a proper diagnoses of the problem. But where is “ the plan, the plan” … ??? More homes - good Red tape - bad Zoning - problematic Indeed, but let’s marry the slick videos with some specifics!
We build the same houses the same way we did 100 years ago. That’s a reason why things are so expensive. We need to bring in new technologies and new ideas, including manufactured housing. @siriusxmprog
@DeanObeidallah
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I like the sentiment. But an actual action plan would be helpful.
To really bring down costs, we need to build more housing – a LOT more. I’m talking about the largest effort in state history to build homes that California families can actually afford. A million homes over 4 years. We can do that.
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Representing my friend and client Leo Pustilnikov has been the professional adventure of a lifetime. It has been both intellectually stimulating and the source of a lot of premature hair loss! 😃
"One way or the other, the answer was going to be yes." Great reporting by @ConorDougherty on the resuscitation of California's builder's remedy. link in next tweet 1/2
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Beverly Hills got yet another HCD notice of violation issued today for the Planning Commissions’s illegal denial of the 8844 Burton Way builders remedy project. The city is playing with fire here. Council better reverse course and follow the law!
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Don’t you think that @CohenSite would be an amazing future Santa Monica City Councilmember?
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Just had a great time at the YIMBY LA holiday party. @nithyavraman gave a great talk on housing policy. Can’t wait for her to be our mayor someday soon!
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Not only a shift at the Commission thanks to our pro housing Gov. But also look for multiple new housing bills this session designed to juice housing production in the coastal zone. Currently the only place in CA largely immune to most state housing laws. Huge equity issue!
Gov. Gavin Newsom, a critic of the powerful Coastal Commission, and other top Democrats have appointed three pro-development local officials this year to help get more housing and other developments approved along the Pacific coast. https://t.co/0VBimEmASQ 📸 Adriana Heldiz
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Go AG! Many cities try to say applicants only have one shot to be deemed complete 90 days after an incomplete letter. Garbage. We have refuted this multiple times at the trial court level (cited in the alert).👏 AG calling BS on municipal permit stalling!
oag.ca.gov
OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued a legal alert to assist California local officials in processing housing development project applications consistently, fairly, and
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AB 712 on Jan 1 imposes max $50k per/unit fines on cities that violate state housing laws a second time during the same planning period. This is the same as very high bad faith fines BUT now imposed automatically - without a finding of bad faith. Beverly Hills take note!
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I am @nithyavraman ‘s biggest fan but between ULA, stricter rent control, never ending anti business measures etc etc - all we are doing is scaring the investment community away from Los Angeles. Counterproductive!
dailynews.com
If adopted, the move would mark the most significant update to L.A.’s Rent Stabilization Ordinance in four decades.
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A client of mine researched all 2025 100 unit or more mixed income/multi family project housing starts in LA, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties. To my absolute shock he said there were only 10 of these projects over this vast region that broke ground in 2025!
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I am Democrat disappointed by the field in the Governor’s race. We need someone smart, likable, fearless with a proven track record taking on the state’s biggest challenges. We need @BuffyWicks as our next Governor. I for one will work my ass for her. Run Buffy run!
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