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California YIMBY is a statewide advocacy organization working to pass legislation to end CA’s housing shortage by empowering and growing the YIMBY movement.
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Joined July 2017
[BILL ALERT] AB 1308, which establishes a statewide 10 day shot clock for inspecting small residential projects, has passed the Senate Housing committee! . Learn more:
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[BILL ALERT] AB 253, which will speed up the approval process for new homes by allowing home builders to hire a licensed and certified third-party reviewer, has passed the Senate Housing committee!.
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RT @OpenNYForAll: “The failure to build homes fuels the cost-of-living crisis, worsens climate outcomes, reinforces geographic segregation,….
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Great piece on the natural alliance between the pro-housing and anti trust movements.
@abundance_ny I had a piece in the Atlantic today that shows why abundance is rooted in progressive ideology anyway. The NIMBYs are the conservatives and it is time for blue states to embrace abundance wholeheartedly.
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LA housing projects approved "by-right" get permitted 28% faster than discretionary projects. City Council's excessive control over development creates delays that increase costs by up to 30% for affordable housing developers.
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“‘I don’t care how much you love working people. They can’t afford a house because all the rules in your state make it prohibitive to build. And zoning prevents multifamily because of NIMBY,’ [Obama] said…‘I don’t want to know your ideology, because you can’t build anything.’”.
From CNN:
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RT @maxdubler: "Even adjusting for inflation, a house in Los Angeles today costs roughly six times what it did [in the early 1970s] and is….
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This piece is an impressive tour-de-force history of homelessness policy in Los Angeles. Strongly recommended reading for anyone who cares about housing the very poorest.
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Research shows 62% of LA's small multifamily projects (5-49 units) still require lengthy discretionary review despite size. This uncertainty prevents small builders from competing, concentrating housing development among large corporations.
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RT @maxdubler: "Every city in the U.S. has people who are poor, who are drug-addicted, who have severe mental illness. What those cities do….
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RT @YIMBYDemsSD: That's our Congressman! . Check out his latest op-ed about why we need to support more homes near transit. #SB79.
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Essential reading:.
This is a tour-de-force article on homelessness in Los Angeles that really sticks the landing, placing blame where it belongs:. The single-unit, exclusionary housing that the City defends with all its might. Extraordinary journalism from @LATlands @geholland:
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[BILL ALERT] AB 1308, which establishes a statewide 10 day shot clock for inspecting small residential projects, has passed the Senate Local Government committee!.
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[BILL ALERT] AB 1061, which will make it easier to build new homes—including duplexes—in single-family neighborhoods by allowing the California HOME Act (SB 9, 2021) to be used in historic districts, has passed the Senate Local Government Committee!.
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[BILL ALERT] AB 1154, which will align standards for all ADUs under 500 square feet, making it easier for homeowners to access the benefits and flexibility that small ADUs create, has passed the Senate Local Government Committee!.
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UCLA analysis of 2,677 LA housing projects reveals that setting 60-day limits on plan reviews could boost housing production by 32.8%. These administrative changes could deliver thousands more homes without new taxes.
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