Dear friends,

One of this year's key housing bills, SB 423 -- which renews and extends the provisions of SB 35, one of the most important housing laws in the state -- is headed to the Senate floor. We need your help to ensure it passes.

After three successful committee votes, SB 423 has momentum and growing support in the Capitol.

SB 423 now needs to pass a vote of the full Senate. You can help by telling your Senator why it is important to pass SB 423 this year.

Let's show Senators that this bill has broad public support. Will you send a message asking your State Senator to vote YES on SB 423?
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Since its original passage in 2017, SB 35 has become one of the state's most successful tools for promoting construction of dense, affordable, multifamily housing in existing communities with jobs, transit, and schools.

Following recent amendments, SB 423 will extend the provisions of SB 35 to 2036; currently, the law sunsets in 2025 – which means we need SB 423 to pass to protect one of our best tools for addressing the worsening housing shortage and affordability crisis at the end of 2025.

SB 35 has led to the streamlined approval of over 11,000 homes statewide, most of them subsidized homes affordable to low-income families, and dramatically shortened the timeline for getting desperately-needed new affordable and mixed-income housing on the market.

SB 35 has shortened development timelines and gotten homes built faster – serving thousands of families in need of safe, stable, affordable housing.

That's why we sponsored SB 423, to ensure the provisions of SB 35 continue to make it faster and easier to build affordable and mixed-income, multi-family homes in our cities. SB 423 not only preserves, but expands on the provisions of SB 35 to better encourage mixed-income projects and create new labor standards that guarantee good wages for construction workers.

So, if you're excited about tackling California’s housing shortage and affordability crisis, send an email to your State Senator urging them to vote YES on SB 423.ADD YOUR NAME >>

As always, it's your advocacy, energy, and passion that helps us make a California that’s more affordable and equitable for everyone.

Gratefully,

Matthew Lewis
Communications Director
California YIMBY

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