Stop SB 50! Please join our 10 a.m. Dec. 28 Statewide Teleconference of City Officials and Community Leaders, “How to Stop SB 50, a Ban on Local Zoning & Planning.” Join us via cell or computer at this Zoom number:
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We will discuss STEPS to take against Sen. Scott Wiener, who helped create the housing mess in San Francisco. Wiener’s disastrous SB 50 targets ALL California neighborhoods with more of the same. Please donate to help Livable CA pay a gifted lobbyist. The other side has a team of many lobbyists and we must meet power with power.
If you missed our “Statewide Teleconferences to Kill SB 50,” featuring Democratic Party leader Larry Gross, L.A. City Councilman Paul Koretz, and ex-state Sen. Quentin Kopp, please join us Saturday, Dec. 28! It’s a friendly, sharing, productive discussion from 10 AM-12 noon!
TALKING POINTS for Statewide City Officials and Community Leaders: How SB 50 puts YOUR STREET up for sale, ending local planning & zoning
1) “Neighborhood Multi-Family Areas” SB 50 bans single-family zoning. Developers and global investors could buy out blocks in almost all single-family neighborhoods in California, to erect lucrative 4-unit market-rate buildings. And if a single-family area is dubbed “transit rich” or “jobs-rich," investors can build much larger multi-story buildings.
2) “Transit-Rich Areas” Developers and global investors could override city zoning near rail stops and frequent bus stops to erect 4-story to 8-story towers with few affordable units. To boost developer/investor profits, SB 50 requires no parking in apartment complexes near rail.
3) “Jobs-Rich Areas” Developers and investors can override zoning in jobs-rich/good schools areas that have no transit, allowing 4-story to 8-story towers with few affordable units.
4) “Carve-out Counties” Legislators negotiated an SB 50 escape clause for a few mostly upscale NoCal counties including Marin County, which will be required to approve MUCH more modest new density.
5) “10-Unit Exemption” Under SB 50 incentives granted by the State, investors and developers who build all-luxury projects with less than 11 units would be richly rewarded. UCLA Professor Michal Storper calls it a profound gentrification gift for land flippers and investors, dubbed “Zoning Shock Therapy.”
6) “Density Bonus Powers” The San Francisco Planning Dept. identified the key profit-boosting override powers granted to developers and investors under SB 50. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD would be subject to automatic override, letting developers ignore up to 6 local land-use rules. Overrides would include but not be limited to:
- Floor area ratio - Developers can OVERRIDE CITY SIZE restrictions, adding 47% to 297% to building sizes.
- Parking - Developers can erect big apartment complexes with NO PARKING.
- Standards: Developers can toss out ANY CITY STANDARD (design, sustainability, earthquake, safety, materials) that is not a state law.
- Onsite open-space - Developers can IGNORE required courtyards and balconies.
- Historic buildings - Developers can DEMOLISH homes not on the CA Registry of Historic Resources.
- Setbacks - Developers can SLASH THE BREATHING ROOM cities require for trees, green belts, side yards.
Senate Bill 50 is Propelled by Meaningless Data and Sacramento Panic
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