Tag archives: Senate Housing Committee
Special-Interest Groups Negatively Impacting Single-Family Neighborhoods and Affordable Housing
We attended the Senate Housing Committee last week to provide input on two key bills: Senate Bills 9 and 765. Our unexpected gain: insight into who’s calling the shots at the state. Hint: it’s not you. Senator Toni Atkins (San Diego) introduced the revised SB-9. It will allow four units on a single-family lot, newly […]
Updates on Housing Bills
We attended the Senate Housing Committee hearing on March 18 and advocated for Montecito on the following bills: •SB15, Sen. Anthony Portantino: This bill allows local cities to replace sales tax lost from closure of big box stores and rezone for affordable housing. Sen. Scott Wiener, who chairs the committee, and is putting forth the […]
