"SB 79 is a historic step toward tackling the root cause of California's affordability crisis - our profound shortage of homes and too few people having access to transit," Wiener (D-San Francisco) said in a statement."
""permitting, rezoning, and public funding barriers to build" affordable housing in the state, according to Wiener."
""We have [now] undone decades of housing prohibitions in our cities near the transit stations that we've all paid for, and we'll start to see hopefully soon a [return] to the way California was envisioning its growth when we built these transit stations," said Matt Lewis, a spokesperson for California YIMBY, a group that advocates for accelerating housing development."
SB 79 applies to eight urbanized California counties with 16 or more passenger rail stations: San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Alameda, Sacramento, Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego. The law allows zoning for five- to eight-story buildings adjacent to light rail lines, daily trains, rapid bus transit, or streets with dedicated bus lanes. Transit agencies may set zoning rules on properties they own adjacent to transit-oriented development. The measure takes effect July 1, 2026 unless cities adopt alternative transit-oriented upzoning plans. The law aims to address housing shortages by expediting housing near transit and triggers consequences if cities fail Regional Housing Needs Assessment targets, including lawsuits, funding losses and the builder's remedy.
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