Great explainer, thanks. I was curious what the age composition was of those for and against delayed implementation and it stacks up how you'd expect.
UNACCEPTABLE
🚨🚨🚨Gov. Newsom threatens to withhold homeless funding from LA over SB 79 implementation: "I cannot in good conscience provide any additional resources…if you have cities like LA who are violating state law - SB 79. I mean, you don’t build, we’re not going to fund. Period."
I'm hearing Katy Yaroslavsky is whipping votes for a plan even more minimal/fake than Option 1 - it would completely exempt the *entire city* from SB 79 for the next 5 years while generating no new homes. Contact your councilmember today to urge them to support Options 2 or 3. Link in thread below.
Background here:
Nick Burns
Here’s what happened today with SB79 at LA City Council
TLDR: The result was pretty bad, but it might be possible to make lemonade out of this.
LA adopted an SB79 implementation plan that maybe could possibly end up being pretty historic or also potentially might be a total nothingburger that delays the law for years. It all depends on whether the city can take the currently useless Corridor Transition program and make it work. My write-up:
LA peeps, on Tuesday we have the best opportunity in generations to end single-family zoning in the city! City Council is considering upzoning around transit stops in response to SB 79, and for the first time there might actually be a majority to pass it. But the plan has an evil twin!
Governor Newsom Press Office
Oren Hadar
Oren Hadar
Oren Hadar
Oren Hadar
Oren Hadar
50 times as many NIMBYs have written letters to urge the council to adopt the worst SB 79 option than YIMBYs have written to support the good options.
IF YOU LIVE IN LA... SPEND 2 MINUTES AND DO THIS RIGHT NOW
Joe Cohen
The expansion of development incentives was the least aggressive of three options the Council considered
