California is making several direct and indirect efforts to close the state's housing gap, marred by its low supply and high demand.
Get the news that matters to all Californians. Start every week informed.Receive a weekly digest in your inbox from Dan Walters, who shines a light on how elected officials spend your tax dollars.Construction of what will be one of the largest mass timber towers in the world at 1510 Webster St. in downtown Oakland on Aug 7, 2023. Of the 222 units 35 are designated affordable housing for households earning around 80% of the Area Median Income.
They generally make it easier for developers to navigate through the often obtuse permitting process and thus more difficult for local opponents of housing projects to block construction.Earlier streamlining measures had exempted the coastal zone but the pro-housing movement prevailed, arguing that affluent elites living along the coast should share their space with those who need shelter.
Wiener says that since 2017, SB 35 has helped develop more than 18,000 units of affordable housing, which sounds impressive. Every bit helps, but 18,000 units over five years is merely a fraction of new housing construction the state housing agency says is needed every year., later translated into goals for each city, for land to be designated for housing. It also prohibits arbitrary conditions on proposed developments and sues cities that don’t meet its standards.
And California? It’s also one of the laggards at No. 41, with just 1.1 million or 8.1% of its 13.6 million units of housing having been built since 2010.
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