#caleg — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/sb79-homes-near-transit-newsom-signs-california-housing-affordability-crisis/ “In California we talk a lot about where we don't want to build homes, but rarely about where we do — until now. SB 79 unwinds decades of overly restrictive land use policies that have driven housing costs to astronomical levels, forcing millions of people to move far away from jobs and transit, to face massive commutes, or to leave California entirely” #transit #housing #CA #CALeg #SB79 #YIMBY #jobs

https://calmatters.org/housing/2025/06/ceqa-urban-development-infill-budget/ “In practice, that means most new apartment buildings will no longer face the open threat of environmental litigation.” #CALeg #housing #California #CEQA #homelessness #shortage

The state Senate Insurance Committee doesn't have a chair as the huge fires in LA escalate the state's insurance crisis because of questions around a federal corruption investigation reports Ryan Sabalow for CalMatters

https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/01/california-democrat-senate-bribery-investigation/

#caleg #calmatters

Make 2024 the last year we change clocks. Tell legislators:
👉 In California YES on AB-1776.
👉 In Oregon YES on SB 1548.
👉 In Idaho YES on H0584.
👉 In Washington YES on SB 5795.
#DitchDST #DitchTheSwitch #CALeg #ORLeg #IDLeg #WALeg https://pluralpolicy.com/find-your-legislator/

Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, and more have bills to #DitchDST with permanent Standard Time. Tell your state legislators to support! #WALeg #ORLeg #CALeg #IDLeg https://www.king5.com/article/news/politics/state-politics/daylight-saving-time-permanent-pacific-standard-time-washington-state/281-41a6e139-22aa-42ff-bed2-05300400414b

I’d like to make my prediction of the unintended consequences of #SB423:

Cities infected by SB423 will all follow a similar pattern:

• There will be a hot zone in the city about 10 blocks square or so where mandatory approval will be the most lucrative and every developer will focus on that zone. I don’t know where this will be in any given city, but I bet #ScottWiener ‘s staff does.
• A blockbusting like effect will happen in the hot zone. As the first set of redevelopment happens existing land owners will see the writing on the wall and sell out to the developers. Up to 90% of the area will become multistory rental housing in 24 months.
• Initially this housing supply will bring lots of housing to the area, and the developers, having done their math correctly, will make significant profits in the first 5 years. However the area will over-saturate and any property not developed in the landrush will become devalued.
• City services in the area will be overwhelmed. The city government will be forced to spend a substantial amount to avoid catastrophic collapse of basic service in the area. There will be one ore two high profile failures, and a lot of smaller struggles.
• 5 - 7 years later, the developers will have cashed out and the regional and national property management firms will take over the buildings. A new hot spot will develop some ways away which will put downward pressure on rent. The buildings - built to code but not built to last - will start to see the first set of capital repairs set in just as the rental market softens.
• 10-15 years after the boom, the slumlords start buying out the more reputable property management companies in the 20% of buildings with the worst maintenance issues. While most places are still okay, the existence of notoriously shaudy buildings in the area effects the whole community and buildings start to get abandoned or neglected. The area experiences a classic urban blight as all the buildings in the area age out at the same time.
• In 25 years cities will be pock marked with SB423 neighborhoods and historians will begin comparing them to the Towers in the Park of the 1960s and 1970s.

#IHopeIAMWrong

#housing #affordableHousing #housingCrisis, #CALeg

My phone comments today to the #CALeg Senate Budget Subcommittee:

"I'm a volunteer with @urbanenviroca living in SF.
I live in a 1 car, 2 adult household and bike & use transit for most of my trips.
 
I want to thank the committee for considering some transit bridge funding, but I urge you to provide more funding for transit to prevent an irreversible decline if we hit the fiscal cliff.
 
Transit is critical for our climate goals. To be blunt, we can fall behind 1 yr in our EV goals and catch up. If we let transit systems deteriorate we can't easily get them back.
 
The federal government has given the state unprecedented resources and it is up to our state government to spend it wisely-- let's use it in ways that support our state policy goals and reallocate some of the highway funding to help save transit."

Keep it up @seamlessbayarea & other #SurviveAndThrive coalition members!

Want to know how we can . . .

Discover new critters?
Save endangered species from climate change?
Maybe even help cure human diseases?

These things are possible - if the #CALeg approves and the Governor signs a DNA database for the estimated 27,000 species in California's #intertidal zone. We're so grateful to Assemblymember Ash Kalra for championing our #biodiversity budget request.

You can help, too -- sign our petition and get updates on what you can do! https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/intertidal-biodiversity

#Introduction time!

I grew up in the #NorthBay & have family there, but now live in #Sacramento with my husband. I’m a #nonprofit #attorney #advocate who works on public benefits & #SocialServices #law.

Interests & practice areas: #EconomicJustice, #DisabilityRights #EnvironmentalJustice, #DEI, #GovernmentTransparency, #Equity, & #UserCenteredDesign.

I follow #CALeg, #CAwx, & #LocalNews closely as well as #USPol.

Looking forward to connecting with other #California #NorCal & #LawFedi folks!