Some housing bills I'd like to see Gavin Newsom
sign include:
#SB4 affordable housing on religious/college land
#AB309 & #SB555 mixed income housing
#SB423 faster approvals for housing
#SB567 enforcing tenant protections
#AB1033 allow cities to allow ADUs to be sold separately
In addition to #SB567 other key bills in this year's fair housing/tenant protection package include:
#AB12 cap on deposits
#AB1218 replacement for demo'd units
#AB1418 bans racist crime-free housing laws
#AB1620 allows disabled tenant to switch units, keep rent control
On the production side, in addition to SB4, SB423, and AB1033, some other important bills include
#AB835 bldg code study for point-access blocks
#AB976 continues to allow ADUs on rental property
#AB1287 incentives for moderate income housing
#AB1633 stops CEQA delays
With that said, of all the remaining 60+ bills that the Legislature has passed, all of them are going to make positive contributions to solving California's housing crisis. Let's get them all signed. 🏡🏡
Protect and Produce! Also supported by CA Dem Party are:
- Rick Chavez Zbur's #AB1335, requiring cities to plan for enough new homes to meet population growth, + #AB1620 to allow disabled tenants in a rent controlled apartment to switch to a ground floor unit at the same rent.
- Tina McKinnor's #AB1418 anti-discrimination bill
- Anna Caballero's #SB225 to preserve housing affordability in existing bldgs
- Nancy Skinner's #SB440 regional affordable housing funding 2/
To address the issue of landlords filing evictions right before a long weekend to deny tenants the ability to find a lawyer, State Senator Ben Allen's #SB863 would change the 3-day eviction notice to 7 days.
Some cities have "crime-free housing" ordinances that require landlords to evict tenants who have been arrested, & sometimes their whole family. #AB1418 from Tina McKinnor would limit the most extreme of these ordinances.
#AB1218 from Assemblymember Lowenthal would extend and expand existing laws requiring relocation payments and replacement housing when an homes occupied by low income tenants or subject to rent caps / rent control is demolished.
To gather the data to better enforce state tenant protection laws, #SB395 from Aisha Wahab would require landlords to report evictions and rent increases to a central database.