The Los Angeles City Council Tuesday requested an assessment of the impacts of SB 79, a law that allows for taller and more dense housing near select bus stops and train stations.<\/p>\n
In a 11-0 vote, the council instructed several departments to analyze the law, provide detailed maps of areas where such denser development projects would be allowed, assess personnel and financial sources needed for implementation, and how it will work with the city\u2019s existing planning regulations and incentives.<\/p>\n
The council also asked for information from departments on how SB 79 will impact the city\u2019s infrastructure and utility systems.<\/p>\n
Council members also instructed the city attorney to work with them prior to commencing any legal action regarding the bill.<\/p>\n
No discussion was held on the motion prior to its approval during Tuesday\u2019s City Council meeting. Council members Traci Park, Monica Rodriguez and John Lee introduced the motion on Sept. 16.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe city must conduct an analysis to understand the impacts of SB 79 on our neighborhoods and the rippling effects it will have across city departments,\u201d the motion read.<\/p>\n
Previously, the three council members authored a resolution against SB 79, and the resolution was approved in a 8-5 vote. The resolution urged state legislators to exempt Los Angeles from the law, since the city already has a state-approved housing plan.<\/p>\n
Mayor Karen Bass also opposed the bill and urged Gov. Gavin Newsom to veto it.<\/p>\n
At the time, Park called SB 79 a \u201cone-size-fits-all mandate from Sacramento.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSB 79 would fundamentally change the zoning of neighborhoods without consideration to community, infrastructure, traffic, parking and public safety. It would effectively rezone hundreds of parcels across the city without completing environmental review through an Environmental Impact Report,\u201d the motion reads.<\/p>\n
Sen. Scott Weiner, D-San Francisco, authored SB 79, which Newsom signed into law on Oct. 10.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll Californians deserve an affordable place to live \u2014 close to jobs, schools, and opportunity. Housing near transit means shorter commutes, lower costs and more time with family,\u201d Newsom said in a statement. \u201cWhen we invest in housing, we\u2019re investing in people \u2014 their chance to build a future, raise a family, and be part of a community.\u201d<\/p>\n
The law is expected to go into effect July 1, 2026.<\/p>\n
Under the law, housing projects up to nine stories tall could be built near certain transit stops and up to seven stories for buildings within a quarter-mile. Six-story housing projects would also be allowed for buildings within a half-mile of transit stops.<\/p>\n
\u201cSB 79 is a historic step toward tackling the root cause of California\u2019s affordability crisis \u2014 our profound shortage of homes and too few people having access to transit,\u201d Weiner said in a previous statement. \u201cIn California, we talk a lot of about where we don\u2019t want to build homes, but rarely about where we do \u2014 until now.\u201d<\/p>\n
The bill is not expected to impact the ability of residents to rebuild their homes that were damaged or destroyed by January\u2019s wildfires.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are no qualifying transit stops within the burn scars of the Palisades or Eaton fires, and the measure includes additional safeguards for fire-prone areas, small cities under 35,000 residents and unincorporated communities,\u201d according to a message from Newsom to members of the state Senate. \u201cEven if a qualifying transit stop were added in the future, local governments still retain discretion to shift density elsewhere in their jurisdictions.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles City Council Tuesday requested an assessment of the impacts of SB 79, a law that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1567,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[17080,3653,7310,2323,1011,48,52,51,47,50,49,225],"class_list":["post-38287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-analysis","tag-bill","tag-calls","tag-council","tag-housing","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}