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Scott D. Wiener

Senator Wiener’s SB 10 ‘Light Touch’ Housing Density Bill Passes Assembly 41-9

August 24, 2021   2:44 amAugust 23, 2021   9:44 pm
A bill that would increase higher-density housing near transit areas regardless of previous zoning or CEQA requirements passed the Assembly 41-9 on Monday. Senate Bill 10, authored by Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) would, minus any local zoning restrictions, authorize...
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Scott Wiener

Sen. Wiener’s Dense Housing Bill Passes Senate Committee

April 8, 2021   3:42 pmApril 9, 2021   11:18 am
San Francisco Democrat Senator Scott Wiener has tried for several years to end single family zoning laws to allow for dense “Stack & Pack” housing to replace single family homes. In a press statement Thursday, Wiener said: SB 478, the...
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Sacramento Mayor and Council Votes to Eliminate Single Family Zoning in Residential Neighborhoods

January 21, 2021   8:42 amJanuary 25, 2021   9:30 am
The Sacramento City Council voted this week to eliminate standard single-family zoning in Sacramento’s residential neighborhoods, adopting a radical zoning measure that the California Legislature couldn’t even pass – twice. “City officials said the proposal would help the city alleviate...
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SB 50 Voted Down in Senate, Falls Short of Votes Twice in Two Days

January 30, 2020   2:09 pmJanuary 31, 2020   9:02 am
The California Senate failed to pass the zoning law altering Senate Bill 50, falling three votes short of the 21 needed. Three votes short of passage SB 50, authored and introduced by Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), would have forced...
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Make California Affordable Again: The Grand Bargains We Ought to See

April 1, 2019   2:05 amApril 2, 2019   8:59 am
The good life in California is out of reach to ordinary people. The reason for that is simple: homes cost too much, energy costs too much, water costs too much, and transportation infrastructure is inadequate. In each of these critical...
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