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Governor Newsom Signs 4 Bills Designed To Boost Housing Numbers

September 17, 2021   2:11 amSeptember 16, 2021   9:11 pm
Governor Gavin Newsom signed several bills on Thursday designed to increase housing, speed up the process to approve multi-family housing, and to alter the approval process for new housing. In total, Newsom signed the following 4 bills: Senate Bill 8...
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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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Sen. Scott Wiener: Open Bay Area Safe Drug Use Sites, and High-Density Housing

December 9, 2020   3:35 pmDecember 10, 2020   5:57 pm
From the “you can’t make this stuff up” file, Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) wants to allow San Francisco, Oakland and Los Angeles to open “safe-drug-use” sites – at a time when the entire state state is in lockdown –...
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2020 General Election Preview: 11th Senate District Dem v. Dem Race

October 6, 2020   7:29 amOctober 7, 2020   8:41 am
The 11th Senate District: The 11th District is San Francisco, San Francisco, San Francisco. Oh, and Daly City from the next county over, but really it’s just pretty much The City. This is a very rich district as seen by...
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Massive Multi-Family Duplex Bill Fails; Too Late For A Senate Vote

September 1, 2020   2:49 pmSeptember 2, 2020   11:40 am
On Monday, a bill that would have allowed multi-family duplexes to be built on land zoned for single-family units failed at the last minute. despite a rally and quick voting by Assembly Democrats. Senate Bill 1120, authored by Senate President...
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