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(Aug. 30, 2017, 2:05 p.m.) -- Assemblyman Patrick O'Donnell (D, Long Beach-San Pedro) has told LBREPORT.com in a voice mail message this afternoon (responding to our inquiry) that he's examining the details of SB 35, is very interested in the bill for a number of reasons but has no position to announce for now (Aug. 30, 1:15 p.m.)
SB 35 (full text here) would require cities to grant ministerial (bureaucratic/clerk type) approval -- eliminating public hearings, EIR/CEQA review and challenges (to produce "streamlined" approval) and not allowing City denials -- when a developer proposes to build a residential project (including rental/low-income affordable housing) at nearly all locations [with few exceptions] where city zoning currently allows residences IF the city hasn't issued sufficient permits (not merely adopted "plans" or "goals") for new housing in numbers determined by a regional body (So Cal Ass'n of Gov'ts) [LBREPORT.com coverage here.]. SB 35 could also prevent such cities from requiring any minimum-required parking for developers who seek to build new housing within half a mile of "public transit" and in other circumstances. For proposing residential projects in other areas, SB 35 could forbid the city from requiring more than one parking space per residential unit [although many residential units might have two or more residents who drive.] [LBREPORT.com coverage of the parking aspect of the story is here.] As previously reported by LBREPORT.com, the City of LB's Director of Development Services, Amy Bodek, confirmed that the City of Long Beach would be subject to SB 35's mandates at this time. The city of LB's Manager of Government Affairs, Diana Tang, told LBREPORT.com (Aug. 29) that the City was officially neutral on SB 35, but is "working with the author on amendments, consistent with the City's state legislative agenda as it relates to local control." On June 1, SB 35 cleared the state Senate on a 25-12 vote...with "yes" votes from state Senator Ricardo Lara (D, LB-Huntington Park) and state Senator Janet Nguyen (R, SE-LB/West OC). [Scroll down for further.] |
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