' SB 35 (Sac'to Dictated Developer-Desired Housing Density Bill) Temporarily Diverted To An Assembly Committee That Can Refer It To Another Committee Before It Reaches Assembly Floor Vote '
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SB 35 (Sac'to Dictated Developer-Desired Housing Density Bill) Temporarily Diverted To An Assembly Committee That Can Refer It To Another Committee Before It Reaches Assembly Floor Vote


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(Sept. 5, 2017, 11:25 a.m.) -- LBREPORT.com has learned that SB 35 is for the moment not being sent to the Assembly floor for passage. As of Tuesday morning Sept. 5, SB 35 has instead been sent to the Assembly Rules Committee, which can vote to refer it to another Assembly Committee before it reaches the Assembly floor for possible passage. A Rules Committee staffer tells LBREPORT.com that SB 35 isn't scheduled for Rules Committee consideration today (Sept. 5); details of when the Rules Committee may take up SB 35 and to where it might be sent aren't immediately available.

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As currently written, SB 35 would grant developers near automatic City Hall approval for multi-unit residential buildings (plus incentives to provide "affordable"/low-rent subsidized units) without public input currently required for large projects; without an EIR examining the development's impacts; without providing parking required under LB laws and without city staff or City Council approval at nearly all locations [exceptions include in coastal zone, flood zones, etc.] where city zoning allows residences IF the city hasn't issued sufficient permits (not merely adopted "plans" or "goals") for new housing in numbers decided by a regional body (So Cal Ass'n of Gov'ts) [LBREPORT.com coverage here.]

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SB 35 could also prevent cities like LB 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 proposed 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.]

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As previously reported by LBREPORT.com, the City of LB's Director of Development Services, Amy Bodek, has 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 on 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).

SB 35 is supported by the state legislature's Democrat majority leadership. Supporters have described it as "streamlining" or "cutting red tape." In opposition, an independent Bay Area webpage publisher has succinctly described SB 35 as "taking power from the people" (link here)

SB 35's full text shows exactly what it would do. To view it, click here. Because the bill is complex, we recommend focusing on its numbered pages 11-23. They show exactly how, with few exceptions, SB 35 would effectively end most LB City Hall decisionmaking, current public input and local parking requirements.

SB 35 is opposed by the League of CA Cities, an advocacy entity comprised of over 450 CA cities (in which the City of LB pays dues.)

Editor's note: If SB 35 is enacted as currently written, it would make mainly meaningless statements attributed to Mayor Garcia and Councilman Daryl Supernaw in a Sept. 5 PressTelegram story regarding their preferences on housing location, density and parking, since SB 35 would effectively eliminate nearly all City Hall decisionmaking on projects within its terms.]

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