Sac'to Dems (Incl. LB state Senators Lena Gonzalez & Tom Umberg) Enable Passage of Pro-Density AB 725, Companion to SB 1120 (Four Housing Units On Single Family Lots, Ass'y Vote Expected Aug. 30)
AB 725 will require metro cities like LB after Jan 1, 2022 to allocate at least 25% of their SCAG-imposed "Regional Housing Needs" (moderate income and above) to sites zoned for at least four housing units.
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(Aug. 29, 2020. 10:55 p.m.) -- As flashed on LBREPORT.com's front page and our Facebook channel earlier today (Aug. 29), on an initial tally state Senate Democrats -- including LB state Senators Lena Gonzalez and Tom Umberg -- voted "yes" and provided 21 votes sufficient to pass AB 725. a pro density housing bill that is a companion to closely watched pro-density SB 1120 (requiring cities to allow four housing units on single family lots). SB 1120 is expected to come to a decisional Assembly vote on Sunday (Aug. 30).
The final tally on AB 725 was 23-14-3. All state Senate Democrats who voted voted "yes." All state Senate Republicans who voted voted "no." Two Dems (Hannah-Beth Jackson and Henry Stern) and one Repub (Brian Jones) abstained. State Senate Republicans didn't cite arguments againt the bill; they simply voted "no."
AB 725 -- full text here -- requires metropolitan cities (like LB) after Jan. 1, 2022 to show that at least 25% of their regional housing needs assessment allocation (in So. Cal set by SCAG) for moderate-income housing is allocated to sites with zoning allowing at least 4 housing units (but not more than 100 units per acre.)
AB 725 also requires metropolitan cities to allocate at least 25% of their share of SCAG's regional housing need for above moderate-income housing to sites zoned to allow at least 4 units of housing.
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The City of Long Beach took no position on AB 725. The City's "State Legislation Committee" (chosen by Mayor Garcia) didn't discuss it and no City Councilmembers independently agendized an item to oppose it.
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On Jan. 30, 2020, the Assembly passed AB 725 on a 48-22-10 vote. Assemblyman Patrick O'Donnell (D, LB-SP) was recorded as "no vote recorded."
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The Aug. 29 state Senate vote sends AB 725 back to the Assembly for concurrence in state Senate amendments. Theoretically, if 8 of the Assembly's 48 previously supportive Assemblymembers flip their positions and decline to concur in state Senate amendments, they could prevent AB 725's passage.
If that doesn't happen and an Assembly majority approves AB 725 as amended by Aug. 31, it goes to Gov. Gavin Newsom who can approve it or veto it (and there's no indication that he opposes it.)
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