By Bob Silvestri :marinpost – excerpt
Senate Bill 9 (Atkins) (the “Bill” or “SB 9”), the California Home Act, was signed into law by Governor Newsom on September 19, 2021 and becomes effective on January 1, 2022. The following information is presented courtesy of United Neighbors, a Los Angeles, grassroots, community organization that is actively involved in state housing laws…
Since there is not sufficient time for a publicly-considered implementation ordinance to be developed, publicly reviewed, and adopted by January 1, 2022, cities and counties can develop a memorandum of understanding to obligate all City Departments and agencies to abide by interim rules and requirements to implement SB 9, locally, until such time as the permanent ordinance can be adopted…
Local governments can also establish minimum thresholds by which certain SB 9 projects cannot be ministerially reviewed and instead be subject to greater scrutiny in terms of a public hearing process and heightened environmental review…
The following are some of their suggested Draft Resolution conditions for the City of Los Angeles, most of which are applicable to all other cities in the state…(copy attached)
There are a number of suggestions on how to fight the state bills that override local control over development and zoning. The article covers some of them that activists may want to consider running by their city representatives. In addition to the MOU and the attached resolution, there is a state ballot intuitive that will soon be gathering signatures explained here:
stopsacramento.org. See more information here: https://www.livablecalifornia.org/