Real Estate/Development,
Land Use
Nov. 26, 2021
Land use bills SB 9 & 10: Much ado about nothing
The bills, while symbolic victories for the pro-housing movement, were heavily negotiated in the Legislature, resulting in diluted final products with limited potential to significantly increase density in single-family zones.
Among the most heralded and controversial new laws to come out of the 2021 California legislative session were Senate Bills 9 and 10. SB 9, which allows for “urban lot splits” and the construction of duplexes in single-family neighborhoods, and SB 10, which authorizes local governments to rezone certain residential parcels for greater density, have been hailed by housing advocates and decried by homeowner groups as the end of single-family zoning in California.
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