Land Use,
Government
May 13, 2022
State housing density statute lawful, judge rules
“Laws like SB 10 are essential to address California’s housing shortage and affordability crisis, providing local governments with an important tool to increase housing supply in their communities,” Attorney General Rob Bonta said.
A state housing density law signed last year can stand, a Los Angeles judge ruled Thursday.
“The court declares that SB 10 is a lawful preemption of local initiative power that delegates exclusively to local legislative bodies the discretion to adopt an ordinance zoning up to ten units of residential density per parcel if the parcel is located in a transit rich area or an urban infill site, and to override any contrary local zoning initiat...
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