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State Sen. Scott Wiener’s hated and defeated SB 50, which we all fought in 2019 and 2020, is reincarnated in the 7 Bad Bills. Tomorrow, bring your ideas & action plans to stop the 7 Bad Bills. As of this a.m., 5 of the 7 Bad Bills had passed in the house of origin & were sent to the second house. The below “S” bills went to the Assembly, and “A” bills went to the Senate:
- SB 6: (“Kill the Mom & Pops,” by Caballero) Jettisons planning to let developers wipe out business & shopping areas to wedge in EVEN MORE luxury apartment blocks.
- SB 8: (“ATM for Developers,” by Skinner) 5-year extension of a bad bill that empowers well-off density fanatics to sue for $10K-$50K for each luxury unit a city won’t approve.
- SB 9 (“Let’s End Homeownership,” by Atkins & Wiener) Crushes single-family zoning, a threat to 7M households at all income levels. Wiener has called yards “immoral.”
- SB 478: (Baltimore’s Not That Bad, by Wiener) Lets luxury developers decide how tiny a lot can be, to erect 3- to 10-unit buildings jammed onto multi-family streets.
- AB 1322: (Voters are Fools, by Rivas and Ting) An unprecedented path for city councils to override housing laws approved by voter initiative, fueling a war over voter rights.
These two bills were held up in their house or origin, but are still alive and dangerous:
- SB 10: (10-Unit Buildings Everywhere, by Wiener) Lets cities create sweeping ordinances for 10-unit luxury projects in single-family and commercial zones. Also lets cities override voter-approved measures protecting land, fueling a war over voter rights.
- AB 1401: (Just Take the Bus! by Friedman) Slashes required parking for housing projects, AB 1401 theoretically forces us onto transit, a super-spreader of COVID.
We enjoyed state Sen. Bob Hertzberg’s dismantling of Wiener’s SB 10 during the key hearing:
Hertzberg: "I didn't support SB 50 because it would destroy single-family neighborhoods. Do we need to destroy single-family neighborhoods? I could put 10 units on my lot (under SB 10). I can't vote for this because I am telling the state, ‘You can destroy single-family neighborhoods.’”
Wiener: "When we did SB 50 we were told we were forcing cities. Don't use the stick, use the carrot. I listened. SB 10 is a carrot. It's a tool.”
Hertzberg: “It's a tool I wouldn't want to use … When we deal with policing, a gun is a tool.”
Join us Sat. May 29 at 10 am! But you must RSVP today by 3 pm! We welcome environmental, homeowner, anti-gentrification and community groups. And please share this 2-min. video about SB 9 and SB 10 from our friends at United Neighbors.
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