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Committee hearing TODAY on SB9 and SB10, affecting your home
Today, Tuesday, June 22 at 1:30 p.m., the Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development will hear two bills that may have important impacts on homeownership in California.
Senate Bill 9 permits “by right the development of two units on single-family lots” and allows “[subdivision of] a parcel that is zoned for single-family residential use;” that “in conjunction with the two-unit provision” could “result in a total of four units on the lot.” This is a reintroduction of last session’s SB 1120.
Senate Bill 10 would “authorize a local government to adopt an ordinance to zone any parcel for up to 10 units of residential density per parcel, at a height specified in the ordinance, if the parcel is located in a transit-rich area or an urban infill sites” and would override HOA agreements and voter initiatives that prohibited or limited such development in those areas. Last year’s version of this bill was SB 902.
HJTA opposes both SB9 and SB10 in part because of the losses to local control and their potential to lead to higher taxes. If you would like to call the members of the Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development to express your opinion, here are the names of the committee members and their phone numbers:
David Chiu (Chair)
Democrat - District 17
(916) 319-2017
Kelly Seyarto (Vice Chair)
Republican - District 67
(916) 319-2067
Jesse Gabriel
Democrat - District 45
(916) 319-2045
Ash Kalra
Democrat - District 27
(916) 319-2027
Kevin Kiley
Republican - District 6
(916) 319-2006
Brian Maienschein
Democrat - District 77
(916) 319-2077
Sharon Quirk-Silva
Democrat - District 65
(916) 319-2065
Buffy Wicks
Democrat - District 15
(916) 319-2015
If you live in the district of one of these members, your call will be especially impactful. If not, you may wish to call your own representative, too. You can look up their name and contact information at http://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov. If you’d like to watch or listen to the hearing and make a public comment, the information on how to tune in and speak out will be posted on the committee’s website: https://ahcd.assembly.ca.gov/hearings. The hearing begins at 1:30 p.m.
SB9 and SB10 have already passed in the state Senate and in the Assembly Committee on Local Government. If you share our concern about these bills, please call the committee members and urge them to vote NO on SB9 and SB10.
With urgent thanks,
Jon Coupal
President, HJTA
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