Local Elections

[synistar]

What a landslide. It was called in less than an hour.

[Koyangi]

Thanks Larry Elder.

[zoobernut]

It really bugged me all the Larry Elder commercials I saw he had some fleck of food or something stuck to his lip.

[archibaldcrane]

Gavin Newsom just signed SB 9 into law, which allows for duplexes on all residential lots. Single family only zoning is abolished in California.

[Jaybar]

Gavin Newsom just signed SB 9 into law, which allows for duplexes on all residential lots. Single family only zoning is abolished in California.

Fuck yes. Now make auxiliary dwelling units (coach houses) a thing again.

[mallister]

Well, there you go

[archibaldcrane]

Fuck yes. Now make auxiliary dwelling units (coach houses) a thing again.

They already legalized ADUs

[Jaybar]

They already legalized ADUs

Great

[Melena]

Gavin Newsom just signed SB 9 into law, which allows for duplexes on all residential lots. Single family only zoning is abolished in California.

And people are already freaking out about this. So much pearl clutching about the poor's now being potentially able to live in the suburbs.

[Andalusian girls]

nice to see but there are a lot of caveats that retain a degree of local control, thereby enabling them to continue their anti-development nimbyism, as well as some prerequisite specifications that will limit availability. according to a study out of UC Berkley only 5.4% of extant single-family lots have even the potential to be converted. if every single one is (an obvious fantasy) it would result in 700,000 new housing units, out of the 3.5 million Newsom has declared necessary by 2025.

it is a solid step in the right direction but the extant market is so profoundly fucked it will prove insufficient on its own, and at best lower the rate of increase rather see a stagnation nonetheless a decline in housing prices. hope there's more coming down the pipe.

[archibaldcrane]

Yeah it's a modest change at best, the ADU legalization was almost certainly a bigger deal.

Now we need to upzone around mass transit to the fucking moon.

[synistar]

SB 10 was also signed which will push for higher density on transit accessible urban areas.

SB 10 by Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) creates a voluntary process for local governments to access a streamlined zoning process for new multi-unit housing near transit or in urban infill areas, with up to 10 units per parcel. The legislation simplifies the CEQA requirements for upzoning, giving local leaders another tool to voluntarily increase density and provide affordable rental opportunities to more Californians.

“California’s severe housing shortage is badly damaging our state, and we need many approaches to tackle it,” said Senator Wiener. “SB 10 provides one important approach: making it dramatically easier and faster for cities to zone for more housing. It shouldn’t take five or 10 years for cities to re-zone, and SB 10 gives cities a powerful new tool to get the job done quickly. I want to thank the Governor for signing this essential bill and for continuing to lead on housing.”

[archibaldcrane]

Good thread about what SB9 does and does not do.

https://twitter.com/alfred_twu/statu...787595777?s=19

[archibaldcrane]

https://twitter.com/ryanmatsumoto1/s...493651467?s=19

[archibaldcrane]

Lol he did better in the recall than in his 2018 election (a Dem wave election)

https://twitter.com/Wertwhile/status...359138304?s=19

[Byrthnoth]

I am worried about the VA Governor's race. I see a lot more Youngkin signs than I saw for Trump.

[Buffy]

I’m not, not really. The polling is pretty solid and outside the margin of error.

[archibaldcrane]

https://twitter.com/johnmyers/status...qGU-A9B8w&s=19

No new gas lawnmowers, leaf blowers or chainsaws sold in California starting in 2024.

[Tyche]

So....what do you do if you have a large yard that can't be mowed in a single charge? Is their an exception for "lawn tractors" or zero-turn mowers?

[Jaybar]

Turn some of that into native preserve to increase biodiversity and promote natural pollinators into the region.

Or pretend that 3 acre manicured lawns are normal.