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When builder's remedy rules kicked in this month for California cities that didn't meet state planning requirements, projects got filed for upwards of 10,000 ho
by crooked-v 4y ago
When builder's remedy rules kicked in this month for California cities that didn't meet state planning requirements, projects got filed for upwards of 10,000 housing units just in the first week alone. It would have been higher, except that some cities tried to game the process even more by foot-dragging and so there are ongoing lawsuits to declare them out of compliance.
Current market forces would love to build truly astounding amounts of housing. The problem in the way is NIMBYism and shitty local zoning and permitting.
- zbrozek 4y ago10k sounds high to me. I'm aware of about 400-500 submitted so far in the SFBA (of which I filed 20), and I personally know folks preparing a total of another 700 or so. Did you find a comprehensive tracker with higher numbers? There's a bunch in SoCal, but their non-compliance kicked in a little over a year ago.
- carom 4y agoSanta Monica was about 5k units by itself. That is a 10% increase in the city's housing stock. There is so much pent up demand and the government and NIMBYs do everything to prevent new development. There was a four year period in Santa Monica where a grand total of 12 multi family units were permitted. [1] 1. Page 14 https://scag.ca.gov/sites/main/files/file-attachments/santamonica_localprofile.pdf?1606011172 https://scag.ca.gov/sites/main/files/file-attachments/santam...
- zbrozek 4y agoOk, but that's southern California which became vulnerable a while ago. The post I was replying to suggested there were ten thousand in the Bay Area based on the recency of vulnerability.