This particular law is also intended to defeat the CA Coastal Commission, who basically think nobody should be allowed to live near the beach (except single fam

This particular law is also intended to defeat the CA Coastal Commission, who basically think nobody should be allowed to live near the beach (except single family homeowners) and that the only way to maximize access is to cover it in parking lots. This is not nearly the only housing law passed though; AB1633 is one of the most important for cities. A funny thing about that one is that it was written by reps from San Francisco and has clauses that specifically in writing punish San Francisco. (In California, most voters do support more housing but still elect NIMBYs at local levels, while supporting laws that punish them at higher levels. The exception is LA, where they still don't support anything good ever.)