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Two weeks ago, we alerted you to SB 79 - a sweeping attack on the single-family and small multifamily neighborhoods that over 80% of Californians call home.  This bill would force cities to approve apartment and condo towers up to 15 stories tall (with density bonuses) within a 1/2 mile of a transit stop, which includes rail and an ever increasing number of bus stops, handing vast swaths of our communities to speculative developers. 

Thanks to many of our neighbors statewide, over 1,000 messages were sent in just 8 hours to the Senate Local Government Committee. Vice Chair Steven Choi said his office had been “bombarded” by emails — and he voted NO.
 

The bill barely passed that committee, 4-3. Now it’s headed to the Senate Appropriations Committee. This is our next chance to stop this destructive bill before it reaches the full Senate.

We’re almost there! The committee has seven members, two of whom are solid NOs (Wahab, Seyarto). We believe that three others are undecided (Dahle, Grayson, Richardson). If we can persuade just two of those three, SB 79 is dead. Let’s keep up the pressure! Email the Appropriations Committee urging a NO vote.

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