REQUEST FOR SIGNATURE: SB 540 (Roth) Workforce Housing Opportunity Zones (as enrolled)

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Streamlines the housing approval process by authorizing local governments to identify Workforce Housing Opportunity Zones, which would incentivize the development of workforce and affordable housing in areas close to jobs, transit, and conform to California’s greenhouse gas reduction laws

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Dear Governor Brown,

CITY OF CITY respectfully requests your signature on SB 540 (Roth), which would streamline the housing approval process by having cities identify Workforce Housing Opportunity Zones, which would focus on workforce and affordable housing in areas close to jobs and transit and conform to California’s greenhouse gas reduction laws.

A growing number of Californians are experiencing the trouble of finding an affordable place to live, including in the  CITY OF CITY. Contributing to the housing affordability and supply challenge is the lag in private market housing construction and the elimination of state affordable housing funding. In the current landscape, many affordable housing projects do not “pencil-out” and city authority to enforce inclusionary housing policies has been weakened by the courts. SB 540 meets this urgent need for affordable housing by requiring 30 percent of units to be available to moderate income, 15 percent available to low-income, and 5 percent to very low-income households.

CITY OF CITY supports efforts to improve the affordability of workforce housing, including, where appropriate, reducing regulatory barriers. To reduce regulatory barriers, SB 540 would require up-front planning and environmental reviews in order for housing developments to receive streamlined permit approvals. Rather than creating shortcuts around public input and important environmental reviews, SB 540 preserves them while setting the stage for streamlined housing approvals.

CITY OF CITY strongly supports SB 540 and believes that it strikes the right balance between streamlining the housing approval process and protecting environmental review and public participation in local land use decisions.   SB 540 acknowledges the realities facing our city by appropriately streamlining the permit approval process and clearly identifying all project specific mitigation measures.

For these reasons, the CITY OF CITY strongly supports this piece of legislation and respectfully requests your signature on SB 540.

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