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https://twitter.com/drvolts/status/1757829736187990341#1. In defense of expanding legal requirements for community participation & CBAs, they say that a survey of clean energy developers found that most believe that early community outreach -> faster project approvals.
https://twitter.com/SeanCasten/status/17360389533738394381. The bill defines "enviro impact" to include not only enviro impacts, but also "aesthetic, historic, cultural, economic, social, or health" effects.
https://twitter.com/CSElmendorf/status/1629525148947857409
https://twitter.com/CSElmendorf/status/1702188603244417308
https://twitter.com/CSElmendorf/status/1717268301498200452Context: @GavinNewsom & @California_HCD launched the audit a year ago, in response to multiple complaints of state-law violations & SF having by far the slowest development permitting process of any local gov't in the state.
https://twitter.com/louismirante/status/1702094299259871414Since Yimbys became players Sacramento (circa 2017), they've scored lots of legislative & media wins, but the actual housing-production results have been, well, disappointing.
https://twitter.com/_fruchtose/status/1684404275957604353Under DBL, developer first shows how many units they could build under base zoning. This determines number of "bonus" units. Then, they get waiver of any zoning & dev standards that "physically preclude" *the project they want to build* w/that unit count + amenities they want.
https://twitter.com/CSElmendorf/status/1620851743990095872
https://twitter.com/hknightsf/status/1665015965392998400The architect's white paper prescribes an elaborate process of city-orchestrated land exchanges, w/ groups of 3 adjoining neighbors jointly trading their older single-family homes for new dom-i-city units.
https://twitter.com/HousingOC/status/1664510776281792514But this is puzzling too, b/c only a couple of the CEQA/housing exemptions have an explicit requirement for a certified zoning or plan-level EIR.