The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to oppose proposed state legislation that would allow developers to build housing projects near rail stations or bus lines that are taller or denser than local zoning laws permit.Find the more breaking news videos from SHINE.
Senate Bill 827 could significantly reshape neighborhoods in urban areas all over the state by overriding local zoning laws, but a resolution introduced by Councilman David Ryu and approved on a 14-0 vote contended the bill is too broad in scope and would effectively eliminate “the ability for the city to engage in planning self-determination.” SB 827 is proposed by Sen.
Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, as a way to fight the state’s housing shortage and encourage public transportation over automobiles to improve the environment. Aside from overriding local laws governing height and density limits, developers could also build with no parking minimums and limited design review, including in single-family neighborhoods. “We can have all the electric vehicles and solar panels in the world, but we won’t meet our climate goals without making it easier for people to live near where they work, and live near transit and drive less,” Wiener wrote on Twitter about SB 827.Even though I commend the senator for wanting to do what he believes is right in his mind, I just think that we as a city need to step up and we need to be engaged and we need to deal with our housing crisis, and we need to stop putting it off and it is our responsibility,” Wesson said.We invite you to use our commenting platform to engage in insightful conversations about issues in our community.
Although we do not pre-screen comments, we reserve the right at all times to remove any information or materials that are unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane, indecent or otherwise objectionable to us, and to disclose any information necessary to satisfy the law, regulation, or government request. We might permanently block any user who abuses these conditions.
|