October 2023 - Next Sip+Mix and Legislative Wins!
October 2, 2023
Come meet the candidates, great year for pro-housing legislation
Santa Cruz YIMBY Election Season: Sip + Mix #2
Wed Oct 4 @ 5:30PM
at Abbott Square, 726 Front Street, Santa Cruz
Come to our second Sip + Mix and get to know more Election 2024 candidates. We have RSVPs from at least six (6) Santa Cruz City Council candidates and District 1 County Supervisor candidate Lani Faulkner.
This is a casual event and everyone is welcome. We hope to have authentic conversations about our housing crisis and how we can best work to solve it. Hope to see you there!
(Mark your calendar for our Sip + Mix #3 on Nov 6th in Soquel - we have RSVPs from District 1 County Supervisor candidate Manu Koenig and District 2 County Supervisor candidates Kristen Brown and Kim de Serpa)
YIMBY Action Celebrates Landmark Year for California Housing Legislation
It was a great legislative year for YIMBY Action - a number of key California housing bills passed the Legislature in September and are on their way to Governor Newsom’s desk for final sign-off or to the ballot for voter approval.
👍 SB 423 (Wiener): SB 35 Extension – More Affordable Housing
👍 SB 4 (Wiener): Yes in God’s Back Yard
👍 AB 1633 (Ting): A Fix for Bad-faith CEQA-related Delays
👍 AB 1449 (Alvarez): Faster Affordable Housing Approvals
👍 AB 309 (Lee): Social Housing
👍 AB 894 (Friedman): Shared Parking
👍 ACA 1 (Aguiar-Curry): Money for Housing & Public Infrastructure
👍 AB 821 (Grayson): Consistency in Local Zoning Ordinances
👍 AB 1287 (Alvarez): Moderate Income Density Bonus
👍 AB 976 (Ting): Extend Incentives for Accessory Dwelling Units
👍 AB 835 (Lee): Study standards for single-stairway multifamily buildings
Say THANK YOU to our pro-housing legislators
- (Speaker) Assemblymember Robert Rivas voted AYE on 100% of these bills!
- Assemblymember Gail Pellerin voted AYE on 100% of these bills!
- Senator of these bills!
