Los Angeles County

Congressman Garcia has quickly established himself as a leading voice on national housing legislation and ideas in his first session in Congress as the sponsor of the People Over Parking Act, prioritizing the radical idea that we should spend more energy on housing for people instead of cars. As the YIMBY caucus grows in Congress, he will continue to lead on this crucial issue of national importance

Rick Chavez Zbur has brought his deep experience on statewide and local issues to Sacremento and taken crucial votes in committee to support housing legislation to expanding housing statewide by supporting bills such as SB4 which allows production of affordable housing on religious land and SB423, which expands one of the most productive housing bills of the past decade both in scope for the next decade plus.

Jessica Caloza will bring her experience at the California Department of Justice and the Housing Strike Force to bring housing abundance to the state while protecting vulnerable tenants. We look forward to the experience she will contribute in Sacramento on Day 1.

We support Prop 5 because we support more funding for affordable housing. Prop 5 would make it easier for local governments to raise money for affordable housing by allowing bonds to pass with 55% of the vote. This will make it easier for the state legislature to pass bills that fund housing and critical public infrastructure. We wholeheartedly support this effort.

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We oppose Prop 33 because it would allow NIMBY cities to completely block new housing, driving up the cost of housing for everyone over the long term.

Prop 33 would repeal the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, a 1995 state law that generally prevents local governments from limiting what landlords can charge new tenants when they first move in. It also prevents cities from limiting rent increases that existing tenants can be charged in housing built on or after Feb. 1, 1995.

YIMBY Action has supported measures that would curb dramatic year-over-year increases in rent, such as the 2019 anti-rent gouging measure in the CA Legislature (AB 1482). But Prop 33 is poorly written and will allow wealthy cities to block new affordable homes from being built.

Prop 33 blocks the state from putting any reasonable checks on local rent control policies, allowing local governments to “maintain, enact or expand residential rent control.” This is a recipe for systemic denial of new housing because wealthy cities constantly look for ways to avoid building more homes. We can already see what anti-housing jurisdictions are planning, for example Former Huntington Beach Mayor Tony Strickland has already openly stated that he’s excited for this measure because it will allow them to block new homes.

We oppose Prop 33 because it is poorly written and will give wealthy communities a powerful tool to block housing all income levels.