Bill sabotages statewide affordable housing efforts
“Let’s be clear: The DBL is a key measure to build affordable homes and encourage environmentally friendly infill development. But don’t take my word for it. The sponsors of AB 2501, the Western Center on Law and Poverty and the California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation, said, ‘AB 2501 is one piece of a multi-pronged effort by legislators, housing advocates and other organizations to address California’s unfortunate dominance of the list of the country’s least-affordable housing markets. By reducing regulatory barriers to housing development, this bill would stretch any increase in state housing funding further and would induce market-rate developers to build below-market units without any public funding.'”