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And the California Housing Consortium, which pushed the Legislature to act, applauded the bill's
signing."The landmark funding to build affordable homes coupled with measures that achieve
enforcement of local planning obligations and provide tools for local governments to build inclusive
communities will help the many Californians who struggle to live where they work and want to raise
their families," executive directo r, Ray Pearl , said in a statement after the signing. "It took trem endous
work to achieve this housing package, and we appreciate the collaboration and leadership of Governor
Brown and the Legislature."
STATE HOUSING DEAL : HIGHLIGHTS
Senate Bill 2, by Sen. Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, will create a permanent source of funding for affordable
housing, imposing fees of up to $2 25 on certain real -estate transactions, such as mortgage refinancing .
(Home and commerci al real estate purchases would not be subject to the fee .) It will collect $1 .2 bi l lion
over the ne xt five yea rs -and would raise a t otal of $5 .8 billion during t ha t t ime, including fede ra l, local
and private matc hing f u nds, ac co r di ng t o committee estima t es.
Senate Bill 3, by Sen. Jim Beall, D-Campbell, will place a $4 billion statewide housing bond on the
November 2018 ballot. Lik e SB 2, it would pay fo r exis ting affo r dab le-ho using p rog ra m s in Ca liforn ia that
used to be suppo rted by f unds from the st ate 's re development agencies, a gian t sou r ce of money t hat
w as slash ed in t he wake of the Great Recess ion and never replaced . If the bond measure pas ses and is
approved by vote r s, $1 billion of t he tota l would go to extend the_ CalVet Home Loan Prog r am, which is
sch edul ed t o exp ire in 20 18 .
Senate Bill 35, by Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, will try to tackle the state's housing-supply
shortage. Currently, cities are told every eight years how many units they need to build to meet their
share of regional demand -but they are not required to build them . This bill aims to make it harder t o
ignore t hose goals. It t argets cities that fall sho rt, requiri ng them to approve more housing
developments that fit the bill's cr iteria u ntil they are back on track.
Senate Bill 167, by Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Oakland, st rengthens the sta te's 35-year-old Housing
Accountability Ac t , known colloqu ially as the "anti-NIMBY (Not In My Backyard) Act ." Cities that don't
comply with a court order to allow development would be hit with automatic fines of $10,000 per
housing unit.
Senate Bill 540, by Sen. Richard Roth, D-Riverside, allows cities to determine where housing needs to be
built and to create a specific plan for development in that zone, including public he arings and
environmental reviews . This is in t ended to speed up t he approval and construction process .
Assembly Bill 73, by Assemblyman David Chiu, D-San Francisco, will give local governments cash
incentives to create high-density "Housing Susta in ab ili t y Dis t ri ct s" nea r tran sit with so m e affo r dable
hou si ng .
Assembly Bill 1505, by Assemblyman Ri~h~r~ Bl?o_r_n, D-Santa Monica, restores the ability of local
governments to require developers to include affordable rental units . A 2009 appellate court decision
cut off that tool, which cities and counties had used for decades . The governor had vetoed similar
legislation by Atkins in 2013 , arguing that it could make it harder for a city to attract development, but
while negotiating the package of bills with lawmakers, Brown agreed to sign it.
Today, the state lacks basic information on the law's effectiveness. More than a quarter of California's
539 cities and counties failed to tell the state how many homes were built within their boundaries over
the eight-year period leading up to 2014, according to a Times review of housing department data .
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Link to article and lists of cities http://www.latimes.com/projects/la -pol -ca -housing-supply/
City or County New Homes built/needed o/omet
Los Altos Hills 185/81 100%
Los Gatos 303/562 54%
Milpitas 3,283/2,487 100%
Monte Sereno 67/41 100%
Morgan Hill l ,574/1,312 100%
Mountain View 2, 706/2,599 100%
Palo Alto l ,499/2,860 52%
San Jose 19,916/34,721 57%
Santa Clara 3,212/5,873 55%
Saratoga 387/292 100%
Sunnyvale 3,62014,426 82%
Unincorporated Santa Clara County 704/1,090 65%
Campbell 297/892 33%
Cupertino 702/1,170 60%
Gilroy l,133/1,615 70%
Los Altos 905/317 100%
How many homes were built in your city?
Less than half the new homes called for in California's most recent eight-year
housing plan, which ended in 2014, were built, according to permit data from the
construction industry. See how building stacked up compared to state targets, and
whether cities and counties reported their homebuilding to state regulators.
More than a quarter of California's 539 citie and counties failed to tell the state
how many homes were built within their boundaries over the eight-year period
leading up to 2014, according to a Times review of housing department data.
Submitted by Donna Austin