A bill that would have allowed for duplexes on most single-family lots in California died before the Senate could take it up for a vote. The defeat marks the latest failure for a series of measures aimed at boosting density to ease the housing crisis.
A bill that would have allowed for duplexes on most single-family lots in California passed the Assembly late Monday night, but died when the year’s legislative session came to an end before the Senate could take it up for a vote.
But the bill did not reach the Senate with enough time for legislators to take it up, a spokeswoman for Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins , the bill’s author, confirmed.or to demolish a house and build two units, either as a duplex or two single-family houses.Property owners could also have split their lot in two and built two more units, thus allowing four homes where there previously was just one.
In South Los Angeles in particular, residents feared SB 1120 would unleash an investment flood that would accelerate gentrification. Some in the community saw it as an affront to how hard Black Americans fought to join single-family neighborhoods, battling redlining, racist covenants and even violence.
As the clock ticked toward midnight, the bill was finally brought up on the Assembly floor. Among the supporters was Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks , who spoke while holding her newborn baby after being“I was actually in the middle of feeding my daughter when this bill came up,” she said after arriving on the Assembly floor. “I just come down here in strong support of this bill, and urge my colleagues: It’s the simplest way we can have density that still adheres to neighborhood character.
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