The agreement brought together the often-sparring sides of affordable housing groups and California unions.
represent a potentially major shift in the Capitol, where agreements between the state’s powerful labor organizations and advocates for a more robust housing supply are notoriously difficult to negotiate.
The Assembly’s version includes strict environmental requirements in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and mandates that a good portion of units be reserved for low-income residents. The Senate legislation is seen as the bolder labor bill that would increase housing for moderate earners. Developers would therefore have the choice between more stringent labor standards and training criteria for workers or additional affordable requirements when planning their projects.
Disagreements over the labor requirements in AB 2011 nearly jeopardized what has been considered the most substantive affordable housing proposal on the table this year. The California Conference of Carpenters supported AB 2011, while the powerhouse State Building and Construction Trades Council preferred the “skilled and trained” workforce mandate in SB 6, which usually means that laborers are unionized.
“We didn’t go into this to have one side win at the expense of another. As a result, we have a housing victory that checks off a lot of the boxes — affordability, mixed-use, transit accessibility and labor security,” Rendon said in a statement.
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