The legislation would rezone land owned by nonprofit colleges and religious institutions, such as churches, mosques, and synagogues, to allow for affordable housing.
An affordable housing project in a San Jose church had to go through a rezoning process that took more than two years before it could break ground in 2021.
It would only apply to affordable housing projects, and the law would sunset in 2036.
Supporters of the bill said it could help add hundreds of thousands of affordable housing units to the state’s housing stock.
Republican lawmakers and Democratic Sen. Marie Alvarado-Gil voted against it.
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Democratic Sen, Scott Wiener, Gavin Newsom, Democratic Assemblymember Sharon Quirk, Silva, ”, Newsom, Tony Thurmond, ” Thurmond, Harvey Milk, Susan Talamantes Eggman, Republican Sen, Rosilicie Ochoa, Marie Alvarado, Gil, Ochoa Bogh, Lena Gonzalez, ” Gonzalez, ___ Austin, Austin @sophieadanna
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