CA Senate Bills Updates and Sen. Hertzberg dismantles Weiners's SB 10 during key hearing

This is derived from California State Legislature watchdog group, Livable California.

Senate Bill 9 and Senate Bill 10 were held up in their house or origin, but are still alive and dangerous:

SB 10: (10-Unit Buildings Everywhere, by Wiener) Lets cities create sweeping ordinances for 10-unit luxury projects in single-family and commercial zones. Also lets cities override voter-approved measures protecting land, fueling a war over voter rights.

AB 1401: (Just Take the Bus! by Friedman) Slashes required parking for housing projects, AB 1401 theoretically forces us onto transit, a super-spreader of COVID.

Livable California enjoyed state Sen. Bob Hertzberg’s dismantling of Wiener’s SB 10 during the key hearing:

Hertzberg: "I didn't support SB 50 because it would destroy single-family neighborhoods. Do we need to destroy single-family neighborhoods? I could put 10 units on my lot (under SB 10). I can't vote for this because I am telling the state, ‘You can destroy single-family neighborhoods.’”

Wiener: "When we did SB 50 we were told we were forcing cities. Don't use the stick, use the carrot. I listened. SB 10 is a carrot. It's a tool.”

Hertzberg: “It's a tool I wouldn't want to use … When we deal with policing, a gun is a tool.”

As of Friday, May 28, 2021, 5 of the 7 Bill that are considered BAD (destruction of single-family neighborhoods, no affordable housing, removes local planning and gives developers carte blanche) had passed in the house of origin and were sent to the second house. The below “S” bills went to the Assembly, and “A” bills went to the Senate:

SB 6: (“Kill the Mom & Pops,” by Caballero) Jettisons planning to let developers wipe out business & shopping areas to wedge in EVEN MORE luxury apartment blocks.

SB 8: (“ATM for Developers,” by Skinner) 5-year extension of a bad bill that empowers well-off density fanatics to sue for $10K-$50K for each luxury unit a city won’t approve.

SB 9 (“Let’s End Homeownership,” by Atkins & Wiener) Crushes single-family zoning, a threat to 7M households at all income levels. Wiener has called yards “immoral.”

SB 478: (Baltimore’s Not That Bad, by Wiener) Lets luxury developers decide how tiny a lot can be, to erect 3- to 10-unit buildings jammed onto multi-family streets.

AB 1322: (Voters are Fools, by Rivas and Ting) An unprecedented path for city councils to override housing laws approved by voter initiative, fueling a war over voter rights.