May 25, 2023
SENATE FLOOR ALERT
SB 423 (Wiener) By-right Housing Approvals. SB 35
(Chapter 366, Statutes of 2017) Expansion.
OPPOSED
File #168
The League of California Cities and the 95 cities listed oppose SB 423, which would greatly expand SB 35 (Chapter 366, Statutes of 2017) provisions and extend the Jan. 1, 2026 sunset date to Jan. 1, 2036.
Local leaders are working to find creative solutions so homes of all income levels can be built. They’re taking on these difficult and complex tasks, and in many cases successfully planning for more than 2.5 million new homes statewide, all while navigating the state’s annual barrage of overreaching housing bills that have thus far demonstrated limited success.
SB 423 is the latest overreaching bill. This measure would double-down on the recent trend of the state overriding its own mandated local housing plans by forcing cities to approve certain housing projects without regard to the needs of the community, opportunities for environmental review, or public input.
Instead of continuing to pursue top-down, one-size-fits-all legislation, lawmakers should partner with local officials. That’s why we continue to call on the Governor and lawmakers to include a $3 billion annual investment in the state budget to help cities prevent and reduce homelessness and spur housing development. Targeted, ongoing funding is the only way cities can find community-based solutions that get our residents off the streets and keep them in their homes.
California will never produce the number of homes needed with an increasingly state driven, by-right housing approval process. What is really needed is a sustainable state investment that matches the scale of this decades-in-the-making crisis.
Cities and towns opposed to SB 423:
Agoura Hills
Apple Valley
Artesia
Atwater
Banning
Bellflower
Bell Gardens
Benicia
Beverly Hills
Big Bear Lake
Blythe
Brentwood
Burbank
Calimesa
Carpinteria
Carson
Cathedral City
Chowchilla
Chula Vista
Citrus Heights
Clovis
Coalinga
Colton
Concord
Cotati
Del Mar
Downey
Duarte
Eastvale
Elk Grove
Fairfax
Fortuna
Garden Grove
Glendora
Hesperia
Highland
Huntington Beach
Indian Wells
Inglewood
Irwindale
Kerman
La Habra
La Mirada
Lafayette
Lake Forest
Lakeport
Lancaster
Lincoln
Lodi
Lynwood
Manteca
Menifee
Mission Viejo
Modesto
Montclair
Moorpark
Morgan Hill
Murrieta
Newport Beach
Norco
Norwalk
Novato
Orinda
Palm Desert
Palos Verdes Estates
Paramount
Pinole
Pleasant Hill
Point Arena
Rancho Mirage
Rohnert Park
Rolling Hills Estates
Rosemead
San Anselmo
San Clemente
San Fernando
San Marcos
San Rafael
Santa Clarita
Santa Fe Springs
Simi Valley
South Gate
Stockton
Temecula
Thousand Oaks
Tracy
Truckee
Turlock
Tustin
Vacaville
Vista
Whittier
Wildomar
Yorba Linda
Yucaipa