25 Solutions From A Builder’s Perspective To Fix The California Housing Crisis
"25 Solutions From A Builder’s Perspective To Fix The California Housing Crisis" is an January 10, 2018 article by @housingforLA, pseudonym of a Los Angeles-based homebuilder. Published in Urbanize.la.
Allow 100% Residential Development On Commercially Zoned Properties[edit]
Stop Killing Housing By Delaying Approvals – Honor Mayor Ed Lee’s Executive Directive [edit]
Create New Zones For Missing Middle Housing[edit]
We Need Uniform Statewide Zoning Rules for Properties Within ½ Mile Of a Rail Stop[edit]
We Must Woo The Publicly Traded Homebuilders Back To California[edit]
Legally Enforce That All Jurisdictions Take Senate Bill 35 Seriously[edit]
Give Our Local Communities Appropriate New Housing Goals And Mandate They Meet Them[edit]
Measure Progress By Certificates of Occupancy Minus Units Demolished[edit]
Allow Housing Construction To Begin Immediately After Planning Approvals[edit]
Be Very Careful Adding New Fees To Developments That Create New Housing[edit]
Audit Planning Documents Regularly To See If They Are Creating Housing – Be Careful Not To Over Zone[edit]
Incentivize and Remove Planning Approvals For As Much Affordable Housing As Possible[edit]
Reform, don’t repeal The Costa Hawkins Act and The Ellis Act[edit]
There is room to reform Costa-Hawkins. Maybe rent control doesn’t start for 15, 20 or 25 years. Maybe older single-family homes should be rent controlled. Maybe annual rent increases at first can be more than the rate of inflation, but not unlimited. I would like to see an academic, not an activist, propose some solutions.
Publicly Funding Construction Of Below Market Rate Housing Is Important, But Should Not Be Our Primary Focus[edit]
Make The Los Angeles Small Lot Subdivision Ordinance Statewide Law[edit]
CalPERS Needs To Start Investing In California Homebuilding Again[edit]
We Need To Look At Dodd-Frank Reform[edit]
Fannie Mae Needs To Finance Construction Loans For Homebuilding[edit]
Digitize and Open Source Zoning Information For All Property In California[edit]
The Building Trades Need To Educate Builders on Prevailing Wage Requirements[edit]
Give Our 120 California Legislators a Pay Raise[edit]
Care About State Elections[edit]
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- Papers of record should questionnaire and endorse state legislature candidates.
- Papers of record should questionnaire and endorse state legislature candidates.
We Need More Labor - recruit out-of-state, train, overhaul immigration[edit]
- recruit out-of-state skilled workers that have lost manufacturing jobs.
- train via state’s Community Colleges
- overhaul our nation’s immigration laws.
Threaten to Take Away Local Control From Bad Actors[edit]
We Need a Real Lobby - support YIMBY movement and California YIMBY[edit]
Support the YIMBY movement and California YIMBY.