SB827: Difference between revisions

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== Resources (maps etc) ==

[https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB827 Bill text].

<br/> '''Unofficial Map Showing Areas Where Zoning Would Be Affected'''<br/> Sasha Aickin, formerly CTO of Redfin, created an interactive California map showing transit-rich areas according to current bill, and partially complete transit-route data:<br/> [https://transitrichhousing.org/ https://transitrichhousing.org]

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== Summary  ==

[[File:Joe-Rivano-Barros-SB827-SF-map.jpg|thumb|right|400px|tweet by Joe Rivano Barros on SB 827]]

[[File:Joe-Rivano-Barros-SB827-SF-map.jpg|thumb|right|400px|tweet by Joe Rivano Barros on SB 827]]<br/> A housing development would be eligible for a transit-rich housing bonus

*A) if within one-quarter mile radius of a high-quality transit corridor, or within one block of a major transit stop:

**85 feet, or

**55 feet if any side of the parcel faces a street less than 45 feet wide from curb to curb.

*B) if within one-half mile of a major transit stop, but not meeting (A), i.e. not within 1/4-mile radius of a high-quality transit corridor: 

**55 feet, or

**45 feet, if any side of the parcel faces a street less than 45 feet wide from curb to curb.

“'''High-quality transit corridor'''” means a corridor with fixed route bus service that has service intervals of no more than 15 minutes during peak commute hours.

“'''Major transit stop'''” has the same meaning as defined in [https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=21064.3.&lawCode=PRC Section 21064.3] of the Public Resources Code:

"a site containing an existing rail transit station, a ferry terminal served by either a bus or rail transit service, or the intersection of two or more major bus routes with a frequency of service interval of 15 minutes or less during the morning and afternoon peak commute periods."

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The bill text proposes to add a new Section 65917.7 to California Government Code Chapter 4.3, "Density Bonuses and Other Incentives". It would create a new "transit-rich housing" bonus, analogous to the existing [[California_State_Density_Bonus_Law|California "Density Bonus" [DB]]] which gives housing developers certain inventives/exemptions in exchange for including a portion of [[Affordable_housing|below-market units]] in the project. 

The bill text proposes to add a new Section 65917.7 to California Government Code Chapter 4.3, "Density Bonuses and Other Incentives". It would create a new "transit-rich housing" bonus -- analogous to the existing [[California_State_Density_Bonus_Law|California "Density Bonus" [DB]]] which gives housing developers certain inventives/exemptions in exchange for including a portion of [[Affordable_housing|below-market units]] in the project. 

[http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV&sectionNum=65917 Section 65917] of Code Chapter 4.3 requires that "incentives offered by the city, county, or city and county pursuant to this chapter shall contribute significantly to the economic feasibility of lower income housing in proposed housing developments." It is unclear whether the proposed "transit-rich housing bonus" would qualify as a "density bonus" which already has specified affordability requirements;  or if the bill may be revised to qualify so or to add specific affordability requirements.<br/> ''[update 7 Jan 2017:  [https://twitter.com/hanlonbt/status/950155791268429824 clarification] on that point from Brian Hanlon of bill sponsor California YIMBY: "Those negotiations are forthcoming."]. ''

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**'''American Heart Association''': Homes near highways may up heart disease risks, Oct 2014<br/> [https://news.heart.org/homes-near-highways-may-up-heart-disease-risks/ https://news.heart.org/homes-near-highways-may-up-heart-disease-risks/]

=== Liquefaction and earthquake risk since the transit areas tend to be closer to the Bay ===