Legal and Legislative

Did you know the housing shortage is costing California $140 billion per year1 and resulting in housing costs about 2.5 times the national average2? The California Association of REALTORS® launched "Housing for California", a campaign aimed at addressing the problem by encouraging lawmakers to advance measures to increase the housing supply. Learn more or sign on to support at: housingforcalifornia.com 

San Diego County is seeking input from residents to help shape the housing blueprint that will be adopted by the Board of Supervisors. The plan aims to aim to curb the region’s housing crisis by finding ways to build more housing, retain affordable housing, reduce prices, and help people afford to stay in their existing homes. The public survey is open for comment through March 31.

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The Supervisors adopted, by a 3-2 vote, a proposal that would limit future construction to 4,025 developable units on County lands, which is significantly fewer that the approximately 19,000-unit plan approved in 2020 by the previous Board of Supervisors. Of note, the County-assigned minimal target for housing developments, known as the Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA), is 6,700 units. The adopted proposal would prevent the County from achieving their RHNA obligations and force more working families to look for housing opportunities in areas like Temecula, Murrieta and even across the border in Tijuana.

San Diego took a bold step to jump-start production of high-rise housing and backyard apartments Tuesday by loosening rules that govern where such homes can be built.

The City Council voted 5-4 to soften rules allowing taller apartment buildings and more backyard units when a property is near mass transit. Now, the transit line can now be as far as 1 mile away, instead of the previous half-mile requirement.

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