We’ve been cooking up something we hope you'll appreciate: our report on the current state of affairs with California’s newest streamlining laws! We dive into how they’re working and make some recommendations for making them more effective. Enjoy!
One of the most controversial housing bills in California that was signed into law last year was the Attorney General-backed AB 1893 (Wicks). This bill’s goal was to make the so-called Builder’s Remedy of the Housing Accountability Act (HAA) a more useful entitlement tool for developers. We wrote a summary of AB 1893 with our friends over at Patterson & O’Neill on this topic. While this bill may be helpful in making the builders remedy more useful, we’re most excited about how it strengthens the HAA.
Read More“It is the policy of the United States to provide, within constitutional limitations, for fair housing throughout the United States.”
— 42 U.S.C. § 3601
Read More[M]ere negative attitudes, or fear … are not permissible bases for treating … home[s] … differently … .
City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Ctr., 473 U.S. 432, 448 (1985).
Read MoreThe right to ‘establish a home’ is an essential part of the liberty guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment.
-Vill. of Belle Terre v. Boraas, 416 U.S. 1, 15 (1974)
Read MoreSeparate residential districts are inherently unequal, too.
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