Fortunately for California's coast, Assemblymember David Alvarez (D-San Diego) was forced to withdraw his controversial bill, AB 2560, last week when amendments added went counter to Alvarez' intent.
Alvarez and his so-called YIMBY supporters claimed the bill would have streamlined the approval of housing developments in the coastal zone that make use of the state's affordable housing density bonus law. Developers liked the bill because it offered them a streamlined process if they set aside a portion of the homes in their projects as affordable housing.
Yet the bill ran afoul of the powers of the California Coastal Commission which, of course, has broad veto power over density bonus projects if they fall within the agency's jurisdictional boundaries, which extend as far as 5 miles inland from the ocean.
Fortunately for California's coast, Assemblymember David Alvarez (D-San Diego) was forced to withdraw his controversial bill, AB 2560, last week when amendments added went counter to Alvarez' intent.
Alvarez and his so-called YIMBY supporters claimed the bill would have streamlined the approval of housing developments in the coastal zone that make use of the state's affordable housing density bonus law. Developers liked the bill because it offered them a streamlined process if they set aside a portion of the homes in their projects as affordable housing.
Yet the bill ran afoul of the powers of the California Coastal Commission which, of course, has broad veto power over density bonus projects if they fall within the agency's jurisdictional boundaries, which extend as far as 5 miles inland from the ocean.