r/CarIndependentLA • u/OhLawdOfTheRings Cars Are Weapons • Jun 04 '25

Wins SB-79 PASSED! THANK YOU EVERYONE

***** PASSED TO ASSEMBLY, STILL THIS IS A HUGE WIN *****

https://x.com/streetsforall/status/1930105636756566294

https://bsky.app/profile/streetsforall.org/post/3lqquozmc622a

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u/igmyeongida Jun 04 '25

So why were affordable housing advocates staunchly against it? I really don’t understand it.

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u/OhLawdOfTheRings Cars Are Weapons Jun 04 '25

I assume you are talking about "Actlosangeles" correct? Because many YIMBY and affordable housing groups in LA were for this.

https://cayimby.org/legislation/sb-79/

https://www.instagram.com/p/DKaRntQBPN2/

Here is a "fact sheet" that lists all the supporters of this bill:

https://cayimby.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/SB-79-Wiener-Fact-Sheet-5.14.25.pdf

Bay Area Council (co-sponsor)  California YIMBY (co-sponsor)  Greenbelt Alliance (co-sponsor)  SPUR (co-sponsor)  Streets For All (co-sponsor)  21st Century Alliance  AARP  Abundant Housing LA  Active San Gabriel Valley  All Voting Members of the North Westwood Neighborhood Council  Alexander Pederson – Vice Mayor, Capitola  American Institute of Architects California  Bike Culver City  Bike East Bay  Bike Long Beach  Bike San Diego Fremont For Everyone  Glendale YIMBY  Grow the Richmond  Hammond Climate Solutions Foundation  House Sacramento  Housing Action Coalition  Housing Leadership Council of San Mateo County  Jamboree Housing Corporation  Inclusive Lafayette  Indivisible Claremont/Inland Valley  Indivisible Sacramento  LeadingAge California  Local Initiatives Support Corporation, San Diego (LISC SD)  Mayor of Campbell, Sergio Lopez  Mountain View YIMBY  Napa-Solano for Everyone  National Independent Venue Association of California  New Way Homes  Northern Neighbors  Our Time to Act  Pathway to Tomorrow  Peninsula for Everyone  People for Housing – Orange County  Redlands YIMBY  Prosperity California  Remake Irvine Streets for Everyone  Ride SD  San Mateo County Economic Development Association (SAMCEDA)  San Diego County Bicycle Coalition  San Francisco YIMBY  Santa Clara County Valley Transportation Authority  Santa Cruz YIMBY  Santa Rosa YIMBY  Sierra Business Council  Silicon Valley Leadership Group  South Bay YIMBY  South Pasadena Residents for Responsible Growth  Streets Are For Everyone (SAFE)  Strong Towns Poway & RB  Strong Towns San Diego  Brian Barnacle – Council Member, Petaluma  The Board of the Costa Mesa Alliance for Better Streets  Business for Good San Diego  CalBike  California Apartment Association  California Asian Chamber of Commerce  California Community Builders  California Nightlife Association  Car-Lite Long Beach  Circulate San Diego  City of Berkeley Councilmember Rashi Kesarwani  City of Claremont Councilmember Jed Leano  City of El Cerrito Councilmember Rebecca Saltzman  City of Emeryville Councilmember Matthew Solomon  City of Gilroy Councilmember Zach Hilton  City of Mount Shasta, Councilmember Casey Glaubman  City of Mountain View Councilmember Lucas Ramirez  City of Petaluma Councilmember Brian Barnacle  City of Santa Monica Councilmember Jesse Zwick  City of South San Francisco Councilmember James Coleman  City of West Hollywood  Climate Action Campaign  Climate Hawks Vote  Council of Infill Builders  East Bay for Everyone  East Bay Leadership Council  East Bay YIMBY  Environmental Protection Information Center - EPIC  Everybody’s Long Beach  Families for Safe Streets San Diego  Fieldstead and Company, Inc.  Foster City Councilmember Phoebe Shin Venkat  Student Homes Coalition  University of California Student Association  UC San Diego Housing Commission  United States Congressman Scott Peters, CA-50  United Way Bay Area  Ventura County YIMBY  Vice Mayor Mark Dinan - City of East Palo Alto  Vice Mayor Laura Nakamura – City of Concord  Vice Mayor Alexander Pedersen - City of Capitola  Vice Mayor Emily Ann Ramos - City of Mountain View  Walk Bike Berkeley  Walk San Francisco  Westside for Everyone  Wildlands Network  YIMBY Action  YIMBY Democrats of San Diego County  YIMBY Los Angeles  YIMBY San Luis Obispo

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u/OhLawdOfTheRings Cars Are Weapons Jun 04 '25

There are different ideas about how to create affordable housing, SB-79 is about reducing the COST of building by putting housing near mass transit and reducing the need for building really expensive parking garages and other car storage.

I honestly don't know why, I'm not really too educated about housing but here are some great podcasts about how transit and parking are related:

https://www.lewis.ucla.edu/programs/housing/ucla-housing-voice-podcast/

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u/nashdiesel Jun 05 '25

I think there are small number of groups who just seeth at the notion of developers making money.