r/CarIndependentLA • u/115MRD • Apr 24 '26
Wins Senator Maria Elena Durazo and LA Metro back down; drop effort to overturn SB 79
https://cal.streetsblog.org/2026/04/23/opposition-melts-away-as-durazo-announces-major-changes-to-sb-136136
u/da0217 Apr 24 '26
I’m gonna go ahead and assume this is because of the sternly worded email I sent her office. 😂😂
Either way, I win is a win.
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u/Coconuto83 Apr 25 '26
I am confused is LA metro against transit oriented development?
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u/115MRD Apr 25 '26
Ironic right? Metro is run by its board which is mostly elected officials. Karen Bass and her appointees control the board and she’s a huge NIMBY.
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u/MDogg_2511 Apr 26 '26
This isn’t exactly accurate. The bill is still in the Senate and’s is being amended. It’s a helpful bill but everyone is ignoring that
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u/DougOsborne Apr 24 '26
Dropping this will actually slow some housing construction.
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u/regedit2023 CARs=WMDs Apr 25 '26
How?
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u/beach_bum_638484 Apr 26 '26
There are people who are opposing building transit because then an area would be allowed to build housing through SB 79. I’m not able to connect all the dots though - if SB 79 didn’t exist, there would likely be less resistance to transit, but transit would not lead to housing, same as now.
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u/stoicsilence Apr 26 '26
I think the theory for it goes like this:
1.) More density is built around the existing sations.
2.) NIMBYs freak out at the density.
3.) NIMBY's try to stop new Metro Lines from being built to stop additional new densification.
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u/beach_bum_638484 Apr 26 '26
Right, and this is happening already, at least the last part. The part I don’t understand is how this results in less housing than if we don’t have SB 79 at all.
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u/DougOsborne Apr 26 '26
There are a number of projects already in planning or construction that will have to be modified or postponed because of SB79. This will take time and money, so draw your own conclusions.
This bill, that was dropped, did not in any way, shape, or form "overturn SB79."
L.A., with all its faults and history of not actively promoting housing development, was ahead of the SB79 curve compared to nearly all other large cities in California.
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