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Committee advances bill to refine infill infrastructure grants, add walkability and climate resilience priorities
Summary
SB 772 would extend and refine the state Infill Infrastructure Grant program to prioritize walkability, planned transit, district‑level planning and nature‑based climate resilience projects. The Assembly committee passed the bill as amended to Appropriations.
Senator Cabaldon presented SB 772 to update and continue California’s Infill Infrastructure Grant (IIG) program. The bill would add explicit consideration for pedestrian infrastructure, allow projects to be considered at a small district scale rather than parcel‑by‑parcel, and make nature‑based resilience (stormwater parks, levees, wetland restoration, fire breaks) eligible for funding.
Cabaldon and supporters said the changes would help more infill projects pencil financially, encourage mixed‑use and supportive neighborhood services, and increase resilience to climate‑driven fires and floods. Melissa Debreich, CEO of Prosperity California, testified that many infill sites remain undeveloped because costly infrastructure prevents projects from proceeding and that the IIG program is oversubscribed.
Supporters said the bill would prioritize projects near existing or planned transit and add walkability as a funding criterion, which they argued would produce more resilient, transit‑oriented communities. The bill also seeks to give IIG the flexibility to treat adjacent parcels or micro‑districts as a single development area in order to better meet affordable‑housing targets across clusters of lots.
No groups registered formal opposition during the hearing; several housing and climate organizations voiced support. The committee passed SB 772, as amended, to the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
