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LAFCO staff outlines SB 330 effects; school superintendent warns builder’s-remedy projects could add hundreds of students
Summary
Staff summarized SB 330 limits on local actions and how the law factors into LAFCO decisions. San Benito High School District Superintendent Dr. Sean Tenenbaum told the commission builders' remedy projects in the pipeline could generate roughly 333 additional students, with one proposed 983-unit project alone producing more than 200 students.
Executive Officer Jennifer Stevenson briefed the San Benito Local Agency Formation Commission on SB 330 and how the state law affects landowner rights and LAFCO decision-making processes. Stevenson said SB 330 limits local governments’ ability to downzone or impose moratoria that would reduce housing capacity, requires permit-streamlining and a development “freeze” that preserves the rules in effect at the time of application, establishes replacement and tenant-protection requirements for demolished units, and limits public hearings on a housing project to five in some circumstances.
“Cities and counties, except charter cities, cannot down zone properties to reduce the density or intensity of land use, if such changes would reduce housing capacity,” Stevenson said while reviewing the memorandum…
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