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Senate committee sends SB 79 to Appropriations after split vote over zoning near transit
Summary
Senate Bill 79, a bill to require more housing near high-quality transit stations and corridors, advanced out of the committee after intensive debate over local control, affordability protections and impacts on suburban jurisdictions. The measure passed on a narrow vote and will go to Appropriations with promised follow-up amendments.
SACRAMENTO — The Senate Committee on Local Government advanced Senate Bill 79, legislation to require higher minimum residential capacity near major transit stations and high-frequency routes, after a long hearing that highlighted a sharp divide between housing advocates and municipal leaders.
Sponsor Sen. Scott Wiener argued the bill would direct housing to locations that reduce vehicle miles traveled, support public transit and protect farmland from sprawl. “If it’s not around the highest quality public transportation stops, I don’t know where it is,” Wiener said, urging…
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