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Board adopts multifamily baseline changes and tentatively approves a voluntary housing incentive fund
Summary
The board adopted countywide baseline changes to encourage multifamily development (removing a minimum‑density requirement and ordering an annual review) and tentatively approved a voluntary regional housing incentive program that lets builders earn or buy points (initially $30,000/point) to access concessions and generate funding for deed‑restricted housing and transit.
The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors took two major housing actions Sept. 23: it adopted amendments to county land‑use rules that update baseline multifamily standards and it tentatively approved a voluntary regional housing incentive program and associated Title 31 regional housing fund to generate local funds for affordable housing.
On Action 1, the board adopted amendments to the county’s multifamily baseline regulations, including removing interim commercial/residential constraints and allowing 100% residential development on qualifying commercial parcels when certain affordability thresholds are met. The board also removed a proposed minimum density requirement and directed staff to perform an annual review of outcomes. "I think timing and...we have been…
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