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La Verne council adopts emergency housing-element ordinance to codify by-right sites for lower-income development
Summary
The City Council approved an emergency ordinance inserting state-required by-right provisions into the municipal code for sites identified in the housing element that provide at least 20% lower-income units; the measure passed by unanimous roll-call vote.
La Verne27s City Council adopted an emergency ordinance on Oct. 21 to incorporate a state-required by-right provision into the city27s municipal code covering housing-element sites that provide at least 20% lower-income units.
Staff said the step responds to a letter from a YIMBY group and to technical state requirements; it preserves sites already listed in the city27s housing element and makes them by-right when projects include at least 20% lower-income units. A staff presentation clarified that the 20% threshold applies to lower-income households (low or very low income), not moderate-income, and that the change is procedural to reflect state law rather than expand parcel development potential.
A member of the public asked about whether SB 9 or proportional affordable targets altered the 20% threshold; staff replied the emergency ordinance does not change parcel sizes or underlying development potential and that the 20% provision pertains to lower-income units. The council voted 5-0 on a roll call to approve the emergency ordinance and said it will follow with a standard ordinance through the Planning Commission and council review.
Roll call: Councilmember Crosby: yes; Councilmember La: yes; Councilmember Cas Vita: yes; Mayor Pro Tem Johnson: yes; Mayor Tim Heurn: yes (5-0).
