Becker pitches data-driven fix for housing-element site inventories
Author Becker told the Assembly housing committee SB457 would let cities use model-based, probabilistic site inventories and give localities a compliance safe harbor; economists and a UC Davis law professor testified it would add 'economic realism' to RHNA planning and reduce costly parcel-by-parcel paperwork.
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Author Becker asked the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee to back SB457, a bill he described as a way to reduce time and cost in local housing-element site inventory analyses while preserving local zoning choices. “Cities in my district spend approximately $25,000,000… on the 6th cycle alone,” Becker said, arguing much of the expense goes to paperwork rather than housing.
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