Full article (for subscribers) by Emily Hamann available at Sacramento Business Journal
A bill that would make it easier to build affordable housing in commercial areas passed a major milestone in the California Senate.
On Thursday the Senate Appropriations Committee voted Assembly Bill 2011 through to the Senate floor.
The bill, also called the Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act, would make certain affordable multifamily housing projects a permitted use in commercially zoned areas where office, retail or parking are the principally permitted uses, and create a streamlined process to expedite local city or county approvals.