The legislators did pass a bill last year, SB 35, that says if a project has enough inclusionary housing, and it complies with all the zoning codes, and the city has been falling behind on affordable housing, then the municipality can’t block it. It has been proposed for use to convert a mall in “the circumstances are not dire” Cupertino to a mixed-use project with 50% affordable housing.
https://sf.curbed.com/2018/2/7/16986422/cupertino-darcy-paul...https://sf.curbed.com/2018/3/28/17173010/cupertino-mall-hous...
You should totally support California YIMBY, still. A weakness in the Housing Accountability Act is that the housing goals are very weak and unrealistically low. SB 828 would require the numbers to be more realistic.
https://cayimby.org/policy/
The problem in San Francisco is that a lot of the affordable housing projects require zoning changes, and are therefore ineligible for SB 35 streamlining. http://www.sfexaminer.com/city-pulls-funding-150-unit-forest...
You should totally support California YIMBY, still. A weakness in the Housing Accountability Act is that the housing goals are very weak and unrealistically low. SB 828 would require the numbers to be more realistic. https://cayimby.org/policy/