California Bill Would Eliminate Parking Requirements Near Transit
California Bill Would Eliminate Parking Requirements Near Transit
The bill s author and housing advocates argue that easing parking requirements would ease the state s affordable housing crisis and promote the state s climate goals. May 6, 2021, 9am PDT | Diana Ionescu | It’s time to prioritize housing people over housing cars, argues the Los Angeles Times editorial board, writing in support of a new bill introduced by Assemblymember Laura Friedman (D-Glendale), which would prohibit cities from requiring parking in developments within a half mile of a major transit stop or transit corridor. Under the proposed bill, builders can still provide parking, but blanket requirements would be eliminated.
California s Proposed Parking Reform Bill Analyzed Devin Partida Justin B. Hollander Laurie Mazur Michael Lewyn
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California s Proposed Parking Reform Bill Analyzed
A Terner Center for Housing Innovation at U.C. Berkeley analysis predicts that statewide parking reform, as proposed in Assembly Bill 1401, would have a significant impact on the cost of developing residential and commercial buildings in California.
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The California High-Speed Rail Authority’s (CAHSRA) current proposed business plan and accompanying finance plan was the subject of a joint Assembly hearing yesterday. But while it was billed as an opportunity to “pause and consider the purpose of the project in the context of meeting the state’s mobility needs,” the hearing was more a disjointed airing of complaints. The hearing’s co-chair, Assemblymember Richard Bloom (D-Santa Monica), tried to keep a lid on the speechifying, which left time for almost an hour’s worth of public comments. Pretty much every caller spoke up in strong support of the program and the business plan.
A key hearing that could determine the future of California’s High-speed Rail project will take place Wednesday/tomorrow, March 10 at 9 a.m. At that meeting, the California Assembly’s Committee on Transportation will discuss approving the HSR Authority’s two-year business plan. “If it’s held up again and misses this budget cycle the remainder of our California project may be determined not to be shovel ready and we’ll miss out on the emerging multi trillion dollar federal infrastructure stimulus bill’s funding,” wrote Rod Diridon, Sr., Chair Emeritus of the California High Speed Rail Authority Board, in an email. “A cadre of petroleum worshipers and others seem determined to undermine support for the project so your help is very important.”