Posted on 10/07/2022 8:25:00 AM PDT by devane617
California is famous for its car culture, which the automotive website Jalopnik has dubbed “second to none,” but it's also known for its environmentalism and its sky-high housing prices. So, in an effort to lower the cost of construction and cut down on car dependence, the state has recently adopted a law that prohibits local governments from setting minimum parking requirements for new buildings within half a mile of a transit hub such as a rail station or the intersection of two bus lines.
“Housing solutions are also climate solutions,” said California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, after signing the law on Sept. 23. “Reducing housing costs for everyday Californians and reducing emissions from cars: That’s what we call a win-win.”
The California bill was written by Assembly Member Laura Friedman, a Democrat from Glendale, a Los Angeles County suburb, who is concerned about the cost of housing in her region. CNBC recently ranked L.A. as the second-most expensive housing market in the U.S., just below Miami — the California cities of Long Beach, San Francisco, San Diego, Anaheim and Santa Ana also made the top 10 — and it rated California the third most expensive state after Hawaii and New York. Rising housing costs in California have contributed to an epidemic of homelessness. A recent state count found 173,800 Californians lack stable housing, an increase of 22,500 over the past three years.
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California parking space law aims for affordable housing and climate change ‘win-win’
The above is the actual title...sorry something happened in cut and past...maybe a mod can fix
shut up and get on the bus
When people who have no common sense make the rules.
HOW many of these idiots have EVER walked a half mile???
In the rain?
Hot sun???
Carrying groceries???
Great idea California -— make hard working people walk a half-mile through violent homeless street people and spaced out junkies late at night when they get off their second job and just want to go home.
Our small town is getting covered up in tiny houses, which have a very small footprint even if there is space left to park a car between them.
The average person in California believe what the media tell them to believe.
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That kind of stinking thinking started at the very beginning when Cain slew able to get his stuff, and right a bit of jealousy betwixt him and his bro. He was dissed by God and his brother wasn’t so...
The criminally insane now run the Golden State, at the expense of pretty much everyone including the so called homeless. The same thought process influenced by Satan that Cain used ever so long ago. The majority are owned, and it’s tough sailing for the normal folks.
“When will the average person stand up and say enough of this crap and vote the nuts out of office?” Anyone see even a scintilla of a chance of this ever happening in the State Insanity???
Great...high-rise construction with limited parking for the Kali EVs. Ya can’t charge while you’re at work if there’s no parking available.
OK, build a large building (commercial or apartment) with one free space. If the tenants want to park, well we have parking spaces you can rent.......
It’s insane insane and insidious insidious.
Yep. Limited spaces available = pay to park at your home or work.
Many of those who had enough voted with their feet already.
Considering where most such transit hubs are located I predict muggings and other assaults will rise as a result of this law.
Suppose a hypothetical suburban town -- Crapville, CA -- has a zoning provision that calls for residential buildings to have a minimum of 1.5 parking spaces per housing unit in multifamily buildings. That would mean a 100-unit apartment or condominium building would be required to have a minimum of 150 on-site parking spaces in a garage or adjacent parking lot.
Even if no such requirement for a new building is permitted, what developer in his right mind is going to construct a new building with substantially fewer than 150 parking spaces anyway -- if that's what the prospective occupants/tenants of the building want? Nobody is going to build a residential development in Crapville without a sizable number of parking spaces, even if the municipal zoning code doesn't require ANY parking spaces on site.
I lived in CA (West Covina) years ago. Had to drive a few miles and park (El Monte) in order to take a bus to downtown LA for work. If they force people to take the bus closest to their house/apt, they will have to start out for work at like 5 in the morning and not get home to at least 8 at night. Those type of buses stop at just about every intersection, at least they use to. Or they will have to change buses a time or two. Things may be way different now, don’t know.
VIA transit here in San Antonio wants to get everybody on the buses. I live 3 miles from my office. The last time gas prices skyrocketed I checked on whether I could ride the bus to work.
It would have taken 2.5 hours and three bus changes for me to go the 3 miles. Pass.
“....into the cattle car”.
Get a rickshaw.
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