"When we, as a region, decide to spend billions of dollars to design, fund, and build a new rail line or a transit station, we are executing a profound act of urban planning. This is where an extensive amount of ‘local planning’ has already occurred."

When we're still talking about the character of blocks that have been destroyed by wildfires, we've really lost perspective. The character has already changed. Our challenge is bringing back as many families, businesses, and institutions as we can.

SB 79 just passed the Assembly! Thank you to Assemblymember Harabedian for voting for a more affordable and sustainable future. And thanks to all who called, wrote, and advocated for this crucial bill. On to the Senate!

Can you feel that? It's the breeze from a train whooshing past a six-story apartment building. SB 79 could make that happen, and it's set to be voted on any day now! Keep those calls coming!

Today is a great day to support housing near transit! If you're in Pasadena, call or write your State Senator Sasha Renee Perez and Assemblymember John Harabedian to support SB 79.

Perez:
sd25.senate.ca.gov/contact
Harabedian:
a41.asmdc.org/contact

Listen to a Pasadena Planning Commissioner compare SB 79, which legalizes five to seven story buildings next to major transit stops, to Soviet central planning.

Mentally I'm here

They panic about an affordable, sustainable, livable city. We welcome it. If you're in California, call your Assemblymember and tell them to support SB 79.

Hard disagree with the framing of this LA Times article. Even if ADUs aren't formally rented they often house family members who otherwise might be competing for rentals. No one thinks ADUs are enough to solve the crisis but there's no reason to think they have a "dark side" either.