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Council of Infill Builders
2012 K Street
Sacramento, CA 95811

916-443-1033

October 13, 2017: Today we submitted a coalition letter from environmental and real estate nonprofits across California to urge Governor Brown to finalize the long-overdue CEQA guidelines, as required by SB 743 (Sternberg, 2013). These guidelines will help ease environmental review for infill projects throughout the state.

October 7, 2017: Thank you to Governor Jerry Brown for signing our sponsored bill AB 1568 by Assemblymember Richard Bloom, which will provide a badly needed financing tool for transit-oriented infill! Learn more about the Neighborhood Infill Finance and Transit Improvements Act (NIFTI) with this fact sheet and FAQ.

September 29, 2017: Board member Meea Kang appears on “Gimme Shelter” housing podcast with L.A. Times and CalMatters housing reporters to discuss our NIFTI bill and the legislative session on housing:

September 20, 2017: Our sponsored bill AB 1568 by Assemblymember Richard Bloom, which will provide a needed financing tool for transit-oriented infill, passed the California Legislature and is on Governor Jerry Brown’s desk for signature. See the AB 1568 fact sheet and FAQ for more information.

June 30, 2017: Congratulations to board member Meea Kang, who joined Related California last month as Senior Vice President. Related California develops affordable multifamily residential and mixed-use properties in California. “I am looking forward to working in tandem with the company’s excellent leadership team,” Kang said, “to achieve increased sustainability and affordability for California’s housing market.”

May 30, 2017: Mott Smith and Ethan Elkind argue for urgent parking policy reform in today’s Los Angeles Times, based on our new Wasted Spaces report.

May 17, 2017: Press coverage of the new Wasted Spaces report and release event on Streetsblog LA and Urbanize LA.

May 5, 2017: Strong coalition support letter for Council of Infill Builders-sponsored AB 1568 by Assemblymember Richard Bloom, which will provide important financing tool for transit-oriented infill and workforce housing.

April 19, 2017: Council of Infill Builders submits a support letter for State Senator Nancy Skinner’s SB 167 to strengthen the Housing Accountability Act as a valuable tool to ensure that localities do not reduce housing production at the expense of California’s renters, home buyers, and economic growth.

April 17, 2017: Council of Infill Builders submits a support letter for State Senator Scott Wiener’s SB 35, to allow streamlined approval of infill housing developments.

April 7, 2017: Council of Infill Builders submits a support letter for Assemblymembers Richard Bloom, David Chiu and Todd Gloria’s AB 1505, which would restore the authority of local governments to choose to require the inclusion of affordable rental units as one component of their local inclusionary housing policies.