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Council of Infill Builders
1331 T Street
Sacramento, CA 95811

916-443-1033

September 29, 2022: Board chair Mott Smith discussed the likely impact of new legislation like AB 2097 (Friedman) and AB 2011 (Wicks) on infill development in California on KPCC radio’s Airtalk in Los Angeles.

September 22, 2022: Governor Newsom today signed our co-sponsored AB 2097 (Friedman) to limit local minimum parking requirements near transit, marking an important victory that our organization has sought for 11 years. California now leads the nation in parking reform for infill development!

August 30, 2022: Our co-sponsored AB 2097 (Friedman) to limit local minimum parking requirements heads to the Governor’s desk! Read board chair Mott Smith and UCLA professor Michael Manville’s white papers on how the legislation will improve affordable housing production and not undermine state density bonus law or the Los Angeles Transit Oriented Communities program.

August 11, 2022: We applaud the passage of our co-sponsored AB 2097 (Friedman), which would generally limit local minimum parking requirements, out of the appropriations committee. It will now head to a Senate floor vote. Read our support letter to Senate pro tem Atkins this week urging this action.

July 18, 2022: We are pleased to welcome three outstanding new members to our advisory committee: Vanessa Hawkins Dandridge, a veteran builder of multifamily affordable infill and currently Senior Community Development Specialist with the Mayor’s Office of San Francisco; Jim Heid, an infill expert, author and practitioner based in Sonoma; and Dominic Mogavero, Director of Development Services at Mogavero Architects. Welcome, Vanessa, Jim and Dominic!

May 27, 2022: The Petaluma Argus-Courier featured board member UrbanMix Development’s proposed 132-unit “Oyster Cove” project, which would transform the city’s riverfront into a vibrant, mixed-use neighborhood.

April 22, 2022: We support AB 2011 (Wicks), to expand affordable housing opportunities in prime infill locations for low-income Californians, while boosting well-paid, middle-class construction jobs. Read our support letter.

April 22, 2022: We oppose SB 1410 (Caballero), which would roll back important reforms to the California Environmental Quality Act that streamlined environmental review for infill projects and made far-flung projects account for and mitigate their increases in driving miles. Read our opposition letter.

April 22, 2022: We are pleased to support ACA 14 (Wicks), which would establish a ten-year funding commitment to address the state’s affordable housing and homelessness crisis. Read our support letter.

April 11, 2022: We are pleased to support AB 1778 (C. Garcia), which would limit highway widenings in low-income communities that impede economic opportunities and equitable infill development, as well as harm public health. Read our support letter.

March 8, 2022: We are pleased to co-sponsor SB 1369 (Wieckowski), which would permit adaptive reuse of any commercial, office, public, or industrial buildings with an occupancy of 25% or less for housing by right. Read our support letter and the bill’s fact sheet.

March 3, 2022: Read our support letter in favor of our co-sponsored AB 2097 (Friedman), which would prohibit local minimum parking requirements on developments near public transit.

February 16, 2022: We support AB 2234 (Rivas & Grayson) to establish a transparent process for obtaining post-entitlement building permits and an option for cities to contract with outside parties to complete the process in a timely manner. Read our support letter.

February 14, 2022: We are pleased to co-sponsor AB 2097 (Friedman), which would prohibit a local government from imposing or enforcing a minimum parking requirement on developments located near public transit.

December 7, 2021: The Los Angeles County proposed Safety Element , along with amendments to its land use and housing elements, presents an innovative approach to ensuring new development is climate safe and steered towards infill areas. Read our support letter.

October 6, 2021: The SoCal Greenprint will help infill, conservation and housing advocates and leaders make better decisions about where to focus future growth for resiliency and sustainability across Southern California. See our letter requesting that the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) adopt the GreenPrint into their planning.

September 14, 2021: How can we boost infill development in the downtowns and transit corridors of the San Joaquin Valley? Join us on Friday, October 1st at 10am PT for a webinar and Council of Infill Builders report release on this topic. Speakers include Fresno’s city manager Thomas Esqueda and Bakersfield City Councilmember Bob Smith, co-hosted by Fresno Metro Ministry. Register today!

August 23, 2021: Read our coalition support letter for AB 1147 (Friedman) to strengthen regional planning to reduce driving miles.

August 15, 2021: Board member Meea Kang’s 248-unit affordable housing project with Related California in South Lake Tahoe was approved in record time, as profiled by the Tahoe Daily Tribune.

June 29, 2021: New research from Mott Smith, Michael Manville and Anthony Dedousis shows that comprehensive parking reform like AB 1401 (Friedman) is likely to boost the state’s density bonus program — and all housing production.

May 20, 2021: Mott Smith writes in Streetsblog California how eliminating local minimum parking requirements helped San Diego boost affordable housing construction, as our sponsored AB 1401 (Friedman) would do statewide.

April 20, 2021: AB 832 (Bloom) will resolve uncertainty and streamline adoption of redevelopment plans to boost housing. Read our support letter.

March 16, 2021: SB 290 (Skinner) will improve and clarify the density bonus statute to expand its use in California and increase affordable housing production, and we join the California Home Building Alliance in support.

March 12, 2021: We are proud to join a coalition in support of SB 477 (Wiener), which will require local governments to provide the state with critical data needed to evaluate the impact of state laws on housing stock.

February 25, 2021: AB 1401 (Friedman) will have a transformative effect on improving and advancing infill by eliminating minimum parking requirements in transit-oriented and low-vehicle miles traveled (VMT) areas, and we are proud not only to support but to co-sponsor the bill.

February 23, 2021: SB 10 (Wiener) will streamline local approvals for projects up to 10 units near transit. Read our support letter for more information.

February 16, 2021: We support the City of Los Angeles emergency ordinance 20-0380-S1 providing parking relief for small businesses and urge some modifications, detailed in our letter.

See past news items on our press page.