The California Senate gave final approval to a bill that would extend an existing law requiring cities and localities with unmet housing goals to use a streamlined permitting process for new construction, a tool supporters say has helped address the state’s affordable housing crisis.
The bill “has huge potential to speed up housing permitting up & down the state,” Sen. Scott Wiener (D), who introduced the legislation in February, said in a statement Monday evening, after the Senate cleared it on a 27-7 vote.
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