Cities Move Quickly to Regulate SB 9 Housing Units
- Josh Stephens
- Jan 10, 2022
- 7 min read
Compared to, say, a wildfire or a landslide, the prospect of developing two- or four-unit dwellings in residential neighborhoods might not seem super-urgent. But, with the January 1 implementation of Senate Bill 9, the hotly contested bill that essentially allows lot-splitting or conversion of all single-family homes in the state into duplexes, cities across the state adopted urgency ordinances in December that, in various ways, place restrictions on potential SB 9 redevelopments.
